Table 3.
Knowledge of schistosomiasis according to localities (Ndumo in South Africa and Ntalale in Zimbabwe).
| Knowledge regarding schistosomiasis | Correct responses |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ndumo (%) n = 103 |
Ntalale (%) n = 122 |
p-value | |
| Cause of schistosomiasis | 1 (1.0) | 3 (2.5) | <0.001b |
| How schistosomiasis is transmitted | 66 (64.1) | 77 (63.1) | 0.399a |
| Parts of the body affected by schistosomiasis infection | 1 (1.0) | 45 (36.9) | <0.001b |
| The intermediate host of schistosomiasis in the environment | 64 (62.1) | 28 (23.0) | <0.001b |
| Whether schistosomiasis is a waterborne disease | 89 (86.4) | 83 (68.0) | 0.005a |
| Passing urine with blood can be a sign of bilharzia | 85 (82.5) | 94 (77.0) | 0.039b |
| Schistosomiasis eggs can be found in human stool | 12 (11.7) | 70 (57.4) | <0.001a |
| Schistosomiasis can be treated | 85 (82.5) | 96 (78.7) | 0.279b |
Significant p-values (<0.05) are in bold.
n: number of respondents; Fisher's exact was used when one of the cell values in the 2 × 2 contingency table was less than 5.
a
p-value based on chi-square test.
b
p-value based on Fisher's exact test.