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Table 1 Characteristics of health care workers included in the study

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis care among health workers in Southern Mozambique

 

Category

Number

Per cent

Gender

Male

38

48.7

Female

40

51.3

No response

92

 

Time spent working

Less than one year

24

14.2

One to five years

64

37.9

Five to ten years

35

20.7

More than ten years

46

27.2

No response

1

 

Profession

Medical Agent

23

14.0

Counsellor

1

0.6

Nurse

50

30.5

Midwife

21

12.8

Dentist

1

0.6

Doctor

10

6.1

Microscopist

2

1.2

Medical Technician

56

34.1

No response

6

 

Level of education

Primary school

4

2.4

Secondary school

28

17.1

Technical college

108

65.9

University

24

14.6

No response

6

 

Age

20 - 25

30

19.2

26 - 30

47

30.1

31 - 35

34

21.8

36 - 40

12

7.7

41 - 45

12

7.7

46 - 50

6

3.8

51 - 55

14

9.0

56 - 60

1

0.6

No response

14

 

Place of work

Manhiça

90

54.2

Xinavane

37

22.3

Peripheral HCC

39

23.5

No response

4

 

Participated in TB training in the past?

Yes

43

25.9

No

123

74.1

No response

4

 

TB training in past 6 months?

Yes

3

1.76

No

166

97.6

No response

1

 

Diagnosed with active TB in the past?

Yes

14

8.4

No

153

91.6

No response

3

 

Directly involved in TB control?

Yes

52

32.1

No

110

67.9

No response

8