Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 7 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 170-178
Awareness among First Year Medical Students in Telangana State about Tuberculosis and Government Services Offered To Tuberculosis Patients: A Cross Sectional Study
Kishore Yadav Jothula1, Sreeharshika D2, Srikanth JV3
1Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Telangana, India
2Department of Forensic Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3Primary Health Centre, Chowdepally, Chittor district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Sreeharshika D
ABSTRACT
Background: Tuberculosis still remains as major cause of mortality and morbidity in India. Much importance must be given in sensitisation of community about tuberculosis and the services offered in order to curb the disease. With this background, this study was undertaken to assess the awareness among first year medical students about Tuberculosis and government services offered to tuberculosis patients
Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study with sample size of 165 first year medical students who volunteered for the study.
Results: Among the participants 43% knew TB is one of the top 10 global causes of death, 78.8% knew bacteria causes TB, 95.75% knew mode of transmission is by cough droplets and 91.5% opted lung as primarily affected organ in TB. Only 67.9% knew TB as curable disease and 4.8% knew about vaccine. Majority(83.3%) identified cough more than 2 weeks as important presumptive TB symptom. Only 33.9% knew about free diagnostic services, 18.2% about free drugs supply in government setup, 58.8% seen advertisement on TB.
Conclusion: This study found that majority participants were aware about causative organism and symptoms of TB but doesn’t have clue regarding government services and IEC activities related to TB.
Keywords: Bacteria, Government, IEC, Transmission, Tuberculosis, Vaccine
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