Ananya Mandal|Mausumi Basu|Palash Das|Sujishnu Mukherjee|Sibasis Das|Nirmalya Roy
Magnitude and reasons of initial default among new sputum positive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis under RNTCP in a district of West Bengal, India
Malda Medical College and Hospital|Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research|College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital|College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital|Burdwan Medical College & Hospital
revised national tuberculosis control programme rntcp tuberculosis services provided free charge india diagnosed tb patients initiated treatment within 7 days initial default potentially serious problem particularly cases smear positive patients may continue transmitting disease study conducted estimate proportion new sputum positive pulmonary tb patients dropped initiating treatment reasons registering treatment crosssectional study carried darjeeling district july 2011 april 2012 among 132 initial defaulters initial defaulter rate 235 majority defaulters 1529 years old 5910 male 7045 rural areas 8006 literate 7879 employed 8636 married 7197 nonsmokers 7727 mean per capita monthly income rs 74140 age literacy employment marital status smoking habits alcohol consumption pre treatment counseling associated among males females differences statistically significant among busy jobs 7619 patients rural area 7143were mean age 7381 mean per capita income among temporary vocational migration 878 patients rural areas 561 mean age 6341 mean per capita income among idle home 7857 patients rural areas 6071 mean age 75 mean per capita income need convince tuberculosis patients initiating completing treatmentdoi httpdxdoiorg103329seajphv4i121839 south east asia journal public health vol41 2014 4147