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. 2016 May 10;4:14–20. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2016.05.001

Table 5.

Patient and family member answers to MOH questionnaire before and after watching the video over 1-month perioda.

Pre- and post-video patient/family member questionnaire Patient and family members responses to questions before watching the video (n = 15): Patient and family members responses to questions after watching the video (n = 15) Measured change in response after viewing video
Is TB contagious?
  • 3 responded “yes”

  • 12 responded “no”

  • 15 responded “yes”

  • 80% response increase to “yes” (TB is contagious)

  • All responded contagious

What causes TB?
  • 5 responded “ a germ”

  • 8 responded “I don't know”

  • 2 responded “a bacteria”

  • 13 responded “a germ”

  • 2 responded “a virus”

  • 53% response increase to “a germ”

  • All responses with some type of microbe

How is TB transmitted?
  • 7 responded: by sharing the same drinking glasses

  • 2 responded: by shaking hands, kissing and hugging

  • 6 responded: by people who are sick

  • 15 responded: by people who are sick

  • 60% response increase “by people who are sick”

  • Emphasis on people with disease (not latent TB infection) are potentially infectious

What are some symptoms of pulmonary TB?
  • 11 responded: cough and fever

  • 2 responded: wasting, weight loss

  • 2 responded: fatigue

  • 11 responded: cough

  • 4 responded: cough, fever and fatigue

No significant changes. Patients and families were familiar with at least some of the symptoms often through the patient's presentation
What does a medical examination of a person with TB involve?
  • 10 responded: sputum examination

  • 5 responded: I don't know

  • 14 responded: sputum examination

  • 1 responded: chest x-ray

33% response increase in identifying diagnostic testing used
Is TB curable?
  • 10 responded: I don't know

  • 2 responded: it's curable

  • 3 responded: it's not curable

  • 15 responded: it's curable

87% response increase that TB is curableb
a

2015 questionnaire provided by Ministry of Health (MOH).

b

87% response increase that TB is curable.