ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2018
Knowledge and Healthcare Seeking Behavior of Tuberculosis Patients attending Gimbi General Hospital, West Ethiopia.
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- Barriers That Interfere with Access to Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment across Countries Globally: A Systematic Review.ACS infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Knowledge, health-seeking behavior, and predictors of treatment adherence among tuberculosis patients in the North-West Region of Cameroon.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of routine tuberculosis education in a high-burden setting: A prospective observational cohort study.PloS one · 2026Observational
- Risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in Indonesia: A case-control study in a high disease prevalence region.Narra J · 2024Article
- Knowledge and Attitude of King Khalid University Students Toward Common Issues of Ear, Nose, and Throat.Cureus · 2024Article
- Rural-Urban Inequities in Tuberculosis-Related Practices in Equatorial Guinea.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2023Article
- Lost to Follow-Up among Tuberculosis Patients during the Public-Private Mix Era in Rural Area of Indonesia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2023Article
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- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward tuberculosis among Jordanian university students.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The role of mass media exposure on tuberculosis knowledge and attitude among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Northwest Ethiopia.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculosis (TB) now ranks alongside HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) as a leading cause of death worldwide. Globally, 9.6 million people were estimated to have fallen ill with TB in 2014. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and healthcare seeking behaviour of tuberculosis patents in Gimbi General Hospital, West Ethiopia.
methodsA cross sectional study was conducted among tuberculosis patients from March 8 to April 30, 2015. The data collection method was face-to-face interview through structured standard questionnaire. To identify the factors associated with knowledge about TB and healthcare seeking behavior, backward logistic regression analysis was used.
resultsOf the 138 TB patients, 85(61.6%) had good knowledge about TB while 53(38.4%) had poor knowledge about TB. On multivariable logistic analysis, poor knowledge about TB was more likely to occur among TB patients in intensive treatment phase (Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=4.1, 95% CI= 1.7-9.6, p=0.001).
conclusionTB patients had good knowledge on signs and symptoms of TB, transmission of TB and healthcare seeking behaviour of TB, but their knowledge on the cause of TB, treatment of TB and prevention of TB were not adequate. This study also revealed that the health careseeking behaviour of TB patients were good.
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