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Data collection was done with the help of a pre-tested, self-structured questionnaire by the face-to-face interview technique after obtaining written informed consent from them.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Statistical Analysis Used:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data was entered in MS-Excel, and descriptive and multinomial logistic regression statistical analysis was done by IBM-SPSS v27.0.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this study, the majority of the victims-initiated PEP within time (\u226424 hours), 365 (75.26%), while 120 (24.74%) delayed (&gt;24 hours). Those delayed in initiation maximum were from rural areas 62 (51.67%); AOR = 1.11 (0.49\u20133.03);\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.83, with superficial type 65 (61.90%), AOR = 0.55 (0.34\u20130.9);\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.01 and multiple type wounds 32 (80%), AOR = 0.22 (0.09\u20130.52),\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001. Highly significant associations were observed among illiterates, those reported with multiple bite marks, punctured, bleeding, abraided, and Category I type of wounds, with delay.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The majority of the victims initiated PEP without any delay, while the majority were from rural areas with superficial type wounds due to lack of knowledge, awareness, negligence, and far distance from a health care facility.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijcm.ijcm_920_24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,4]],"date-time":"2026-03-04T18:00:14Z","timestamp":1772647214000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Study on Delay in Initiation of Post-exposure Prophylaxis among the Animal Bite Victims from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India"],"prefix":"10.4103","author":[{"given":"Arindam","family":"Maiti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arvind","family":"Sharma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sunita","family":"Patel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashish","family":"Mishra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Virendra Kumar Saklecha Medical College, Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jagmohan Singh","family":"Dhakar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"R8-20260921","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"867","DOI":"10.1007\/s13312-017-1151-x","article-title":"Revised Kuppuswamy's socioeconomic status scale:Explained and updated","volume":"54","author":"Sharma","year":"2017","journal-title":"Indian Pediatr"},{"key":"R9-20260921","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4318","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_987_21","article-title":"Updated B. 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