Table 3.
Knowledge about Chagas disease.
| Question | Choices | No. of answers | Rate of answers (%) | Total no. of answers | Total answer rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which health problems are caused by Chagas disease? Please name the three most frequent symptoms. (Open question) |
3 correct symptoms | 8 | 4.8 | n/a | n/a |
| 2 correct symptoms | 22 | 13.1 | |||
| 1 correct symptom | 18 | 10.7 | |||
| None correct or not answered | 120 | 71.4 | |||
| How is Chagas disease transmitted? (Multiple answers possible) | Vinchuca | 92 | 55.8 | 165 | 98.2 |
| Mother/child | 29 | 17.5 | |||
| Sexual | 2 | 1.2 | |||
| Sugar cane juice | 5 | 3.0 | |||
| Blood transfusion | 38 | 23.0 | |||
| Organ transplant | 19 | 11.5 | |||
| Mosquito bite | 15 | 9.1 | |||
| Physical contact with infected person | 1 | 0.6 | |||
| Modes of transmission unknown | 45 | 27.3 | |||
| Is it possible to have Chagas disease without having symptoms? | Yes | 65 | 42.2 | 154 | 91.7 |
| No | 8 | 5.2 | |||
| I don´t know | 81 | 52.6 |