A Study on Health Seeking Behaviors of Patients of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

Table 4

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the study patients about PKDL.

Items	Respondents	Number	Patients delay (in days)		System delay (in days)
			Mean	Median	Mean	Median
Heard the name PKDL	Yes	14 (7)	499.29	97	112.14	38
	No	186 (93)	710.87	380	41.54	11.15
Knowledge about PKDL	Yes	4 (2)	393	393	29	29
	No	196 (98)	702	373	41.45	12
KA is an infectious disease, transmitted by sand fly bite	Yes	18 (9)	393	393	29	10
	No	182 (91)	692.88	373	43.46	12
Complete cure of the disease is possible	Yes	42 (21)	792	402	23	14
	No	2 (1)	680	387	12	12
	Not known	156 (78)	723	320	27	11.15
Frequency of using mosquitoes net	Always	140 (70)	696	383	46.48	12
	Often	32 (16)	732	470	57.80	14
Sleeping bed	Cot	193 (96.5)	670.86	387	47.71	12
	Floor	7 (3.5)	1390	345	12.71	14
Habit of day time sleeping	Regular	56 (28)	756	420	14.41	10.50
	Occasional	118 (59)	740.50	393	25.75	12
	Rarely	26 (13)	361	121	209	20
Insecticide spray in the house in last 1 year	Yes	174 (87)	673.33	344	49.77	12
	No	26 (13)	884	503	24.50	9
First health care provider	Graduate doctor	30 (15)	603.37	238.50	154.90	11
	Union dispensary (Govt.)	8 (4)	377.50	310	19.88	13.50
	Traditional healer	14 (7.5)	604.67	417	33.47	30
	Paramedic	19 (9.5)	661.42	344	19.95	14
	Village doctor	31 (15.5)	815.10	327	15.74	14
	Upazila health complex (UZHC)	57 (28.5)	698	393	14.5	10
	Homeopath	11 (5.5)	731.7	373	64.36	12
	Pharmacy shop	20 (10)	663.40	393.50	14.35	13
	Others	9 (4.5)	1167	600	12	9