A Study on Knowledge of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and DOTS among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in West Tripura District, India

Das, Rituparna; Baidya, Subrata

doi:10.3126/saarctb.v12i1.15935

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“…While discussing the rout of transmission of TB, 55.6% of the respondents in the current study declared that TB is transmitted by droplets, these findings are consistent with earlier studies reported in literature. [17][18][19][20][21][22] However, contrary to our findings, respondents from other studies [23][24][25][26][27] reported poor knowledge about the transmission of TB. When the study participants were asked about eating together with family, 60% of respondents have a positive response; these findings were not in agreement with Malaysian study [23] where only 40% of respondents have positive response.…”

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“…This finding was supported by other studies. [17,19,[20][21]23] However, these finding were not in line with other studies reported in literature. [24,27,28] Our study findings showed a significant difference in median scores for gender, age, education, marital, living status, stigma and health education.…”

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“…[16-17, 20-21, 23-24, 27] When the study participants were asked about the curability of the disease with 4-week course, 72% of the respondents reported that TB cannot be cured; these findings are consistent with earlier studies reported in literature. [16,20,23] On the other hand, when the patients were asked about the duration and a possibility of stopping treatment once they were symptoms free, 71.8% reported that the treatment cannot be stopped within 4 weeks or once the patient was symptoms free and the treatment duration must be reached. This finding was supported by other studies.…”

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Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Anaam¹,

Alsahali²,

Alfadly³

et al. 2018

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious cause of illness in Yemen. Knowledge is believed to be associated with patients' willingness to seek treatment and adherence to treatment. Objectives: To assess patients' knowledge of TB and identify possible influencing factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of three months (October to December, 2013) to assess knowledge of TB among new TB patients in five Yemini regions. Descriptive results were presented as frequencies and percentage. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (K-S test) was used for normality test. Chi-square (Χ 2) testing and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used to describe differences between groups. Multiple linear regression was performed to identify factors influencing the knowledge. Multicollinearity was considered before performing multiple linear regression. SPSS version 18 (Chicago, IL) was used for data analysis. Results: A total of 450 patients with a mean age (±SD) of 32.7 (±13.6) years (range 15-80 years) were interviewed; 59.3% of respondents were males, 64.4% of respondents reported receiving TB information from the health staff. Slightly more than half (55.6%) of the patients' were aware about the method of TB transmission. The majority (82.2%) of the respondents knew that TB is a curable disease. About two thirds (71.8%) of the tuberculosis patients were found to be aware about duration of treatment. About 271 (60.2%) of the respondents were categorized as having a good level of knowledge about TB. The median knowledge score was 4.0. Kruskal-Wallis H test showed significant differences in the medians between groups with regard to gender, age, education status, marital status, living status, stigma and receiving health education. However, multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, education status, stigma and receiving health education at health centers were the only factors that significantly influencing the knowledge. About 44% of the patients expressed fear of being known as tuberculosis patients in the community. Conclusion: The knowledge of TB and its treatment was generally moderate with a median score of 4. Majority of the patients knew that TB is a curable disease with regular treatment and recommended duration. This will psychologically encourage them to adhere to treatment instructions.

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Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

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“…On the question of communicability of TB, 78.4% of our patients knew that it was a communicable disease. Das et al .,[5] Vidhani et al . [6] from Gujarat, Jangid et al .…”

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“…So far, various investigators from different parts of India[5678910111213] and outside India[1415161718] had measured the level of awareness and knowledge of TB patients about TB. However, no such information is available from Uttarakhand State where the estimates of incidence of TB cases are higher than the national estimates.…”

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Knowledge about tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional study from Uttarakhand

Nautiyal

Mittal

Awasthi

et al. 2019

J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in India. The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) is working towards elimination of TB in the country by 2025. As the RNTCP relies on passive case finding, it is crucial for the success of the RNTCP that TB patients have knowledge about their disease. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge of TB among pulmonary TB (PTB) patients. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire among new and previously treated PTB patients at Haldwani Block of Nainital District of Uttarakhand State of North India. Data was analyzed using the software Epi Info version 7.2.0.1. Results: A total of 111 PTB patients with mean age of 36.3 years were included for final analysis. Only 43.2% PTB patients were aware that TB is caused by germs, 48.6% knew that it is not a hereditary disease. Only 13.5% PTB patients knew that vaccine is available and majority (68.5%) were aware of covering mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing for prevention of the disease. Overall, only two-third (65%) patients had good knowledge about TB. Conclusions: About one-third of PTB patients had poor knowledge about TB. This highlights that to achieve elimination of TB, RNTCP needs to change the present information, education, and communication (IEC) system which is based on a bio-medical framework, and to design a culturally sensitive health education system. Alternatively, the Programme needs to shift from passive case finding to active case finding strategy.

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Knowledge about tuberculosis, treatment adherence and outcome among ambulatory patients with drug-sensitive tuberculosis in two directly-observed treatment centres in Southwest Nigeria

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Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Although TB is curable provided the treatment commenced quickly, appropriately and uninterrupted throughout TB treatment duration. However, high default rate, treatment interruption and therapy non-adherence coupled with inadequate disease knowledge significantly contribute to poor TB treatment outcome, especially in developing countries. This study therefore assessed knowledge about TB and possible reasons for treatment non-adherence among drug-sensitive TB (DS-TB) patients, as well as evaluated treatment outcomes for the DS-TB managed within a 5-year period. Methods A mixed-method design comprising a cross-sectional questionnaire-guided survey among 140-ambulatory DS-TB patients from January–March 2019, and a retrospective review of medical-records of DS-TB managed from 2013 to 2017 in two WHO-certified TB directly-observed-treatment centres. Data were summarized using descriptive statistics, while categorical variables were evaluated with Chi-square at p < 0.05. Results Among the prospective DS-TB patients, males were 77(55.0%) and females were 63(45.0%). Most (63;45.0%) belonged to ages 18-34 years. A substantial proportion knew that TB is curable (137;97.9%) and transmittable (128;91.4%), while 107(46.1%) accurately cited coughing without covering the mouth as a principal mode of transmission. Only 10(4.0%) mentioned adherence to TB medications as a measure to prevent transmission. Inaccessibility to healthcare facility (33;55.0%) and pill-burden (10,16.7%) were topmost reasons for TB treatment non-adherence. Of the 2262-DS-TB patients whose treatment outcomes were evaluated, 1211(53.5%) were cured, 580(25.6%) had treatment completed, 240(10.6%) defaulted, 54(2.3%) failed treatment and 177(7.8%) died. Overall, the treatment success rate within the 5-year period ranged from 77.4 to 81.9%. Conclusions Knowledge about TB among the prospective DS-TB patients is relatively high, especially with respect to modes of TB transmission and preventive measures, but a sizeable number lacks the understanding of ensuring optimal TB medication-adherence to prevent TB transmission. Inaccessibility to healthcare facility largely accounts for treatment non-adherence. Outcomes of treatment within the 5-year period show that nearly half were cured, while almost one-tenth died. Overall treatment success rate is about 12% below the WHO-defined target. There is generally a need for concerned stakeholders to step-up efforts in ensuring consistent TB enlightenment, while improving access to TB care is essential for better treatment outcome.

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A Study on Knowledge of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and DOTS among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in West Tripura District, India

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Influencing Factors among New Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Yemen

Knowledge about tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: A cross-sectional study from Uttarakhand

Knowledge about tuberculosis, treatment adherence and outcome among ambulatory patients with drug-sensitive tuberculosis in two directly-observed treatment centres in Southwest Nigeria

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