Assessment of Counseling Skill of DOT Providers with A View to Prepare A Counseling Teaching Plan

Jenifer D�Souza; Dr. Radha Aras; Dr. Christopher Sudhakar

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

Assessment of Counseling Skill of DOT Providers with A View to Prepare A Counseling Teaching Plan

Jenifer D Souza, Dr. Radha Aras, Dr. Christopher Sudhakar

Abstract :

Tuberculosis is a public health challenge around the world. Under RNTCP, the DOTS agent is trained in case management and counseling to motivate clients to complete treatment and be cured of TB. This study aims to assess the counseling skills of DOTS providers and to identify gaps in counseling skills.A descriptive study design was adopted and the counseling skills of fifty DOTS providers were assessed by a counseling skill observation checklist. The results showed that the counseling skill scores of the DOTS providers ranged from 6–17 (max score: 20) with a mean score of 10.76 + 3.01. None of the DOTS providers had excellent level of counseling skill scores and only few (6%) had good counseling skill scores.