What am required to produce for the start There are two data sets, namely: 1-tb entry form, 2- Add to tb (this needs to be appended on to tb entry form and analyzed as one data set) What I need for...

What am required to produce for the start There are two data sets, namely: 1-tb entry form, 2- Add to tb (this needs to be appended on to tb entry form and analyzed as one data set) What I need for the start is shown in the tables shown below
Table 1

Characteristics	(No=118) Completed treatment No (%)	(N0=10) Did not complete treatment No (%)	P-value
Sex	Male
Female
Age	-	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Students t test for 2 independent samples
Marital status	Single
Ever married
Educational level	Formal education
No formal education
Have children	Yes
No
Average income	-	Mean (median)	Mean (median)	Students t test for 2 independent samples

Table 2

Characteristic	N0 =118, completed treatment No (%)	No=10, did not complete treatment No (%)	p-value
Able to walk when started on treatment	Yes
No
Duration on treatment (Use one on add to tb data set)	Mean duration	Mean duration	Students t test for 2 independent samples
Side effect	Yes
No
Non adherence less than 3 days	Yes
No
More than 3 days	Yes
No
Tested for HIV	Yes
No
Treatment strategy	CB-DOTS
HF- DOTS
Treatment category	New
Retreatment

1.4.2 Specific objectives

• To describe the general characteristics of patients who completed tuberculosis treatment in Rwampara County between 2009 and 2011.


• To establish the treatment success rate among tuberculosis patients in Rwampara County between 2009 and 2011.


• To establish the proportion of patients in Rwampara County who had sputum microscopy done twice with smear negative results between 2009 and 2011.
  


• To identify factors that predicts treatment success rate among tuberculosis patients in Rwampara County from 2009 to 2011.

1.6. Conceptual frame work

Appendix 4a: questionnaire (English version) Interview date…………………..Interviewer…………………………………………………….
Name of respondent……………………………Telephone (respondent)………………………..

I would like to ask you some questions about your back ground information:

1. Age in years………………………………………………………. (Years)


2. Sex: Male Female


3. Current marital status

Single Married

Divorced Separated
Widow

1. Education level:

No education Primary

Secondary Institution

1. Religion……………………………………………………………………….

I would like to ask you about personal experience about tuberculosis disease.

1. Were you diagnosed with tuberculosis through sputum microscopy?

Yes No

1. Were you told that TB treatment required daily swallowing of drugs for 8 months?

Yes No

1. When you were diagnosed as having TB, did you disclose to:

1. Your spouse Yes No


2. Your sexual partners Yes No


3. Your children Yes No


4. Brothers Yes No


5. Sisters Yes No


6. Other relatives Yes No


7. Friends Yes No


8. Community leaders Yes No

1. Did any of the following happen when you were diagnosed with TB?

1. Break up of marriage Yes No


2. Break up of sexual relations Yes No


3. Neglected by family Yes No


4. Disowned by family Yes No


5. Strengthened relationship with spouse or sexual partner: Yes No


6. Increased emotional support from peers Yes No


7. Discrimination by health profession Yes No


8. Increased emotional support from health professional Yes No


9. Increased emotional support family and relatives Yes No


10. Discrimination from employers Yes No

1. Do you have children? Yes No

1. At the time you were diagnosed, did you plan to have more children?

Yes No

I would like to ask you about your health during treatment of tuberculosis.

1. When you started treatment, were you able to walk?

Yes No

1. For how long were you on TB treatment? (Month)...............................................................

1. Did the drugs you swallowed have side effects? Yes No


2. Did you forget to swallow your pills in a month?

Less than 3 days Yes No
More than 3days Yes No

1. Do you suffer from other diseases like diabetes melitis that require you take daily pills?

Yes No

1. Have you ever tested for HIV/AIDS? Yes No

1. If yes where did you receive the HIV test?

1. Public health center or hospital


2. NGO health center or hospital


3. Private clinic


4. Home


5. Others, specify………………………………………

1. What is your status?

Positive Negative Declined to answer

I am going to ask you about alcohol drinking status

1. During the year of treatment, how often did you drink any alcohol beverage like beer, waragi or fermented drink?

1. Everyday Yes No


2. Nearly every day Yes No


3. 3 to 4 times a week Yes No


4. 1 to 2 times a week Yes No


5. 2 to 3 times a month Yes No


6. Once a month Yes No


7. 4 to 6 times in the year Yes No


8. Once in the year Yes No


9. Never drank alcohol. Yes No

I would like to ask you about options for place of supervised drug swallowing.

1. Did the health worker tell you that drug can be swallowed at home supervised by a volunteer or at health facility supervised by a health worker or drugs would be taken un supervised. Yes No


2. If you chose home based option, were you informed of the need to call a community meeting by a health worker to select a volunteer that would remind you swallow drugs?

Yes No

1. If yes, were drugs delivered at your home by a health worker?

Yes No

1. If you collected drugs yourself, is the distance from your home to facility,
   less than 5km Yes No


2. If drug refill required transport, how much did you pay to and from the treatment centre every time you travelled?...................................................................................................


3. What is average monthly income from all sources?………………………………..……

I am going to ask you about Service provision at the health facility where you were treated.

1. How long did you wait to be served?

Less than 1 hour Yes No

1. Would you always find a health worker at the facility to serve you every time you came for refill? Yes No


2. Would you always find the drugs every time you visited the facility?

Yes No

1. Did anyone ask you to give sputum sample for check up at 2 months, 5 and 8 months?

Yes No

1. If yes did you submit your sputum after the eighth month?.........................................


2. What were the results? Positive for TB Negative for TB


3. If you did not hand in a sample, why not?

1. Could not produce sputum


2. Could not get to the health center


3. Did not consider it important


4. No sputum container

1. Were you satisfied with care from health facility? Yes No


2. If not give reasons……………………………………………………………………..

Assessing risk perception

1. Do you think that the following situation might happen to you again?

1. Chances that you will get TB again

Strongly agree Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly disagree

1. Chances that you already have TB

Strongly agree Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly disagree Appendix 4b: Checklist for the secondary data Name of facility and level…………………………………………………………………………..
Qualification of tuberculosis focal person………………………………………………………….
Other staffs involved in tuberculosis care

S/N	Qualification	Available number	Involved in TB care
yes	No
1	Medical Officer
2	Clinical Officer
3	Laboratory Assistant
4	Nurse
5	Health Assistant

Logistic verification form/ record at facility

S/N	Item	Available(Yes/No)	Used appropriately (Yes/No)
1	Stock card
2	Dispensing log
3	Unit TB register
4	Unit lab register
5	Microscope

TB patients treated by strategy.

Strategy	Category		Drug refilled on scheduled	Finished treatment
Sputum check up
New	Retreatment	2	5	8
CB-DOTS
HF-DOTS
SAT