Table 1.

Characteristics of health care workers included in the study

	Category	Number	Per cent
Gender	Male	38	48.7
	Female	40	51.3
	No response	92
Time spent working	Less than one year	24	14.2
	One to five years	64	37.9
	Five to ten years	35	20.7
	More than ten years	46	27.2
	No response	1
Profession	Medical Agent	23	14.0
	Counsellor	1	0.6
	Nurse	50	30.5
	Midwife	21	12.8
	Dentist	1	0.6
	Doctor	10	6.1
	Microscopist	2	1.2
	Medical Technician	56	34.1
	No response	6
Level of education	Primary school	4	2.4
	Secondary school	28	17.1
	Technical college	108	65.9
	University	24	14.6
	No response	6
Age	20 - 25	30	19.2
	26 - 30	47	30.1
	31 - 35	34	21.8
	36 - 40	12	7.7
	41 - 45	12	7.7
	46 - 50	6	3.8
	51 - 55	14	9.0
	56 - 60	1	0.6
	No response	14
Place of work	Manhiça	90	54.2
	Xinavane	37	22.3
	Peripheral HCC	39	23.5
	No response	4
Participated in TB training in the past?	Yes	43	25.9
	No	123	74.1
	No response	4
TB training in past 6 months?	Yes	3	1.76
	No	166	97.6
	No response	1
Diagnosed with active TB in the past?	Yes	14	8.4
	No	153	91.6
	No response	3
Directly involved in TB control?	Yes	52	32.1
	No	110	67.9
	No response	8