An exploratory study to assess the knowledge regarding side effects of Anti - Tubercular drugs and its self-care management adapted by tuberculosis patients
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a specific infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculi. The disease primarily affects lungs and causes pulmonary tuberculosis. It can also affect intestine, meninges, bones and joints, lymph glands, skin and other tissues of body. When the people suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis coughs, sneeze, speak, or split, they expel infectious aerosol droplets 0.5 to 5 µm in diameter. Droplet nuclei may be inhaled by a susceptible person. Tuberculosis remains a world-wide public health problem despite the fact that the causative organism was discovered more than 100 years ago. The highly effective drugs and vaccine are available making tuberculosis a preventable and curable disease.Method:In present study researcher adopted a Non-probability purposive sampling Method was used.Descriptive research designs were used to carry out the study. It examines the knowledge regarding side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs and its self-care management adapted by patients with tuberculosis.the data collection was done on 100 patients with tuberculosis.Result:finding shows that analysis of structured questionnaire tool on Knowledge regarding side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs among patients with tuberculosis, 69% sample are having Average knowledge, 14% sample are having Poor knowledge and 17% sample having good knowledge. finding shows that education of patient’s demographic variables was significantly associated with knowledge score regarding side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs and self-care management adopted as the p value is <0.05 level of significance i.e. 0.026. Remaining’s are not associated with knowledge score among patients.Conclusion:The side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs and its self-care management adapted by patients with tuberculosis. The researcher will be able to know the level of knowledge regarding side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs and its self-care management adapted by patients with tuberculosis.
