Table 2 Knowledge of community respondents (n = 418) about onchocerciasis, Quara District, 2013
Indicative questions on knowledge | Response categories | Number (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Have you ever heard about the disease called onchocerciasis | Yes | 401(95.9) | |
No | 17(4.1) | ||
Causative agent of onchocerciasis | Filarial worm | 45(11.2) | |
Black fly | 233(58.1) | ||
Mosquito | 14(3.5) | ||
Living in poor environmental sanitation | 59(14.7) | ||
Poor personal hygiene | 33(8.2) | ||
Witchcraft | 2(0.5) | ||
Eating contaminated food | 1(0.2) | ||
Being not vaccinated | 9(2.2) | ||
Do not know | 5(1.2) | ||
Oncho transmits from person to person | Yes | 235(58.6) | |
No | 120(29.9) | ||
I do not known | 46(11.5) | ||
The mode of transmissions of the disease | Black fly bite | 163(69.4) | |
Contact with infected person | 40(17.0) | ||
Mosquito bite | 19(8.1) | ||
Through breath | 1(0.4) | ||
Sharing clothes | 9(3.8) | ||
I do not know | 3(1.3) | ||
The signs and symptoms of the disease | Itching | Yes | 313(78.1) |
Edema | Yes | 107(26.7) | |
Skin change | Yes | 171(42.6) | |
Do you think oncho is preventable disease | Yes | 374(93.3) | |
No | 11(2.7) | ||
I do not know | 16(4.0) | ||