Table 2.
The Association Between Knowledge of TB and Health-Seeking Preference Among Participants Who Knew About TB in Zhejiang, China (n=6013)
| Item | Total | Health-Seeking Preference in the Scenario of Having a Cough Persisting for at Least 2 Weeks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inappropriate | Appropriate | χ2 | p | ||||
| N | n | % | N-n | % | |||
| “Do you believe TB is infectious?” | 40.26 | <0.001 | |||||
| No/unknown | 591 | 106 | (17.90) | 485 | (82.10) | ||
| Yes | 5422 | 518 | (9.60) | 4904 | (90.40) | ||
| “Should we suspect TB if we have coughed for more than two weeks?” | 69.97 | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 3845 | 494 | (12.80) | 3351 | (87.20) | ||
| Yes | 2168 | 130 | (6.00) | 2038 | (94.00) | ||
| “Did you know whether TB should be treated in designated TB hospital?” | 203.8 | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 1987 | 365 | (18.40) | 1622 | (81.60) | ||
| Yes | 4026 | 259 | (6.40) | 3767 | (93.60) | ||
| “Do you know about the free policy about TB diagnosis and first-line drugs?” | 45.03 | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 3729 | 464 | (12.40) | 3265 | (87.60) | ||
| Yes | 2284 | 160 | (7.00) | 2124 | (93.00) | ||
| “Do you believe TB can be cured?” | 126.34 | <0.001 | |||||
| No | 1305 | 245 | (18.80) | 1060 | (81.20) | ||
| Yes | 4708 | 379 | (8.10) | 4329 | (91.90) | ||
| Numbers correctly answered for 5 items of TB key information | 285.95 | <0.001 | |||||
| 0 | 134 | 37 | (27.60) | 97 | (72.40) | ||
| 1 | 611 | 149 | (24.40) | 462 | (75.60) | ||
| 2 | 1127 | 172 | (15.30) | 955 | (84.70) | ||
| 3 | 1654 | 139 | (8.40) | 1515 | (91.60) | ||
| 4 | 1654 | 99 | (6.00) | 1555 | (94.00) | ||
| 5 | 833 | 28 | (3.40) | 805 | (96.60) | ||
Abbreviation: TB, tuberculosis.