?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Assessment+of+Knowledge+and+Practices+of+Referring+Private+Practitioners+Regarding+Revised+National+Tuberculosis+Control+Programme+in+Nagpur+City+-+A+Cross+Sectional+Study&rft.creator=Khadse%2C+J+&rft.creator=Bhardwaj%2C+SD&rft.creator=Ruikar%2C+M&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objectives%3A+To+assess+knowledge%2C+diagnostic+and+treatment+practices+of+the+referring+private+practitioners+of+Nagpur+city+regarding+Revised+National+Tuberculosis+Control+Programme+(RNTCP).+Methods%3A+The+study+involved+interview+of+103+Private+Practitioners+(PPs)+of+Nagpur+city.+Knowledge+of+private+practitioners+was+assessed+based+on+questions+related+to+diagnosis%2C+categorization%2C+treatment+regimens+%26+follow+up.+Practices+of+private+practitioners+were+assessed+based+on+which+investigations+and+treatment+regimen+they+advise+%26+whether+they+offer+supervised+treatment.+Their+willingness+to+get+involved+in+the+programme+was+also+recorded.+Results%3A+Only+49+(47.6%25)+private+practitioners+knew+sputum+smear+examination+as+primary+tool+of+diagnosis+of+TB.+Only+half%2C+52+(50.5%25)+of+the+private+practitioners+knew+number+of+categories+of+tuberculosis+correctly+and+64+(62.1%25)+private+practitioners+did+know+how+to+categorize+TB+patients.+Chest+X-ray+and+Mantoux+test+(38.5%25)+was+mainly+used+by+the+PPs+for+TB+diagnosis.+42.7%25+of+PPs+were+prescribing+treatment+for+TB+and+among+them+only+8+were+prescribing+as+per+RNTCP+guidelines+and+just+one+provided+treatment+under+direct+observation.+Different+combination+of+HRZE+and+HRZES+was+prescribed+for+variable+period+ranges+from+2-8+months.+And+only+12+(11.6%25)+private+practitioners+expressed+their+willingness+to+get+involved+in+RNTCP+for+TB+control.+Conclusion%3A+There+is+lack+of+adequate+knowledge%2C+diagnostic+and+treatment+practice+among+PPs+as+per+RNTCP+guidelines+and+further+encouragement+is+required+for+their+participation+in+the+programme.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8852%2F1%2F2011-4-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Khadse%2C+J++and+Bhardwaj%2C+SD+and+Ruikar%2C+M++(2012)+Assessment+of+Knowledge+and+Practices+of+Referring+Private+Practitioners+Regarding+Revised+National+Tuberculosis+Control+Programme+in+Nagpur+City+-+A+Cross+Sectional+Study.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8852%2F