Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Infection Control in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Attitude questions on drug-resistant tuberculosis infection control and the responses from the study participants.

Attitude questions	Agree		Disagree		No comments		Total responses
		%		%		%
I am worried that I may contract drug-resistant tuberculosis.	18	19%	28	29%	49	52%	95
Drug-resistant tuberculosis cannot be cured.	32	34%	60	63%	3	3%	95
My workplace is concerned about the risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis transmission to its staff.	45	47%	40	42%	10	11%	95
My workplace has provisioned adequate resources to minimize the risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis transmission to its staff.	32	34%	59	62%	4	4%	95
I have been well trained in tuberculosis infection control.	50	53%	36	38%	9	9%	95
Healthcare workers have already been infected with tuberculosis, so taking infection control measures will not help.	37	39%	57	60%	1	1%	95
The administrative measures of tuberculosis infection control minimize the exposure to tubercular bacilli.	46	48%	45	47%	4	4%	95
The environmental measures of tuberculosis infection control minimize the number of tubercular bacilli in the environment.	42	45%	44	47%	8	9%	94
The healthcare workers taking care of the patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis must wear N95 masks.	39	41%	56	59%	—	—	95
I would like to be tested for tuberculosis periodically.	56	59%	39	41%	—	—	95