Table 1

Sample characteristics—National Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey, Sierra Leone, July 2015 (n=3564)

Respondents
N* (%†)
Anxiety and depression (PHQ-4)PTSD (IES-r)
No symptom
(N*=1982, 51.4%†)
Any symptom/s (N*=1582, 48.6%†)P value‡No symptom
(N=880, 23.6%†)
Any symptom/s
(N=2684; 76.4%†)
P value‡
N*N*N*N*
Gender0.5340.076
Male1774 (49%)9834845.9–50.57914947–51.74254642.7–49.513495047.7–51.5
Female1790 (51%)9995249.5–54.17915148.4–53.14555450.5–57.313355048.5–52.3
Age0.0200.251
15–24 years1203 (35%)7103734.5–38.94933330.8–35.23103733.2–39.88933432.6–36.2
≥25 years2360 (65%)12726361.1–65.510896764.8–69.25706460.2–66.817916663.8–67.4
Education§0.8570.111
None1424 (37%)8073734.8–39.26173634.1–38.63513733.9–40.510733734.7–38.3
Primary739 (21%)4022018.5–22.13372119.1–22.91691815.5–20.75702119.9–22.9
≥Secondary1394 (43%)7684340.4–456264340.4–4 53584541.2–4810364240.2–44
Region<0.001<0.001
West798 (21%)5152623.7–27.72831513.5–16.82903228.5–34.75081715.7–18.5
North1740 (34%)10063634–38.47343229.8–34.13833027.3–33.513573533.4–37
East471 (23%)1961715.4–18.82752926.6–30.8861613.8–18.83852523.1–26.3
South555 (23%)2652119.1–22.92902422.3–26.31212218.9–24.54342321.3–24.5
Know someone who died from Ebola<0.001<0.001
Yes1068 (31%)4782522.5–26.55103431.6–36.01711916.5–21.98173230.2–33.8
No2476 (68%)14387270.0–74.210386461.9–66.56737773.7–79.518036663.9–67.5
Know someone quarantined for Ebola<0.001<0.001
Yes1165 (34%)5422724.9–28.95984138.3–42.92072219.3–24.99333735.3–38.9
No2378 (65%)14077269.4–73.69715956.4–61.06587773.6–79.417206260.0–63.6
Composite Ebola experience: Know someone who died from Ebola and know someone quarantined for Ebola
None2168 (59%)12956865.5–9.78735451.6–56.4<0.0016117370.4–76.415575755.2–59.0<0.001
Only know someone died from Ebola199 (6%)8464.5–6.58054.3–6.53253.1–5.913264.8–6.6
Only know someone quarantined for Ebola296 (9%)12875.7–8.11591210.0–13.05975.0–8.4228108.8–11.0
Both experience869 (25%)3922018.3–21.94282927.0–31.21371513.0–17.86832725.6–29.0
Ebola is no longer a threat in Sierra Leone<0.001<0.001
Agree966 (30%)5893532.3–36.73772523.2–27.42893834.6–41.26772825.9–29.3
Disagree2534 (69%)13556360.9–65.311797370.7–74.95585854.2–60.819767169.3–72.7
Ebola is no longer a threat in your district0.005<0.001
Agree1188 (40%)6764239.5–44.15123734.8–39.43374743.2–508513735.6–39.2
Disagree2309 (58%)12645653.4–5810456158.7–63.35094945.4–52.218006159.4–63
Ebola is no longer a threat in your community0.007<0.001
Agree1451 (45%)8214845.2–49.86304340.6–45.24105248.7–55.510414341.3–45.1
Disagree2062 (53%)11295148.4–539335653.4–584434440.9–47.716195654–57.8
Ebola is no longer a threat in your household0.007<0.001
Agree1543 (48%)8645047.4–52.06794543.0–47.64215349.5–56.311224644–47.8
Disagree1981 (51%)10924946.5–51.18895451.3–56.14394440.8–47.615425351.4–55.2
Composite threat perception: Ebola is no longer a threat at any level<0.001<0.001
Agree814 (26%)5143128.5–32.73002119.0–22.82663532.1–38.55482321.4–24.6
Disagree2691 (72%)14336765.2–69.412587775.3–79.35846157.3–63.921077674.2–77.4
  • *Frequencies are numbers without adjusting for sampling fractions.

  • †Percentages adjusted to take account of sampling fractions.

  • ‡Pearson’s χ2 test, not taking missing value as categories.

  • §System missing values not presented; we excluded ’don’t know' responses and missing values .

  • IES-r, Impact of Event Scale-revised; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.