Abstract

Rabies is an acute highly fatal communicable disease. Most of the death occurs due to lack of awareness about the various aspects of animal bite & rabies occurrence. Objectives of the study: 1. To assess the knowledge & perception of animal bite cases about rabies. 2. To know the various epidemiological factors among the animal bite cases. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place of study: ARV Clinic of PRM Medical College, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. Period of Study: Nov. 2022 to Jan. 2023. Study Subject: All the adult new animal bite cases coming to the ARV Clinic of PRM MCH during the study period. Study Instrument: A pre-designed pretested questionnaires. Data analysis: It was analyzed with MS Excel. Result: Out of 155 study subjects, 82% had correct knowledge regarding the disease occurrence. Most of the study subject 89% had knowledge about the animals bite causes rabies. 85% had correctly answered regarding the consequences of the animal bite. Only 20% had proper knowledge about the treatment of rabies when the disease occures. 70% of the study subjects answered correctly that the disease rabies is not curable. Majority of the participants (89%) had knowledge about the importance of wound washing and it should be done immediately after the animal bite

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