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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2005, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 385-388.

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Investigation on the awareness of tuberculosis in Zhejiang province

Liu Beidou,Li Qun,Xu Xuqing,et al.   

  1. Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Hangzhou 310009,China
  • Online:2005-06-10 Published:2005-11-03

Abstract: Objective To determine the current of awareness on tuberculosis(TB) among varying groups in Zhejiang province. Method Eleven cities and 17 countries were seleded with multistage cluster random sampling There were 28 sites totally in Zhejiang.Investigative clusters in each site were selected subsequently.A question survey was made among these groups. Results 1740 people were enrolled from 28 Sites.The percentage of male and female was 51.3%、48.7% respectively.TB awareness was lower in those below 15-year-old and over 55-year-old.Statistics showed that the sources of TB knowledge were significantly different among varying groups.The awareness rate on TB symptomatic with cough and expectoration and/or haemoptysis,clinical consultation to a TB institute once the people have TB symptoms,regular drug taking is the key of cure 86.5%、77.8% and 94.8% respectively.The overall awareness rate of all three above were 67.0%.The awareness was higher in those cities than that of people in the villages(P<0.05) Conclusion There were gaps to achieve the target of national tuberculosis programme in Zhejiang,even TB healthe education project gained great progress.it is very important to strengthen TB health promotion further.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/prevention and control, Zhejiang province