Table 2.
Change in knowledge of MC compared between the three intervention models.
| Variables | Model A | Model B | Model C | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before intervention (%) | After intervention (%) | x 2 | P | Before intervention (%) | After intervention (%) | x 2 | P | Before intervention (%) | After intervention (%) | x 2 | P | |
| (n = 532) | (n = 485) | (n = 586) | (n = 527) | (n = 522) | (n = 481) | |||||||
| Knowledge about surgical reasons | ||||||||||||
| Redundant foreskin | 365 (68.6) | 344 (70.9) | 0.6 | 0.422 | 408 (69.6) | 381 (72.3) | 1.0 | 0.327 | 371 (71.1) | 343 (71.3) | 0.007 | 0.934 |
| Prevention of penile cancer** | 169 (31.8) | 282 (58.1) | 71.5 | <0.001 | 246 (42.0) | 324 (61.5) | 42.2 | <0.001 | 175 (33.5) | 331 (68.8) | 124.7 | <0.001 |
| Protection against HIV and STDs | 147 (27.6) | 347 (71.5) | 195.9 | <0.001 | 180 (30.7) | 399 (75.7) | 225.1 | <0.001 | 128 (24.5) | 338 (70.3) | 210.6 | <0.001 |
| Improved female partners’ hygiene* | 239 (44.9) | 322 (66.4) | 47.3 | <0.001 | 316 (53.9) | 372 (70.6) | 32.6 | <0.001 | 247 (47.3) | 303 (63.3) | 24.8 | <0.001 |
| Enhanced sexual pleasure | 173 (32.5) | 217 (44.7) | 16.0 | <0.001 | 217 (37.0) | 233 (44.2) | 5.9 | 0.015 | 150 (28.7) | 183 (38.0) | 9.8 | 0.002 |
| Better penile appearance** | 71 (13.3) | 106 (21.9) | 12.8 | <0.001 | 59 (10.1) | 92 (17.5) | 12.9 | <0.001 | 38 (7.3) | 58 (12.1) | 6.6 | 0.010 |
| Traditional or religious reason | 3 (0.6) | 12 (2.5) | 6.4 | 0.012 | 0 | 12 (2.3) | 13.5 | <0.001 | 2 (0.4) | 6 (1.2) | 2.4 | 0.124 |
| Knowledge about surgical complications | ||||||||||||
| Pain | 204 (38.32) | 304 (62.7) | 60.0 | <0.001 | 250 (42.7) | 361 (68.5) | 74.8 | <0.001 | 189 (36.2) | 302 (62.8) | 70.8 | <0.001 |
| Bleeding** | 121 (22.7) | 238 (49.1) | 77.0 | <0.001 | 275 (46.9) | 329 (62.4) | 26.9 | <0.001 | 143 (51.5) | 313 (65.1) | 143.3 | <0.001 |
| Infection** | 227 (42.7) | 242 (49.9) | 5.3 | 0.021 | 166 (28.3) | 289 (54.8) | 80.7 | <0.001 | 269 (27.4) | 366 (76.1) | 65.0 | <0.001 |
| Don’t know** | 126 (23.7) | 88 (18.1) | 4.7 | 0.030 | 138 (23.5) | 62 (11.8) | 28.0 | <0.001 | 112 (21.5) | 33 (6.9) | 43.1 | <0.001 |
| Influence to sexual activity | ||||||||||||
| Enhanced** | 144 (27.1) | 237 (48.9) | 51.5 | <0.001 | 209 (35.7) | 218 (41.6) | 3.8 | 0.051 | 148 (28.4) | 156 (32.4) | 2.0 | 0.160 |
| Reduced** | 47 (8.8) | 18 (3.7) | 11.1 | 0.001 | 43 (7.3) | 27 (5.1) | 2.3 | 0.129 | 58 (11.1) | 43 (8.9) | 1.3 | 0.254 |
| Has no influence* | 119 (22.4) | 118 (24.3) | 0.1 | 0.783 | 113 (19.3) | 123 (23.3) | 2.7 | 0.098 | 116 (22.2) | 146 (30.4) | 8.6 | 0.003 |
| Don’t know* | 125 (23.5) | 112 (23.1) | 0.02 | 0.879 | 149 (36.0) | 159 (30.2) | 3.1 | 0.077 | 183 (35.1) | 136 (28.3) | 5.3 | 0.021 |
Note: Compare to changes in knowledge on circumcision of three models for scaling up MC after education intervention among three models. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.