A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A COMMUNITY BASED OBSERVATION OF DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT (DOT)

Author Name: *Dr. Vikash Kumar Dwivedi, **Dr. Rajesh Kumar Sahu, ***Dr. L.S. Gajpal

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: 08.2020-69366773, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-69366773/

Affiliation:

1. PG Scholar, Jaipur Physiotherapy College, Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2. Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department Of Physiotherapy, NIMS College Of Physiotherapy, NIMS University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
3. Associate Professor & Head, SoS In Sociology & Social Work, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India                                              E-Mail Id: vksdwivedi1002@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other part of the body. Awareness of Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) for Tuberculosis,The analysis of study 45 patients with Tuberculosis aged more than 25 years was carried out Village-Kanchanpur,, Block & Teh.-Baikunthpur,, District - Korea, State - Chhattisgarh for a period of 3 months from (1st October 2018 to 30th December 2018) The score of patients there was significant difference score according to sex, socioeconomic status, occupation, statistically significant difference in quality of life score was not seen with respect to age, locality, religion, marital status, type of family, educational status, occupation, alcohol intake, smoking, diet.Our study finding how that community Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) was more effective than other treatment in terms of tuberculosis patients. The treated by Directly Observed treatment (DOT) have excellent cure rates with lesser default rates.

Key words: Tuberculosis, DOT, CBO