TY - JOUR
T1 - Low tuberculosis knowledge among HIV-infected patients in a high HIV prevalence region within southeast India
AU - Arora, Nick
AU - Vadrevu, Ravi
AU - Chandrasekhar, Aditya
AU - Gupta, Amita
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PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Setting: A private multispecialty hospital in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Methods: A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions adapted from a pretested questionnaire was administered to 128 HIV-infected adults, fromJuly to August 2008. Results: A total of 31% had not heard of tuberculosis (TB), with 15 (38%) currently receiving anti-TB therapy or had received it in the past. Of those familiar with TB, 70% could not list a method by which it was spread. Low education attainment, female sex, and less frequent television exposurewere associatedwith lowTBliteracy.Conclusions:HIV-infected patients in southeast India havepoor knowledge of TB and the methods by which it is spread. Scale-up of patient-directed educational programs is necessary to help control TB in India.
AB - Setting: A private multispecialty hospital in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Methods: A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions adapted from a pretested questionnaire was administered to 128 HIV-infected adults, fromJuly to August 2008. Results: A total of 31% had not heard of tuberculosis (TB), with 15 (38%) currently receiving anti-TB therapy or had received it in the past. Of those familiar with TB, 70% could not list a method by which it was spread. Low education attainment, female sex, and less frequent television exposurewere associatedwith lowTBliteracy.Conclusions:HIV-infected patients in southeast India havepoor knowledge of TB and the methods by which it is spread. Scale-up of patient-directed educational programs is necessary to help control TB in India.
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - HIV/AIDS India
KW - HIV/TB coinfection
KW - Tuberculosis India
KW - Tuberculosis knowledge
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U2 - 10.1177/1545109712461553
DO - 10.1177/1545109712461553
M3 - Article
C2 - 23060464
AN - SCOPUS:84877892064
VL - 12
SP - 84
EP - 89
JO - Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
SN - 2325-9574
IS - 2
ER -