Ethiopia ranked 7th among the 22 high burden globally. TB was the 3rd leading cause of hospitalization and the 1st leading cause of death in Ethiopia. Lack of appropriate knowledge and attitude of peoples about PTB affects the health seeking of patients and sustain the transmission of the disease. Objectives of this study was to assess knowledge, Attitude and practice of heads of households of the community towards PTB. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Diga town, East Wollega, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2019. A pre-tested structure questionnaire was prepared to obtain necessary information after getting both written and verbal consent from concerned bodies. The data was collected by using quantitative methods. The collected data was checked daily for the completeness and consistency calculation of proportion and other appropriate statistical tests was done and interpretation was reached accordingly. A total of 280 respondents with response rate of 97.6% and mean age of 32.9 years were included in the study. Cough more than two weeks 69.4% was the most common symptom known by the respondents. 88.2% were aware that TB could spread to others 69.8% air borne transmission. 45.4% of the participants aware that TB is caused by bacteria/germ. 53.2% of the respondents had good knowledge and 52.6% had poor attitude 57.5% respondents had good practice as well. The study participants had good knowledge of TB but there were several misconceptions regarding the cause of TB that need to be clarified. Community based programs on TB awareness need to be increased among young people and less educated groups. The study participants had good attitude and good practice.
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abstract = {Ethiopia ranked 7th among the 22 high burden globally. TB was the 3rd leading cause of hospitalization and the 1st leading cause of death in Ethiopia. Lack of appropriate knowledge and attitude of peoples about PTB affects the health seeking of patients and sustain the transmission of the disease. Objectives of this study was to assess knowledge, Attitude and practice of heads of households of the community towards PTB. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Diga town, East Wollega, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2019. A pre-tested structure questionnaire was prepared to obtain necessary information after getting both written and verbal consent from concerned bodies. The data was collected by using quantitative methods. The collected data was checked daily for the completeness and consistency calculation of proportion and other appropriate statistical tests was done and interpretation was reached accordingly. A total of 280 respondents with response rate of 97.6% and mean age of 32.9 years were included in the study. Cough more than two weeks 69.4% was the most common symptom known by the respondents. 88.2% were aware that TB could spread to others 69.8% air borne transmission. 45.4% of the participants aware that TB is caused by bacteria/germ. 53.2% of the respondents had good knowledge and 52.6% had poor attitude 57.5% respondents had good practice as well. The study participants had good knowledge of TB but there were several misconceptions regarding the cause of TB that need to be clarified. Community based programs on TB awareness need to be increased among young people and less educated groups. The study participants had good attitude and good practice.},
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