Table 2 Percentage of response “I have no idea” among travelers in comparison of pre- and post-counseling
From: Risk perception of health problems among travelers visiting a travel clinic in Bangkok, Thailand
Health problems | Thai travelers | Western travelers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-counseling (%) | Post-counseling (%) | p-value | Pre-counseling (%) | Post-counseling (%) | p-value | |
Malaria | 23.9 | 7.9 | 0.000 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 0.003 |
Japanese encephalitis | 38.8 | 16.4 | 0.000 | 20.5 | 2.3 | 0.000 |
Hepatitis A | 30.0 | 9.7 | 0.000 | 20.1 | 3.4 | 0.001 |
Travelers’ diarrhea | 13.9 | 3.3 | 0.009 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 0.009 |
Influenza | 14.8 | 6.4 | 0.006 | 23.1 | 6.8 | 0.000 |
Rabid animal exposure | 21.5 | 8.2 | 0.000 | 12.9 | 2.3 | 0.001 |
STDs | 14.8 | 6.1 | 0.017 | 20.5 | 5.7 | 0.000 |
Accident | 12.1 | 3.9 | 0.003 | 11.7 | 2.7 | 0.015 |
Physical/sexual assault | 14.5 | 4.5 | 0.004 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 0.027 |
Robbery | 11.2 | 3.0 | 0.001 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 0.054 |
Vaccine adverse events | 24.5 | 5.2 | 0.000 | 24.2 | 4.9 | 0.000 |
Psychiatric problems | 16.7 | 4.8 | 0.000 | 21.2 | 6.8 | 0.005 |
Sunburn | 12.4 | 3.6 | 0.000 | 8.7 | 1.9 | 0.017 |
Natural disaster | 22.1 | 8.2 | 0.000 | 18.2 | 4.9 | 0.000 |