Abstract
A descriptive and case-control study was conducted on 67 patients (35male, 32 female; 45 from rural and 22 from urban) admitted in the chest ward of DHQ Hospital, Sahiwal to see the impact of sociodemographic factors responsible for high prevalence of tuberculosis. 134 patients without tuberculosis were taken as control. The study reflected that 64.1% (43) were b/w the ages 16-45 year. The study also showed that poverty, poor housing, overcrowding, under nutrition, smoking, addiction, consumption of raw milk and lack of health education were the major contributing factors in the spread of tuberculosis. From 67, 17 (26.8%) were from labor class, 28 (41.8%) were females, 8 (11.9%) were farmers and 7 (10.4%) were students. The monthly income of 46 (68.6%) were less than Rs.2,000, while 15 (22.3%) were Rs.2,000 to 5,000 and 6 (8.9%) had more than Rs.5,000. Patients having contact with infected patients has 56 times more chance tuberculosis than contact. Living housing analysis revealed that 44 (65.6%) families had one bedroom while 23 (34.2%) had two bedrooms or more. The patients consuming raw milk have 70 times more chances tuberculosis and smokers had 2 times more chances. Emphasis was given on the need for awareness to the recommended tuberculosis guidelines and its implementation.
MUHAMMAD A. KHAN, SHAHID NAZIR, AMMARA H. TAHIR, IHTASHAM KHAN, TARIQ ABBAS, MOHAMMAD YOUNUS. (2007) STUDY ON HUMAN TUBERCULOSIS WITH REFERENCE TO SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 22, Issue (1&2).
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