Table 5.
Health provider and facility manager attitudes (n = 21)
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Mean | Standard Deviation | Z-score to Percentile | Coefficient of Variance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive statements | |||||||||
| “HIV providers can collect sputum for TB testing just as well as TB providers” | 12 (57.1%) | 7 (33.3) | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4.4 | 0.81 | 0.53 (70.1%) | 18% |
| “Asking HIV providers to provide and monitor TB treatment of their HIV-TB co-infected patients improves TB care and treatment and TB outcome” | 9 (42.9%) | 10 (47.6%) | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (4.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4.3 | 0.78 | 0.36 (64.2%) | 18% |
| Negative statements | |||||||||
| “Asking HIV providers to provide and monitor TB treatment of their HIV-TB co-infected patients impacts negatively on the quality of HIV care and treatment” | 1 (4.8%) | 5 (23,8%) | 1 (4.8%) | 9 (42.9%) | 5 (23,8%) | 2.4 | 1.24 | −1.26 (10.4%) | 51% |
| “For infection control, it is better for HIV-TB co-infected patients to be treated for HIV in the HIV service and for TB in the TB service” | 5 (23,8%) | 3 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (52.4%) | 2 (9.5%) | 2.9 | 1.44 | −0.76 (22.4%) | 50% |