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Table 6 TB practice of respondents stratified by area of residence

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis in Gambia: a nation-wide cross-sectional survey

*What would you do if you had TB symptoms?

 Go to the health facility

2440 (95.4)

1717 (98.1)

- 2.7 (− 3.7, − 1.6)

4157 (96.5)

< 0.001

 Go to pharmacy

167 (6.5)

110 (6.3)

0.2 (− 1.2, 1.7)

277 (6.4)

0.746

 Go to traditional healer

305 (11.9)

116 (6.6)

5.3 (3.6, 7.0)

421 (9.8)

< 0.001

 Go to religious leader

83 (3.2)

29 (1.7)

1.6 (0.7, 2.5)

112 (2.6)

0.001

 Pursue self-treatment

88 (3.4)

30 (1.7)

1.7 (0.8, 2.7)

118 (2.7)

0.001

At what point will you go to the health facility if you develop TB symptoms?

 Will go immediately

2092 (81.8)

1535 (87.7)

- 5.9 (− 8.0, − 3.7)

3627 (84.2)

< 0.001

 Will not go at all

102 (4.0)

24 (1.4)

2.6 (1.7, 3.6)

126 (2.9)

< 0.001

 **Others

364 (14.2)

192 (11.0)

3.3 (1.3, 5.3)

556 (12.9)

0.002

Overall practice

 Poor

477 (18.6)

225 (12.8)

5.8 (3.6, 8.0)

702 (16.3)

< 0.001

 Good

2081 (81.4)

1526 (87.2)

- 5.8 (− 8.0, − 3.6)

3607 (83.7)

< 0.001

  1. *Only the “Yes” responses tabulated
  2. **if symptoms don’t get worse/when self-treatment fails/wait for 3 to 4 weeks