Volume : 5, Issue : 6, June - 2016

Impact of nutrition education on Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients

Dr. Meena Mehta

Abstract :

<p><p>&nbsp;Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease caused by various strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. One third of the world‘s population is infected with M. tuberculosis, with new infections occurring in about 1% of the population each year. In 2010, there were an estimated 8.8 million new cases and 1.5 million associated deaths, occurring in developing countries. The rates of tuberculosis in different areas varies across the globe; about 80% of the population in many Asian and African countries are positive in tuberculin tests. More people in the developing world contract tuberculosis because of a poor immune system, and largely due to malnutrition. Pulmonary tuberculosis has been strongly associated with malnutrition. The objective of the study is to assess and compare the effect of nutrition education with change in the anthropometric measurements and energy, protein intake. The study was planned for the adult patients attending the OPD at Sion Hospital of the Mumbai city. Sample size comprises of total 150 of which 50% subjects were recruited randomly to experimental and control group. Weight, Height, BMI, MUAC, energy and protein intake of each subjects were recorded. Every week all the subjects were provided Nutrition education through one-to-one counseling. The anthropometric measurements were recorded after every three week for both the control group and the experimental subjects. The entire study was planned for six weeks and finally effect of nutritional modification was related with the changes in anthropometric parameters and energy protein intake. The results were statistically evaluated and found significantly related amongst the group</p></p>