Checking community measures to prevent dengue fever in Madurai District

Completed

• Conditions: Dengue fever

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/01/017191
• Lead Sponsor: Prasanna School of Public Health

Brief Summary

According to National Vector Borne DiseasesControl Programme (NVBDCP), the overall documentation of Dengue cases in Indiawas 188401 in the year 2017, out of which 23,294 cases were from Tamil Nadu.In that 608 cases were reported from Madurai District and more number of cases wasreported from Melur Taluk. In spite of dengue preventive measures takenby the corporation of Madurai, the district has reported the highest number ofcases. So this particular study aims at the assessment of dengue preventivemeasures and its status of implementation from the community perspective.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-24
• Study Completion: 2019-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-05-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

Houses in which the household member gives consent to enter the house and observe the surroundings.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To understand the field reality of the preventive measures taken by the government and households in the community and the outcome will be assessed during the month of June 2019	To understand the field reality of the preventive measures taken by the government and households in the community and the outcome will be assessed during the month of June 2019.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduce to the incidence of dengue fever	Nil

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Prasanna School of Public Health; 🇮🇳 Madurai, TAMIL NADU, India

Prasanna School of Public Health

🇮🇳Madurai, TAMIL NADU, India

Jeyanth Sam

Principal investigator

7708623312

jazzpublicschool@gmail.com