Table 2 Communities' knowledge about cause, symptoms and treatment of PTB

Cause of PTB:

   Bacteria/germ

1(0.5)

0 (0)

1(0.3)

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

   Cold air

84 (41.8)

66 (52.0)

150 (45.7)

97 (44.7)

86 (47.3)

183 (45.9)

333 (45.9)

   Shortage of food

123 (61.2)

75 (59.7)

198 (60.6)*

35 (16.1)

43 (23.6)

78 (19.5)*

276 (38.0)

Smoking/chewing

25 (12.4)

16 (7.4)

41(12.5)*

39 (18.0)

39 (21.4)

78 (19.5)*

119 (16.4)

   Sun light

32 (15.9)

17 (13.5)

49 (15.0)*

16 (7.4)

19 (10.4)

35 (8.8)*

84 (11.6)

   Dust

33 (16.4)

29 (23.0)

62 (19.0)

46 (21.2)

50 (27.5)

96 (24.1)

158 (21.8)

   Do not know

38 (18.9)

17 (13.5)

55 (16.8)*

46 (21.2)

52 (28.6)

98 (24.6)*

153 (21.1)

Symptoms of PTB:

   Cough for 3 weeks

176 (79.6)

116 (77.9)

292 (78.9)*

154 (69.4)

132 (71.0)

286 (70.1)*

578 (74.3)

   Sputum with blood

79 (35.7)

61(40.9)

140 (37.8)*

123 (55.4)

107 (57.5)

230 (56.4)*

370 (47.6)

Weight loss

85 (38.5)

55 (36.9)

140 (37.8)

88 (39.6)

62 (33.3)

150 (36.8)

290 (37.3)

Loss of appetite

61(27.6)

45 (30.2)

106 (28.6)*

37(16.7)

45 (24.2)

82 (20.1)*

188 (24.2)

Fever & sweat

61(27.6)

49 (32.9)

110 (29.7)*

34 (15.3)

38 (20.4)

72 (17.6)*

182 (23.4)

Chest pain

31(14.0)

28 (18.8)

59 (15.9)*

66 (29.7)

64 (34.4)

130 (31.9)*

189 (24.3)

Do not know

2 (0.9)

6 (4.0)

8 (2.2)*

12 (5.4)

29 (15.6)

41 (10.1)*

49 (6.3)

PTB is treatable:

Yes

217 (98.2)

146 (97.3)

363 (97.8)*

204 (91.9)

166 (89.7)

370 (90.9)*

733 (94.2)

No

1 (0.5)

4 (2.7)

5 (1.3)

6 (2.7)

4 (2.2)

10 (2.5)

15 (1.9)

Do not know

3 (1.4)

0 (0)

3 (0.8)

12 (5.4)

15 (8.1)

27 (6.6)

30 (3.9)

PTB treatment

Modern drug

196 (90.3)*

119 (81.5)*

315 (86.8)

187 (91.7)

141 (84.9)*

328 (88.6)

643 (87.7)

Traditional medicine

17 (7.8)

25(17.1)

42 (11.6)

17 (8.3)

25 (15.1)

42 (11.4)

84 (11.5)

Both

4 (1.8)

2 (1.4)

6 (1.7)

-

-

-

6 (0.8)