Who Is Vulnerable to Dengue Fever? A Community Survey of the 2014 Outbreak in Guangzhou, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Cases
2.3. Controls
2.4. Study Sample
2.5. Survey Instruments
2.6. Data Analysis
2.7. Ethical Consideration
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristic
3.2. Univariate Analysis
3.2.1. Exposure Characteristics
3.2.2. Knowledge and Practices
3.3. Multivariate Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Controls No. (%) (n = 492) | Cases No. (%) (n = 165) | p-Value | |
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Gender (male) | 222 (45.4) | 73 (44.2) | 0.796 | |
Age (year) | Mean (SD) | 39.20 (15.01) | 37.87 (14.93) | 0.643 |
Median (Min.–Max.) | 36 (13–70) | 37 (12–69) | 0.367 | |
Migrant person | 181 (36.8) | 54 (32.7) | 0.346 | |
Occupation | <0.001 | |||
Farmer | 15 (3.2) | 8 (5.5) | ||
Merchant | 62 (13.2) | 29 (19.9) | ||
Office worker | 100 (21.4) | 25 (17.1) | ||
Laborer | 22 (4.7) | 23 (15.8) | ||
Unemployed | 118 (25.2) | 20 (13.7) | ||
Retiree | 102 (21.8) | 24 (16.4) | ||
Pupils/student | 49 (10.5) | 17 (11.6) | ||
Severe mosquito bites | 157 (38.9) | 83 (51.2) | 0.007 | |
Living in old flats/sheds | 308 (63.0) | 129 (80.1) | <0.001 | |
Lacking air conditioner | 187 (38.0) | 47 (56.0) | 0.002 | |
Plants with water containers | ||||
Lucky bamboo plant | 163 (40.4) | 30 (18.6) | 0.000 | |
Frequently change water | 95 (58.3) | 6 (35.3) | 0.069 | |
Awareness of Dengue | 381 (77.4) | 99 (60.0) | 0.000 | |
Preventive Measures | ||||
Repellent | 137 (34.1) | 40 (24.2) | 0.022 | |
Coil | 140 (34.7) | 101 (61.2) | <0.001 | |
Net | 126 (31.3) | 88 (53.3) | <0.001 | |
Screen | 114 (28.3) | 30 (18.2) | 0.012 | |
Spray | 32 (7.9) | 15 (9.1) | 0.651 | |
Clothes | 13 (3.2) | 7 (4.2) | 0.554 | |
Cleaning trash/water | 115 (28.5) | 15 (9.1) | <0.001 |
Variables | B | S.E | p Value | Odds Ratio(OR) | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awareness of Dengue | −2.538 | 0.401 | <0.001 | 0.08 | 0.04–0.17 |
Living in old apartment | 0.866 | 0.358 | 0.015 | 2.38 | 1.18–4.79 |
Plants with water containers | −0.853 | 0.363 | 0.019 | 0.43 | 0.21–0.87 |
Preventive Measures | |||||
Repellent | −1.033 | 0.418 | 0.013 | 0.36 | 0.16–0.81 |
Nets | 1.069 | 0.322 | 0.001 | 2.91 | 1.55–5.48 |
Cleaning trash/water | −3.901 | 1.101 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.00–0.17 |
Coils | 0.978 | 0.318 | 0.002 | 2.66 | 1.43–4.96 |
Constant intercept | −0.285 | 0.435 | 0.512 | 0.75 |
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Chen, B.; Yang, J.; Luo, L.; Yang, Z.; Liu, Q. Who Is Vulnerable to Dengue Fever? A Community Survey of the 2014 Outbreak in Guangzhou, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070712
Chen B, Yang J, Luo L, Yang Z, Liu Q. Who Is Vulnerable to Dengue Fever? A Community Survey of the 2014 Outbreak in Guangzhou, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(7):712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070712
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Bin, Jun Yang, Lei Luo, Zhicong Yang, and Qiyong Liu. 2016. "Who Is Vulnerable to Dengue Fever? A Community Survey of the 2014 Outbreak in Guangzhou, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 7: 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070712