| Physician | Nurse | Others | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
n = 140 | n = 256 | n = 44 |  | |
Practice score, mean (SD) | 6.89 (2.11) | 7.20 (1.83) | 6.99 (2.20) | 0.531 |
Wearing mask | ||||
 Do you wear mask when you see a patient? | 113 (85.0) | 225 (93.4) | 30 (76.9) | 0.002 |
When you see a patient, what kind of mask do you wear? | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 N95 respirator | 23 (16.7) | 52 (21.4) | 14 (35.0) |  |
 Surgical mask | 33 (23.9) | 63 (25.9) | 4 (10.0) |  |
 Gauze mask | 69 (50.0) | 123 (50.6) | 15 (37.5) |  |
 Never wear mask | 13 (9.4) | 5 (2.1) | 7 (17.5) |  |
Collecting sputum | ||||
 Do you open the window? (n = 382) | 62 (54.9) | 127 (54.7) | 22 (59.5) | 0.882 |
What is the barrier for not to open windows? | ||||
 Save time | 18 (16.8) | 28 (14.0) | 3 (8.6) | 0.479 |
 Do not agree to open windows | 6 (5.6) | 31 (15.5) | 4 (11.4) | 0.040 |
 No window | 23 (21.5) | 50 (25.0) | 6 (17.1) | 0.544 |
 Windows are fixed and cannot be opened | 13 (12.1) | 27 (13.5) | 8 (22.9) | 0.276 |
 No barrier to open windows | 21 (19.6) | 33 (16.5) | 4 (11.4) | 0.513 |
Do you wear mask when you support to collect sputum? (n = 399) | 117 (95.1) | 234 (97.1) | 31 (88.6) | 0.057 |
Kind of mask (n = 383) |  |  |  | 0.003 |
 N95 respirator | 29 (22.7) | 55 (24.7) | 11 (34.4) |  |
 Surgical mask | 21 (16.4) | 64 (28.7) | 5 (15.6) |  |
 Gauze mask | 53 (41.4) | 82 (36.8) | 7 (21.9) |  |
Treating patients with suspected active TB diseasea | ||||
 Ever treated suspected active TB disease who is treated for other diseases? (n = 397) | 125 (94.0) | 196 (86.0) | 28 (77.8) | 0.012 |
What did you do as the first thing? | ||||
 Isolate patient | 82 (60.7) | 109 (46.0) | 23 (53.5) | 0.023 |
 Offer patient wearing surgical mask | 42 (31.1) | 80 (33.8) | 21 (48.8) | 0.097 |
 Wear N95 mask on yourself | 47 (34.8) | 92 (38.8) | 23 (53.5) | 0.091 |
 Move patient’s room where airborne infection control can properly apply. | 87 (64.4) | 152 (64.1) | 21 (48.8) | 0.146 |
 Educate patients and patients’ relatives for cough hygiene | 55 (40.7) | 131 (55.3) | 23 (53.5) | 0.024 |
 Transfer to respiratory center | 59 (43.7) | 95 (40.1) | 29 (67.4) | 0.003 |
 Inform about it to your supervisor | 30 (22.2) | 103 (43.5) | 25 (58.1) | <0.001 |
 Do nothing | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (2.3) | 0.302 |
Do you inform the importance of cough hygiene to suspected TB patients? (n = 408) | 118 (88.7) | 218 (90.8) | 33 (94.3) | 0.580 |
Do you offer wearing surgical mask to suspected TB patients? (n = 410) | 118 (89.4) | 220 (91.3) | 35 (94.6) | 0.608 |
Do you move suspected TB patients to the isolation room? (n = 390) | 84 (66.1) | 150 (66.1) | 29 (80.6) | 0.221 |
Do you think your ward have enough isolation rooms to accommodate patients suspected of having tuberculosis? (n = 407) | 17 (13.0) | 41 (17.2) | 12 (32.4) | 0.020 |