Table 3. Health accessibility and health seeking behavior of new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending selected health facilities of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 875).

Variable		Frequency	Percent
Distance from the nearest health facility	≤10
	>10
		499	57
		376	43
Health facility visits to the current illness	1	308	35.2
	2 and above	567	64.8
First action to the current illness	HCP	688	78.6
	Holly water	79	9.0
	Traditional healer	43	4.9
	Self medication	65	7.4
Type of health facility first visited	Hospital	367	42
	Health center	332	38
	Private facility	175	20
Type of symptom made to seek HCP	Cough	531	60.7
	Fever	53	6.1
	Chest pain	143	16.3
	Haemoptysis	148	16.9
Knowledge about TB	Good (> median)	383	43.8
	Poor (< median)	492	56.2
Stigma	High (> median)	399	45.6
	Low (< median)	476	54.4
Satisfaction	Good (> median)	429	49
	Low (< median)	446	51
Reasons for consultation HCP	Confidence in getting cured	275	35.2
	Accessible	210	26.9
	Referred by health facility	117	15
	Othersc	162	20.8
Reasons for non-consultation to HCP	Too far	50	48.1
	Bad experience	26	25
	Othersd	24	23.1
Perceived cause of patient delay	Poor staff attitude	361	48.3
	Poor quality of health facility	139	18.6
	Hoped their symptom would go away by its own	72	9.6
	Otherse	114	15

^c advised by some body and service available any time

^d too busy, insufficient medication, long waiting time and the patient did not consider it important

^e fear of social, economic constraints, fear of what would be found on diagnosis, poor quality of care and work load