Barriers and facilitators of nutrition assessment, counseling, and support for tuberculosis patients: a qualitative study

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

	Category	Educational status	Duration of exposure to TB care ^a
P1	MDR-TB patient	Secondary education	7
P2	TB patient	Secondary education	3
P3	TB patient	Bachelor’s degree	2
P4	TB/HIV patient	Primary education	3
P5	Retreatment TB/HIV patient	Secondary education	20
P6	Care provider	Diploma	3
P7	Care provider	Bachelor’s degree	4
P8	Care provider	Diploma	10
P9	Care provider	Bachelor’s degree	3
P10	Care provider	Master’s degree	2
P11	Care provider	Bachelor’s degree	8
P12	Facility manager	Bachelor’s degree	2
P13	Facility manager	Bachelor’s degree	3
P14	Program coordinator	Diploma	1
P15	Program coordinator	Bachelor’s degree	2
P16	Program coordinator	Master’s degree	3
P17	Program coordinator	Bachelor’s degree	4

P Participant, TB Tuberculosis, MDR-TB Multidrug Resistant-Tuberculosis, TB/HIV Tuberculosis/Human immunodeficiency virus; ^a It is duration of treatment (in month) for patients and duration of experience in the position (in year) for managers, coordinators, and care providers.

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