|
Most important reason why some people delay going to the clinic
|
They are afraid they will be told they are HIV positive
|
640
|
63.0
|
| |
They are afraid that people will talk about their visit to the clinic
|
124
|
12.2
|
| |
They don't want to cough into the specimen bottle
|
64
|
6.3
|
| |
They are afraid that TB treatment will interfere with their social lives
|
64
|
6.3
|
| |
There are long queues at the clinics
|
40
|
3.9
|
| |
They are afraid they will lose their job/income
|
35
|
3.4
|
| |
They are afraid that TB treatment will be unpleasant and difficult
|
29
|
2.9
|
| |
They first wish to consult a traditional healer
|
20
|
2.0
|
| |
Total
|
1016
|
100
|
|
Location where most TB patients prefer to take their daily treatment
|
In the TB hospital where the nurses care of them
|
400
|
39.4
|
| |
In the clinic - they visit the clinic every morning to take their medicine
|
339
|
33.4
|
| |
At home and a DOTS volunteer visits them every day to bring the medicine
|
167
|
16.5
|
| |
At home/work and a family collects their medicine for them
|
108
|
10.7
|
| |
Total
|
1014
|
100
|
