Table 1.
Distribution of knowledge related variables and their categories
| Dimensions | Explanatory variables | Categories | Frequency (%) |
| Dimension of Knowledge about Symptoms (DKS) |
Coughing with and without blood more than 3 | 0= No | 8 (2.1%) |
| weeks | 1=Yes | 376 (97.9%) | |
| Chest pain | 0= No | 153 (39.8%) | |
| 1=Yes | 231 (60.2%) | ||
| Shortness of breath | 0= No | 291 (75.8%) | |
| 1=Yes | 93 (24.2%) | ||
| Loss of appetite | 0= No | 189 (49.2%) | |
| 1=Yes | 195 (50.8%) | ||
| Weight loss | 0= No | 166 (43.2%) | |
| 1=Yes | 218 (56.8%) | ||
| Fiver with night sweating | 0= No | 113 (29.4%) | |
| 1=Yes | 271 (70.6%) | ||
| Dimension of Knowledge about Transmission (DKT) |
Is TB communicable | 0= No | 39 (10.2%) |
| 1=Yes | 345 (89.8%) | ||
| Through sneezing | 0= No | 23 (6.0%) | |
| 1=Yes | 361 (94.0%) | ||
| Through air | 0= No | 129 (33.6%) | |
| 1=Yes | 255 (66.4%) | ||
| Through using things of affected people | 0= No | 203 (52.9%) | |
| 1=Yes | 181 (47.1%) | ||
| Dimension of Knowledge about Treatment (DKTr) | Is treatment available | 0= No | 4 (1.0%) |
| 1=Yes | 380 (99.0%) | ||
| Is treatment free | 0= No | 19 (4.9%) | |
| 1=Yes | 365 (95.1%) | ||
| Is regular intake of medicine cure patient | 0= No | 11 (2.9%) | |
| 1=Yes | 373 (97.1%) | ||
| Is irregular intake of medicine cause death/MDR | 0= No | 198 (51.6%) | |
| 1=Yes | 186 (48.4%) | ||
| Dimension of Knowledge about Prevention (DKP) |
Is vaccine available | 0= No | 266 (69.3%) |
| 1=Yes | 118 (30.7%) | ||
| Stay far away from affected people when sneeze | 0= No | 20 (5.2%) | |
| 1=Yes | 364 (94.8%) | ||
| Not use things of affected people | 0= No | 172 (44.8%) | |
| 1=Yes | 212 (55.2%) | ||
| Get always clean | 0= No | 68 (17.7%) | |
| 1=Yes | 316 (82.3%) | ||
| Cronbach's Alpha | 0.785 | ||