Table 4 Bolivians’ knowledge and attitudes regarding Chagas disease diagnosis by sex
Male | % | Female | % | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Do you know what test is necessary to perform when a person has Chagas disease?a | |||||
Blood test | |||||
Blood specific analysis | 69 | 56.1 | 107 | 61.8 | |
Blood routine analysis | 53 | 43.1 | 65 | 37.6 | 0.337 |
Don’t know | 34 | 21.4 | 40 | 18.4 | 0.513 |
Xenodiagnosis | 2 | 1.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.370 |
Do you know if you can do a Chagas disease test in Spain? | |||||
Yes | 125 | 78.6 | 178 | 82.0 | |
No | 2 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.4 | |
Don’t know | 32 | 20.1 | 36 | 16.6 | 0.678 |
If so, where? | |||||
Hospital | 55 | 44.0 | 93 | 52.3 | |
Health Centre | 47 | 37.6 | 49 | 27.5 | |
Don’t know | 14 | 11.2 | 19 | 10.7 | |
Community campaigns | 6 | 4.8 | 10 | 5.6 | |
Blood bank | 3 | 2.4 | 7 | 3.9 | 0.397 |
Do you think doctors in Spain are familiar with Chagas disease? | |||||
Yes | 92 | 57.9 | 109 | 50.2 | |
No | 31 | 19.5 | 43 | 19.8 | |
Most are not | 27 | 17.0 | 48 | 22.1 | |
Don’t know | 9 | 5.7 | 17 | 7.8 | 0.416 |
How much confidence do you have in Spanish doctors to diagnose and treat Chagas disease? | |||||
A lot of confidence | 52 | 32.7 | 81 | 37.3 | |
Quite a lot of confidence | 35 | 22.0 | 41 | 18.9 | |
Some confidence | 30 | 18.9 | 37 | 17.1 | |
Little confidence | 31 | 19.5 | 46 | 21.2 | |
No confidence at all | 11 | 6.9 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.812 |
Do you think you might have Chagas disease? | |||||
No | 104 | 65.4 | 117 | 53.9 | |
Yes | 46 | 28.9 | 76 | 35.0 | |
Don’t know | 9 | 5.7 | 24 | 11.1 | 0.046 |
If a mother knows she has Chagas disease, should her children be tested? | |||||
Yes | 154 | 96.9 | 212 | 97.7 | |
No | 2 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.8 | |
Don’t know | 3 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.376 |
And if a father knows he has Chagas disease, should his children be tested? | |||||
Yes | 143 | 89.9 | 184 | 84.8 | |
No | 12 | 7.6 | 22 | 10.1 | |
Don’t know | 4 | 2.5 | 11 | 5.1 | 0.292 |