Assessing knowledge about lymphatic filariasis and the implementation of mass drug administration amongst drug deliverers in three districts/cities of Indonesia

Table 2 Frequency distribution of drugs deliverers in MDA according to their knowledge about LF and MDA as well as MDA feedback by their role during MDA

Variable	Frequency (total) role during MDA			Cadre (n = 175)			Religious/community leader (n = 84)			Health workers (n = 59)
	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI	n	%	95% CI
A. Knowledge about lymphatic filariasis
Knowledge of LF^a
Low	188	59.1	53.6–64.4	109	62.3	54.8–69.2	64	76.2	65.8–84.2	15	25.4	15.9–38.2
High	130	40.9	35.6–46.4	66	37.7	30.8–45.2	20	23.8	15.8–34.2	44	74.6	61.8–84.2
B. Knowledge about MDA
Knowledge about MDA^b
Low	183	57.6	52.0–62.9	102	58.3	50.8–65.4	61	72.6	62.0–81.2	20	33.9	22.9–47.0
High	134	42.1	36.8–47.7	72	41.1	34.1–48.6	23	27.4	18.9–38.0	39	66.1	53.1–77.1
C. MDA feedback
Informed about the number of people receiving or taking LF drugs
No	110	34.6	29.5–40.0	63	36.0	29.2–43.4	41	48.8	38.2–59.5	6	10.2	4.6–21.0
Yes	208	65.4	60.0–70.5	112	64.0	56.6–70.8	43	51.2	40.5–61.8	53	89.8	79.0–95.4
D. Other
Perceived adequacy of knowledge to carry out roles and responsibilities in MDA
Inadequate	28	8.8	6.1–12.5	13	7.4	4.4–12.4	11	13.1	7.4–22.2	4	6.8	2.5–16.9
Neutral	50	15.7	12.1–20.2	27	15.4	10.8–21.6	15	17.9	11.0–27.6	8	13.6	6.9–25.0
Perception about training received prior to MDA
Very informative	117	36.8	31.6–42.3	56	32.0	25.5–39.3	31	36.9	27.2–47.8	30	50.9	38.2–63.4
Informative	152	47.8	42.3–53.3	94	53.7	46.3–61.0	37	44.1	33.8–54.9	21	35.6	24.4–48.7
Less informative	29	9.1	6.4–12.8	14	8.0	4.8–13.1	10	11.9	6.5–20.8	5	8.5	3.5–19.0
No training	20	6.3	4.1–9.6	11	6.3	3.5–11.0	6	7.1	3.2–15.1	3	5.1	1.6–14.8

^aKnowledge about LF is based on three variables: (i) know that worm is the cause of LF; (ii) know that mosquitoes transmit LF; and (iii) know that LF is preventable. Low level of knowledge is assigned to those scoring less than median of the distribution and high level of knowledge is assigned to those scoring the same as median or above
^bKnowledge about MDA is based on six variables: knowledge that (i) all LF drugs should be taken; (ii) pregnant women should not take LF drugs; (iii) children under two years old should not take LF drugs; (iv) severely undernourished children should not take LF drugs; (v) people aged more than 75 years old should not take LF drugs; and (vi) severely ill people should not take LF drugs. Low level of knowledge is assigned to those scoring less than median of the distribution and high level of knowledge is assigned to those scoring the same as median or above

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