TY - JOUR AU - Singh, Parul AU - Tiwari, Harish Chandra AU - Baranwal, Kavita AU - Srivastava, Dhirendra Kumar PY - 2023/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Study of Clinico-social Profile of Animal Bite Patients Attending the Antirabies Clinic of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 35 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2022.v35i01.004 UR - https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/2463 SP - 15 - 20 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> Rabies is one of zoonotic viral disease, estimated to cause 59000 human deaths annually in over 150 countries, of which 20,000 are from India alone; about 40% of which are in children under the age of 15. Rabies though 100% fatal is preventable with post-exposure prophylaxis which includes wound washing, anti-rabies vaccination and rabies immunoglobulin.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe the clinico-social profile of animal bite patients attending the anti-rabies clinic of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted in the anti-rabies clinic of Nehru hospital, BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur from January 2022 to May 2022. Study participants were interviewed by using a pre-phrased, pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire. Data regarding socio-demographic and clinical profile of the study participants following animal bite exposure was collected.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The total number of animal bite victims were 250, in which majority of them were males (76.77%) and highest percentage was of adult population (20-59 years). Maximum number of victims were from rural area (78.70%). 19.35% were working and 39.35% were students. 77.43% were category III bites and in 50.96% cases lower limb was the site of bite and dogs were responsible for 89.67% of the bites. 60.64% victims did not wash the wound properly before reaching the anti-rabies clinic.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This study concludes that as majority of the animal bite victims were students and majority of victims were unaware about the importance of wound care, therefore a step can be taken to create awareness in various schools.</p> ER -