Background: Tuberculosis (TB) stigmatization among the patients add perceived risk of transmission to
its susceptible host and self discrimination attributed by stigma developed among the patients lead to
social isolation that have a impact on TB control.
Objectives: To access Stigma among Tuberculosis Patients under Directly Observed Treatment, Short
Course (DOTS) at Urban Setting of Western Nepal.
Methods: An institutional based descriptive cross-sectional study was done among 142 patients attending
12 Urban DOTS centre of headquarter of Western Development Region of Nepal. Probability
Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling techniques was used to select the samples and was followed by
Simple Random Sampling to select the subject were selected using a random technique. Piloted and
Pretested structured questionnaire developed by the Department of Public Health, Pokhara University was
used to collect regarding socio-demographic information, knowledge and self perceived stigma among
TB patients. Microsoft Excel was used for data entry and cleaning and analysis was done through SPSS
version 16.0. P-value less than 0.05 were taken as the cut-off values for test of statistical significance
between the variables.