Association of Knowledge and Attitude of Tuberculosis Among Patients in Ethiopia

Yenew Alemu Mihret

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Association of Knowledge and Attitude of Tuberculosis Among Patients in Ethiopia

Yenew Alemu Mihret

Published in International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 5, Issue 4)

Received: 23 August 2019 Accepted: 5 November 2019 Published: 13 November 2019

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Background: Tuberculosis is a disease of poverty, mainly affecting young adults in their most productive years. The aim of this study was to identify the association of knowledge and attitude of Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and to study the relationship between TB and independent variables. The source of data is obtained from 2011 EDHS. During the analysis stage, SPSS version 23, Stata version 14 and Microsoft-Excel are used as tools of analysis. Out of 14,104 households, only 4.2% households did not heard about TB. In general education level, current marital status, region and wealth index are significant factor to association of knowledge and attitude of tuberculosis among patients in Ethiopia.

Published in	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijbecs.20190504.12
Page(s)	65-69
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Knowledge, Attitude, Binary Logistic, Tuberculosis, Ethiopia

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Department of Statistics, Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia

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