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Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians
Joint Authors
Desalu, Olufemi O.
Fawibe, Ademola E.
Salami, Alakija K.
Fadeyi, Abayomi
Adeoti, Adekunle O.
Oyedepo, Olanrewaju O.
Source
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
To determine the awareness of the warning signs, risk factors, and treatment of tuberculosis among urban Nigerians.
Methods.
This was a cross-sectional survey among 574 adults in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Semistructured questionnaire was administered by trained interviewers to obtain information about awareness of tuberculosis warning signs, risk factors, and treatment.
Results.
Majority of the subjects (71.4%) were aware of at least one warning sign of tuberculosis.
Cough (66.2%), weight loss (38.0%), and haemoptysis (30.7%) were the most identified warning signs.
The predictors of awareness of warning sign were increasing age (r+0.12), higher family income (r+0.10), higher level of education (r+0.10), and belonging to Christian faith (r+0.11).
Awareness of risk factors for tuberculosis was higher for tobacco smokers (77.0%) and history of contact with a case of TB (76.0%).
Less than half were aware of HIV infection (49.8%), alcohol consumption (42.5%), chronic kidney disease (40.4%), extremes of ages (39.4%), cancers (36.9%), and diabetes mellitus (27.5%) as risk factors for TB.
Tuberculosis was reported to be curable by 74.6% of the subjects and 67.9% knew that there are medications for treatment of tuberculosis, while 11.5% knew the duration of treatment.
Conclusion.
This study has revealed that the awareness of HIV and noncommunicable diseases as risk factors for TB is poor.
This study has therefore demonstrated the need for health education programs that will emphasize recognition, identification, and modification of risk factor for TB.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Desalu, Olufemi O.& Adeoti, Adekunle O.& Fadeyi, Abayomi& Salami, Alakija K.& Fawibe, Ademola E.& Oyedepo, Olanrewaju O.. 2013. Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Desalu, Olufemi O.…[et al.]. Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Desalu, Olufemi O.& Adeoti, Adekunle O.& Fadeyi, Abayomi& Salami, Alakija K.& Fawibe, Ademola E.& Oyedepo, Olanrewaju O.. Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-466597
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466597