Table 1: Sample size and its determination, Sekoru Woreda, Jimma zone, Ethiopia: June 2012.

Study population

Sample size

Determination

TB suspects at OPD

445 cards (All cards of patients with cough ≥ two weeks

 Selected from one-year OPD visit (11-09-2010 to 10-09-2011) of the two health centers

PTB patients’ information from unit TB register

117 patients’ information from unit TB register

Information of PTB patients that completed treatment b/n 11-09-2010 to 20-06-2012 of the two health centers was reviewed.

Experts

11 health professionals

 TB focal person in the woreda, heads of HCs, heads of depts. and TB DOTS providers were selected

charts of human immune-deficiency virus patients

on ART

138 patients’ charts

All charts of patients that were on ART in 2012

 on Pre ART care

53 patients’ charts

All charts of patients that were on Pre ART in 2012

Observation

3 days with 9 sessions

3 consecutive days