Table 5.
Distribution of attitudes and practices to schistosomiasis among the study population
| Attitudes and practices to schistosomiasis | Study population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95% CI (%) | |
| Can disclose his/her schistosoma infectious status | |||
| Yes | 575 | 95.5 | 93.5–97.0 |
| No | 27 | 4.5 | 3.0–6.5 |
| Can share information in case of haematuria with:a | |||
| Parents | 276 | 95.5 | 92.4–97.6 |
| Friend | 23 | 8.0 | 5.1–11.7 |
| School teacher | 19 | 6.6 | 4.0–10.1 |
| Consider the gravity of schistosomiasis as:b | |||
| Severe | 135 | 44.8 | 39.1–50.7 |
| Moderate | 108 | 35.9 | 30.5–41.6 |
| Mild | 58 | 19.3 | 15.0–24.2 |
| Missing data | 12 | – | – |
| Preferable source to seek medicationb | |||
| Hospital | 295 | 94.2 | 91.1–96.6 |
| Drugstore | 61 | 19.5 | 15.2–24.3 |
| Traditional healer | 13 | 4.1 | 2.2–7.0 |
| Will not seek the drug | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| Used fresh water at home | |||
| Yes | 416 | 69.1 | 65.2–72.8 |
| No | 186 | 30.9 | 27.2–34.8 |
| Frequency of freshwater contact reported | |||
| Every day | 286 | 47.5 | 43.4–51.6 |
| Every week | 48 | 8.0 | 5.9–10.4 |
| Sometimes a month | 220 | 36.5 | 32.7–40.5 |
| Never | 48 | 8.0 | 5.9–10.4 |
| Ready to not go to the river if being treated for schistosomiasisb | |||
| Yes | 136 | 46.3 | 40.4–52.1 |
| No | 158 | 53.7 | 47.9–59.5 |
| Missing data | 19 | – | – |
| Had reported having already urinating in a watercourse | |||
| Yes | 387 | 64.3 | 60.3–68.1 |
| No | 215 | 35.7 | 31.9–40.0 |
| Had reported having already defecating in a watercourse | |||
| Yes | 152 | 25.2 | 21.8–28.9 |
| No | 450 | 74.7 | 71.1–78.2 |
aApplicable to children only, corresponding to the simplified version of the questionnaire
bApplicable to young adults and adults only, corresponding to the main version of the questionnaire