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This study, 'An assessment of awareness and perception regarding
anti-tobacco legislation among students, the law implementers and
the current status of its implementation in education institutes of
Delhi', was conducted as an Operational Research Project for the
State Tobacco Cell, New Delhi, India. The Union (International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease) took interest in the
study and came forward to fund it and to make this study as their
operational research project for the financial year 2010. After
completion of the study, report was submitted to both State Tobacco
Cell and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
The study intends to explore the awareness of school students and
college participants (students and staffs) regarding Cigarette and
Other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA), 2003 and to find out its
implementation status in educational institutions of Delhi.
Apart from physical symptoms, TB patients face various problems
that are social and economic in nature. Therefore, for a
comprehensive assessment of patients' health status, it is
essential to consider the overall impact of TB on health and
patients' perception of well being, besides routine clinical,
radiological and bacteriological assessments.A prospective study
was conducted on 90 patients of tuberculosis at 2 directly observed
treatment short course (DOTS) cum microscopy centers in an urban
area of Delhi. The WHOQOLBREF (Hindi) questionnaire was used to
assess the QOL at the onset of treatment, after 3 months of
treatment under DOTS, and at completion of treatment. Patients with
tuberculosis had significantly lower mean scores than controls for
overall QOL. The most affected domains were physical and
psychological. Women scored significantly better than men in the
physical and environmental domains. Overall QOL scores were lowest
for category II and significantly lower for the psychological and
social domains. The mean scores after treatment were significantly
lower than controls for overall QOL, the social and environmental
domains. The DOTS regimen improves the QOL and its d
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