Question asked

Types of responses (Correct response in bold letter)

n(%) with correct response

Do you know TB spreads from its patient to healthy person in contact?

Yes/NO/Don’t know

1773 (88.9%)

Do you know the way tuberculosis spreads?

1) By coughing/sneezing of patient to person in close contact

2) By touching hand

3) Through mosquitoes

4) Through animal’s bite

5) By drinking dirty water

6) By eating old kept food

7) Other reasons

8) Don’t know

1773 (88.9%)

Is TB treatable?

Yes/NO/Don’t know

1600 (80.3%)

DOTS is the treatment for which disease?

TB/Other disease…/Don’t know

446 (22.3%)

Do you know diagnosis and treatment of TB are provided completely free of cost at government health centers?

Yes/NO/Don’t know

1446 (72.5%)

How TB is diagnosed at government health centre?

Blood test/Stool-urine tests/Sputum test/Other tests…/Don’t know

1171 (58.9%)