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

Table 7

Perception on being a TB patient.

Perception as TB patients	Male%	Female%	Total%
	(𝑛=485)	(𝑛=387)	(𝑛=872)
Family members are cooperative towards me	96.9	93.5	95.4
Fear chance of reduction of family income	66.6	50.1	59.3
Increase sadness	57.9	41.1	50.5
Utensils are separated for me	47.6	45.2	46.6
Threat of loss of job/wages	48.0	29.5	39.8
Feels socially neglected/ low esteem	17.9	25.8	21.4
Most people behave differently	11.8	13.4	12.5
Feel isolated within the family	6.6	17.1	11.2
Family member avoid me	1.2	5.2	3.0