Abstract

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES STUDY IN MEDICAL INTERNS TOWARDS MANAGING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Mukul Gupta*, Ajay Kumar, Pratap Shankar, Dheeraj Singh, Preet Lakhani, Sachin Tutu, Amod Kumar, R. K. Dixit

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis with high prevalence and is chronic autoimmune disease. It causes mainly inflammation and deformity of the joints with several other diseases of immune system. Being a serious problem, it is a need to find treatment against the disease or methods to manage the disease. New treatment or management is only possible after knowledge, attitude and practice of the disease from lower link of the future doctors as medical intern. Here we performed the KAP study about to rheumatoid arthritis with medical interns.

Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, Knowledge, attitude, practices, inflammation, prevalence.