Study on the Influencing Factors of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice About Tuberculosis Among Freshmen in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Du, Guizhi; Li, Chao; Liu, Yangyang; Tu, Fulai; Yang, Ruizhe; Li, Rui; Shen, Hongbing; Li, Wei

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“…An Indonesian study revealed that healthcare students obtained higher scores in knowledge assessment with an average of 7.03 ± 2.36 out of 11 compared to non-healthcare students who scored 4.98 ± 2.36 out of 11 on average ( 18 ). A Chinese study indicated a low awareness level of TB among freshmen university students enrolled in various colleges ( 17 ). On the other hand, a study conducted in Iran indicated moderate to high knowledge among healthcare students with an average score of 16.3 ± 2.06 (low <10, moderate 10–15, high >15) ( 25 , 26 ).…”

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“…Young people aged 19 to 22 years are the age group for tuberculosis (TB), with most of these individuals being college or university students ( 16 ). Because of the dense population and high degree of interaction among individuals found in universities and schools, diseases like tuberculosis can spread more easily ( 17 ). Failure to seek medical attention is a very regular occurrence in this setting.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis among healthcare and non-healthcare students at a public university in Saudi Arabia

Kandasamy,

Almaghaslah,

Almanasef

2024

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection. It mostly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but it can also affect other organs. This cross-sectional study evaluated knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to TB among King Khalid University (KKU) students between October and November 2023.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate current TB knowledge, attitudes, and practices of students at King Khalid University in Abha, Saudi Arabia.MethodsA self-administered, cross-sectional, descriptive, web-based questionnaire was conducted from October to December 2023 among the students of King Khalid University. We used a 29-item questionnaire with five sections. Section 1 contained five questions about sociodemographic factors, there were 13 knowledge questions in Section 2, Section 3 contained 7 attitude questions, Section 4 contained 3 practice questions, and Section 5 contained 1 source of information question. A chi-squared test was used to assess differences in participants’ knowledge, attitude, and practices in relation to their demographic variables (p < 0.05).ResultsA total of 518 students completed the questionnaire. 53.66% were healthcare students and 46.33% non-healthcare students. The mean scores for healthcare and non-healthcare students, respectively, were as follows: knowledge 11.80 ± 4.81, 7.35 ± 4.96; attitude 6.94 ± 1.33, 5.05 ± 2.09; and practice 2.26 ± 0.85, 1.14 ± 0.87. The results of this study showed good knowledge (24.82 and 5.83% for healthcare and non-healthcare students, respectively) good attitude (67.62 and 46.25%) and good practice (45.32 and 9.58%). A total of 24.32% healthcare students and 28.18% non-healthcare students reported that most effective sources for obtaining information about TB were social networks, the internet and the radio.ConclusionThe current study concludes that the knowledge, attitude, and practice about TB among healthcare faculty students is better than their non-healthcare counterparts. However, there are still areas of poor knowledge, attitude and practice toward some aspects of TB among the two categories, which shows the necessity of educational intervention that aims at improving student understanding about the disease and its impact on public health.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis among healthcare and non-healthcare students at a public university in Saudi Arabia

Kandasamy,

Almaghaslah,

Almanasef

2024

Front. Public Health

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“…The results showed that the pass rate of core knowledge about TB prevention and control increased with the increase of education level and monthly income, 15,16 and the awareness rate of all people with secondary school education or below was relatively low, which may be related to the relatively small scope of knowledge received by this group, the weak ability and the insufficient attention to health knowledge. 17 At present, the group living in urban areas is higher than the rural group, which suggests that agricultural workers are mainly engaged in manual labor, and the health and nutritional conditions are relatively poor, and the reception of tuberculosis knowledge may be limited. 18 In summary, there is still a certain gap between the awareness rate of core information on tuberculosis prevention and control in pulmonary tuberculosis patients who have completed treatment and the target and requirement of 85%.…”

