Profile of Beneficiaries Attending DOTS Centre of A Tertiary Care Hospital of Jharkhand
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: India has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world accounting for one-fourth of the estimated global incident TB cases. DOTS (Directly observed treatment short course) chemotherapy is defined as a strategy to ensure cure from tuberculosis by providing the most effective medicines and confirming that it is taken. Objectives: This study aims to describe the socio-demographic profile and smoking & drinking habits of patients attending DOTS centre of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi. Materials and Methods: This is a cross sectional hospital based study. All registered TB patients coming to DOTS centre of RIMS, Ranchi during our study period and willing to participate in study were included. Duration of study was 3 months. Total sample size for this period was 211. Templates were generated in MS Excel and data analysis was done using SPSS software. Result and conclusion: After analysis of 211 subjects it was found that majority were males (71.57%) in the age group 21-40 years (48.82%) belonging to non tribal communities (81.04%) having literacy level of primary grade(43.60%). Overcrowding accounted to 68.25% cases. Smokers accounted to 56.40% cases whereas alcoholics were 42.19%. TB is far more common in non tribal males in the age group 20-40. Half of the cases are smokers.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Abhishek Kumar, Dr. Mithilesh Kumar, Dr. Vivek Kashyap, Dr. Swati Shikha
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