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| Title |
Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-015-2071-0 |
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| Authors |
Masud Rana, Abu Sayem, Reazul Karim, Nurul Islam, Rafiqul Islam, Tunku Kamarul Zaman, Golam Hossain |
| Abstract |
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading cause of human death and TB is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. The aim of the present study was to assess the Knowledge about TB among non-medical university students in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey was performed on 839 non-medical university students. Data were collected from University of Rajshahi from March to August 2013 using a standard semi-structured questionnaire. Chi-square test was utilized to find the factors which are associated with students' knowledge about TB. Among 839 students, male and female were 68.2 % and 31.8 % respectively. Most of the students (94.4 %) were informed about the term TB, among them 50 % got information from electronic media. More than 50 % students believed that TB is a communicable disease, 42.8 % students agreed that bacteria is an agent for TB, most of the subjects (93 %) had the knowledge about the vaccination against TB and 97.6 % students believed that TB is curable. However, students had poor knowledge about latent TB (13.7 %) and DOTs program (28.5 %). χ (2)-test demonstrated that gender, residence, type of family and parents education were associated with students' knowledge of TB. In the present study demonstrated that the level of general knowledge about TB was insufficient among non-medical university students. Consequently, health education program is needed to improve the knowledge among university students regarding TB. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 147 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 11% |
| Researcher | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 5% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 15% |
| Unknown | 48 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 22% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 52 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
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