Abstract

Background: A high level of awareness on tuberculosis (TB) is crucial for the success of the prevention and treatment among the high risk populations. Having a good perception about the treatment of TB may increase the acceptance of the control measures in decreasing the spread of the disease.

Aims & Objective: To develop and validate a Questionnaire about the knowledge of the causes, mode of transmission, the prevention of TB and the perception of TB treatment among TB patients in Malaysia.

Materials and Methods: A Cross-sectional study was conducted among TB patients attended the Respiratory Clinic at the Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kelantan, Malaysia. This study used a self-administrated questionnaire that takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and was generally well received by the respondent’s. The validation involved content validity, exploratory factor analysis for the construct validity and internal consistency for reliability.

Results: A total of seventy TB patients comprising of 39 males (55.7%) and 31 females (44.3%) responded. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) was (0.827 and 0.723) and Bartlett's test of Sphericity was highly significant (P

Key words: Validity, Reliability, Questionnaire, TB knowledge, Malaysia.