Background: Respiratory diseases are considered as one of the major public health problems in developing countries like India. Among all illness in adults, heart, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung diseases are the major cause of mortality and morbidity in India. Since majority of the Indian population resides in rural areas, assessment of knowledge and attitude in that region regarding respiratory diseases are essential.Methods: A descriptive study was conducted using restructured and pretested questionnaire to assess the knowledge and attitude of the rural people. Descriptive statistics were used to represent the study characteristics. Chi-square test was used to assess the association among the study variables with p-value of <0.05 which was statistically significant.Results: Total 467 participants enrolled in the study out of which 39.4% were male and 60.6% were female. The mean age of the participants was 44.7±16.1 years, where majority of participants belongs to the age group 38-47 years. Overall the knowledge of the participants was found to be poor 6%, average 49.5% and good (44.5%). Statistically significant association between the literacy level and the knowledge on respiratory diseases was found.Conclusions: Although knowledge and attitude of the people towards the respiratory diseases are encouraging, there is a need for long term educational program. The findings of this study can guide the public health authorities in making and implementing decisions to reduce the health problems related to respiratory diseases.
Introduction:Most common bacterial infection affecting about 150 million people every year around the world is urinary tract infection1. Urinary tract infection can be defined as a condition, in which bacteria divide and multiply in the urinary tract and infect the organs included (kidney, ureter, urinary bladder and urethra). Method: an anonymous questionnaire with 15 questions regarding basic precautions for UTI was formulated using Google forms. The questionnaire was articulated in collaboration with an expert in the field. Simple random sampling was thrown out for choosing the participants. The link to the survey was made reach to the intended participants through email and WhatsApp. Conclusion: In this study we found out that in 412 participants, more than half of the participants (54.6%) were recurrently suffering from urinary tract infection (UTI) and about 82.7% of participants suffering from UTI are married whereas only 47.6% unmarried population is affected by urinary tract infection.
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