KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG OPD CLIENTS ASSESSING CARE AT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, KWADASO.

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Emmanuella Appiah-Manu

SDA: Seventh-Day Adventist OPD: Out Patients Department ERS: European Respiratory Society SHS: Senior High School SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences TB: Tuberculosis PTB: Pulmonary Tuberculosis WHO: World Health Organization HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome IUATLD: International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin NDH: National Department of Health HST: Health System Trust CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention OAT: Osteoarticular Tuberculosis NTCP: National Tuberculosis Control Programme

Globally, and particularly in Asia and Africa, one of the main causes of illness and problems with public health is tuberculosis (TB). Since 1993, WHO has regarded tuberculosis as an unchecked, infectious epidemic that is also a global health emergency. With a 5–10% latency rate in infected immune-competent persons, tuberculosis is a highly contagious but treatable disease. In contrast, prevalence has declined in developed countries. One of the most prevalent contagious illnesses, tuberculosis (TB) is brought on by mycobacteria, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The route of transmission for TB is via droplet nuclei, as well as a variety of risk variables that have regularly been identified. The major goal of this study was to measure OPD patients' knowledge about tuberculosis as they evaluated their care at Kwadaso Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital. At the Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital in Kwadaso, in Ghana's Ashanti Region, 300 adult OPD patients participated in a descriptive research. According to the study's findings, 18.4% of respondents selected "people living in close contact with TB" as a risk factor for TB, 31.4% selected "through airway" when a person with TB coughs or sneezes without covering their mouth or nose, this is considered the mechanism of transmission. 15% selected "persistent cough for more than 2 weeks" as a sign or symptom of TB, and 12.6% selected "getting early treatment whenever you have a suspicion of TB" as prevention and control of TB when sneezing or coughing, cover mouth and nose by 12.4%, and 12.2 percent added avoiding close contact with TB-infected people. Public health screenings for the condition ought to be promoted. For a deeper comprehension of TB education, TB education should be intensified and made more understandable to rural people utilizing their native dialects.

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Emmanuella Appiah-Manu (November-2025). KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF TUBERCULOSIS AMONG OPD CLIENTS ASSESSING CARE AT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL, KWADASO.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 10(11), 444-511. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRDTH00237.pdf

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Country: Obuasi , Ashanti , Ghana

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