Table 3 Knowledge, attitude and practice of travel risk groups to destinations with a low risk for malaria
Knowledge1 | Low risk destinations | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# cases | # total | % | p - value | 95% CI mean | p - value | |
(within low risk groupb) | (high vs low risk groupc) | |||||
Overall | 1021 | 2337 | 43.7 | n.a. | 41.7–45.7 | 0.000 |
Elderly traveller | 114 | 311 | 36.7 | 0.006 | 31.3–42.0 | 0.000 |
Solo-traveller | 332 | 766 | 43.3 | 0.661 | 39.8–46.9 | 0.000 |
Business-traveller | 150 | 352 | 42.6 | 0.829 | 37.4–47.8 | 0.000 |
Last-minute traveller | 532 | 1294 | 41.1 | 0.019 | 38.4–43.8 | 0.000 |
VFR | 156 | 367 | 42.5 | 0.437 | 37.4–47.6 | 0.000 |
Attitude 2 | # cases | mean | sd | p  - value | 95% CI mean | p -value |
(within low risk group b ) | (high vs low risk group c ) | |||||
Overall | 189 | 71.7 | 25.7 | n.a. | 68.0–75.4 | 0.491 |
Elderly traveller | 36 | 71.1 | 21.6 | 0.760 | 63.9–78.3 | 0.896 |
Solo-traveller | 41 | 61.0 | 33.5 | 0.002 | 50.5–71.5 | 0.042 |
Business-traveller | 8 | 65.0 | 38.2 | 0.667 | 38.0–92.0 | 0.755 |
Last-minute traveller | 72 | 72.8 | 24.7 | 0.343 | 67.0–78.6 | 0.207 |
VFR | 25 | 64.8 | 30.2 | 0.057 | 52.7–76.9 | 0.364 |
Practice 3 | # cases | mean | sd | p  - value | 95% CI mean | p  - value |
(within low risk group b ) | (high vs low risk group c ) | |||||
Overall | 228 | 39.4 | 32.2 | n.a. | 35.1–43.7 | 0.000 |
Elderly traveller | 41 | 46.3 | 28.3 | 0.371 | 37.5–55.1 | 0.009 |
Solo-traveller | 47 | 32.3 | 33.6 | 0.056 | 22.5–42.1 | 0.000 |
Business-traveller | 10 | 28.3 | 30.5 | 0.173 | 9.0–47.6 | 0.016 |
Last-minute traveller | 84 | 38.5 | 32.9 | 0.844 | 31.3–45.7 | 0.000 |
VFR | 35 | 29.5 | 33.6 | 0.108 | 18.1–40.9 | 0.000 |