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.
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