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. 2014 Dec;14(4):855–865. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.13

Table 2.

Distribution of mean knowledge by TB types and patient types

Dimensions Types and categories of patients Mean
Dimension of Knowledge about Symptoms
(DKS)
Patient's type Extra-Pulmonary 0.363
Pulmonary 0.684

Patient's Category New case 0.577
Old case 0.704

Dimension of Knowledge about
Transmission (DKT)
Patient's type Extra-Pulmonary 0.575
Pulmonary 0.802

Patient's Category New case 0.731
Old case 0.795

Dimension of Knowledge about Treatment
(DKTr)
Patient's type Extra-Pulmonary 0.777
Pulmonary 0.874

Patient's Category New case 0.837
Old case 0.901

Dimension of Knowledge about Prevention
(DKP)
Patient's type Extra-Pulmonary 0.575
Pulmonary 0.686

Patient's Category New case 0.658
Old case 0.651

Overall Knowledge Index (OKI) Patient's type Extra-Pulmonary 0.572
Pulmonary 0.762

Patient's Category New case 0.701
Old case 0.763