Open AccessCompliance to the secondary prophylaxis and awareness of rheumatic heart disease: A cross-sectional study in low-income province of India
Author(s) -
Arun Prasad,
Abhiranjan Prasad,
Birendra K. Singh,
Sanjeev Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1056_19
Subject(s) - medicine , secondary prophylaxis , cross sectional study , heart disease , odds ratio , socioeconomic status , referral , disease , physical therapy , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , population , pathology
Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable problem and regular secondary prophylaxis and proper awareness about this disease among common people may reduce the burden of this disease in any region.