Tuberculosis Contact Knowledge and Prophylaxis Adherence Survey in Recife, Brazil, 2015

140 standardized questionnaire responses from contacts of tuberculosis patients in Sanitary District II of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, collected from January to December 2015. The study was authored by Amanda Queiroz Teixeira and analyzes knowledge about tuberculosis and adherence to prophylactic measures. Data analysis was performed using simple frequencies.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic factors associated with knowledge gaps based on reported gender, ethnicity, schooling, and income levels.
• Model predictors of adherence to prophylactic measures based on survey responses about being invited for examination and understanding of consultation importance.
• Assess perceptions of disease severity and transmission routes based on responses where 84.3% believed tuberculosis is serious and 48.6% considered transmission via shared utensils.

Strengths

• Includes 140 survey responses, providing a specific sample size.
• Contains demographic breakdowns, such as 75.7% female and 55% brown ethnicity respondents.
• Reports specific quantitative findings, like 55% of contacts were invited to be examined.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single district study from 2015.

Provenance

Source

Amanda Queiroz Teixeira

Collection Method

A quantitative and descriptive study using standardized questionnaires.

Time Range

2015

Geography

Sanitary District II, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil