PATIENT COMPLIANCE AND EFFICACY OF DOTS PROGRAM IN THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS

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Muhammad Soaib Said
Tehseen Ismail
Rabbiya Ahmad
Ahmed Sadiq Sheikh
Iqra Saleem
Qudsia Rafiq
Muhammad Nauman Arif
Izharullah
Asif Mehmood Hashmi
Fazia Naeem

Keywords

Tuberculosis, DOT, compliance, Eradication

Abstract

It is interesting to recognize about the tuberculosis it's far due to the fact that it's miles the maximum spreading sickness in everywhere in the international especially in growing countries like Pakistan. Pakistan has 8th rank among the countries the ones are stricken by tuberculosis ¼ of the populace is infected or at risk of this sickness. It has been studied that the Tuberculosis infects the billions of human beings each 12 months.  Distinct organizations are working to get rid of the ailment from its root because the death fee because of this disease is growing daily. To overcome such dying and contamination ratio WHO proposed a convenient manner to remove the disease. They introduced software this is known as DOTS [directed observing treatment support program].


 This program is running now in all over Pakistan at coaching clinic degree (district and tehsil level). Our purpose is to test the efficacy of DOTS software. To recognize about the patient compliance closer to the remedy and additionally to check the affected person behavior closer to the health facilitator for the duration of the term of remedy of TB and additionally to test the knowledge of the ailment and DOTS application. We conduct the survey in Govt kot Khwaja Saeed coaching health facility Lahore Pakistan and collect the records via questioner and get the effects through SPSS.


 The general public do now not realize about DOTS and un-compliance. The humans were found from negative and joint circle of relatives structures. The sufferers are unremoted from healthful folks or family member and not the usage of the precautionary measures to neglect the sickness problem. It changed into concluded that the patient must be knowledgeable for TB and DOTS application. Eradication can be finished through enhancing their hygienic and dwelling condition. The contamination can counterfeit by way of improving the non-public area get admission to for the patient of complete network and also by means of lowering the time of treatment.

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