The Knowledge, Attitudes on Tuberculosis for the Foreign Students of a Domestic University

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Korean J Health Promot. 2018;18(2):83-89

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 June 30

doi : https://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2018.18.2.83

¹Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Korea.

²Department of Family Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Byung-Wook Yoo, MD, PhD. Department of Family Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04401, Korea. Tel: +82-2-709-9158, Fax: +82-2-709-9133, dryoo@schmc.ac.kr

Received 2018 March 30; Accepted 2018 June 19.

Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was identified the level of knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis for the foreign students of a domestic university, to develop an prevention educational program designed to improve the level of knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis.

Methods

This study used a descriptive design in the foreign students of Soonchunhyang University. The participants were 118 foreign students, measurements included a socio-demographic and knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis. Data were collected from November to December, 2016, with a self-reported questionnaire. The statistical analyses were performed with SPSS version 24.0 software (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA).

Results

The mean scores of knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis for the foreign students were 16.05 (±4.52), 3.20 (±0.38). The knowledge on tuberculosis for foreign students was significantly different in country (F=11.76, P<0.001), fatigue (t=2.40, P=0.018), smoking (t=2.45, P=0.016). The attitudes on tuberculosis for foreign students was significantly different in country (F=9.94, P<0.001), fatigue (t=2.25, P=0.026). In the correlation analysis, the knowledge (r=0.760) positively correlated with the attitudes on tuberculosis for the foreign students (P<0.001).

Conclusions

These finding indicate that development of educational programs to improve the level of knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis for the foreign students. Also, future research needed to development the tuberculosis prevention educational programs.

Keywords: Tuberculosis; Knowledge; Attitudes

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Table 1

Characteristics of participants

Abbreviation: TB, tuberculosis.

Values are presented as number (%).

Table 2

The level of knowledge of tuberculosis (n=118)

Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; B.C.G, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; PPD, purified protein derivative.

Table 3

The level of attitudes on tuberculosis (n=118)

Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; PPD, purified protein derivative.

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

Table 4

Difference of knowledge, attitudes on tuberculosis according to subjects' characteristics (n=118)

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; TB, tuberculosis.

^a–cScheffe test.