Background
Methods
Study area and population
Data collection
Data analysis
Results
Items | Living area | P-value | Total(n = 934) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Non- Endemic (n = 466) | endemic (n = 488) | |||
n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | ||
Hearing about VL* | ||||
no | 366(75.2) | 214(48.0) | < 0.001 | 580(62.2) |
yes | 121(24.8) | 232(52.0) | 353(37.8) | |
Knowing about the infectiousness of the VL* | ||||
no | 384(79.2) | 250(56.1) | < 0.001 | 634(68.1) |
yes | 101(20.8) | 196(43.9) | 297(13.9) | |
Knowing about the mode of transmission of VL* | ||||
no | 339(70.2) | 245(55.3) | < 0.001 | 584(63.1) |
yes | 144(29.8) | 198(44.7) | 342(36.9) | |
Knowing about the sign and symptoms of VL* | ||||
no | 338(70.4) | 199(45.5) | < 0.001 | 537(58.6) |
yes | 142(29.6) | 238(54.5) | 380(41.4) | |
Knowing about the preventability of VL* | ||||
no | 153(36.0) | 49(11.6) | < 0.001 | |
yes | 272(64.0) | 372(88.4) | 644(69.0) | |
Knowing about the cause of VL* | ||||
no | 401(83.5) | 298(67.4) | < 0.001 | 699(75.8) |
yes | 79(16.5) | 144(32.6) | 223(24.2) | |
Knowing about the transmission of VL from animals to humans* | ||||
no | 394(82.1) | 257(58.1) | < 0.001 | 651(70.6) |
yes | 86(17.9) | 185(41.9) | 271(29.4) | |
Knowing about the outcome of untreated VL* | ||||
no | 386(79.8) | 182(41.2) | < 0.001 | 568(61.3) |
yes | 98(20.2) | 260(58.8) | 358(38.7) | |
Knowing about the treatment preference of VL* | ||||
no | 65(13.8) | 21(4.9) | < 0.001 | 86(9.5) |
yes | 406(86.2) | 409(95.1) | 815(90.5) | |
Knowing about the care of diseased person* | ||||
No | 288(59.4) | 313(70.8) | < 0.001 | 601(64.8) |
yes | 197(40.6) | 129(29.2) | 326(35.2) |
Number of latent class | Number of parameters estimated | G2 | df | AIC | BIC | Entropy | Maximum log-likelihood |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 3069.11 | 1013 | 3089.11 | 3137.50 | -- | -5469.93 |
2 | 21 | 956.31 | 1002 | 998.31 | 1099.94 | 0.91 | -4413.53 |
3 | 32 | 824.81 | 991 | 888.81 | 1043.67 | 0.79 | -4347.78 |
4 | 43 | 716.51 | 980 | 802.51 | 1010.61 | 0.81 | -4293.63 |
5 | 54 | 635.63 | 969 | 743.63 | 1004.97 | 0.81 | -4253.19 |
6 | 65 | 573.58 | 958 | 703.58 | 1018.15 | 0.83 | -4222.17 |
7 | 76 | 536.76 | 947 | 688.76 | 1056.56 | 0.83 | -4203.76 |
8 | 87 | 500.89 | 936 | 674.89 | 1095.93 | 0.84 | -4185.82 |
Latent class | |||||
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Very low | Low | Moderate | high | Very high | |
Latent class prevalence | 0.389 | 0.155 | 0.062 | 0.141 | 0.252 |
Item-response probabilities | |||||
Hearing about VL* | 0.039 | 0.005 | 0.005 | 0.966 | 0.900 |
Knowing about the infectiousness of the VL | 0.001 | 0.232 | 0.005 | 0.699 | 0.731 |
Knowing about the mode of transmission of VL | 0.032 | 0.139 | 0.873 | 0.510 | 0.843 |
Knowing about the sign and symptoms of VL | 0.059 | 0.294 | 0.141 | 0.603 | 0.992 |
Knowing about the preventability of VL | 0.444 | 0.912 | 0.866 | 0.862 | 0.988 |
Knowing about the cause of VL | 0.001 | 0.097 | 0.117 | 0.286 | 0.709 |
Knowing about the transmission of VL from animals to humans | 0.001 | 0.445 | 0.027 | 0.203 | 0.771 |
Knowing about the outcome of untreated VL | 0.096 | 0.527 | 0.140 | 0.403 | 0.798 |
Knowing about the treatment preference of VL | 0.812 | 0.856 | 1.00 | 0.982 | 1.00 |
Knowing about the care of a diseased person | 0.251 | 0.347 | 0.994 | 0.324 | 0.364 |
Predictors | Low | Moderate | high | Very high | P-value |
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OR(95%CI) | OR(95%CI) | OR(95%CI) | OR(95%CI) | ||
Age | 1.01(0.99–1.03) | 1.09(1.06–1.12) | 0.99(0.97–1.01) | 0.98(0.96–0.99) | < 0.001 |
Being male | 0.76(0.50–1.16) | 2.70(1.39–5.25) | 0.98(0.66–1.44) | 0.93(0.66–1.31) | 0.2954 |
Bing single | 0.72(0.39–1.38) | 3.68(1.75–7.72) | 1.12(0.68–1.84) | 0.75(0.45–1.17) | 0.2576 |
Education (academic) | 0.91(0.53–1.57) | 0.54(0.23–1.30) | 1.20(0.76–1.91) | 2.36(1.61–3.47) | 0.0003 |
Living in endemic area | 7.23(4.52–11.58) | 0.09(0.03–0.30) | 2.71(1.73–4.23) | 8.47(5.78–12.41) | < 0.001 |