Table 2.
Reasons for not practicing TBIC among health care workers, West Gojjam Zone, August 2014
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Reasons for not informing about cough hygiene (n = 252) | ||
| Patients won’t listen | 118 | 46.8 |
| Tissues and surgical masks are not available | 70 | 27.8 |
| Patients are not compliant | 196 | 77.8 |
| Health workers have no time to do so | 85 | 33.7 |
| Others | 32 | 12.7 |
| Reasons for not giving priority for coughing patients (n = 239) | ||
| It is not fair | 129 | 54 |
| Complaint from other clients | 210 | 87.9 |
| Health workers don’t believe in prioritizing | 59 | 24.7 |
| Others | 16 | 6.7 |
| Reasons for not always opening windows/doors (n = 68) | ||
| Patients complain when doors and windows are open | 27 | 39.7 |
| It is sometimes too cold | 42 | 61.8 |
| No one is in charge of this, responsibility diffusion | 33 | 48.5 |
| Others | 11 | 16.2 |
| Reasons for not using N95 respirators with TB cases/suspects(n = 62) | ||
| No enough N95s | 44 | 70.9 |
| N95s are uncomfortable | 20 | 32.3 |
| Health workers unclear about use of N95s | 28 | 45.2 |
| N95s destroy their hairstyles | 2 | 3.2 |
| Lack of training on use of N95s | 29 | 46.8 |
| Others | 10 | 16.1 |
| Reasons for not testing for HIV(n = 96) | ||
| Breach of confidentiality | 77 | 80.2 |
| Afraid of being tested | 33 | 34.4 |
| Do not want to know own HIV status | 30 | 31.3 |
| Possible stigma from other staff | 65 | 67.7 |
| Others | 4 | 4.2 |
| Reasons for not willing to be redeployment from high-risk units for HIV infected HCWs (n = 288) | ||
| HCWs do not want to admit that they are HIV positive | 107 | 37.2 |
| Risk of disclosure of HIV status to colleagues | 145 | 50.3 |
| Colleagues may perceive them as avoidant | 263 | 91.3 |
| Others | 37 | 12.8 |
| Reasons for not comfortable with TB diagnosis (n = 79) | ||
| Other staff link with HIV | 41 | 51.9 |
| Fear of rejection and stigma | 49 | 62.0 |
| Lack of trust on doctors to maintain confidentiality | 37 | 46.8 |
| Ashamed of having TB | 21 | 26.6 |
| Lack of trust to future care for their TB | 20 | 25.3 |
| Fear of testing for TB | 17 | 21.5 |
| Pre- tending to be sick to get away from work | 42 | 53.2 |
| Others | 4 | 5.1 |
N.B. Percent might not add up to 100 due to multiple responses. The cases are less than sample size and are different for different variables due to the differences in response