Abstract
Background: Knowledge on causes & initiation time of #TB treatment of the community is critical and improve or worsen the
transmission of the disease and treatment outcomes. Lack of awareness
about the disease contribute to how compliance to #chemotherapy and
preventive measures of the disease. The objectives of this study were:
To assess timeline of initiation of the treatment and current knowledge
of patients in Mettu Town. A facility based descriptive cross-sectional
study was conducted from April 28/2016 -May, 29/2016 and all patients
attending Mettu Karl hospital and Mettu health center were included.
Data was compiled and analyzed by using Statistical package for Social
Sciences software (SPSS) version 20.0. #Statistical significance was
defined at a level of 0.05 and data was described with a confidence
interval of 95%.
Results: Forty-six (52.87%) of respondents were female and
48.5% of the patients belong to age group of 15-29. Fifty-four (62.07%)
of respondents residing in Urban setting and 54.02% were Oromo and
43.68% of respondents can read and write. Thirty-three (37.93%) of
respondents recognized the symptoms one month before they presented to
health facility for the first time.
Conclusion and Recommendation: Significant numbers of the
respondents were not knowledgeable and delayed in the initiation of the
#treatment. Appropriate intervention should be taken to reverse this
problem.
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