Taboos Related to Dog Bite in an Urban Area of Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India

Sivagurunathan, Chinnaian; Gopalakrishnan, S; Umadevi, R; Ravi, Rama; Pandurangan, Mohan Kumar

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2015/12514.6217

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“…(Tab-2). The lack of knowledge regarding misconception of food restriction followed after animal bite was quite similar to previous other studies 2,12 .…”

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confidence: 87%

“…The sample size was estimated based on the prevalence of taboos (p=42%) related to dog bite found in a study done by Chinnaian S, et al 2 Based on this the sample size was estimated using the formula sample size n= z 2 pq/L 2 , where p was 42%, q was (1-p), and L was relative precision. The estimated sample size was 259, and considering a 10% non-response, the sample size was 259.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A lot of people follow numerous inappropriate practices for the management of dog bite. Some apply turmeric/salt/chilli powder over the wound for better healing without any aseptic measures which can lead to high risk of developing other infections [2][3][4] Commonly the people after dog bite restrict consuming non-vegetarian foods, among vegetarians they restrict the consumption of ginger and garlic. Healthy food is a good practice but few of them even avoid the consumption of fruits instead they prefer consuming milk and maida based breads during gastroenteritis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Healthy food is a good practice but few of them even avoid the consumption of fruits instead they prefer consuming milk and maida based breads during gastroenteritis. 2,5 With this above framework, the present study has been done to know the myths and misconception in relation to dog bite and rabies in urban area of Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.…”

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Misconceptions and Myths Regarding Dog Bite In Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Saravana¹,

Krishnakumar²,

Arun³

2022

Natl J Community Med

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Background: Dogs are the main source of human rabies, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to humans. Though dog bite injuries to humans in India have received much attention, there are certain misconceptions. Methodology: Cross-sectional study was carried out in urban field practice area of Anakaputhur in Kancheepuram district. By purposive sampling method, 285 outpatients visiting the urban health centre during a period of two months were included as study participants. SPSS version 20 used for entering and analysis of data. Result: Among the study participants, 36.4 % participants believed that vaccine is given in the stomach, many of them followed certain food restrictions among which 65.2% participants avoided non – vegetarian after dog bite. Around 25.6% participants believed rabies is caused only by dogs and 17 % participants were not aware that rabies is caused by animals other than dog. Less than half of them only responded that they will complete the course of anti-rabies vaccine, if there are no symptoms. Conclusion: According to this study myths and misconception regarding dog bite were found to be highly prevalent. These beliefs and practices are of no use and can be harmful at times.

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“…(Tab-2). The lack of knowledge regarding misconception of food restriction followed after animal bite was quite similar to previous other studies 2,12 .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Sample Size and Sample Techniquementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Misconceptions and Myths Regarding Dog Bite In Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Saravana¹,

Krishnakumar²,

Arun³

2022

Natl J Community Med

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“…These findings are comparable with the study conducted by Seenivasan et al in which 18.3% were illiterate and Chinnaian et al reported 14.9% illiterates. 15,16 Majority (48.80%) belonged to lower middle class, 28.60% were in middle class followed by 14% were in upper middle class, 6% in lower class and 2.70% in upper class. This distribution of socio-economic status is comparable with previous studies by Anandaraj et al in Karnataka where 33.3%were in lower middle class, 31.3% were in middle class.…”

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confidence: 95%

Compliance of anti-rabies vaccine among dog bite victims in an urban slum of Chennai: a cross sectional study

Shivasakthimani

Chellaiyan

Ravivarman

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Among infectious disease, rabies has the highest case fatality rate. The major problem of rabies is attributable to its dog-mediated transmission which is an impending threat to more than 3.3 billion people. Poor compliance of vaccine increases the mortality rate due to rabies. The present study attempts to ascertain pattern of dog bite and compliance to post exposure prophylaxis.Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out in Primary Health Centre in an urban slum of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The study included 301 dog bite victims residing in urban slum with wound categories II & III (as per WHO). A pretested, semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analysed with SPSS-IBM (version 21.0). Chi-square test was applied.Results: Mean (SD) age of study participants was 28 (±16.3) years. Males were 176 (58.5%) and females were 125 (41.5%). Among the bites, pet dog bites were 140 (46.5%), and stray dog bites were 161 (53.5%). Majority of the bites 161 (53.5%) were unprovoked, category II bites were 216 (28.2%).Compliance up to 3 dose was found in 213(70.8%). Association was found between site of the dog bite and compliance of anti- rabies vaccine (p=0.021).Conclusions: Despite the availability of costless vaccines in public health care system, the compliance rate is only moderate. Health education about the vaccination after dog bite needs to be imparted among the community to reduce the rabies related mortality rate.

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Taboos Related to Dog Bite in an Urban Area of Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India

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Misconceptions and Myths Regarding Dog Bite In Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Misconceptions and Myths Regarding Dog Bite In Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

Compliance of anti-rabies vaccine among dog bite victims in an urban slum of Chennai: a cross sectional study

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