TABLE 2.

Atmosphere and participants’ manners observed during the FGDs and the individual in-depth interviews

Group of participants	Atmosphere and behaviour observed during the session
Individual interviews: former TB patients, school teachers and a university lecturer	Teacher 1: active participation in the interview, looked sensitive with shaky voice when discussing how she was seated in a hospital’s isolation area designated for persons with communicable disease
	Teacher 2: active participation in the interview. No visible emotional facial expressions or change of voice throughout the interview
	Teacher 3: telephone interview. Lively and active in the discussion. Sounded calm throughout the interview
FGD (3 participants): former TB patients; school and university students	Student 1 (Grade 4 primary school): very shy and quiet, frequently nodding or shaking her head instead of speaking, frequently holding her father’s arm
	Father of Student 1: active participation in the discussion, asked several questions
	Student 2: active participation in the discussion. No visible emotional facial expressions or change of throughout the discussion
FGD (7 participants): former TB patients, hospital staff	Doctors and nurses were very active in the discussion. Encouragement from the moderator was needed to encourage non-medical staff to talk. One doctor talked in a high tone of voice and was emotional when he explained how he felt when he discovered he had TB
FGD (5 participants): head/representatives from kindergarten schools	All participants were very active in the discussion and asked questions from the beginning of the session
FGD (9 participants): head/representatives of pre-schools	Most participants were very active in the discussion. There was a heated debate on the issue of disclosing their hypothetical TB diagnosis to their colleagues
FGD (5 participants): head/representatives of boarding schools	Three participants were very active in the discussion, while the other two participants joined mainly when the moderator encouraged them to share their opinion and experiences
FGD (7 participants): parents of students	Male participants talked in loud voices and were more active in the discussion than female participants. One mother looked worried after learning that small children are at risk of contracting TB because her father in-law recently passed away due to TB. She often visited him with her son aged <5 years. One male participant insisted during the discussion that if he had TB, he would not tell anyone, even his family. His face looked worried but he appeared to be relieved after obtaining more information about TB
FGD (9 participants): managers and heads of human resources from the business sector	All participants were active in the discussion, particularly a male participant and a female participant, who recently had a worker with TB. They shared their experience and described how their boss was fearful of the worker with TB

FGD = focus group discussion; TB = tuberculosis.