Introduction- beer button down shirts for men The awareness and knowledge about TB vary in different geographical locations and a relationship exists between knowledge and prevention of disease.Hence we planned to conduct the study to assess it in TB patients in North West Rajasthan, India.Method- A cross sectional, questionnaire based epidemiological study was conducted in 510 TB patients of age group 16-78 years for 9 months from April 2010 to January 2011 in the Department of TB & Chest, S.P.
Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.Results- Majority of patients (87.2%) patients got the information of TB from health workers and only 19.6% knew that TB is caused by germs.
About 50.9% patients of TB knew mode of spread of TB through the air when coughing, 81.3% knew that cough the most common symptom of TB.Only 16.
6% patients heard about vaccine of TB and not a single patient knew the name of this vaccine.Only 9.8% patients knew about DOTS but 73.5% knew that treatment is available at government health centre free of cost.
Approximate 80% patients believed that TB is a serious disease, infectious disease and major problem of India but is curable.Illiteracy and low per capita income significantly impacted the knowledge and awareness of TB in negative ds durga hand soap direction.Conclusion- Apart from the multi-drug therapy, poor knowledge and awareness regarding TB among TB patients is alarming sign for nation.