Table 4.
Attitude questions | Test responses (%) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Pre-intervention Phase (n = 425) | Post-intervention Phase (n = 339) | ||
Would you adopt personal protective strategies when in contact with livestock (e.g. sheep, cattle, pigs, dogs, etc.)? | 0·006 | ||
Yes | 236 (56·9) | 227 (68·2) | |
No | 116 (28·0) | 66 (19·8) | |
Maybe | 63 (15·1) | 40 (12·0) | |
Would you deal with livestock that carries ticks in time to prevent family members from being bitten by ticks? | 0·006 | ||
Yes | 302 (73·7) | 265 (79·6) | |
No | 78 (19·0) | 36 (10·8) | |
Maybe | 30 (7·3) | 32 (9·6) | |
Would you clean up weeds and shrubs in the yard and/or around the house regularly? | 0·036 | ||
Yes | 328 (80·0) | 285 (84·8) | |
No | 63 (15·4) | 31 (9·2) | |
Maybe | 19 (4·6) | 20 (6·0) | |
Would you counsel related information about preventive strategies of SFTS in the lectures or propaganda which were conducted in your communities? | 0·106 | ||
Yes | 357 (91·9) | 322 (95·3) | |
No | 16 (3·8) | 7 (2·1) | |
Maybe | 18 (4·3) | 9 (2·7) | |
Would you participate in the free related detections of SFTS that conducted by health departments? | <0·001 | ||
Yes | 281 (66·9) | 273 (81·0) | |
No | 12 (2·9) | 4 (1·2) | |
Maybe | 127 (30·2) | 60 (17·8) |
SFTS, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.
P-value; χ2/Fisher Exact Test estimation.