Knowledge and Attitudes to Tuberculosis amongst Health Workers and Tuberculosis Patients

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge and attitudes of patients and health workers to tuberculosis. Result: Education level was found to affect the attitudes to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis tends to be more common in the lower socioeconomic groups. Age, religion and race do not seem to affect the attitudes towards tuberculosis. A high proportion of the patients do not seem to understand well, the natural history of tuberculosis, especially factories such as transmission where 49.0% did not know how the disease is transmitted. On the treatment of tuberculosis, majority 88.7% of the patients believed that it can be cured. Similarly, a high percentage said that patients should be treated in hospitals (contrary to health departments efforts in promoting domiciliary care). Conclusion: Knowledge of tuberculosis is high among patients and health care providers. Nevertheless, more needs to be done to change people's perception regarding the mode of treatment.

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@mastersthesis{RN10d,
title = {Knowledge and Attitudes to Tuberculosis amongst Health Workers and Tuberculosis Patients},
author = {Festus Pawa},
year  = {1984},
date = {1984-01-01},
urldate = {1984-01-01},
school = {Department of SPM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya},
abstract = {Objective: This study was carried out to determine the knowledge and attitudes of patients and health workers to tuberculosis. Result: Education level was found to affect the attitudes to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis tends to be more common in the lower socioeconomic groups. Age, religion and race do not seem to affect the attitudes towards tuberculosis. A high proportion of the patients do not seem to understand well, the natural history of tuberculosis, especially factories such as transmission where 49.0% did not know how the disease is transmitted. On the treatment of tuberculosis, majority 88.7% of the patients believed that it can be cured. Similarly, a high percentage said that patients should be treated in hospitals (contrary to health departments efforts in promoting domiciliary care). Conclusion: Knowledge of tuberculosis is high among patients and health care providers. Nevertheless, more needs to be done to change people's perception regarding the mode of treatment.},
note = {Master of Public Health},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {mastersthesis}
}