A Study on Socio Demographic Profile of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Attending Dots Centre of Field Practice Area of Rajendra Institue of Medical Sciences, Jharkhand
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 6
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis remain a worldwide public health problem despite the fact that the causative organism was discovered more than 100 years ago and highly effective drugs and vaccine available making tuberculosis a preventable and curative disease. India is highest tuberculosis burden country in the world in the term of absolute number of incident cases that occurs each year. Aims and objectives- To study sociodemographic profile of pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending DOTS centre. Material and method: A cross-sectional, descriptive and community based study was conducted at field practice area(Kanke Block) of RIMS, Ranchi. A total of 300 patients of age group 14 years and above were included in the study. Pre tested, semi structured questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were entered in MS excel and analysed in spss software. Results: Out of 300 patient’s majority were male (70%), between age group of 15-25 years (27.7%), Hindu (42.7%), nontribal (52%), from rural area (83.7%), educated upto secondary (33.3%), self employed (22.7%), married (56.3%), having joint family (60.3%), belonged to class IV socio economic status (B G Prasad) (58.7%). Conclusion: An overall improvement in living condition, education, socioeconomic status and sanitation is necessary to decrease the prevalence of tuberculosis.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Luguram Tudu, Dr Vimal Singh Munda, Dr Shamim Haider, Dr Vivek Kashyap
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