Table 2.
Knowledge about lathyrism, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 2,307)
| Questions | Frequency (%) of responses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Do not know | |
| Does grass pea have a harmful substance? | 1,555 (67.4) | 459 (19.9) | 293 (12.7) |
| Does eating grass pea have risk? | 923 (40.0) | 905 (39.2) | 479 (20.8) |
| Could mix with other food items reduce the risk? | 1,248 (53.9) | 633 (22.7) | 426 (23.4) |
| Do you know the harmful substance avoidance mechanism? | 265 (11.5) | 1,158 (50.2) | 884 (38.3) |
| Could evaporate and dust from grass pea cause problem? | 1.428 (62.0) | 580 (25.0) | 299 (13.0) |
| Could walking over farm cause problem? | 443 (19.1) | 1,534 (66.5) | 330 (14.3) |
| Does sleeping over contaminated mattes by grass pea cause a problem? | 1,164 (50.5) | 857 (37.1) | 286 (12.4) |
| Which body part could be affected? | |||
| Nerve | 314 (13.6%) | – | |
| Bone and joint | 1,139 (49.4%) | ||
| Muscle | 540 (23.4%) | ||
| Do not know | 314 (13.6%) | ||