Table 3: Frequency and confidence interval of answers about the population's knowledge about the host, transmission form, symptoms and prevention of leptospirosis, Blumenau/Santa Catarina/Brazil.
|
Answers |
n (%) |
CI (95%) |
P |
|
Know who transmits leptospirosis? |
|
|
|
|
No |
15 (5.56%) |
(2.82-8.29) |
< 0.001 |
|
Yes |
255 (94.44%) |
(91.71-97.18) |
|
|
Which is the animal transmitter? |
|
|
|
|
Cats |
1 (0.37%) |
(0-1.09) |
< 0.001 |
|
Unknown |
15 (5.56%) |
(2.82-8.29) |
|
|
Rodents |
254 (94.07%) |
(91.26-96.89) |
|
|
How to transmit the disease? |
|
|
|
|
Contact with urine |
238 (88.15%) |
(84.29-92) |
< 0.001 |
|
Unknown |
30 (11.11%) |
(7.36-14.86) |
|
|
Mosquito bite |
2 (0.74%) |
(0-1.76) |
|
|
Know which symptoms are? |
|
|
|
|
No |
138 (51.11%) |
(45.15-57.07) |
< 0.001 |
|
Yes |
132 (48.89%) |
(42.93-54.85) |
|
|
How to avoid the disease? |
|
|
|
|
Garbage accumulation |
1 (0.37%) |
(0-1.09) |
< 0.001 |
|
Avoid flood water |
216 (80%) |
(75.23-84.77) |
|
|
Not to touch animals |
5 (1.85%) |
(0.24-3.46) |
|
|
Unknown |
48 (17.78%) |
(13.22-22.34) |
|
CI: Confidence Interval; P: P-value of Chi-square test. If P < 0.05 then significant differences between proportions.