Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Provincial Dwellers on Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis: Evidence from a Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in the Gambia

Table 2

Multivariate logistic regression of the factors associated with knowledge on prevention and control of schistosomiasis among study participants at CRR, the Gambia.

Knowledge on schistosomiasis		B coefficient	AOR	95% Cl for OR		value
				LB	UB
Fair	Intercept	0.689				0.242
	Age of participants
	Below 30	0.332	1.394	0.632	3.078	0.411
	30–39	−0.569	0.566	0.245	1.306	0.182
	40 and above (ref)	0^b
	Ever heard of bilharzia
	Yes	1.127	3.086	0.859	11.084	0.084
	No (ref)	0^b
	Risk factors for contracting bilharzia
	Contact with polluted river water with feces/urine	0.173	1.188	0.458	3.081	0.722
	Body contact with an infected person	0.033	1.033	0.150	7.098	0.973
	Walking across water barefooted	1.341	3.821	0.377	38.765	0.257
	Eating unwashed fruits and vegetables	0.191	1.211	0.181	8.096	0.843
	Do not know (ref)	0^b
Poor	Intercept	2.010				0.000
	Age of participants
	Below 30	0.370	1.447	0.642	3.261	0.372
	30–39	−1.105	0.331	0.133	0.825	0.018
	40 and above (ref)	0^b
	Ever heard of bilharzia
	Yes	2.477	11.911	3.452	41.099	<0.001
	No (ref)	0^b
	Risk factors for contracting bilharzia
	Contact with polluted river water with feces/urine	−2.295	0.101	0.042	0.242	<0.001
	Body contact with an infected person	−0.771	0.463	0.082	2.596	0.381
	Walking across water barefooted	−0.541	0.582	0.060	5.675	0.641
	Eating unwashed fruits and vegetables	−0.712	0.491	0.085	2.819	0.425
	Do not know (ref)	0^b

Model adjusted for participants’ sex, the distance of river from home, source of bilharzia, prevention methods of bilharzia, complications, communities, and religion. ^aThe reference category is good knowledge. ^bThis parameter is set to zero because it is redundant. Statistically significant at .