title: Gender and occupation wise knowledge, Awareness and prevention of tuberculosis among people of district Muzaffarabad AJ & K.
abstract: To assess the awareness about the spread and control of tuberculosis as well as to investigate the gender and occupation wise differences among people regarding knowledge and attitude towards tuberculosis in the State of AJ & K. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in district Muzaffarabad and a sample of 4000 respondents was selected by using stratified random sampling technique. The stratification was done with respect to gender and occupation. The occupation wise classification includes households, labors, and shop keepers, government employers, under graduate students of social and natural sciences, medical students and doctors. A close ended structured questionnaire was developed to collect the data and data were analyzed by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Chi-Square test was used for association and Logistic Regression model was used to find out the most significant risk factors with gender. Majority of the males were more aware of tuberculosis than females regarding different aspects related to tuberculosis. The respondents from household, labors and shopkeepers have less awareness and knowledge than those who belong to other professions. The doctors and medical students have almost 100% awareness and knowledge of tuberculosis. It was examined that all the variables were associated with gender except threat, curable and transmissible. Only three variables mentioned above showed non- significant result, while all other variables were strongly associated with gender. Males were found more aware about TB than females. Moreover, the literate people were more conscious concerning the prevalence and threats of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rafique
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saghir
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chehla Campus, Muzaffarbad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Shabnum
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Rural Development, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, Muzaffarabad, AJ & K.
authors.forename: Farooq
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdullah
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D014504:Urban Health