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

Table 5

Perception about how TB would be cured.

	Male%	Female%	Total%
	(𝑛=485)	(𝑛=387)	(𝑛=872)
TB could be cured completely	98.6	97.2	97.9
Remedial measure of TB
Specific drugs given by; health centre/DOTS	96.9	98.2	97.5
Do not know	2.1	1.0	1.6
Herbal remedies	.2	.3	.2
Praying	.8	.5	1.3