Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India
Introduction: Even a single case of pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) can infect many others. Hence, to ensure better control of the disease, it is imperative that all patients dispose their sputum safely. Outcomes of this study would highlight the gaps need to be bridged in order to curtail transmiss...
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| description | Introduction: Even a single case of pulmonary Tuberculosis
(TB) can infect many others. Hence, to ensure better control
of the disease, it is imperative that all patients dispose their
sputum safely. Outcomes of this study would highlight the gaps
need to be bridged in order to curtail transmission of TB.
Aim: To analyse and ascertain perceptions about the disease
and determine the sputum collection and disposal practices
followed by sputum-positive TB patients.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study,
422 sputum-positive TB patients aged more than 15 years
registered in the Tuberculosis Unit Ambala city from January
2012 – September 2012 formed the study population. After
enrolment, at the end of one month, they were assessed for
sputum collection and disposal practices by a trained person at
their place of residences. Questionnaire was framed to collect
relevant data.
Results: Safe sputum disposal was practised by 46.4% of the
study subjects. More females than males disposed of sputum
safely (70.4% vs. 29.6%), as did more subjects of low than
middle socio-economic status (74.1% vs. 25.9%). 70.9% (n=66)
of the subjects with a family history of TB practiced safe sputum
disposal methods as compared to 39.5% (n=130) subjects
without a family history of TB practiced the same. Similarly more
literate than illiterate subjects (n=150, 57.5% vs. n=46, 28.6%)
practiced safe sputum disposal methods. (p< 0.001). Regarding
knowledge of causation of TB only 63% of the study subjects
were in the view that this disease is caused by germs.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated that a large number
of pulmonary TB patients practiced unsafe sputum disposal.
Unsafe sputum disposal was higher among males, illiterate
patients and those belonging to the lower socio-economic
group. Therefore, it is need of the hour to launch Information,
Education and Communication (IEC) activities so as to improve
the sputum disposal practices among tuberculosis patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c94f40fbe564e078f23944a164a0c6e2022-12-22T03:21:43ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-12-011012LC16LC1810.7860/JCDR/2016/21673.8978Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern IndiaAbhishek Singh0Vipin Goyal1Shewtank Goel2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Chest and TB, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India.Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.Introduction: Even a single case of pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) can infect many others. Hence, to ensure better control of the disease, it is imperative that all patients dispose their sputum safely. Outcomes of this study would highlight the gaps need to be bridged in order to curtail transmission of TB. Aim: To analyse and ascertain perceptions about the disease and determine the sputum collection and disposal practices followed by sputum-positive TB patients. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 422 sputum-positive TB patients aged more than 15 years registered in the Tuberculosis Unit Ambala city from January 2012 – September 2012 formed the study population. After enrolment, at the end of one month, they were assessed for sputum collection and disposal practices by a trained person at their place of residences. Questionnaire was framed to collect relevant data. Results: Safe sputum disposal was practised by 46.4% of the study subjects. More females than males disposed of sputum safely (70.4% vs. 29.6%), as did more subjects of low than middle socio-economic status (74.1% vs. 25.9%). 70.9% (n=66) of the subjects with a family history of TB practiced safe sputum disposal methods as compared to 39.5% (n=130) subjects without a family history of TB practiced the same. Similarly more literate than illiterate subjects (n=150, 57.5% vs. n=46, 28.6%) practiced safe sputum disposal methods. (p< 0.001). Regarding knowledge of causation of TB only 63% of the study subjects were in the view that this disease is caused by germs. Conclusion: The study demonstrated that a large number of pulmonary TB patients practiced unsafe sputum disposal. Unsafe sputum disposal was higher among males, illiterate patients and those belonging to the lower socio-economic group. Therefore, it is need of the hour to launch Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities so as to improve the sputum disposal practices among tuberculosis patients.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8978/21673_CE[Ra]_F(DK)_PF1(RB_RK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfbactericidaldroplet nucleimycobacterium tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Abhishek Singh Vipin Goyal Shewtank Goel Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research bactericidal droplet nuclei mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title | Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India |
| title_full | Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India |
| title_fullStr | Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India |
| title_short | Sputum Collection and Disposal Perceptions and Practices Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Northern India |
| title_sort | sputum collection and disposal perceptions and practices among pulmonary tuberculosis patients from northern india |
| topic | bactericidal droplet nuclei mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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