Table 5.
Differences in practices in pre-intervention phase and post-intervention phase
| Practices questions | Test responses (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-intervention Phase (n = 425) | Post-intervention Phase (n = 339) | ||
| What do you think someone should do if she or he was bitten by tick? | 0·002 | ||
| Palsying tick with medical alcohol or iodine and then remove the tick slowly | 272 (68·0) | 262 (79·4) | |
| Squashing the tick and then removed it directly | 103 (25·8) | 57 (17·3) | |
| Don't deal with it | 25 (6·2) | 11 (3·3) | |
| What advice would you give someone who was bitten by tick and developed symptoms of fever or other physical discomfort? | 0·011 | ||
| Raising vigilance and go to the hospital for treatment immediately | 363 (90·5) | 316 (95·2) | |
| Symptomatic treatment with drugs which were bought by oneself | 23 (5·7) | 5 (1·5) | |
| Don't take any measures | 15 (3·7) | 11 (3·3) | |
| What are the general precautions to take when you working outdoors? | |||
| Don't take protective measures | 86 (20·2) | 52 (15·3) | 0·081 |
| Wearing long-sleeved clothes and put cuffs into the socks or shoes | 239 (56·2) | 237 (69·9) | <0·001 |
| Applying repellent | 132 (31·1) | 157 (46·3) | <0·001 |
| Don't know how to take protective measures | 50 (11·8) | 26 (7·7) | 0·060 |
P-value; χ2/Fisher Exact Test estimation.