Table 2

Ebola-related awareness, risk perceptions and knowledge, National Ebola KAP survey, Sierra Leone, August 2014 (n=1413)*

Indicator	%	95% CI
A—Awareness and risk perception
Heard of Ebola	100	97.7 to 100
Expressed that Ebola existed in Sierra Leone	97	96.1 to 97.9
Aware of possibility to survive and recover from Ebola	78	75.7 to 80.0
Aware of possibility to have Ebola without showing signs/symptoms	40	37.5 to 42.7
Aware of Ebola call centre to report sick persons and deaths	57	54.3 to 59.5
Perceived some risk of contracting Ebola	58	55.1 to 60.2
B—Knowledge of Ebola cause†
Bats/monkeys/ chimpanzees/other wild animals	74	71.9 to 76.5
Virus	42	39.6 to 44.8
God or higher power	2	1.1 to 2.5
Witchcraft	1	0.5 to 1.6
C—Knowledge of Ebola modes of transmission‡
Shaking hands with an infected person	56	53.5 to 58.6
Eating ‘bush meat’	52	50.0 to 55.2
Other physical contact with an infected person	50	47.2 to 52.4
Sweat of an infected person	48	45.8 to 51.0
Eating fruits likely to have been bitten by bats	35	32.2 to 37.1
Blood of an infected person	34	31.8 to 36.7
Preparing ‘bush meat’ as a meal	33	30.2 to 35.1
Saliva of an infected person	33	30.1 to 35.0
Urine of an infected person	27	25.0 to 29.6
Faeces of an infected person	20	18.3 to 22.5
Semen or vaginal fluid of an infected person	19	17.3 to 21.4
Breast milk of an infected person	14	12.9 to 16.6
D—Knowledge of Ebola signs and symptoms§
Knew three key signs/symptoms of Ebola (fever, diarrhoea, vomiting)	60	57.7 to 62.7
Vomiting (with or without blood)	83	80.6 to 84.5
Diarrhoea (with or without blood)	73	70.7 to 75.4
Fever	79	76.6 to 80.9
Rash	45	42.7 to 47.9
Severe headache	38	35.3 to 40.3
Muscle pain	23	20.9 to 25.3
Weakness	22	19.7 to 24.0
Abdominal pain	11	9.0 to 12.2

*Item-specific sample sizes slightly varied with <5% missing values for any item.
†Unprompted/open-ended/multiple selection item.
‡Unprompted/open-ended/multiple selection item.
§Unprompted/open-ended/multiple selection item.
KAP, knowledge, attitudes and practices.