Tab. V.
Knowledge about cholera.
| Items | Total (n = 440) |
HEAs (n = 228) |
LEAs (n = 212) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||
| Cholera symptoms | ||||
| Watery diarrhoea | 93.4 | 93 | 93.9 | P = 0.708 |
| Vomiting | 85.7 | 86.0 | 85.4 | P = 0.860 |
| Dehydration | 18.2 | 14.9 | 21.7 | P = 0.065 |
| Causes of cholera | ||||
| Eating polluted food | 65.9 | 64.5 | 67.5 | P = 0.510 |
| Drinking polluted water | 61.6 | 59.6 | 63.7 | P = 0.358 |
| Poor hygienic practices | 48.2 | 52.2 | 43.9 | P = 0.081 |
| Flies and insects | 48.1 | 54.8 | 41.1 | P = 0.005* |
| Person-to-person contact | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.1 | P = 0.693 |
| Cholera prevention | ||||
| Adequate food safety wash fruits and vegetables, cooking food thoroughly, cover food and keep it away from flies and insects, clean cooking utensils | 79.5 | 77.6 | 81.6 | P = 0.302 |
| Basic hygienic practice: washing hands with soap | 78.4 | 76.8 | 80.2 | P = 0.382 |
| Proper sanitation and adequate disposal of human wastes | 24.5 | 28.5 | 20.3 | P = 0.045 |
| Use of safe water treat water with chlorine tablet or boiling | 15.2 | 18.0 | 12.3 | P = 0.095 |
| Vaccine | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | P = 0.595 |
| Cholera treatment | ||||
| Diarrhoea treatment centre, hospital, clinic and ORS | 95.2 | 94.3 | 96.2 | P = 0.343 |
| Knowledge score | ||||
| Good knowledge score ≥ 8 | 51.1 | 52.2 | 50.0 | P = 0.646 |
*: statistically significant.