Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Tuberculosis Among Selam Health Center Outpatients, Gulele Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tigu, Fitsum (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ayal, Chalachew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-19T11:56:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T14:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-19T11:56:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T14:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-08-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tuberculosis (TB) is killing a number of people in Ethiopia. This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among Selam Health Center outpatients/attendants on TB in Gullele Sub city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A cross sectional research design was applied to measure differences between or from among individuals 18 and above years of age. The data were collected using well-structured questionnaires. The data were entered and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 20 software. Association between variables was done using chi-square and statistical significance was considered at p- value <0.05. Findings indicated that 35.9% (AOR = 1.33, CI, 0.88-1.54) of the participants were in the age range 31-40 years of old with poor knowledge level. On the other hand, 46.9% (AOR = 1.33, CI, 0.88-1.54) were also in the same age range (31-40 years) with good knowledge level and 22 (33.8%) of them had high knowledge level (p = 0.001). Regardless of the sources of information, all study participants had heard about TB, 253 (65.9%) of them described TB as a very serious disease and 235 (61.2%) knew that bacteria is the causative agent of TB. One-hundred and thirty- nine (36.2%) of the participants did not take any training on TB due to the lack of willingness. There was a statistically significant difference in KAP scores in relation to educational status and residence of the participants. There was great association between college students among outpatients and knowledge score at the 25th, 50th and 75th quantile. Moreover, there was association between college students among outpatients and attitude score at 50th quantile. The lack of KAP was the main factor for the high rate of TB infection. It was identified that there was a gap in KAP on tuberculosis and its way of transmission among the study participants. So, it would be better for the health centers to give education for the community to be able to reduce the spread of TB and its consequences. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/22844 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Knowledge | en_US |
| dc.subject | Attitude | en_US |
| dc.subject | Practice | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tuberculosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cross Sectional Study | en_US |
| dc.subject | Selam Health Center | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Tuberculosis Among Selam Health Center Outpatients, Gulele Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |