Epidemiological study of animal bite victims and admission in general surgery department, in Southern Odisha: a cross sectional institutional study

Pattanayak, Sibaprashad; Malla, Tapan Kumar; Bara, Bipin Kishore; Behera, Manoj Kumar

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20174518

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“…They observed a significantly higher number of people in the older age group practicing the first aid with the recommended materials (soap water) or other detergents such as iodine constituents or according to their availability. A similar study in India [ 36 ] showed that a majority of participants, including senior citizens, would practice the recommended procedures (soap water) to clean the wound. This might be due to the differences in the community KAP level of both countries’ communities.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice about rabies prevention and control: A community survey in Nepal

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Background and Aim: Rabies is a fatal zoonosis caused by RNA virus belonging to genus Lyssavirus. Nepal is one of the endemic countries in South Asia for rabies. This study was conducted to better understand the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of Nepalese community toward rabies across five developmental zones of the country. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out by face-to-face interview using structured questionnaires among 5000 respondents of five cities representing each of the five developmental regions of Nepal by adopting random cluster sampling procedure. The respondents were classified into four categories, including gender, age, education, and social status. The responses for KAP variables were analyzed using descriptive and Chi-square test. Results: The male and younger age respondents with higher education and social status were found more knowledgeable than their counterparts in terms of knowledge variables, including cause of rabies, mode of transmission, clinical signs, treatment, and preventive measures of this fatal disease. Similar findings were observed for attitude and practice variables such as vaccination practice, dog sterilization, health-seeking behavior, first aid practice, and use of first aid materials after dog bites. Some respondents in elderly age group still preferred to use traditional and local methods, which were application of turmeric powder and shrubs to cure dog bites rather than seeking medical facilities. Conclusion: There is a strong need for rabies awareness programs in the community targeting females, school, and college-level students, older age groups, and economically marginalized communities. The awareness materials need to focus on particular topics such as the risk of rabies, modes of transmission, the importance of first aid, health-seeking behavior following dog bite injuries, and practice preventive measures for their pets and community dogs.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice about rabies prevention and control: A community survey in Nepal

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“…[ 20 ] (50%) from Nagpur, Pattanayak et al . [ 21 ] (6.1%) from Kolkata, Gogtay et al . [ 9 ] (2.7%) from Mumbai, and Sahu et al .…”

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Epidemiological profile and management practices of animal bite cases in a tertiary care hospital of Haryana: A cross-sectional study

Vinay

Sachdeva

Kumar

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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A BSTRACT Introduction: Rabies is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases known to man. After the clinical occurrence of rabies, there is no comprehensive treatment possible. However, the development of rabies can be prevented to a large extent if animal bites are managed appropriately and in time. The post-exposure treatment of animal bite cases is of prime importance in this regard. India has the highest burden of animal bite and rabies cases in the world. This imposes a substantial burden on the healthcare delivery services of the country. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the immunization clinic of a tertiary care hospital in Haryana from January 2018 to December 2018. A total of 614 cases were interviewed using a pre-designed, pre-tested, and semi-structured interview schedule. Results: Around 80.5% of the bites were inflicted by stray animals, among which 70% of cases were by stray dogs. Precisely, 97.7% of cases took anti-rabies vaccine and 96.6% of cases took Tetanus Toxoid. 204 (33.2%) of victims were category III cases, who needed local infiltration of immunoglobulin but only 46% of them got it. The association of time lag between bite and reporting to the first health facility with socio-economic status, residence, and education was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion: To conclude it was observed that proper wound management practices were lacking in the people of the study area and there is a need to strengthen the availability of provision of free-of-cost life-saving immunoglobulin at the health facility, under the rabies control program.

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“…According to Sibaprashad Pattanayak (2017), 8 conducted in the casualty, Department of Community Medicine, Department of Surgery at M. K. C. G. Medical College, Odisha, India between 1st April 2016 -March 31st, 2017. Out of 6242 animal bite cases, 4785 (76.66%) were bitten by dogs.…”

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Animal bite wound categories, their determinants and health seeking behaviors among patients presenting to the anti-rabies clinic at a tertiary care hospital of Kathmandu: a mixed methods study

Mishra

Bhandary²

2022

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Introduction: Rabies, an invariably fatal viral disease, is transmitted to humans through animal bites, most commonly dogs. There is little information about categories of wounds due to animal bites, their determinants and health seeking behaviors in Nepal. This study aims to find out different categories of the animal bite wounds , their determinants and health seeking behaviors among the patients presenting to the anti-rabies clinic at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Kathmandu. Method: This study is based on concurrent, triangulation (quantitative dominant) mixed method design. Those animal bite cases who attended Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital were the participants of the study. Data was collected purposively for 1 week and total number of respondents were 50. Then convergent, divergent, expansive findings were triangulated from the quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Result: Most common type of animal was dog (74%) and most common category of the wound was category 2 (70%) followed by category 3 (30%). Most common site of exposure was leg (58%). Most common place of first visit after animal bite was health facility (94%). Around 46% of patients were referred from other places. Convergent findings revealed the most common type of animal that bit was dog. Divergent findings revealed the existence of cultural practices and consultations with local practitioner as the place of first visit after animal bite. Expansive findings revealed suggestions of preventing animal bites and decreasing referral of patients with animal bite. Conclusion: Most common type of bite was dog-bite. Most common site of exposure was lower extremity of the body. Category 2 bite was the most common. They gave important suggestions to prevent future animal bites and to decrease referral of the animal bite injury patients from the periphery to this hospital.

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Epidemiological study of animal bite victims and admission in general surgery department, in Southern Odisha: a cross sectional institutional study

Cited by 9 publications

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice about rabies prevention and control: A community survey in Nepal

Knowledge, attitude, and practice about rabies prevention and control: A community survey in Nepal

Epidemiological profile and management practices of animal bite cases in a tertiary care hospital of Haryana: A cross-sectional study

Animal bite wound categories, their determinants and health seeking behaviors among patients presenting to the anti-rabies clinic at a tertiary care hospital of Kathmandu: a mixed methods study

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