Level of Education

As predicted, chikungunya has received increased attention in areas

where there has been an outbreak. This is probably due to public awareness

programs, media attention, and individual illness experiences. It's also

possible that there's a contrast between factual knowledge of the disease and

superficial knowledge of the disease, which is regarded as knowledgeable.

Other studies discovered that gender and age were predictors of greater

knowledge levels, but these results were less reliable and need more

research. Literacy, a socioeconomic variable that serves as a proxy for

education and knowledge, was noted as a substantial confounder in one

research. The majority of the study's affected individuals are less likely to be

protected against mosquito bites because they are unaware of mosquito-

borne diseases like chikungunya. (Corin, et al., 2017).

Through convenience sampling and the use of a pre-validated

questionnaire, a cross-sectional observation study was carried out among

medical, pharmacy, and dental students at a private institution in the

Malaysian state of Kedah. After receiving written informed consent forms, the

data was gathered. The study had a participation of 636 healthcare students

and a 68% response rate. Three-fourths (78%) of the respondents were

Chinese, nearly half (44%) were from the medical faculty, and 38% were

from year three education. The majority of respondents (93%) were between

the ages of 21 and 23. Overall, only 85 individuals (13%) received a good

knowledge score for the Chikungunya virus, whereas 283 people (45%)

received a moderate score and 268 participants (42%) received a low score.
Chikungunya knowledge scores among participants were higher among those

between the ages of 18 and 20 (20%), with females (15%), Chinese (15%),

pharmacy students (19%), and second-year students (25%) having higher

knowledge scores. The healthcare students at AIMST University showed a

moderate level of awareness of chikungunya overall, but educational

intervention programs can increase the researchers understanding of the

prevention and treatment of these dangerous illnesses (Nazer Ali, et al.,

2018).

According to Rueda et al. (2019), the researchers conducted a cross-

sectional analysis nested in a community cohort, including patients aged >18

years. The Colombian adaptation of the COPCORD questionnaire was

administered by trained interviewers between August 2014 and September

2015 at each individual home's. Of the 6528 participants in the COPCORD

study, 548 (8.4%) were included in our study as CHIKV infection suspects.

92.7% (n=508) of the 548 patients had some form of education. In confirmed

instances, primary school education was most prevalent (n = 87, 29.5%).

93.9% of the respondents (n = 277) were literate in both reading and writing.

It's interesting to note that not having CHIKV infection was linked to basic

primary school education.

According to Patil et al. (2013), the researchers conducted a study. In

the researchers study, a majority of the patients (83%) were aware about the

Chikungunya fever, but only 1% knew about the vectors which were

responsible for the fever.Nagpal et al. reported that the majority of

respondents (63% in Latur, Maharashtra to 94% in Betul, Madhya Pradesh)

were aware of Chikungunya fever, whereas in Delhi and Orissa, a majority

(56% in Mahavir Enclave to 85% in Sundergarh, Orissa) were ignorant. In the

researchers study, the majority of the patients (83%) were aware of the

Chikungunya fever, but only 1% knew about the vector Only a small

percentage of respondents (ranging from 3% in Sundergarh, Orissa to 43% in

Alappuzha, Kerala) were aware of the vectors that were responsible for the

transmission of Chikungunya across the high incidence wards of all the states.

In Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, 48–69% of patients favored source reduction

and pesticide therapy, respectively. The majority of responders (72%) in

Maharashtra were unaware of it among the low incidence wards in all the

states. A majority (48 and 60%, respectively) chose to preserve the

neighborhood mosquito-free to wards in Kerala with high and low prevalence

of the disease. According to a clinic-epidemiological study conducted on a

Chikungunya outbreak in Maharashtra state, only 8.9% of patients correctly

identified the disease's viral cause, the transmitting species was least

remembered (4.2%), and about 38% of people were certainly knew how to

perform a source reduction. Paramedics and government doctors were the

main sources of information on Chikungunya, how it spreads, and how to

control it. In addition to knowledge of the disease's early warning signs,

preventing it also requires a planned strategy.