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KMID : 0377619740270060609
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1974 Volume.27 No. 6 p.609 ~ p.615
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A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Treatment Status of Tuberculosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases in Middle and High School Girls in Seoul
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Abstract
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This study was carried out for 80 days from August 26 through November 13, 1974 by investigating knowledge, attitude and treatment status of tuberculosis as well as social and economic back-grounds of 117 pulmonary tuberculosis cases of girls´ middle and high schools in Seoul City. The control group selected consisted of 117 healthy students and their social and economic backgrounds and knowledge about tuberculosis were investigated. The results obtained are summarized as follows:
1) In respect of the occupation of guardians, the number of those engaged in agriculture and fisheries was about 5 times larger in the case group than that of the control group and the number of those unemployed was also about 6 times larger in the case group than that of the control group.
2) The number of family members living together in the same room was 3.2 persons, on the average, in the case group and 3.0 persons in the control group. The rate of those living the solitary life was 6.0% in the case group and 16.2
in the control group, respectively.
3) 23.1% of the students responded that their family members were once contracted by tuberculosis in the past and suffer from it at present.
4) 3.4% of the case group and 7.7% of the control group responded that tuberculosis is a hereditary disease while 29.1,°% of the case group and 28.2% of the control group knew nothing about tuberculosis.
5) 38.5° of the case group and 33.3% of the control group responded that they know about BCG. The former showed a higher rate of 91.1% in the response of correct knowledge than 71.8% of the latter.
6) The majority of the students were found out as tuberculosis patients by the mass chest X-ray examination carried out in each school.
7) Most of the students (88.9%) diagnosed as T.B. patients showed the psychological reactions of flustration, doubt, despair and the will to get cured completely after the diagnosis.
8) 21.4% of the case group read books or publications concerning tuberculosis:-after being diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis 32% of them read encyclopedia.
9) 65% of the case group showed the confidence of perfect cure.
10) 21.3% of the case group responded that there has made no particular change in their living habit after being diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis and most of the rest responded that they try to keep themselves "moderate"(14. 5%), "feel languid and tired of study" (13.6%), "try to maintain regular life and personal hygiene (7.6%), and" unwilling to get together with friends≪ (6.8%).
11) About one-third of the respondents expressed that the regular application of remedies is the greatest bottleneck during medical treatment. 13.7% complained of large amount of dosage, 9.4% of indigestion and 8.5% were afraid of being known by others.
12) 30.8% of the case group showed irregular application of antituberculosis drugs for the reasons of "forget" (50%) "misunderstanding" (22.2%), "side effect" (13.9%) and "ineffective".
13) The majority of the case group were registered for medical treatment with the City School Health Center.
14) 30.7% of the T.B. students were those who used to take INH exclusively.
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