A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF STAFF NURSES REGARDING REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME IN SELECTED GOVT. HOSPITAL, DISTRICT KANGRA, HIMACHAL PRADESH.

Author Name: 1. Ms. Priyanka, 2. Ms Nitika Jamwal

Volume/Issue: 06/08

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2026-71757888/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Nursing tutor, Saraswati Nursing Institute, Dhianpura, Punjab, India.
2. Nursing tutor, Saraswati Nursing Institute, Dhianpura, Punjab, India.

ABSTRACT

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem in India. In 2008, out of the estimated global annual incidence of 9.4 million TB cases, 1.98 million were estimated to have occurred in India, of which 0.87 million were infectious cases, thus catering to a one fifth of the global burden of TB. The study aimed to assess the knowledge of staff nurses regarding RNTCP Programme in selected Govt. hospital, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The quantitative research approach was adopted for the study. The main study was conducted on 50 staff nurses of Zonal Hospital Dharamshala, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data. Structured questionnaire was used which had two parts, socio-demographic data of the respondent, knowledge questionnaire related to basic concept of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme. Result indicates that there is no much difference in the knowledge with regard to certain demographic variables. There is no association between the knowledge score with demographic variables (qualification, experience, exposure and area of work). The maximum mean % of knowledge score is in the area of Prevention of tuberculosis 81.00%, 70.00% is in the area of incidence of tuberculosis, and 66.00% is in the area of prevalence of tuberculosis and minimum mean % is in the area of detection of TB cases 46.6%, 51.00% is in the area of type of tuberculosis and 52.00% is in the area of sign and symptoms of tuberculosis. Hence, it can be concluded that staff nurses had maximum knowledge regarding prevention of tuberculosis and minimum knowledge regarding detection of TB cases.

Key words: RNTCP, Staff nurse, Knowledge.