Table 2.
Knowledge regarding dengue agent, symptom, transmission and treatment.
| Study Population | Mantrijeron N = 257 |
Demangan N = 264 |
Total N = 521 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Item | Correct Answer N (%) | ||
| Dengue, agent, symptom, transmission, treatment | |||
| → DHF is an abbreviation for Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever | 93 (36.2) | 109 (41.3) | 202 (38.8) |
| → Using repellent in the morning till evening is one way to prevent dengue | 72 (28.0) | 71 (26.9) | 143 (27.4) |
| → Having several days of high fever is one dengue symptom | 71 (27.6) | 72 (27.3) | 143 (27.4) |
| → Paracetamol and sponging with tepid water are types of first aid when infected with dengue. | 72 (28.0) | 65 (24.6) | 137 (26.3) |
| → Discarded material and bathtubs are potential Aedes aegypti breeding sites inside the house. | 156 (60.7) | 145 (54.9) | 301 (57.8) |
| → Aedes aegypti biting time is in the morning till evening | 99 (38.5) | 96 (36.4) | 195 (37.4) |
| → Dengue cannot be transmitted by direct contact with a dengue patient | 210 (81.7) | 216 (81.8) | 426 (81.8) |
| → Ditches are not potential breeding sites for Aedes | 75 (29.2) | 72 (27.3) | 147 (28.2) |