Knowledge and Awareness about Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India Kansal HM1, Srivastava Saurabh2,*, Kuber Dheerendra3, Niranjan Ashutosh4 1Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Sharda University, Greater Noida 2Professor, Medicine, SMS&R, Sharda University, Greater Noida 3Formerly Assistant Professor, Medicine, SMS&R, Sharda University. Presently DM (Cardiology) Student, SMS Jaipur 4Professor and Head, Surgery, SMS&R, Sharda University, Greater Noida *Corresponding author: Saurabh Srivastava, Professor, Medicine School of Medical Sciences and Research Sharda University, Greater Noida, E-mail: saurabhsrivas@gmail.com
Online published on 15 December, 2017. Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB)is the major public health problem and important cause of death in developing countries like India. Awareness about the disease in general population is less, leading to increased morbidity. Focus of tuberculosis control program in India has now shifted to improve the knowledge, understanding symptoms, misconceptions, transmission and also to influence healthcare seeking behaviour among both TB patients and the general public. The present study focuses on the awareness about TB in general population and its correlation with literacy. Material and method The present study was a questionnaire based study conducted in the pulmonary medicine department of a tertiary care hospital. The questionnaire focussed on the awareness about the disease as well as its preventive and curative aspects. Results It was seen in the present study that awareness regarding the disease and treatment was there in the population however preventive aspect was lacking. Literate persons were more aware about the disease as compared to illiterate population. Top Keywords Tuberculosis, Awareness, Literacy. Top |