Table 3 Attitude and practice of the participants on VL and sand flies vector
From: Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis: a case control study in north-western Ethiopia
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Attitude | ||
The degree of severity of kala-azar as compared to malaria, kala-azar is | ||
Very serious | 182 | 64.3% |
Serious | 95 | 33.6% |
Ordinary | 6 | 2.1% |
Kala-azar is an important problem of disease | ||
Yes | 227 | 80.2% |
No | 56 | 19.8% |
Kala-azar can be controlled through community participation | ||
Yes | 131 | 46.3% |
No | 152 | 53.7% |
Kala-azar can affect family income | ||
Yes | 252 | 89.0% |
No | 31 | 11.0% |
Kala-azar is fatal disease if it is untreated | ||
Yes | 280 | 98.9% |
No | 3 | 1.1% |
Practice | ||
Drug preference for treatment VL | ||
Specific medicine | 268 | 94.7 |
Indigenous medicine | 4 | 1.4 |
Do not know | 11 | 3.9 |
Prevention measures from mosquito/sand fly bite | ||
Use of bed net | 197 | 69.6 |
Insecticide spraying | 24 | 8.5 |
Repellents | 15 | 5.3 |
Cleanliness | 45 | 15.9 |
Do not know | 2 | .7 |
Source of information | ||
Health personnel | 129 | 45.6 |
Friends and neighbours | 132 | 46.6 |
Television | 12 | 4.2 |
Magazines | 2 | .7 |
Radio | 4 | 1.4 |
School | 4 | 1.4 |