A comparative study on Socio-demographic profile of patients Associated with HIV-TB Co-infection registered in ART Centre at central India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 6
Abstract
Background:. The worrisome aspect of HIV/AIDS is not limited to the disease itself, but co-infection with Tuberculosis is also one of the challenging problems in developing countries. Materials and Methods: After obtaining approval from ethics committee, A cross-sectional descriptive type of study was conducted ART centre, Gwalior J. A. Group of Hospitals, G. R. Medical College, Gwalior (MP). Total 500 patients was included in this study underwent a detailed interview and physical examination which was recorded according to the pre-designed, pre-tested and semi-structured questionnaire used for data collection then analyzed. Duration of the study was From 1 st August, 2014 to 31st July, 2015. Result: Maximum HIV-positive patients (35.6%) belonged to 30-39 years age group. Overall, 83.6% patients were from reproductively active age group (15-49 years).The number of males was approximately one-and-half times greater than number of females in the study group (59.8% males compared to 39.4% females).More patients (63.6%) were residents of rural area as compared to urban area (36.4%).In the study sample, most (64.0%) patients were living a married life.32% patients were illiterate in the study sample while 18% were educated up to intermediate or possessed college degrees. In the study sample, 42.2% patients were unemployed while in the employed subgroup of patients, maximum (31.0%) were clerks/farmers/shop-owners. Socioeconomic status (63.2%) belonged to the upper lower class. Conclusion: Addressing the issue of high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the middle class and tier II cities and lack of rehabilitation and social stigma towards HIV which prevents them from finding suitable employment. And HIV prevention and services towards the lagging group of the population (backwards castes and illiterate population) that are still to be avail the benefit of these services.
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Manbahadur Rajpoot, Ritesh Upadhyay, Ashok Mishra
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