Table 2.
Knowledge on Rabies.
| Parameter (Knowledge on Rabies) | Pre-Implementation N = 1088 (%) |
Post-Implementation N = 1380 (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sources of Knowledge | |||
| Newspaper | 53 (4.9) | 64 (7.5) | 0.0143 |
| Radio | 255 (23.4) | 97 (11.4) | 2.0000 |
| Relatives | 116 (10.7) | 42 (4.9) | 2.0000 |
| Health workers | 205 (18.8) | 117 (13.8) | 1.9973 |
| Veterinarians | 49 (4.5) | 87 (10.2) | 0.0000 |
| TV | 489 (44.9) | 158 (18.6) | 2.0000 |
| Others (seminars, printed materials, barangay officials) | 183 (16.8) | 161 (19.0) | 0.1986 |
| Species affected with Rabies | |||
| Humans | 732 (67.3) | 406 (29.4) | 2.0000 |
| Cats | 264 (24.3) | 260 (19.0) | 2.0000 |
| Dogs | 587 (53.9) | 860 (62.3) | 0.0000 |
| Don’t know | 83 (7.6) | 177 (12.8) | 0.0000 |
| Others | 100 (9.2) | 36 (2.6) | 2.0000 |
| Signs of Rabies in dogs | |||
| Fear of water | 196 (18.0) | 277 (20.1) | 0.1245 |
| Aggressiveness | 174 (16.0) | 289 (20.9) | 0.0003 |
| Paralysis | 15 (1.4) | 36 (2.6) | 0.0135 |
| Convulsion | 17 (1.6) | 49 (3.6) | 0.0003 |
| Restlessness/delirium | 100 (9.2) | 152 (11.0) | 0.0840 |
| Salivation/drooling | 465 (42.7) | 334 (24.2) | 2.0000 |
| Loss of appetite | 73 (6.7) | 72 (5.2) | 1.9373 |
| Do not know | 235 (21.6) | 80 (5.8) | 2.0000 |
| Others | 372 (34.2) | ||
| Signs of rabies in humans | |||
| Fear of water | 277 (25.5) | 243 (17.6) | 2.0000 |
| Aggressiveness | 89 (8.2) | 224 (16.2) | 0.0000 |
| Paralysis | 28 (2.7) | 43 (3.1) | 0.4763 |
| Restlessness/delirium | 39 (3.6) | 279 (20.2) | 0.0000 |
| Salivation/drooling | 236 (21.7) | 250 (18.1) | 1.9919 |
| Loss of appetite | 60 (5.5) | 115 (8.3) | 0.0012 |
| Do not know | 320 (29.4) | 123 (8.9) | 2.0000 |
| Others (crazy, fever, convulsion) | 438 (40.3) | 201 (14.6) | 2.0000 |