Table 1.
Percentage of enrolled students who correctly answered the tuberculosis-related questions, stratified by degree course
| Chosen answers | All students (n = 2,200) | Medical students (n = 609) | Nursing students (n = 1,611) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB1 is caused by M. tuberculosis | 94.7 | 99 | 93 | <0.0001 |
| MDR2 -isolates are a current problem for TB control | 78.5 | 91.8 | 73.4 | <0.0001 |
| TB does not affect only the lungs | 75.8 | 96 | 68.1 | <0.0001 |
| TB treatment is problematic and several drug must be prescribed for a long period | 75.1 | 92.7 | 68.4 | <0.0001 |
| The lethality rate of untreated active TB is >50% | 66.5 | 62.2 | 68.3 | 0.007 |
| Several TB cases are asymptomatic | 59.4 | 82 | 51.1 | <0.0001 |
| TB vaccine is currently available | 87.4 | 90.4 | 86.3 | 0.009 |
| TB vaccine is currently available, but it is not 100% effective | 66.3 | 81.6 | 60.4 | <0.0001 |
| TB vaccine is composed by Bacillus Calmette Guerin | 44.2 | 73.4 | 33.1 | <0.0001 |
| TST3 is aimed at detecting asymptomatic M. tuberculosis infection | 88.0 | 90.6 | 87 | 0.02 |
| TST is not a drug | 69.7 | 88.3 | 62.6 | <0.0001 |
| TST is not a vaccine | 68.6 | 87.3 | 61.5 | <0.0001 |
| TST is not a laboratory test | 50.9 | 74.5 | 41.9 | <0.0001 |
1TB = tuberculosis; 2MDR = multi-drug resistant; 3TST = tuberculin skin test.