Abstract
ObjectiveTuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Smear positive tuberculosis patients are responsible for up to 90% of transmission occurring in the community. However, little is known about pulmonary tuberculosis preventive practices among bus users in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess the level of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) preventive practices and associated factors among bus users at Addis Ababa.ResultsCommunity based cross-sectional study was conducted among bus users at Addis Ababa. Participants were selected using systematic sampling technique. Overall, 50.5% of bus users had good practices on prevention of PTB at Addis Ababa. The odds of practicing prevention of PTB among participants who were attended secondary school (AOR = 4.63; 95% CI 2.62, 11.17) and higher education (AOR = 2.86: 95% CI 1.13, 7.73), resided at Addis Ababa (AOR = 2.51; 95% CI 1.61, 5.21), knowledgeable about PTB (AOR = 4.12; 95% CI 3.14, 5.70), and using mass media (AOR = 2.14; 95% CI 1.78, 4.27) as a source of information were higher than the odds of their respective counterparts. The overall practice of pulmonary tuberculosis prevention among city bus users in the study area was low. Therefore, enhancing educational opportunity and increase community awareness about the causes, risk factors and means of transmission using mass media might improve the practices of PTB prevention during bus transportation.
Highlights
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis mainly, and occasionally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex [1]
Community based cross-sectional study was conducted among bus users at Addis Ababa
The odds of practicing prevention of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) among participants who were attended secondary school (AOR = 4.63; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.62, 11.17) and higher education (AOR = 2.86: 95% CI 1.13, 7.73), resided at Addis Ababa (AOR = 2.51; 95% CI 1.61, 5.21), knowledgeable about PTB (AOR = 4.12; 95% CI 3.14, 5.70), and using mass media (AOR = 2.14; 95% CI 1.78, 4.27) as a source of information were higher than the odds of their respective counterparts
Summary
Socio‐demographic and economic characteristics A total of 408 Addis Ababa city bus users were participated with a response rate of 96.7%. More than half (52.7%) of the respondents were knowledgeable about the causes, risk factors, means of transmission, signs, and symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis (Table 2). Half of the participants (50.5%) had good practices on prevention of PTB among bus users in the study area (Additional file 2: Figure S2). The odds of practicing prevention of PTB among participants attended secondary school (AOR = 4.63; 95% CI 2.62, 11.17) and higher education (AOR = 2.86; 95% CI 1.13, 7.73) were 4.63 and 2.86 times higher than the odds of participants who were unable to read and write, respectively. The odds of practicing prevention of PTB among knowledgeable bus users about PTB (AOR = 4.12; 95% CI 3.14, 5.70) and participants using mass media (AOR = 2.14; 95% CI 1.78, 4.27) as a source of information were 4.12 and 2.14 times higher than that of the odds of practicing with their respective counterparts (Table 3)
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