1Associate Prof., Dept of Community Medicine
2VIthStudents vith term, MBBS, SS Institute of Medical Sciences, Davangere
3Statistician, SS Institute of Medical Sciences, Davangere
Online published on 13 January, 2015.
To assess the level of knowledge among private practitioners regarding RNTCP protocols and guidelines.
Design: Descriptive, cross sectional survey of general practitioners in urban Davangere. Sampling: random sampling. Subjects: general practitioners in urban Davangere Inclusion criteria: allopathic doctors practicing in urban Davangere Both MBBS and MD Doctors of all specialities included Exclusion Criteria: Doctors who do not give consent Study period: two months from june to august 2011. Sample Size: 165
More than two thirds of the study population don't have correct knowledge about the objectives of RNTCP. Around 80% of practitioners know about the presenting symptoms of tuberculosis.
Less than 20% of the study population have knowledge about the components of DOTS.
Half of the study population have no knowledge about treatment regimen for smear positive TB case under RNTCP.
Organizing CMEs, workshops, training programmes for private practitioners for beer implementation of RNTCP Most recently emerging challenge of TB
