Patient’s Knowledge and Attitude towards Tuberculosis in an Urban Setting

Table 3

Symptoms experienced during TB diagnosis.

Symptoms during TB Diagnosis	Male%	Female%	Total%
	(𝑛=485)	(𝑛=387)	(𝑛=872)
Night fever	91.5	87.9	89.9
Fatigue/tiredness	89.1	83.2	86.5
Productive cough	87.8	72.1	80.8
Loss of weight	70.5	68.2	69.5
Cough more than 3 weeks	66.6	55.3	61.6
Nausea	56.9	58.7	57.7
Severe headache	53.2	59.2	55.8
Chest pain	51.3	46.8	49.3
Shortness of breath	38.8	35.4	37.3
Fever without cause that lasts >7 days	34.2	30.0	32.3
Haemoptysis	27.8	22.5	25.5