Table 2 Knowledge, perception and awareness of Chagas disease and its triatomine vectors of participants according to their ethnicity
From: Cultural perception of triatomine bugs and Chagas disease in Bolivia: a cross-sectional field study
| Survey question | Ayoreo | Chiquitano | Guarani | Quechua | La Paz | Santa Cruz | Total | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 test | |
| Identification of triatomine bugs | < 0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes | 46 (92.0) | 100 (83.3) | 86 (98.9) | 65 (90.3) | 45 (50.6) | 41 (66.1) | 383 (79.8) | |
| No | 4 (8.0) | 20 (16.7) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (9.7) | 44 (49.4) | 21 (33.9) | 97 (20.2) | |
| Have seen triatomine bugs | < 0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes | 46 (92.0) | 98 (81.7) | 87 (100.0) | 61 (84.7) | 31 (34.8) | 39 (62.9) | 362 (75.4) | |
| No | 4 (8.0) | 22 (18.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (15.3) | 58 (65.2) | 23 (37.1) | 118 (24.6) | |
| “Do you think this bug is dangerous?” | 0.0003 | |||||||
| Yes | 46 (92.0) | 114 (95.0) | 83 (95.4) | 64 (88.9) | 70 (78.7) | 45 (72.6) | 422 (87.9) | |
| No | 2 (4.0) | 4 (3.3) | 2 (2.3) | 4 (5.6) | 10 (11.2) | 8 (12.9) | 30 (6.3) | |
| Does not know | 2 (4.0) | 2 (1.7) | 2 (2.3) | 4 (5.6) | 9 (10.1) | 9 (14.5) | 28 (5.8) | |
| “Have you heard of Chagas disease?” | < 0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes | 41 (82.0) | 112 (93.3) | 83 (95.4) | 64 (88.9) | 66 (74.2) | 59 (95.2) | 425 (88.5) | |
| No | 9 (18.0) | 8 (6.7) | 4 (4.6) | 8 (11.1) | 23 (25.8) | 3 (4.8) | 55 (11.5) | |
| “Do you have a family member who has Chagas disease?” | < 0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes | 23 (46.0) | 43 (35.8) | 46 (52.9) | 32 (44.4) | 12 (13.5) | 22 (35.5) | 178 (37.1) | |
| No | 24 (48.0) | 77 (64.2) | 30 (34.5) | 27 (37.5) | 77 (86.5) | 39 (62.9) | 274 (57.1) | |
| Does not know | 3 (6.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (12.6) | 13 (18.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.6) | 28 (5.8) | |
| Association of triatomine bugs and Chagas disease | < 0.0001 | |||||||
| Yes | 24 (48.0) | 105 (87.5) | 73 (83.9) | 52 (72.2) | 41 (46.1) | 42 (67.7) | 337 (70.2) | |
| No | 26 (52.0) | 15 (12.5) | 14 (16.1) | 20 (27.8) | 48 (53.9) | 20 (32.3) | 143 (29.8) | |