title: [Level of sanitary-hygienic knowledge and habits of tuberculosis patients and ways of raising it].
abstract: The anonymous questionnaire method was used for the study of the level of sanitary-hygienic awareness and habits of 236 tuberculosis patients on admission and during their stay in a antituberculosis dispensary. Studies among the newly-admitted patients have revealed significant differences in the level of tuberculosis awareness. More than 40% of the patients had no idea of the infectious nature of the disease on the day of admission, two-thirds of them did not know about a source of infection, factors and ways of tuberculosis transmission and nearly 90% could not handle sputum and use spitoons, toilet accessories and disinfectants. The level of patients' awareness and habits related to tuberculosis prophylaxis undergoes basic changes and reaches 98-100% provided all forms and methods of sanitary education and training are fully employed during their stay at antituberculosis hospitals. Interestingly, the more time the patient stays at a hospital, the less he believes in his cure. Questionnaires revealed a high-risk group of patients (29.7%) who present danger for the subjects around in respect to tuberculosis dissemination due to the infringement of the sanitary-hygienic and therapeutic and preventive requirements and recommendations.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tsurkan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012499:Sanitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Uroven' sanitarno-gigienicheskikh znaniĭ i navykov bol'nykh tuberkulezom i puti ego povysheniia.