Table 3 Number of caregivers (%) answering correctly to each of the questions and effect (p-value) of belonging to one of the two groups which received the pamphlet or to one of the two groups which attended an information session
Caregiver group | P-value for the effect of pamphlet | P-value for the effect of info session | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Pamphlet | Info session | Info session + pamphlet | |||
Multiple choice questions | ||||||
What is hookworm? | 30 (46%) | 33 (52%) | 53 (86%) | 52 (81%) | 0.99 | 0.006 |
Why is it bad? | 24 (37%) | 26 (41%) | 35 (58%) | 46 (72%) | 0.51 | 0.006 |
Can one be treated? | 52 (80%) | 54 (86%) | 52 (84%) | 54 (86%) | 0.72 | 0.53 |
Why are we doing this study? | 25 (39%) | 31 (49%) | 35 (58%) | 34 (53%) | 0.99 | 0.13 |
Who decides if your child participates? | 59 (91%) | 57 (91%) | 60 (97%) | 61 (95%) | 0.99 | 0.27 |
What if your child still has hookworm? | 55 (85%) | 44 (71%) | 50 (83%) | 54 (84%) | 0.51 | 0.53 |
Can you give up participating? | 27 (43%) | 21 (33%) | 19 (31%) | 23 (36%) | 0.72 | 0.31 |
What about payment? | 52 (81%) | 47 (76%) | 57 (92%) | 61 (97%) | 0.90 | 0.02 |
Is mebendazole safe? | 25 (40%) | 22 (36%) | 20 (33%) | 19 (30%) | 0.87 | 0.53 |
Who can see your child’s information? | 24 (37%) | 21 (33%) | 32 (53%) | 30 (47%) | 0.82 | 0.02 |
True or false questions (What will your child have to do if he/she participates?) | ||||||
Provide several stool samples | 63 (97%) | 61 (97%) | 62 (100%) | 63 (98%) | 0.72 | 0.76 |
Provide one stool sample | 17 (26%) | 23 (37%) | 29 (47%) | 24 (38%) | 0.99 | 0.09 |
Provide a urine sample | 16 (25%) | 20 (32%) | 35 (56%) | 32 (50%) | 0.99 | 0.006 |
Provide a small blood sample | 54 (83%) | 56 (89%) | 60 (97%) | 61 (95%) | 0.72 | 0.02 |
Pay for the treatment | 52 (80%) | 48 (76%) | 59 (95%) | 57 (89%) | 0.72 | 0.02 |
Tell us how he/she feels after treatment | 65 (100%) | 55 (87%) | 60 (97%) | 61 (95%) | 0.51 | 0.53 |
Allow a doctor/nurse to examine him/her | 63 (97%) | 59 (94%) | 61 (98%) | 63 (98%) | 0.51 | 0.35 |