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

Table 1 General characteristics of 3045 respondents in relation to the malaria risk profile of their destination

		High risk destination		Low-risk destination		P - value²
		N	%	N	%
		708	23.3	2337	76.7
Sex
	Male	358	50.6¹	1265	54.1¹	0.613
	Female	345	48.7	1058	45.3
Age
	Age > 60 yrs	128	18.1	311	13.3	0.388
Travel duration
	< 7 days	139	19.6	561	24.0	0.000
	8–14 days	242	34.2	926	39.6
	15–28 days	167	23.6	591	25.3
	> 28 days	87	12.3	190	8.1
Travel health preparation
Pre-travel information						0.014
	No	108	15.3	943	40.4
	Yes	600	84.7	1394	59.6
Time frame information-departure						0.005
	< 7 days	79	11.2	152	6.5
	8–14 days	115	16.2	199	8.5
	15–28 days	159	22.5	342	14.6
	> 28 days	247	34.9	701	30.0
Purpose for travel						0.000
	Tourist	381	53.8	1546	66.2
	Business	102	14.4	351	15.0
	VFR	154	21.8	367	15.7
	Missionary/volunteer	43	6.1	22	0.9
	Research	13	1.8	8	0.3
	Other	10	1.4	21	0.9
Travel profile						0.000
	Solo traveller	209	29.5	660	28.2
	Travel with spouse	286	40.4	908	38.9
	Travel with children	68	9.6	267	11.4
	Travel with group	47	6.6	106	4.5
	Travel with friends	43	6.1	155	6.6
	Other	29	4.1	90	3.9
Preventive measures
	Insectrepellants	501	70.8	184	7.9	0.954
	Bednet	138	19.5	29	1.2	0.007
	Chemoprophylaxis	498	70.3	99	4.2	0.000
Travel experience (intercontinental) in last 5 years						0.971
	No	112	15.8	383	16.4
	Yes	441	62.3	1440	61.6
Most popular destinations						Most popular destinations
	Gambia	373	52.7	428	18.3	Turkey
	Surinam	101	14.3	418	17.9	Egypt
	Ghana	66	9.3	180	7.7	Mexico
	Nigeria	49	6.9	176	7.5	Thailand
	Uganda	31	4.4	172	7.4	China

Legend: ¹ = all data are given as a percentage of either the total number of respondents to high risk destinations (i.e., n = 708) or as a percentage of the total number of respondents to low risk destinations (i.e., n = 2337); ² = P-value for comparison of high-risk destinations vs low risk destinations, adjusted for year and kind of questionnaire.

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