Volume 4 Issue 4 (Oct. - Dec.) 2021
Original Articles
IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION PACKAGE ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING TRANSMISSION OF TUBERCULOSIS AND FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE TREATMENT COMPLIANCE AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN URBAN COMMUNITY OF SIKAR CITY (RAJASTHAN)
Swati Choudhary, Saroj Parwez
Wellbeing is a basic human right and an overall social objective. As understanding of wellbeing and infection alongside conveyance of value health awareness is premise though wellbeing couldn't care less organization. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. The latest estimates showed that there were almost 9 million new cases in 2011 and 1.4 million TB deaths. This is despite the availability of treatment that will cure most cases of TB. India and China combined have almost 40% of the world’s TB cases. 0.3 Million death in India in 2011, 3.1 million prevalence, 2.2 million incidences in India 2011. In India, tuberculosis is more prevalent in adults than in children. It affects 80% of adults at the age group (15-54 years). In India poor persons suffers with tuberculosis. The majority of its victims are migrant laborers, slum area, backward community areas and tribal area. Low living conditions, undernourished small housing and overcrowding are the main reasons for the spread of the disease. Hence Since the researcher sought to assess the Impact of health education package on Knowledge and Attitude regarding transmission of Tuberculosis and factors contributing to the treatment compliance. A pre-experimental design was adopted for present study. A pre-experimental design was prepared to develop a plan or strategy that would guide the collation and analysis of data. Final study was conducted from 25/10/2020 to 15/01/2021, to assess the knowledge regarding transmission of Tuberculosis and factors contributing to the treatment. Sample were selected from RNTCP department of hospital, Pretest was conducted on 600 samples from 25/10/2020 to 15/11/2020 with a detailed scheduled plan by using a structured knowledge questionnaire. Final results shows that pretest mean percentage knowledge score found to be 44.71% with mean and SD of 21.91 ± 2.27. In the post test mean percentage knowledge score was 80.06% with mean and SD of 39.23±2.23. The mean percentage difference was 35.35% with mean and SD of 17.32±0.04. Statistical paired‘t’ test value was 92.84 at 0.05 level shows a marked improvement in the information level regarding transmission of Tuberculosis and factors contributing to the treatment compliance.
