Doxycycline Usage for Prevention of Leptospirosis among Farmers and Reasons for Failure to Use Chemoprophylaxis: A Descriptive Study from Southern Sri Lanka
Table 4
Knowledge and awareness of farmers on modes of prevention of the disease, practice of using chemoprophylaxis with doxycycline.
Number
%
Prevention of disease
Using chemoprophylaxis medication
277
86.8 (82.6-90.1)
Knew correct chemoprophylaxis usage recommendations of national guidelines
100
31.3 (26.5-36.6)
Using boots
13
4.1 (2.4-6.8)
Kill rats
9
2.8 (1.4-5.2)
Source of information about chemoprophylaxis (multiple choices)
Newspaper
52
Radio
27
Television
74
Medical personal
137
Non-medical / hear say
118
Don’t know
22
Source of obtaining chemoprophylaxis (multiple choices)
