Table 7. Frequency and percentages of the questions on the practice of dengue prevention in the flooded and unflooded area.
| Flooded area | Unflooded area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | Pre-test | Post-test | % change | P-value | Pre-test | Post-test | % change | P-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| 35. Eliminate standing water around the house to eliminate mosquitoes | 108 (100%) | 86 (100%) | - | - | 94 (98.9%) | 82 (100%) | 1.1 | 0.354 |
| 36. Rear mosquito eating fish in tanks/pools to reduce mosquitoes | 98 (90.7%) | 83 (96.5%) | 5.8 | 0.095 | 92 (96.8%) | 77 (93.9%) | -2.9 | 0.351 |
| 37. Turn over/Cover tightly containers to avoid water collection | 102 (94.4%) | 86 (100%) | 5.6 | 0.014 | 94 (98.9%) | 80 (97.6%) | -1.3 | 0.479 |
| 38. Use mosquito bed nets to avoid mosquito bites | 104 (96.3%) | 82 (95.3%) | -1.0 | 0.743 | 88 (92.6%) | 79 (96.3%) | 3.7 | 0.278 |
| 39. Use insecticide to kill mosquitoes | 89 (82.4%) | 83 (96.5%) | 14.1 | <0.001 | 91 (95.8%) | 78 (95.1%) | -0.7 | 0.832 |
| 40. Wear light colored and fully covered clothes to avoid mosquito bite | 74 (68.5%) | 77 (89.5%) | 21.0 | <0.001 | 64 (67.4%) | 65 (79.3%) | 11.9 | 0.073 |
| 41. Clear up bushes/vegetation around house to reduce mosquitoes | 100 (92.6%) | 84 (97.7%) | 5.1 | 0.094 | 87 (91.6%) | 75 (91.5%) | -0.1 | 0.978 |
| 42. Cleaning of garbage/trash around house | 107 (99.1%) | 86 (100%) | 0.9 | 0.374 | 94 (98.9%) | 81 (98.8%) | -0.1 | 0.917 |
| 43. Government spray insecticide (fogging) to kill mosquitoes | 104 (96.3%) | 79 (91.9%) | -4.4 | 0.205 | 95 (100%) | 78 (95.1%) | -4.9 | 0.045 |
Comparison using Independent t-test, significant values are in bold, P<0.05