Table 3 Proportion of participants’ awareness of urogenital schistosomiasis
Question | Response | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Have you ever heard about schistosomiasis? | Yes | 75 | 19.3 |
No | 314 | 80.7 | |
Source of information about schistosomiasis | School | 47 | 12.1 |
Out of school | 27 | 6.9 | |
Do not know | 315 | 81.0 | |
How is the disease transmitted | Water | 75 | 19.3 |
Food | 0 | 0 | |
Do not know | 314 | 80.7 | |
What are the signs of schistosomiasis? | Haematuria | 43 | 11.1 |
Painful urination | 4 | 1.0 | |
Do not know | 342 | 87.9 | |
Do you know that the disease can be treated? | Yes | 211 | 54.3 |
No | 178 | 45.7 | |
What do you think should be done to prevent this disease? | Treatment | 38 | 9.7 |
Stop swimming | 29 | 7.5 | |
Do not know | 322 | 82.8 | |
Knowledge proportion | Good | 90 | 23.1 |
Poor | 299 | 76.8 |