A Descriptive study of Tuberculosis Treatment Dropouts of Rural Area

Introduction- Tuberculosis is a communicable disease &one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. It typically affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect other parts (extrapulmonary TB). With timely diagnosis and treatment with first-line antibiotics for 6 months, TB can be cured. Geographically, most TB cases in 2018 were occur in South-East Asia (44%)&the largest share of the global burden were India (27%), China (14%) and the Russian Federation (9%).TB treatment dropout is one cause of the treatment failure of Tuberculosis (TB). Objective-The aim of the study is to assess the Socio-demographics, Knowledge about Tuberculosis, Nutritional Knowledge. TB cases history in their family and Social relationship of Tuberculosis treatment dropouts. Methodology-This study was based ona descriptive study with a sample of 15 Tuberculosis treatment Dropouts individuals of Chiraigaon, Varanasi District. Respondents had selected through the Snowball Sampling Technique. Data were collected by interview method by using A Semi-Structured Interview Schedule. Results- In this study Maximum respondents (73.3%) were male and approx two-thirds of the respondents were married. Maximum study subjects (33.3%) belonged to 42 and above age group and more than one-third of the respondent’s (40%) education level was Primary (Upto 8th standard) only. All the treatment dropouts’ individuals were known that Tuberculosis is curable disease. More than two-thirds of the respondents (53.4%) had not known the causes of TB. Data reveals that one-third of the respondents told that another TB patient was there in their family. 20% of respondents had told that Family members had started looking them at hate. Conclusion-Based on the research results, it can be concluded that dropouts TB treatment were aware of the harm of treatment dropouts but due to lack of complete knowledge about TB, they think that symptoms end the disease.