Table 4.
Variables | Forest Park Staff (n=10) | Students (n=157) | Teachers (n=18) | Temple Dwellers (n=10) | Local Participants (n=47) | Tourists (n=120) | P value | |||
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Knowledges | ||||||||||
Knowledge about GI parasitic infections | 0.220 | |||||||||
Yes | 5 (50.00) | 99 (63.06) | 13 (72.22) | 7 (70.00) | 35 (74.47) | 90 (75.00) | ||||
No | 5 (50.00) | 58 (36.94) | 5 (27.78) | 3 (30.00) | 12 (25.53) | 30 (25.00) | ||||
Knowledge that only children and the elderly can infected GI parasites | 0.201 | |||||||||
Yes | 2 (20.00) | 41 (26.11) | 7 (38.89) | 4 (40.00) | 19 (40.43) | 28 (23.33) | ||||
No | 8 (80.00) | 116 (73.89) | 11 (61.11) | 6 (60.00) | 28 (59.57) | 92 (76.67) | ||||
Knowledge that whipworm and threadworm are GI parasites | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 4 (40.00) | 81 (51.59) | 13 (72.22) | 1 (10.00) | 36 (76.60) | 82 (68.33) | ||||
No | 6 (60.00) | 76 (48.41) | 5 (27.78) | 9 (90.00) | 11 (23.40) | 38 (31.67) | ||||
Knowledge that eating or drinking contaminated with animal feces can infected parasites | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 7 (70.00) | 115 (73.25) | 13 (72.22) | 3 (30.00) | 41 (87.23) | 107 (89.17) | ||||
No | 3 (30.00) | 42 (26.75) | 5 (27.78) | 7 (70.00) | 6 (12.77) | 13 (10.83) | ||||
Knowledge that lime can be used instead of heat in cooking | 0.193 | |||||||||
Yes | 4 (40.00) | 62 (39.49) | 6 (33.33) | 2 (20.00) | 13 (27.66) | 31 (25.83) | ||||
No | 6 (60.00) | 95 (60.51) | 12 (66.67) | 8 (80.00) | 34 (72.34) | 89 (74.17) | ||||
Attitudes | ||||||||||
Be aware of the dangers of parasites in the digestive system | 0.035 | |||||||||
Yes | 6 (60.00) | 136 (86.62) | 16 (88.89) | 7 (70.00) | 42 (89.36) | 110 (91.67) | ||||
No | 4 (40.00) | 21 (13.38) | 2 (11.11) | 3 (30.00) | 5 (10.64) | 10 (8.33) | ||||
You believe that anthelmintic drug taken after eating raw meat or fish can prevent parasitic infections | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 8 (80.00) | 84 (53.50) | 12 (66.67) | 3 (30.00) | 24 (51.06) | 30 (25.00) | ||||
No | 2 (20.00) | 73 (46.50) | 6 (33.33) | 7 (70.00) | 23 (48.94) | 90 (75.00) | ||||
Be aware of suspected symptom will see a doctor | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 10 (100.00) | 123 (78.34) | 17 (94.44) | 4 (40.00) | 36 (76.60) | 108 (90.00) | ||||
No | 0 (–) | 34 (21.66) | 1 (5.56) | 6 (60.00) | 11 (23.40) | 12 (10.00) | ||||
You believe dried manure can be used in vegetable fields because it is free from parasites | 0.250 | |||||||||
Yes | 6 (60.00) | 83 (52.87) | 12 (66.67) | 3 (30.00) | 23 (48.94) | 52 (43.33) | ||||
No | 4 (40.00) | 74 (47.13) | 6 (33.33) | 7 (70.00) | 24 (51.06) | 68 (56.67) | ||||
Practices | ||||||||||
You have personal hygiene | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 10 (100.00) | 129 (82.17) | 18 (100.00) | 4 (40.00) | 47 (100.00) | 109 (90.83) | ||||
No | 0 (–) | 28 (17.83) | 0 (–) | 6 (60.00) | 0 (–) | 11 (9.17) | ||||
Eating uncooked vegetables | <0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 10 (100.00) | 89 (56.69) | 15 (83.33) | 1 (10.00) | 40 (85.11) | 112 (93.33) | ||||
No | 0 (–) | 68 (43.31) | 3 (16.67) | 9 (90.00) | 7 (14.89) | 8 (6.67) | ||||
Eating uncooked fish | 0.003 | |||||||||
Yes | 9 (90.00) | 58 (36.94) | 10 (55.56) | 3 (30.00) | 18 (38.30) | 64 (53.33) | ||||
No | 1 (10.00) | 99 (63.06) | 8 (44.44) | 7 (70.00) | 29 (61.70) | 56 (46.67) | ||||
Clean the body after touch animal body/stool | 0.232 | |||||||||
Yes | 9 (90.00) | 126 (80.25) | 16 (88.89) | 7 (70.00) | 43 (91.49) | 105 (87.50) | ||||
No | 1 (10.00) | 31 (19.75) | 2 (11.11) | 3 (30.00) | 4 (8.51) | 15 (12.50) | ||||
Wearing shoes when leaving the house | 0.001 | |||||||||
Yes | 10 (100.00) | 125 (79.62) | 17 (94.44) | 5 (50.00) | 44 (93.62) | 106 (88.33) | ||||
No | 0 (–) | 32 (20.38) | 1 (5.56) | 5 (50.00) | 3 (6.38) | 4 (11.67) | ||||
Housing near the community littering area | 0.031 | |||||||||
Yes | 0 (–) | 21 (13.38) | 6 (33.33) | 3 (30.00) | 3 (6.38) | 15 (12.50) | ||||
No | 10 (100.00) | 136 (86.62) | 12 (66.67) | 7 (70.00) | 44 (93.62) | 105 (87.50) |
Note: Values are presented as number (%).