Variables | Number (%) of male | Number (%) of female | Total number (%) |
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Who would you talk to about your illness if you had TB? | |||
Doctor or other medical worker | 145 (70.4) | 127 (62.3) | 272 (66.3) |
Spouse | 8 (3.9) | 6 (2.9) | 14 (3.4) |
Parent | 87 (42.2) | 86 (42.2) | 173 (42.2) |
Close friend | 44 (21.4) | 40 (19.6) | 84 (20.5) |
No one | 3 (1.5) | 2 (1.0) | 5 (1.2) |
Other (religious leaders, elders, etc.) | 34 (16.5) | 30 (14.7) | 64 (15.6) |
What would you do if you thought you had symptoms of TB? | |||
Go to health facility | 151 (73.3) | 140 (68.6) | 291 (71.0) |
Go to pharmacy | 11 (5.3) | 18 (8.8) | 29 (7.1) |
Go to traditional healers | 39 (18.9) | 33 (16.2) | 72 (17.6) |
Pursue self-treatment options (herbs, etc.). | 66 (32.0) | 66 (32.4) | 132 (32.2) |
Other (go to mosque, pray, etc.) | 22 (10.7) | 28 (13.7) | 50 (12.2) |
If you had symptoms of TB, at what point would you seek medical help? | |||
When treatment on my own does not work | 69 (33.5) | 67 (32.8) | 136 (33.1) |
When TB symptoms last for 2 or more weeks | 26 (12.6) | 22 (10.8) | 48 (11.7) |
As soon as I realize TB symptoms | 82 (39.8) | 79 (38.7) | 161 (39.3) |
I would go to health facility or contact a doctor | 10 (4.9) | 8 (3.9) | 18 (4.4) |
I don’t know | 19 (9.2) | 28 (13.7) | 47 (11.5) |
If you would not go to the health facility, what is the reason? | |||
Not sure where to go | 9 (4.5) | 6 (3.2) | 15 (3.9) |
Cost | 12 (6.0) | 12 (6.3) | 24 (6.2) |
Difficulties with transportation/distance | 123 (61.8) | 109 (57.4) | 232 (59.6) |
Do not trust medical workers | 21 (10.6) | 17 (9.0) | 38 (9.8) |
Do not like attitude of medical workers | 11 (5.53) | 9 (4.7) | 20 (5.1) |
Cannot leave my work (overlapping work hours with medical facility working hours) | 17 (8.5) | 11 (5.8) | 28 (7.2) |
Do not want to find that something is wrong | 54 (27.1) | 43 (22.6) | 97 (24.9) |
Other (no reason, etc.) | 20 (10.1) | 25 (13.2) | 45 (11.6) |