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Table 2 Knowledge, attitude and practice of wintersun vacationers to the Gambia in comparison to travellers to other destinations carrying a high risk of transmission of malaria

From: The knowledge, attitudes and practices of wintersun vacationers to the Gambia toward prevention of malaria: is it really that bad?

Outcome variable

Gambia (n = 373)

Other high-risk destination (n = 335)

Difference

 

n

Outcome

95% CI

Time trend

n

Outcome

95% CI

Time trend

Outcome

Time trend

    

↑↓ P-value

   

↑↓ P-value

P-value

P-value

Knowledge n/N (%)

 

273/373 (73.2)

68.4-77.6

↑ 0.071

 

243/335 (72.5)

67.4-77.3

0.97

0.052

0.22

Attitude mean (SD)

328

72.0 (23.3)

79.4-84.6

↑ 0.001

189

71.9 (26.9)

68.0-75.8

↑ 0.001

0.47

0.68

Practice mean (SD)

365

65.6 (23.0)

63.2-68.0

0.36

245

56.5 (32.9)

52.3-60.7

↑ <0.0005

0.001

0.046

  1. P-values were calculated after adjustment for year of survey; of other parameters the unadjusted estimates are presented.