Table 1

Level of understanding about MT amongst FP's and their differences by gender and number of TB patients seen in a month

Questions

FPs responded correctly (%)

Gender (%)

p-value

Number of TB patients seen in a month (%)

p-value

Male

Female

< 5

≥ 5

Should MT be used as a diagnostic test to detect active TB?

66.6

64.6

68.3

0.38

64.9

68.3

0.56

What is the route of administration of M.T.?

73.0

67.7

78.3

0.05

75.3

70.7

0.17

How many tuberculin units should be injected?

29.6

33.3

25.9

0.13

29.9

29.3

0.57

After how many hours tuberculin reaction should be read?

62.9

66.7

59.1

0.15

59.8

66.0

0.19

How tuberculin reaction should be measured?

61.7

67.7

55.7

0.08

55.7

67.7

0.02

What is the cutoff for positivity of MT in non HIV patients?

41.5

44.8

38.2

0.19

34

49.0

0.02

What is the cutoff for positivity of MT in HIV patients?

31.4

31.1

31.7

0.54

28.9

33.9

0.20

How will you manage an asymptomatic patient with MT ≥15 mm?

50.9

57.3

44.5

0.04

46.4

55.4

0.08

Does negative MT exclude TB?

89.3

85.4

93.2

0.04

89.7

88.9

0.45

What are the causes of negative M.T.?

30.2

33.3

27.1

0.19

30.9

29.5

0.26

Overall score

Good

57.9

60.4

55.4

0.26

51.5

64.3

0.07

Ali et al. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2010 9:8   doi:10.1186/1447-056X-9-8