Table 6.
Awareness of adult study participants recruited from the community about intestinal schistosomiasis, Bedeno district, 2017 (n = 572).
| Microscopic examination
result |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Positive no. (%) | Negative no. (%) | COR (95% CI) | p valve | |
| Can bilharziasis affect all age group? | Yes | 11 (19.3) | 46 (80.7) | 1 | 0.452 |
| No | 15 (30.6) | 34 (69.4) | 0.187 (0.091, 2.001) | ||
| I don’t know | 149 (32) | 317 (68) | 1.116 (0.578, 3.212) | ||
| What are the possible sources of infection of bilharziasis? | Water contact (water from river/lake and infected water snail) | 15 (12.5) | 105 (87.5) | 1 | 0.001 |
| I don’t know | 160 (35.4) | 292 (64.6) | 3.836 (2.16, 6.812) | ||
| What are the possible modes of transmission for bilharziasis? | Water contact (swimming in river and fishing) | 10 (12.8) | 68 (87.2) | 1 | 0.001 |
| I don’t know | 165 (33.4) | 329 (66.6) | 5.822 (2.476, 13.690) | ||
| The sign/symptoms of bilharzias | Abdominal pain | 19 (26.8) | 52 (73.2) | 1 | 0.874 |
| Vomiting | 15 (30.6) | 34 (69.4) | 1.057 (0.428, 3.249) | ||
| I don’t know | 141 (31.2) | 311 (68.8) | 1.401 (0.912, 4.813) | ||
| Is bilharzias treatable? | Yes | 34 (28.3) | 86 (71.7) | 1 | 0.912 |
| I don’t know | 141 (31.2) | 311 (68.8) | 1.280 (0.858, 4.247) | ||
| The type of treatment | Modern | 34 (28.3) | 86 (71.7) | ||
| Is bilharzias preventable? | Yes | 34 (28.3) | 86 (71.7) | 1 | 0.526 |
| I don’t know | 141 (31.2) | 311 (68.8) | 1.001 (0.125, 3.405) | ||
| What are the possible prevent methods of bilharzias? | Avoid swimming in nearby river/stream/lake | 14 (11.7) | 106 (88.3) | 1 | 0.021 |
| I don’t know | 161 (35.6) | 291 (64.4) | 4.8512 (1.612, 9.781) | ||
COR: crude odds ratio.