CHAPTER I - SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE & TB CONTROL <<Back
 
b) Socio-Cultural, Socio-Economic & Demographic Aspects
 
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AU : Rajiv G, Bhagi RP & Menon MPS
TI : A clinical and socio-economic study of hospitalized patients of tuberculosis.
SO : Eastern region Conference of IUAT, 15th, Lahore, Pakistan, 10-13, Dec 1987; p. 396-402.
DT : CP
AB :

The study examined the clinical profile of five hundred TB patients admitted to the Rajan Babu TB Hospital, Delhi and determined the clinical and socio-economic factors important in hospitalization, default and failure of therapy. An attempt was also made to judge the health awareness in these patients and from that the success or failure of the health education programme. It was found that the percentage of cases who had relapsed or who were drug failures was quite high in hospitalized patients. Socio-economic factors were solely or partially responsible for the patients seeking admission in almost 20% of the cases. These factors as well as lack of education and proper motivation were responsible for drug default and subsequent failure in a large number of cases. Health awareness was quite low even in patients who had stayed in the hospital for a prolonged period pointing towards a failure of health education.

KEYWORDS: SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOCIAL AWARENESS; INDIA.
 

 
     CHAPTER IV - TREATMENT BEHAVIOUR OF TB PATIENTS  
 
a) Treatment Failure & The Problem of Non Adherence
 
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AU : Ghosh TN, Basu BK & Bhagi RP
TI : Treatment defaults among tuberculosis patients seen in a rural clinic near Delhi.
SO : INDIAN J CHEST DIS 1972, 14, 28-31.
DT : Per
AB :

The study, conducted during 1968-1971, examined reasons for treatment default. More than 50% of the patients (742 out of 1,342) became defaulters in a Rural TB Clinic near Delhi. The defaulters were contacted in three different ways. The findings revealed that males predominated among the defaulters. About two thirds of the defaulters visited the clinics within 2 months but the rest had to be persuaded after a visit to their home. Among the causes of defaults, carelessness on the part of patients and, lack of proper education by the health visitors of the clinic, predominated. In the patients who did not come within 2 months of treatment, a visit by the health visitors was the most effective way to convert them. Communication to them by community representatives did not succeed. This shows that more members of staff (both the health visitors and doctors) are needed in rural clinics.

KEYWORDS: DEFAULT; INDIA.
 
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