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Table 1 Characteristics of primary health care staff participating for the cross-sectional study

From: Being safe, feeling safe, and stigmatizing attitude among primary health care staff in providing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care in Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

Characteristics

All (N = 123)

Clinical staffa (N = 95)

Tuberculosis program staff (N = 10)

Otherb staff

(N = 18)

Age (years), mean ± SD

39 ± 12

38 ± 12

35 ± 14

47 ± 8

Gender, n (%)

 Male

39 (31.7)

27 (28.4)

0 (0)

12 (66.7)

 Female

84 (68.3)

68 (71.6)

10 (100)

6 (33.3)

Level of education, n (%)

 Diploma

68 (55.3)

48 (50.5)

9 (90.0)

11 (61.1)

 Undergraduate

46 (37.4)

39 (41.1)

1 (10.0)

6 (33.3)

 Graduate

2 (1.6)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

1 (5.6)

 Professional

7 (5.7)

7 (7.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Length of work, n (%)

 < 1 year

4 (3.3)

3 (3.2)

0 (0)

1 (5.6)

 1–5 years

5 (4.1)

5 (5.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 6–10 years

33 (26.8)

27 (28.4)

5 (50.0)

1 (5.6)

 > 10 years

81 (65.9)

60 (63.2)

5 (50.0)

16 (88.9)

Working at PHCs provides DOT for MDR-TB, n (%)

39 (31.7)

30 (31.6)

4 (40.0)

5 (27.8)

Received on-the-job training on DOT for MDR-TB procedure, n (%)

36 (29.3)

27 (28.4)

6 (60.0)

3 (16.7)

Received training on infection control, n (%)

75 (61.0)

61 (64.2)

8 (80.0)

6 (33.3)

  1. aClinical staff: medical doctor, nurse, and laboratory staff. bOther staff: registration staff, health promotion staff, and environmental health staff
  2. PHCs primary health care facilities, DOT direct observed treatment, MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis