Key Chagas disease missing knowledge among at-risk population in Spain affecting diagnosis and treatment

Table 5 Bolivians’ knowledge and attitudes regarding Chagas disease treatment by sex

	Male	%	Female	%	P-value
Can Chagas disease be cured?
Yes	51	32.1	64	29.5
No	69	43.4	101	46.5
Don’t know	35	22.0	38	17.5
Depends on the progress	4	2.5	13	6.0
Yes, in children under 1 year old	0	0.0	1	0.5	0.338
Do you know what the treatment for Chagas disease is?
Yes	5	3.1	10	4.6
No	154	96.9	207	95.4	0.473
Do you know if Chagas disease can be treated in Spain?
Yes	125	78.6	178	82.0
No, not in Spain	34	21.4	39	18.0	0.409
If so, where?
Hospital	49	39.2	62	34.8
Health centre	35	28.0	34	19.1
Don’t know	37	29.6	71	39.9
Other	2	0.8	2	0.0	0.163
If you had Chagas disease, would you take the treatment?
Yes	156	98.1	208	95.9
No	3	1.9	9	4.2	0.218
And if it were your child who had Chagas disease, would you treat him/her?
Yes	158	99.4	215	99.1
No	1	0.6	2	0.9	0.753
Can a pregnant woman receive Chagas disease treatment during pregnancy?
Yes	16	10.1	18	8.3
No	93	58.5	135	62.2
Don’t know	50	31.5	64	29.5	0.725

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