Table 2.
Spontaneous responses to questions about knowledge of TB
| Knowledge | Number of participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention villages (n = 24) | Comparison villages (n = 26) | |||
| Before study | After study | Before study | After study | |
| Causes of TBa | ||||
| Infectious cause: | ||||
| Germ | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Infected by other | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Unhealthy habits: | ||||
| Smoking | 12 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| Drinking local brew | 10 | 3 | 15 | 13 |
| Overwork | 12 | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| Eating betel nut | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Drinking coffee | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Lack of good nutrition | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Lack of rest | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Environmental factor: | ||||
| Unclean environment | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Socio-economic factor: | ||||
| Poor | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Stress | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Others: | ||||
| Hereditary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Black magic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Do not get vaccination | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Do not know | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Modes of TB Transmissiona | ||||
| Correct responses | ||||
| Patient coughing/sneezing/talk face to face to others | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| TB patients spitting anywhere | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Sleeping in the same room with TB patients | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Incorrect responses | ||||
| Sharing eating utensils with TB patients | 17 | 5 | 16 | 18 |
| Sharing of food/drinking/cigarette | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Sexual intercourse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Patient carrying children | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Contaminated water | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Faeces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Do not know | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TB Symptomsa | ||||
| Correct response | ||||
| Cough that lasts longer than 2 weeks | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Persistent cough | 14 | 20 | 17 | 18 |
| Coughing up blood | 17 | 19 | 11 | 14 |
| Weight loss | 16 | 21 | 9 | 10 |
| Sweating during the night | 3 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
| Chest pain | 8 | 19 | 15 | 13 |
| Loss of appetite | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| Fever | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Difficult breathing/chest tightening | 8 | 17 | 9 | 11 |
| Body malaise | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Heat in the chest | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Incorrect responses | ||||
| Reduced visibility/hearing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sore throat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dry cough | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Emotional | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Difficult to sleep | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Headache | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Do not know | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
aMost people gave more than one answer, so the table reflects this