?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=DOTS+Awareness+and+the+Myths+and+Misconceptions+about+DOTS+among+Medical+Practitioners+in+Mysore&rft.creator=Nagaraja%2C+V&rft.creator=Sankapithilu%2C+GB&rft.creator=Khan%2C+MA&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Annually+2+million+people+in+India+develop+Tuberculosis+and+330%2C000+die.+WHO-recommended+DOTS+strategy+was+pilot-tested+in+1993+and+launched+as+Revised+National+Tuberculosis+Control+Program+(RNTCP)+in+1997.+Awareness+of+DOTS+among+the+doctors+in+the+private+sector+was+appalling+although+nationwide+coverage+was+attained+by+2006.+OBJECTIVE%3A+To+study+awareness+of+DOTS+among+Medical+Practitioners+of+urban+and+rural+Mysore.+Methodology%3A+401+Medical+practitioners+in+hospitals+and+nursing+homes+of+urban+and+rural+areas+of+Mysore+who+treated+Tuberculosis+patients+(private+and+public+sector)+were+approached.+They+were+grouped+under+different+specialties+as+per+the+year+of+graduation+(before+or+after+introduction+of+DOTS).+Results%3A+38+%25+doctors+who+graduated+before+the+introduction+of+DOTS+didn%E2%80%99t+follow+DOTS+compared+to+14.9%25+doctors+who+graduated+later.+100%25+doctors+working+in+Government+sector+felt+that+DOTS+was+better+than+daily+regimen+while+85%25+from+the+private+sector+felt+so.+Only+47.9%25+of+the+doctors+in+the+private+sector+practiced+DOTS+compared+to+95.1+%25+in+the+Govt.+Sector.+Hence%2C+the+number+of+doctors+practicing+DOTS+in+Private+Sector+was+less+than+50+%25+of+that+in+the+Govt.+Sector.+Both+of+these+comparisons+were+found+to+be+statistically+highly+significant+(p%3C0.001).+Awareness+of+DOTS+was+alarmingly+low+among+Orthopedic+Surgeons%2C+Gynecologists+and+Pediatricians+when+compared+to+Physicians+and+General+Practitioners.+Conclusions%3A+DOTS+awareness+is+still+low+among+doctors+who+graduated+before+the+introduction+of+DOTS.+Private+practitioners+harbored+myths+and+misconceptions+about+DOTS.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8873%2F1%2F2012-1-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagaraja%2C+V+and+Sankapithilu%2C+GB+and+Khan%2C+MA++(2012)+DOTS+Awareness+and+the+Myths+and+Misconceptions+about+DOTS+among+Medical+Practitioners+in+Mysore.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8873%2F