Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Knowledge on Tuberculosis among Adults in Ethiopia

Gelaw, Sifrash Meseret

doi:10.1155/2016/6207457

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“…Findings from current study also revealed that patients' knowledge is associated with gender and age, these findings are in line with some studies. [19,[30][31][32] However, contrary to our findings, other studies [17,29] reported no association between patients' knowledge of TB and mentioned demographic factors (age and gender).…”

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Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Anaam¹,

Alsahali²,

Alfadly³

et al. 2018

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious cause of illness in Yemen. Knowledge is believed to be associated with patients' willingness to seek treatment and adherence to treatment. Objectives: To assess patients' knowledge of TB and identify possible influencing factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of three months (October to December, 2013) to assess knowledge of TB among new TB patients in five Yemini regions. Descriptive results were presented as frequencies and percentage. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (K-S test) was used for normality test. Chi-square (Χ 2) testing and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to describe differences between groups. Multiple linear regression was performed to identify factors influencing the knowledge. Multicollinearity was considered before performing multiple linear regression. SPSS version 18 (Chicago, IL) was used for data analysis. Results: A total of 450 patients with a mean age (±SD) of 32.7 (±13.6) years (range 15-80 years) were interviewed; 59.3% of respondents were males, 64.4% of respondents reported receiving TB information from the health staff. Slightly more than half (55.6%) of the patients' were aware about the method of TB transmission. The majority (82.2%) of the respondents knew that TB is a curable disease. About two thirds (71.8%) of the tuberculosis patients were found to be aware about duration of treatment. About 271 (60.2%) of the respondents were categorized as having a good level of knowledge about TB. The median knowledge score was 4.0. Kruskal-Wallis H test showed significant differences in the medians between groups with regard to gender, age, education status, marital status, living status, stigma and receiving health education. However, multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, education status, stigma and receiving health education at health centers were the only factors that significantly influencing the knowledge. About 44% of the patients expressed fear of being known as tuberculosis patients in the community. Conclusion: The knowledge of TB and its treatment was generally moderate with a median score of 4. Majority of the patients knew that TB is a curable disease with regular treatment and recommended duration. This will psychologically encourage them to adhere to treatment instructions.

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Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Anaam¹,

Alsahali²,

Alfadly³

et al. 2018

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“…In our study, 41.85% of migrant and seasonal farm workers were knowledgeable. This finding was in line with the finding from EDHS 2011 (44.14%) (17). However, the finding was lower than a study conducted in Lesotho (59.9%) (21)and Zimbabwe (73.8%) (22).…”

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“…Addressing knowledge gaps in TB prevention has a great role in eliminating TB (5). Literacy (6, 7), gender (6), mass media (8-10), being a TB patient (11), professional occupation (7,12), health education (13), culture myths (14,15), knowledge (16), wealth index (17), age (18), and residence (19) were some of the factors affecting knowledge and attitude. Since knowledge is a precursor of a TB control strategy, determining knowledge of migrants and seasonal farm workers is very crucial in enabling and fastening controlling TB strategies (20).…”

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The role of mass media exposure on Tuberculosis knowledge and attitude among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Northwest Ethiopia

Gelaye

Debalkie

Ayele

et al. 2020

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Background Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the 9 th leading cause of death. Despite no country achieved its target, the world health organization (WHO) proposed a 90-90-90 approach to fastening the end TB strategy. Improvement and progression of TB control need good knowledge and a favorable attitude towards the disease. However, interventions designed don’t take migrants and seasonal farmworkers into account. Therefore, this study aimed at estimating the level of knowledge and attitude on Tuberculosis among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in northwest Ethiopia. Methods Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the West Gondar zone from October to November 2018. A two-stage cluster sampling was used to select 949 migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. A p-value of <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. The goodness of fit was checked using Hosmer and Lemeshow test. Results In this study, (41.8%), (95% CI: 38.73, 45.01) and (50.5%), (95% CI: 47.29, 53.65) of migrants and seasonal farmworkers had good knowledge and a favorable attitude, respectively. The odds of good knowledge among mass media exposed migrants were AOR=1.42, 95% CI: (1.02, 2.01). Moreover, urban residence and having good knowledge increase the odds of favorable attitude by 1.66, (AOR=1.7; 95% CI: 1.05, 2.62) and 4.3 (AOR=4.3, 95%CI: 3.26, 5.75), respectively. Conclusion In this study, the overall knowledge and attitude of migrant and seasonal farmworkers on TB were low. Family size and mass media exposure significantly affect knowledge of the migrants on TB. On the other hand, the attitude was affected by urban residence, health information, and having good knowledge. Health promotion interventions, focused on TB cause, mode of transmission, prevention, and treatment are important to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve the knowledge and attitude of migrants and seasonal farmworkers.

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“…Eq (2): Disease knowledge is believed to be determined primarily by education and higher wealth from increased access to information through multiple channels such as television, radio and social media [10,12,17,52,54]. Sex also tends to play a role on knowledge: a study demonstrated that women had 63% higher odds of being able to correctly cite at least three dengue symptoms [17].…”

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Understanding the role of disease knowledge and risk perception in shaping preventive behavior for selected vector-borne diseases in Guyana

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Background Individual behavior, particularly choices about prevention, plays a key role in infection transmission of vector-borne diseases (VBDs). Since the actual risk of infection is often uncertain, individual behavior is influenced by the perceived risk. A low risk perception is likely to diminish the use of preventive measures (behavior). If risk perception is a good indicator of the actual risk, then it has important implications in a context of disease elimination. However, more research is needed to improve our understanding of the role of human behavior in disease transmission. The objective of this study is to explore whether preventive behavior is responsive to risk perception, taking into account the links with disease knowledge and controlling for individuals' socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. More specifically, the study focuses on malaria, dengue fever, Zika and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), using primary data collected in Guyana-a key country for the control and/or elimination of VBDs, given its geographic location. Methods and findings The data were collected between August and December 2017 in four regions of the country. Questions on disease knowledge, risk perception and self-reported use of preventive measures were asked to each participant for the four diseases. A structural equation model was estimated. It focused on data collected from private households only in order to control for individuals' socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, which led to a sample size of 497 participants. The findings showed evidence of a bidirectional association between risk perception and behavior. A one-unit increase in risk perception translated into a 0.53 unit PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

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Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Knowledge on Tuberculosis among Adults in Ethiopia

Cited by 40 publications

References 18 publications

Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

The role of mass media exposure on Tuberculosis knowledge and attitude among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Northwest Ethiopia

Understanding the role of disease knowledge and risk perception in shaping preventive behavior for selected vector-borne diseases in Guyana

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