Author(s)

Praveen Kumar Anand^1*, Vikas Dhikav¹, Swarn Lata², Monika Rathore³, Gurudayal Singh Toteja⁴, Bhawar Manohar Singh⁵, Chet Ram Meena⁵, Murli Lal Mathur¹

¹Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute for Implementation Research on Non Communicable Diseases, New Pali Road, Jodhpur, India.
²Department of Pathology, Dr. Sampoornanand Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
³Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, Sawai Man Singh Medical College & Associated Hospitals, Jaipur, India.
⁴Jodhpur City Knowledge & Innovation Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India.
⁵Model Rural Health Research Unit, Department of Health Research, Government of India, Bhanpur Kalan, Jaipur, India.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. India is still the highest TB burden country. There is a scarcity of data on TB knowledge from Rajasthan state of India. Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of knowledge about TB and services of TB control programme and to determine its correlates among rural population of Jaipur, Rajasthan. Methods: Cross-sectional community based study was carried out at Model Rural Health Research Unit, Jaipur, a unit of Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Results: Study reports the result from 1993 adult participants from 10 villages of 2 sub-districts of district Jaipur. About 88.9% of studied participants knew that TB is an infectious disease and it spreads from TB patient to healthy person in close contact. Only 22.3% of participants knew “DOTS is the treatment for TB”. While, only 58.9% knew “sputum is used for diagnosis of TB” at health centers. Scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes social groups knew less than the mainstream “General” social group. The observed difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis estimated the relative contribution to knowledge status. Conclusion: The knowledge of study participants on transmission of tuberculosis was similar to knowledge of population in country wide study. They poorly knew sputum is used for diagnosing tuberculosis disease; socio-demographic inequity exists in this knowledge too. People from older age groups, underprivileged social groups and minority need extra educational activities.

India, Inequity, Knowledge, Tuberculosis

Anand, P. , Dhikav, V. , Lata, S. , Rathore, M. , Toteja, G. , Singh, B. , Meena, C. and Mathur, M. (2023) Knowledge of Tuberculosis, Services of TB Control Programme and Associated Socio-Demographic Inequity among Rural Participants of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India: A Cross Sectional Study. Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 11, 49-61. doi: 10.4236/jtr.2023.112005.