Throughout treatment, the health care worker should ask the patient about his or her concerns regarding TB and adherence to the prescribed regimen. Below are examples of questions that health care workers can use during the initial health assessment and subsequent interactions with the patient throughout the course of treatment. The questions below are merely a starting point. Whenever possible, the health care worker should adapt such questions according to the patient’s age, family situation, education level, and cultural background. The more the health care worker is aware of the patient’s ideas and concerns about.
