An investigation into the knowledge levels  
of clients on long term tuberculosis
treatment at Kwekwe general hospital

Samkange, Porai Mary

dc.contributor.advisor	Smith, J. E. (Mrs.)	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Du Toit, H. (Mrs.)	en
dc.contributor.author	Samkange, Porai Mary	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:57:49Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:57:49Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:57:49Z
dc.date.submitted	2005-11-30	en
dc.identifier.citation	Samkange, Porai Mary (2009) An investigation into the knowledge levels of clients on long term tuberculosis treatment at Kwekwe general hospital, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1899>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1899
dc.description.abstract	The study investigated the knowledge levels of clients on long-term tuberculosis (TB) treatment at Kwekwe General Hospital, Zimbabwe. A quantitative, descriptive research design was chosen and data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a convenience sample of 60 clients on TB treatment and 10 professional nurses. The major findings of the study were that although clients had some knowledge about their condition, there was a lack of knowledge regarding critical aspects such as information on drug-resistant TB and the Directly Observed Therapy Short Course. The professional nurses experienced constraints such as insufficient time for appropriate health education and home visits. Based on the study findings and conclusions, several recommendations were made.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Defaulting	en
dc.subject	Knowledge levels	en
dc.subject	Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis	en
dc.subject	Tuberculosis	en
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Zimbabwe
dc.subject.lcsh	Tuberculosis -- Nursing -- Zimbabwe
dc.subject.lcsh	Tuberculosis -- Treatment -- Zimbabwe
dc.title	An investigation into the knowledge levels of clients on long term tuberculosis treatment at Kwekwe general hospital	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.contributor.email	kakolwk@unisa.ac.za	en
dc.description.department	Health Studies	en
dc.description.degree	Thesis(M.A(Health Studies))