| AWARENESS ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS IN COMMUNITY AND COMPLIANCE FOR D.O.T.S. in PATIENTS
1KHALID SHAFI, 2YASMIN MUMTAZ, 3FARIDA HABIB, 4MUBASHIR ZAFAR
ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess
awareness about Tuberclosis in community and compliance for DOTS
(directly observed treatment short-course) in patients.
Subjects and Method: It is Descriptive cross sectional
study was conducted at two places, i.e., Arafat Town and Sindh Government
Hospital, Karachi. A sample of 175 subjects were selected, out of
which 75 subjects were selected from Arafat town (community) while100
subjects (patients) were selected from Sindh Government Hospital,
Karachi. The survey was conducted by interview comprising of questions
related to personal information regarding Tuberculosis, its symptoms,
different mechanisms of its spread, diagnosis and its treatment
by DOTS, knowledge of DOTS and satisfaction of patients receiving
DOTS. The data collected was analyzed by using SPSS version 11.
Result: Out of 75 study subjects from community
43.5% of subjects were uneducated or had only religious knowledge,
65% did not know Tuberculosis, 20% did not have any knowledge regarding
the symptoms of Tuberculosis, 22% of subjects were unaware of the
preventive measure against TB. In the hospital setup, 99% of patients
were satisfied from DOTS and the compliance rates was 88%.
Conclusion: Most of the subjects were unaware of
Tuberculosis that seems to be due to their illiteracy and those
who knew had got the knowledge from media but the majority of the
patients who were on DOTS were found to be satisfied.
KeyWords: Awareness, Compliance, Tuberculosis,
DOTS, Community, Patients .
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