Title: A Study to Assess Socio Demographic Correlates of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB Cases in A Tertiary Care Hospital of India
Authors: Dr Rajveer Kuldeep, Dr Vikas Kumar Mishra, Dr Neeraj Gour, Dr Rakesh C. Gupta, Dr Prerana Gupt
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v3i12.20
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis has been a major cause of suffering and death since times immemorial, thought to be one of the oldest human diseases. Drug resistance is a threat to TB control programs worldwide. Patients infected with multiple-drug resistant strains are less likely to become cured. Therefore we planned this study to analyze the various socioeconomic correlates influencing development of drug resistance among MDR-TB patients
Objective:
1. To assess socio economic distribution of MDR cases reported at hospital
2. To find out various socio demographic correlates of MDR cases reported at hospital.
Method:It was a hospital based observational study. Informed consent of the patient was taken for the study. Approval from institutional ethical committee was obtained for the thesis. All information to accomplish objectives was collected by personal interview of each of the study subjects for about 30 to 45 minutes at PMDT site using pre-designed and pre-tested Proforma.
Results: There was a peak of admission of the patients in July month (n=60, 20.83%).Most of the patients (95.48%) belong to three districts namely Ajmer, Nagour and Bhilwara.MDR TB can affect all the age groups. In the study population, 214 (74.30%) patients were in the reproductive and economically productive age group of 16-45 years. One hundred and sixty patients (55.55%) had history of addiction and it was observed significant association of MDR TB with addiction habit.
Keywords: MDR cases; socio demographic correlates.
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