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 educationa | ||||||||
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 debtb | ||||||||
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 supportc | ||||||||
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 supportd | ||||||||
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 othere | ||||||||
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 treatmentf | ||||||||
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 |