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ArticleTuberculosis research and treatment2021

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Infection Control in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Sailesh Kumar Shrestha, Ratna Bahadur Bhattarai, Lok Raj Joshi, Nilaramba Adhikari, Suvesh Kumar Shrestha, Rajendra Basnet, Kedar Narsingh K C

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Sailesh Kumar ShresthaNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-1206
Ratna Bahadur BhattaraiNational Tuberculosis Control Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal.
Lok Raj JoshiNational Tuberculosis Control Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal.
Nilaramba AdhikariCentral Department of Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Suvesh Kumar ShresthaSave the Children/Global Fund, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Rajendra BasnetNational Tuberculosis Control Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal.
Kedar Narsingh K CNational Tuberculosis Control Center, Bhaktapur 44800, Nepal.

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) transmission is an important problem, particularly in low-income settings. This study is aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practices of DR-TB infection control among the healthcare workers under the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Nepal. In this cross-sectional study, we studied the healthcare workers from all the 11 functioning DR-TB treatment centers across Nepal in March 2018. Through face-to-face interviews, trained data collectors collected data on the characteristics of healthcare workers, their self-reported knowledge, attitude, and practice on DR-TB infection control. We entered the data in Microsoft Excel and analyzed in the R statistical software. We assigned a score of one to the correct response and zero to the incorrect or no response and calculated a composite score in each of the knowledge, attitude, and practice domains. We ascertained the healthcare workers as having good knowledge, appropriate attitude, and optimal practices when the composite score was ≥50%. We summarized the numerical variables with median (interquartile range (IQR)) and the categorical variables with proportions. We ran appropriate correlation tests to identify relationships between knowledge, attitude, and practice scores. We regarded a

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