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Table 2 Knowledge, attitude and practice of travel risk groups to destinations with a high risk for malaria

From: Trends in the knowledge, attitudes and practices of travel risk groups towards prevention of malaria: results from the Dutch Schiphol Airport Survey 2002 to 2009

Knowledge1

High risk destinations

 

# cases

# total

%

p - value

95% CI mean

p - value

(within high risk group)a)

(high vs low risk groupc)

Overall

516

708

72.9

n.a.

69.6–76.2

0.000

Elderly traveller

92

128

71.9

0.466

64.1–79.7

0.000

Solo-traveller

186

244

76.2

0.075

70.9–81.6

0.000

Business-traveller

85

105

81.0

0.079

73.4–88.5

0.000

Last-minute traveller

206

302

68.2

0.041

63.0–73.5

0.000

VFR

114

154

74.0

0.298

67.1–81.0

0.000

Attitude 2

# cases

mean

sd

p  - value

95% CI mean

p  - value

(within high risk group a )

(high vs low risk group c )

Overall

517

72.0

24.6

n.a.

69.8–74.2

0.491

Elderly traveller

99

69.9

26.9

0.374

64.5–75.3

0.896

Solo-traveller

174

68.6

25.8

0.053

64.7–72.5

0.042

Business-traveller

90

70.2

25.1

0.316

64.9–75.5

0.755

Last-minute traveller

211

67.5

25.4

0.005

64.0–71.0

0.207

VFR

80

66.8

27.4

0.062

60.7–72.9

0.364

Practice 3

# cases

mean

sd

p  - value

95% CI mean

p  - value

(within high risk group a )

(high vs low risk group c )

Overall

610

61.9

27.7

n.a.

59.7–64.1

0.000

Elderly traveller

105

61.6

26.4

0.151

56.4–66.8

0.009

Solo-traveller

197

54.5

31.6

0.000

50.0–59.0

0.000

Business-traveller

94

51.8

31.7

0.000

45.3–58.3

0.016

Last-minute traveller

249

57.4

29.2

0.001

53.7–61.1

0.000

VFR

112

53.9

31.9

0.004

47.9–59.9

0.000

  1. Legend: 1 = knowledge was defined as a percentage of maximal accurate risk perception (0–100% scale); 2 = attitude was defined as a percentage of maximal risk behaviour (0–100% scale); 3 = practice was scored only in malaria questionnaire (Q-mal) as a percentage of maximal protection. a = p-value of comparison of a given risk group vs the remainder of travellers to a high risk destination; c = P-value of comparison of a given risk group to a high risk destination vs the same risk group to a low risk destination; n.a. = not applicable; n.s. = not significant; Last-minute = information sought: none or within 14 days before departure.