Assessment of knowledge and attitude towards tuberculosis among samples Egyptian population

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis continues to rank among the world's most serious problems despite unparalleled biomedical achievements of effective chemotherapy. Several factors are responsible for high incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis is underdeveloped and developed countries as cultural-determined beliefs about the knowledge of tuberculosis, failure to adhere to treatment, delay in diagnosis, patients' gender and low level of patient information. Beliefs about tuberculosis and its causes are major influences of people's behavior, understanding such attitudes and beliefs can aid health providers and policy makers in rectification through provision of properly designed educational strategies. Distorted tuberculosis knowledge and beliefs could participate in the patients delay, non-compliance and unfavorable outcome: