Effectiveness of video assisted comprehensive teaching program on knowledge stigma compliance and life coping mechanism among the tuberculosis patients

Abstract

Although significant progress has been made to eliminate TB, still newlinemillions of people are suffering and dying with TB. Delay in diagnosis and poor compliance in the treatment cause more burden both to the tuberculosis newlinepatient and families. The 2018 theme for World Tuberculosis Day is and#8213;Wanted: newlineLeaders for a TB-Free World. We can make history. End TBand#8214; which newlinehighlights the importance of engaging people from all across the world to put newlineefforts to eliminate TB. To eliminate TB not only the health professionals but newlinealso TB patients and the general public should get proper knowledge newlineregarding TB. Various factors involved in the treatment of TB patients like newlineknowledge, stigma compliance and life coping. These factors affect the newlineindividual patients perception about disease, treatment and care. So this newlinestudy suggest to incorporate that all dimensions of knowledge about newlinepulmonary tuberculosis in the video assisted comprehensive teaching newlineprogram and leaflet to tuberculosis patients because TB causes many newlinephysiological, and psycho social issues in the lives of patients . By carrying newlineout the interventions at individual patient level will help to cope-up with the newlinephysiological, psycho-social problems and to improve the adherence to newlinetreatment. In conclusion, as each TB patient is transmitting the disease to newlineothers, the investigator felt that it is essential to educate each TB patient newlineregarding his/ her disease conditions in detail, treatment, mode of newlinetransmission and preventive methods by using video assisted newlinecomprehensive teaching programs to improve knowledge, reduce stigma, newlineimprove compliance and life coping mechanisms in TB patients. newline