Table 1. Demographic characteristics of study participants surveyed on knowledge, attitudes and practices of podoconiosis in Musanze District, Rwanda.
| Frequency N (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | FHCP1 | CHWs2 | Environmental officers | All |
| Sample (N) | 72 | 226 | 38 | 336 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 40 | 50 (69) | 54 (24) | 27 (71) | 131 (39) |
| 40–59 | 21 (29) | 145 (64) | 11(29) | 177 (53) |
| ≥ 60 | 1 (1) | 27 (12) | 0 (0) | 28 (8) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 27 (37.5) | 81 (36) | 32 (84) | 140 (42) |
| Female | 45 (62.5) | 145 (64) | 6 (16) | 196 (58) |
| Experience (years) | ||||
| < 10 | 38 (53) | 81 (36) | 33 (87) | 152 (45) |
| 10 to 19 | 22 (30) | 129 (57) | 5 (13) | 156 (46) |
| ≥ 20 | 12 (17) | 16 (7) | 0 (0) | 28 (8) |
| Highest Education | ||||
| Primary school | 0 (0) | 204 (90.3) | 0 (0) | 204 (61) |
| Secondary school | 8 (11) | 21(9.3) | 0 (0) | 29 (9) |
| Bachelor & Master | 64 (90) | 1(0.4) | 38 (100) | 103 (30) |
| Workplace | ||||
| District office | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (10.5) | 4 (1) |
| Sector office | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 34 (89.5) | 34 (10) |
| Referral Hospital | 55 (76) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 55 (16) |
| Health center | 17 (24) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 17 (5) |
| Community | 0 (0) | 226 (100) | 0 (0) | 226 (67) |
| Podoconiosis Case(s) seen3 | N = 70 | N = 224 | N/A | N = 294 |
| 0≥1 | 57 (81) 13 (19) |
218 (97) 6 (3) |
N/A | 275 (94) 19 (6) |
1FHCP: Formal Healthcare Professional (physicians, nurses, midwives)
2CHW: Community Health Worker
3Per month
N/A: Not applicable