Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP): Public Health and Economic Burden of Tuberculosis in Jarso District of West Wollega Zone, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

Table 4

Knowledge of respondents towards tuberculosis regarding cause, sources, symptoms, and clinical forms of the disease.

Knowledge of respondents toward tuberculosis ()	Categories	Frequency (no)	Percentage (%)
Heard about tuberculosis	Agree	320	100
Mycobacteria are the cause of TB	Agree	25	7.8
	Disagree	295	92.2
Raw animals’ food products are sources of TB	Agree	110	34.4
	Disagree	210	65.6
Coughing for two/above two weeks, night sweating, loss of appetite, and loss of body weight are clinical signs of TB	Agree	299	93.4
	Disagree	21	6.6
Pulmonary and extrapulmonary types of TB can occur in family members	Agree	189	59.1
	Disagree	131	40.9
Young people are more affected by tuberculosis	Agree	38	11.9
	Disagree	282	88.1
Tuberculosis is a contagious communicable disease	Agree	320	100