Knowledge and attitudes towards ambulatory treatment of tuberculоsis in Kazakhstan

Darisheva, Meruyert; Tracy, Melissa; Terlikbayeva, Assel; Zhussupov, Baurzhan; Schluger, Neil; McCrimmon, Tara

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05413-0

BMC Health Services Research

Table 1 Socio-demographic and other characteristics of the study population (N = 1083)

From: Knowledge and attitudes towards ambulatory treatment of tuberculоsis in Kazakhstan

	Total		TB cases		Household controls		Community controls
	(N = 1083)		(N = 387)		(N = 342)		(N = 354)
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	507	46.8	207	53.5	126	36.8	174	49.2
Female	576	53.2	180	46.5	216	63.2	180	50.8
Age, in years (Mean [SD])	39.0 [13.1]		35.5 [12.8]		40.9 [12.8]		41.1 [12.8]
18–29	316	29.2	158	40.8	78	22.8	80	22.6
30–39	270	24.9	95	24.5	85	24.9	90	25.4
40–49	236	21.8	66	17.1	84	24.6	86	24.3
50–59	197	18.2	54	14.0	73	21.3	70	19.8
≥ 60	64	5.9	14	3.6	22	64.0	28	7.9
Ethnicity
Kazakh	699	64.5	259	66.9	228	66.7	212	59.9
Russian	226	20.9	77	19.9	66	19.3	83	23.4
Others	158	14.6	51	13.2	48	14.0	59	16.7
Marital status
Married	747	69.0	241	62.3	266	77.8	240	67.8
Single	336	31.0	146	37.7	76	22.2	114	32.2
Level of education^a
Primary and secondary school	99	9.1	34	8.8	35	10.2	30	8.5
High school	400	36.9	153	39.5	118	34.5	129	36.4
Vocational education	361	33.3	128	33.1	121	35.4	112	31.6
Higher education	223	20.6	72	18.6	68	19.9	83	23.4
Current employment status
Employed	660	60.9	229	59.2	209	61.1	222	62.7
Unemployed	423	39.1	158	40.8	133	38.9	132	37.3
Currently in debt^b
No	683	63.1	251	64.9	198	57.9	234	66.1
Yes	400	36.9	136	35.1	144	42.1	120	33.9
Region
Almaty city	133	12.3	56	14.5	33	9.6	44	12.4
Almaty oblast	524	48.4	185	47.8	170	49.7	169	47.7
Kostanay oblast	426	39.3	146	37.7	139	40.6	141	39.8
High level of family support^c
No	203	18.7	66	17.1	67	19.6	70	19.8
Yes	880	81.3	321	82.9	275	80.4	284	80.2
High level of friend support^d
No	342	31.6	129	33.3	114	33.3	99	28.0
Yes	741	68.4	258	66.7	228	66.7	255	72.0
High level of support from significant other^e
No	179	16.5	55	14.2	63	18.4	61	17.2
Yes	904	83.5	332	85.8	279	81.6	293	82.8
Tuberculosis knowledge
Insufficient	473	43.7	125	32.3	163	47.7	185	52.3
Sufficient	610	56.3	262	67.7	179	52.3	169	47.7
Attitude toward ambulatory TB treatment^f
Negative	815	75.3	280	72.4	247	72.2	288	81.4
Positive	268	24.7	107	27.6	95	27.8	66	18.6

^a “Primary and secondary school” reflect schooling up to grade 9, whereas “high school” reflects grades 10–11
^b Assessed with the question: “Are you currently in debt?”
^c High level of support is indicated by a score of 6 or more on the Family Subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
^d High level of support is indicated by a score of 6 or more on the Friends Subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
^e High level of support is indicated by a score of 6 or more on the Significant Other Subscale of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
^f Positive attitude toward ambulatory TB treatment is indicated by responses of “TB patients should be treated in hospital and then continue treatment at home” or “TB patients should be treated at home” to a question about how a newly diagnosed person with TB should be treated

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