Table 4.

Personal and patient factors influencing health worker implementation of TB contact tracing

	Proportion who said “Yes” (%)
Factors that influence my implementation of contact tracing	Nurses	Health Education Assistants	TB focal persons and others	Medical officers	Total	P value comparing proportion who said “yes” vs “no” for each factor
Commitment of other HCW toward CT	40/54 (74%)	6/9 (67%)	8/9 (89%)	0/4 (0%)	54/76 (71%)	P=0.003
My monthly income	13/55 (24%)	5/10 (50%)	4/12 (33%)	0/4 (0%)	22/81 (27%)	P=0.0096
My distance from work	24/51 (47%)	6/8 (75%)	7/11 (64%)	2/4 (50%)	39/74 (53%)	P=0.72
Involvement of other HCW	49/58 (84%)	7/9 (78%)	7/9 (78%)	2/4 (50%)	65/80 (81%)	P=0.0000
Dissatisfaction with my job	23/50 (46%)	6/8 (75%)	7/11 (64%)	2/4 (50%)	38/73 (52%)	P=0.79
Patient numbers too many	25/53 (47%)	5/9 (56%)	7/11 (64%)	1/2 (50%)	38/75 (51%)	P=0.93
Distant location of patient	48/56 (86%)	11/11 (100%)	14/14 (100%)	3/4 (75%)	76/85 (89%)	P=0.0000
Migration and mobility of patients	59/61 (97%)	11/11 (100%)	11/12 (92%)	5/5 (100%)	86/89 (97%)	P=0.0000
Unknown patient address	41/52 (79%)	5/7 (71%)	13/13 (100%)	3/4 (75%)	62/76 (82%)	P=0.0000

NOTE: 1. Yes refers to those who responded by saying that they strongly agree and agree both combined e.g. Yes SA + A

 2. No refers to those who responded by saying that they strongly disagree and disagree both combined e.g. No = SD + D

 3. Those who answered “fairly” were not included in the analysis

 4. Those who did not respond to the question were not included in the analysis