Table 2 Communities’ knowledge about the cause, sign and symptoms of TB, Itang Special District, GRS, South Western Ethiopia
Variable | Response categories | Anywa site | Nuer site | Opwo site | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause of PTB | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
Bacteria | 8 (6.3) | 6 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (3.3) | |
Cold air | 8 (6.3) | 51 (18.2) | 11 (78.6) | 70 (16.6) | |
Hot climate | 1 (0.8) | 5 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.4) | |
Shortage of food | 17 (13.4) | 4 (1.4) | 1 (7.1) | 22 (5.2) | |
Alcohol | 81 (63.8) | 86 (30.6) | 13 (92.8) | 180 (42.7) | |
Smoking | 14 (11.1) | 40 (14.2) | 5 (35.7) | 59 (13.9) | |
Don’t know | 4 (3.2) | 143 (50.8) | 4 (3.2) | 151 (33.6) | |
Cause of (TBL) | Bacteria | 4 (3.2) | 5 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (2.1) |
Cold air | 45 (35.4) | 58 (20.6) | 7 (50.0) | 110 (26.1) | |
Smoking | 42 (33.1) | 30 (10.7) | 2 (14.3) | 74 (17.5) | |
Drinking cow raw milk | 40 (31.5) | 27 (9.6) | 3 (21.4) | 70 (16.6) | |
Signs and symptoms of PTB | Cough for 2 weeks & above | 29 (22.8) | 10 (3.6) | 3 (21.4) | 42 (9.9) |
Weight loss | 35 (27.6) | 20 (7.1) | 7 (50.0) | 62 (14.7) | |
Hemoptsis | 81 (63.8) | 176 (59.4) | 6 (42.8) | 254 (60.2) | |
Chest pain | 60 (47.2) | 69 (24.5) | 1 (7.1) | 130 (30.8) | |
Don’t know | 3 (2.4) | 88 (31.3) | 0 (0.0) | 91 (19.2) |