Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of personnel involved with recording and reporting TB surveillance data at TB health facilities and subdistrict, district, provincial and national TB offices
| Characteristic | Health facility staff (N=91) n (%) |
Subdistrict staff (N=10) n (%) |
District staff (N=12) n (%) |
Provincial/national staff (N=6) n (%) |
Total (N=119) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job title | |||||
| Nurse | 51 (56.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 51 (42.9) |
| Medical doctor | 7 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (5.9) |
| TB manager (facility or programme) | 15 (16.5) | 4 (40.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (83.3) | 28 (23.5) |
| Data capturer | 18 (19.8) | 3 (30.0) | 3 (25.0) | 1 (16.7) | 25 (21.0) |
| Other co-ordinator/manager | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (41.7) | 0 (0.0.) | 8 (6.7) |
| Education | |||||
| Secondary | 21 (23.3) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (21.0) |
| College | 44 (48.9) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 51 (42.9) |
| University | 26 (28.6) | 6 (60.0) | 6 (50.0) | 5 (83.3) | 43 (36.1) |
| Years working in TB | |||||
| <1 | 18 (19.8) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 23 (19.3) |
| 1 – 2 | 18 (19.8) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (18.4) |
| 2 – 4 | 15 (16.5) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (41.7) | 1 (16.7) | 24 (20.2) |
| >4 | 40 (44.0) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 50 (42.0) |
| TB-related training | |||||
| TB reporting and recording (general) | 73 (80.2) | 9 (90.0) | 11 (91.7) | 5 (83.3) | 98 (82.4) |
| TB management | 55 (60.4) | 5 (50.0) | 8 (66.7) | 5 (83.3) | 73 (61.3) |
| TB/HIV | 35 (38.5) | 3 (30.0) | 8 (66.7) | 4 (66.7) | 50 (42.0) |
| Infection control | 10 (11.0) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (83.3) | 22 (18.5) |
| MDR TB | 9 (9.9) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (83.3) | 20 (16.8) |
| DOTS | 7 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 11 (9.2) |
| TB Register (paper) | 73 (80.2) | 9 (90.0) | 11 (91.7) | 3 (50.0) | 96 (80.7) |
| ETR | - | 7 (70.0) | 8 (66.7) | 5 (83.3) | 20 (71.4)† |
| TB surveillance-related job duties⋆ | |||||
| Managing TB patients | 49 (53.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 49 (41.2) |
| Suspect and symptom screening | 33 (36.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (27.8) |
| Administering TB treatment | 39 (42.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (32.8) |
| Reporting and recording (paper) | 51 (56.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 51 (42.9) |
| Data capturing, entry, merging and management |
9 (9.9) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (83.3) | 22 (18.5) |
| Compiling TB statistics and creating reports |
11 (12.1) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 16 (13.4) |
| Monitoring patient information | 10 (11.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (8.4) |
| Monitoring data; supervision and site visits |
0 (0.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (25.0) | 3 (50.0) | 12 (10.1) |
| Co-ordinating programme activities | 0 (0.0) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (8.4) |
| Planning and allocating resources | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (0.8) |
MDR TB = multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; DOTS = directly observed therapy, short course.
⋆
Categories are not mutually exclusive.
†
Out of 28 persons who were asked the question.