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A Cross-Sectional Study on Awareness of Tuberculosis Control Among Post-Treatment Tuberculosis Patients in a City in China

Jing,

Dong,

Huang

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IDR

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Purpose This study aimed to investigate awareness of tuberculosis control among post-treatment tuberculosis patients, in order to provide a basis for future preventive and control work in this population. Patients and Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on post-treatment patients with tuberculosis in seven districts of Jinan City between July 2021 and December 2022. A face-to-face or telephone interviews using structured questionnaires for the research subjects were conducted by data collectors. Analyses were carried out first for all subjects, and then separately for male and female subjects. Results A total of 837 valid questionnaires were collected, of which 495 were males and 342 were females. The awareness rate of the core TB knowledge was 82.46%. The ≥65 year group in the total group (OR=0.43, 95% CI: (0.28, 0.68)), male (OR=0.47, 95% CI: (0.27, 0.83)) and female group (OR=0.40, 95% CI: (0.19, 0.86)) was lower than that of the control group. Educational level and monthly income are the main factors of TB cognition in total group. People with university or higher education (OR=2.05, 95% CI: (1.38, 3.05)) and with a monthly income of ≥6,000 (OR=1.89, 95% CI: (1.10, 3.25)) had a higher awareness rate. The group with current residence in the city was more aware than the reference group. Conclusion In the future, the communication of the main transmission route, suspicious symptoms, and cure of TB needs to be strengthened for the post-treatment TB patients. The elderly, those with secondary school education or below, agricultural workers and low-income people are the groups with weak knowledge of TB, and they are also the groups that need to be focused on health education. The above information should be focused on the above groups of people in order to educate them in a way that is easily acceptable to them.

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“… 20 In another study conducted in China, it was found that 89.64% of non-health faculty students had a positive attitude towards tuberculosis, in another study in Iraq, 76% of medical students had positive attitude while in the present study, only 14.9% of non-health faculty students and 26.7% of health faculty students had a positive attitude, indicating a large difference. 21 , 22 …”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Tuberculosis Among Health Faculty and Non-Health Faculty Students of Kabul University and Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan

Alimi,

Sakhi

2023

AMEP

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Introduction Afghanistan ranks 24th among the countries with a high TB death rate. The number of TB patients has unfortunately increased by 3% during 2022 compared to 2021. University students are among the high-risk groups for TB. The frequent and high level of person-to-person contact in universities increases the transmission of infectious diseases including TB. This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude, and practices of university students regarding tuberculosis to better understand the situation. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted among 415 health and non-health faculty students between October and December 2022. Multi-stage stratified sampling technique was used to collect the data and data were analyzed using SPSSv25. Cross-tabulation and a Chi-Square test were used to identify differences between groups. Results The results of this study showed that 18.1% of health and 2.4% of non-health faculty students had good knowledge about TB. There was a significant difference in the knowledge of health and non-health faculty students (P value<0.01). The level of good attitude of health and non-health faculty students about TB was 26.7% and 14.9%, respectively. Regarding practices, 41.9% of health faculty students and 29.8% of non-health faculty students had good practices about TB. There was a significant difference in the attitude (P value = 0.03) and practices (P value = 0.024) of health and non-health faculty students (health faculty students had better knowledge, attitude, and practices.). Conclusion The knowledge, attitude, and practices of health and non-health faculty students were insufficient about TB. The practice level of health faculty students was poorer than what was expected based on their field. Television and the Internet played a good role in informing students about TB. So, both can be used for transferring good knowledge, positive attitudes, and correct practices about TB to society.

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Study on the Influencing Factors of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice About Tuberculosis Among Freshmen in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis among healthcare and non-healthcare students at a public university in Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis among healthcare and non-healthcare students at a public university in Saudi Arabia

A Cross-Sectional Study on Awareness of Tuberculosis Control Among Post-Treatment Tuberculosis Patients in a City in China

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Toward Tuberculosis Among Health Faculty and Non-Health Faculty Students of Kabul University and Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan

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