A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing Compliance with Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Rural Field Practice Area, Telangana.

BODA MAHENDAR KUMAR; B NIRMALA DEVI; P SREELATHA

A Cross-Sectional Study Assessing Compliance with Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in the Rural Field Practice Area, Telangana.

Author(s)	Dr. BODA MAHENDAR KUMAR, Dr. B NIRMALA DEVI, Dr. P SREELATHA
Country	India
Abstract	BACKGROUND : . In India, MDA coverage has been reported between 48.8% and 98.8%, while compliance ranged from 20.8% to 93.7%. Despite numerous rounds of mass drug administration, LF continues to be endemic in the Sangareddy and Mahabubabad districts of Telangana . Hence the compliance of the MDA program has been assessed in Rural Field-Practice area under RHC- Patancheru, Sangareddy district and explored the factors affecting it. OBJECTIVE : 1. To study the socio demographic factors of all the participants of MDA program. 2. To assess the compliance and its determinants of non-compliance of mass drug administration. METHDOLOGY : STUDY DESIGN : Cross-Sectional Study STUDY AREA : Rural Field Practice area of Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana. STUDY PERIOD : From August 10th 2025 – November 30th 2025 STUDY POPULATION : House-holds in Rural field practice area – RHC Patancheru SAMPLE SIZE : 736 SAMPLING METHOD : Systematic Random Sampling. STUDY TOOL : Pre Structured Questionnaire was used for data collection. DATA COLLECTION : Data is collected using the questionnaire after taking the consent of the study participants. ANALYSIS : Collected Data is analyzed using SPSS version 22. RESULTS : A total of 736 individuals were surveyed and the coverage for MDA was 88.85% compliance was 93.11% and effective coverage was 82.74%. Fear of side effects (48.81%) and didn’t feel the need to take the drugs (18.89%) were the most common quoted reason for not consuming drugs.
Keywords	Compliance, Mass Drug Administration, Lymphatic Filariasis.
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On	2026-08-07

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