Open AccessTUBERCULOSIS MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Naila Jabbar,
Muhammad Arif Ali,
Umair Sohail
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.09.1058
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , family medicine , stratified sampling , sputum , environmental health , pathology
Background: Medical practitioners are the main source of health care forpatients in Pakistan due to their availability at all times. Limited information is available related tothe management of Tuberculosis (TB) among the practitioners. Study Design: Cross sectionalstudy. Setting: Through stratified random sampling among the practitioners of Lahore, Punjab.Period: May 2014 to August 2014. Methods: They were presented with a questionnaire andtheir answers examined according to the international designed strategy for TB management.Results: TB management has a positive relationship with experience, awareness, source ofawareness and continuing medical education and a negative relationship with qualification. 95% of doctors agreed to go for further investigation but only 40% knew that 2 sputum sampleswere required for proper diagnosis. Only 32% doctors knew TB resistant drugs were to begiven in drug resistant cases. Conclusion: Most doctors in Pakistan lack sufficient knowledgeregarding tuberculosis management and prompt measures shall be taken to improve it.