Table 4.
Practices regarding schistosomiasis and MDA with praziquantel before and after the trial in intervention (Int.) and control (Cont.) schools
| Pretest assessment test | Post-test assessment test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practices questions | Int. (%) | Cont. (%) | p-value | Int. (%) | Cont. (%) | p-value |
| Number of participants | 98 | 177 | 78 | 177 | ||
| Do you wear rubber boots? | ||||||
| Yes | 3 (3.1) | 8 (4.5) | 0.343 | 7 (9.0) | 8 (4.5) | 0.000 |
| No | 94 (95.9) | 169 (95.5) | 29 (37.2) | 169 (95.5) | ||
| No response | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 42 (53.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Fishing | ||||||
| Once | 3 (37.5) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.880 | |
| Twice | 4 (50.0) | 2 (66.7) | 0.780 | 5 (71.4) | 2 (66.7) | |
| Thrice | 1 (12.5) | - | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Numerous | 0 (0.0) | - | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Total | 8 (8.2) | 3 (1.7) | 7 (9.0) | 3 (1.7) | ||
| Washing | ||||||
| Once | 43 (50.0) | 96 (56.1) | 0.172 | 40 (76.9) | 95 (55.6) | 0.019 |
| Twice | 25 (29.1) | 38 (22.2) | 9 (17.3) | 39 (22.8) | ||
| Thrice | 14 (16.3) | 35 (20.5) | 2 (3.8) | 34 (19.9) | ||
| Numerous | 4 (4.6) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (1.9) | 3 (1.7) | ||
| Total | 86 (87.8) | 171 (96.6) | 52 (66.7) | 171 (96.6) | ||
| Fetching | ||||||
| Once | 12 (15.6) | 27 (16.9) | 0.008 | 21 (40.4) | 26 (16.2) | 0.001 |
| Twice | 30 (38.9) | 31 (19.4) | 12 (23.1) | 27 (16.9) | ||
| Thrice | 17 (22.1) | 60 (37.5) | 12 (23.1) | 63 (39.4) | ||
| Numerous | 18 (23.4) | 42 (26.2) | 7 (13.4) | 44 (27.5) | ||
| Total | 77 (78.6) | 160 (90.4) | 52 (66.7) | 160 (90.4) | ||
| Bathing | ||||||
| Once | 34 (38.6) | 66 (38.2) | 0.709 | 30 (60.0) | 69 (40.0) | 0.085 |
| Twice | 29 (33.0) | 49 (28.3) | 9 (18.0) | 47 (27.1) | ||
| Thrice | 19 (21.6) | 48 (27.7) | 10 (20.0) | 48 (27.7) | ||
| Numerous | 6 (6.8) | 10 (5.8) | 1 (2.0) | 9 (5.2) | ||
| Total | 88 (89.8) | 173 (97.7) | 50 (64.1) | 173 (97.7) | ||
| Urinating | ||||||
| Once | 32 (40.5) | 64 (57.1) | 0.024 | 41 (87.2) | 63 (56.2) | 0.001 |
| Twice | 31 (39.2) | 28 (25.0) | 1 (2.1) | 29 (25.9) | ||
| Thrice | 8 (10.1) | 16 (14.3) | 3 (6.4) | 16 (14.3) | ||
| Numerous | 8 (10.1) | 4 (3.6) | 2 (4.3) | 4 (3.6) | ||
| Total | 79 (80.6) | 112 (63.3) | 47 (60.3) | 112 (63.3) | ||
| Defecating | ||||||
| Once | 5 (45.4) | 30 (50.8) | 0.017 | 7 (100.0) | 30 (50.9) | 0.105 |
| Twice | 3 (27.3) | 13 (22.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (22.0) | ||
| Thrice | 0 (0.0) | 14 (23.8) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (23.7) | ||
| Numerous | 3 (27.3) | 2 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.4) | ||
| Total | 11 (11.2) | 59 (33.3) | 7 (9.0) | 59 (33.3) | ||