Table 4.
Preventive measure regarding Dengue Fever prevention.
| Study Population | Mantrijeron N = 257 |
Demangan N = 264 |
Total N = 521 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Items | Good Practice N (%) | ||
| → I pay attention to existing larvae in indoor water containers | 238 (92.2) | 248 (93.2) | 486 (92.7) |
| → I clean and brush water containers if any larvae inside | 236 (91.5) | 251 (94.4) | 487 (92.9) |
| → I clean my containers one to three times a week | 239 (92.6) | 242 (91.0) | 481 (91.8) |
| → I always keep water containers in my house closed | 174 (67.4) | 166 (62.4) | 340 (64.9) |
| → I cover or recycle discarded material outside the house | 255 (98.8) | 258 (97.0) | 513 (97.9) |
| → All my family members are responsible for cleaning water container | 254 (98.4) | 262 (98.5) | 516 (98.5) |
| → I clean water containers by draining and brushing | 246 (95.3) | 259 (97.4) | 505 (96.4) |
| → I use mosquito repellent | 161 (62.4) | 160 (60.2) | 321 (61.3) |
| → I use repellent or mosquito coil or mosquito spray in the morning and evening | 60 (23.3) | 53 (19.9) | 113 (21.6) |