Table 3.
Knowledge about Chagas disease and its vectors among the study population at Franscico de Orellana Hospital (El Coca)
| Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of the vector | ||
| Recognizing the triatomine* | 95/146 | 65.1 |
| Knowing the triatomine name (chinche or chinchorro) | 54/146 | 37 |
| Reporting having seen triatomines | ||
| Indoors | 42/144 | 29.2 |
| Outdoors | 53/144 | 36.8 |
| Indoors and/or outdoors | 93/144 | 64.6 |
| Knowledge of the disease | ||
| Having heard about Chagas disease | 23/146 | 16.1 |
| Information source† | ||
| Primary health center | 11/23 | 47.8 |
| Television and internet | 5/23 | 21.7 |
| School | 2/23 | 8.7 |
| Physician | 2/23 | 8.7 |
| Family | 3/23 | 13 |
| Formal training (nursing school) | 2/23 | 8.7 |
| Identifying the triatomine as a vector of disease | 11/135 | 7.5 |
* Response obtained after observation of a box containing triatomine species presently found in the Amazon, on their different developmental stages.
† optional multiple response.