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Table 6 Tuberculosis knowledge and its association with attitude towards tuberculosis among university students, eastern Ethiopia

From: Tuberculosis knowledge and attitude among non-health science university students needs attention: a cross-sectional study in three Ethiopian universities

Variable

Tuberculosis Knowledge

COR* (95% CI)

Poor

n (%)

Good

n (%)

Feeling if he/she is diagnosed with TB

 Don’t seek immediate medication

486 (43.9)

185 (30.0)

 

 Seek immediate medication

620 (56.1)

429 (70.0)

1.82 (1.474, 2.241)

Would you hide it if you had TB?

 Hide

429 (76.6)

131 (23.4)

1

 Not hide

677 (58.4)

483 (41.6)

2.34 (1.860, 2.934)

Perception about TB affecting his/her social relationship, if he/she is infected

 No

562 (64.7)

306 (35.3)

1

 Yes

343 (61.8)

212 (38.2)

1.14 (0.910, 1.415)

 Do not know

201 (67.7)

96 (32.3)

0.88 (0.663, 1.161)

Feeling about people with TB disease

 Negative feeling

702 (71.6)

279 (28.4)

1

 Positive feeling

404 (54.7)

335 (45.3)

2.09 (1.707, 2.550)

  1. *COR: Crude Odds Ratio