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标题：Socio-demographic profiles of the delayed diagnosed patients in RNTCP,Anand District
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作者：Anand District. Donald Christian ; Uday Shankar Singh ; Sidhyartha Mukherjee 等
期刊名称：Healthline
印刷版ISSN：2229-337X
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：45-48
出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat
摘要：Background:It would be worth to consider socio-demographic characteristics of the patients on DOTS(Directly Observed Treatment Short course), as the therapy requires a long term adherence.Material & Methods: Design: Cross-sectional study, Participants: 100 diagnosed TB patientson DOTS, from all TB units (25 from each TU) of Anand District, who had reported 3 weeks orlater to health care center, after the onset of symptoms of TB. Information was filled up in a pre-tested questionnaire and the data was analyzed. Results: Among 100 TB patients (68 males and32 females), 75% of the subjects had an education below 9thstandard. 46% of subjects werelaborer. 65% were self-dependent. Most of the respondents (75%) preferred government facility.Conclusion: The socio-demographic characteristics of DOTS patients are found to be of suchlevels that could have a pivotal role in the treatment success. They also need to be addressedunder the program in such a manner that those characteristics don't prove to be a barrier totreatment success