Table 4.
Knowledge of signs and symptoms of schistosomiasis by demographic characteristics
Socio-demographics | Frequency (n) | Fever (%) | P-value | Blood in Urine (%) | P-Value | Lower Abdominal Pain (%) | P-Value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
Age | 6–9 | 282 | 88 | 12 | 0.08 | 75 | 25 | 0.11 | 58 | 17 | 0.29 |
10–13 | 198 | 82 | 18 | 54 | 46 | 87 | 13 | ||||
Total | 480 | 85 | 15 | 65 | 36 | 73 | 15 | ||||
Gender | Female | 245 | 85 | 15 | 0.08 | 69 | 31 | 0.001 | 85 | 15 | 0.75 |
Male | 235 | 86 | 14 | 63 | 37 | 84 | 15 | ||||
Total | 480 | 86 | 15 | 66 | 34 | 85 | 15 | ||||
Village | Mohembo | 101 | 81 | 13 | 0.02 | 75 | 25 | 0.001 | 90 | 10 | 0.001 |
Ngarange | 68 | 82 | 18 | 47 | 53 | 87 | 13 | ||||
Samochima | 93 | 75 | 25 | 35 | 65 | 61 | 39 | ||||
Sekondomboro | 63 | 87 | 13 | 60 | 40 | 78 | 24 | ||||
Sepopa | 55 | 93 | 13 | 85 | 15 | 96 | 4 | ||||
Xakao | 99 | 91 | 9 | 91 | 9 | 99 | 1 | ||||
Total | 480 | 85 | 15 | 60 | 35 | 85 | 15 | ||||
Health education status | No health education | 297 | 86 | 14 | 0.94 | 73 | 27 | 0.00 | 85 | 15 | 0.97 |
Had health education | 183 | 86 | 14 | 55 | 46 | 85 | 15 | ||||
Total | 480 | 86 | 14 | 64 | 37 | 85 | 15 |