A Study to assess the Knowledge & Attitude of Care Takers of TB Patients Regarding TB & its Prevention in TB Units of Dhiraj General Hospital with a view to Develop Information Booklet

Abstract

BACKGROUND A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of caretakers of TB patients regarding TB among Dhiraj general hospital is very crucial nowadays because nurses play a vital role in bringing changes and creating awareness in community and patient group, with this health of patient & patient is also important. As TB care is commonly seen in a patient to prevent this and early case detection and prevention of TB patient awareness is a must. AIMS & OBJECTIVES To assess the pretest knowledge & attitude of caretakers regarding TB & its prevention at Dhiraj general Hospital, Pipariya, Vadodara. MATERIAL&METHODS The Descriptive design approach: A pre-test design is used in this study on 30 Caretakers of TB patient by purposive sampling technique RESULTS The data shows that the x2 value computed between the pre-test knowledge score of caretakers of TB patient with their selected demographic variables such as Age (0.706), Marital status (0.779), Monthly income in RS (3.153), personal hygiene (2.845), Numbers of family members (2.514), Place of work (1,571), Cattle maintained hygienically (0.015), History of TB (0.376), at 0.05 level of significance. Hence the research hypothesis was rejected, Thus if is interpreted that there is no significant association between Pre-test knowledge scores with the above variables.