Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practices of Tuberculosis patients towards DOTs regimen in Jimma Health Center, Jimma zone, southwest Ethiopia

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AbstractObjectiveGlobally, tuberculosis (TB) is one of a chronic infectious disease, which has a major health burden. Thus, 9.4 million incidents and 14 million prevalent cases were reported in 2010. The high burden of TB is common in sub-Saharan Africa countries, including Ethiopia. The purpose of conducting this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of TB patients towards DOTs regimen. The other objective of the study was to assess the attitude of patients towards causative factor and its treatment.ResultsThe result of the study showed that 103 (68.7%) of patients scored high knowledge status, whereas 47 (31.3%) of them scored low. 25(16.7%) governmental employee had overall high knowledge status. 101 (67.3%) of the patient scored high overall attitude, while 49 (32.7%) of them scored low overall attitude. 85 (56.7%) of patients scored high overall practices, whereas 65(43.3%) of them scored low overall practices.In this study, the knowledge and attitude of patients about TB and its treatment was found within low level of perception. Therefore, implementation of health education and awareness creation are required to avoid the problem of patients.