scholarly journals Study of epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of a population of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Morocco

2021 ◽  
Vol 319 ◽  
pp. 01035
Author(s):  
Jaafar Heikel ◽  
Hasnae Benkirane ◽  
Fadoua Ballouk ◽  
Amina Bouziani ◽  
Fatima Zahra Laamiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Supplementation ◽  
Research Work ◽  
General Characteristic ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Healing Time ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Real Risk ◽  
Human Kind

The outbreak of COVID-19 still represents a real risk for the increased death rate for the whole of human kind. In this context, the present research work aims at describing evolutionary data in a population of hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients based on selected epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical data at admission. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the data obtained from 108 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the VINCI clinic, Casablanca (Morocco) between August and September 2020. General characteristic, clinical, radiological and biological data as well as therapeutic management were assessed. The patients’ median age was 45-50 years old. Among our studied patients, 4.6% were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU), 16.7% were cured after more than 15 days, while 78.7% were cured within 15 days. Those transferred to the ICU unit were either smokers, obese, or over 65 years of age. The majority of patients with normal radiological and cardiac parameters were cured within<15 days, while biological disorders were observed in approximately all cases that were transferred to ICU. Regarding therapeutic treatment, 98.1% of the subjects were treated with hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin in combination with vitamin C and zinc supplementation. The study shows that the minimal healing time is well conditioned by the general and clinical characteristics of patients. Furthermore, the administration of hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin showed a beneficial effect with no associated adverse effects in the study cases.

scholarly journals Assessment of iodine deficiency disorder among school going children aged 5-10 years in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh: an observational cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3409
Author(s):  
Arpita Jain ◽  
Shipra Verma ◽  
Manju Toppo ◽  
Akhil R. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Iodine Deficiency ◽  
School Children ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Urinary Iodine ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Urinary Iodine Excretion ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government

Background: Iodine deficiency (IDD) is the world’s most prevalent cause of brain damage. glaciations, flooding, rivers lead to deficiency of iodine in crops grown on iodine. Diet low in iodine can result in stillbirth and abortions and many more sequelae. Objectives of the research work were to study the prevalence of IDD amongst 6-12 years children by clinical examination and to determine the concentration of iodine in salt sample at consumer level. Also, to determine the urinary iodine excretion amongst 6-12 years age group children.Methods: It was a cross sectional study conducted in the government schools of Sagar district among school children of 6-12 years of age. Total 2700 school children from 30 villages were included using PPS sampling. Students were clinically examined and their urine samples were taken for MUIC estimation.Results: Prevalence of goiter was more in 10 to 11 years of age (14.07%) and less in 8 to 9 years age group (7.59%). Overall prevalence of goiter in district Sagar is 10.51%.Conclusions: Despite NIDDCP, there is still dearth of awareness among general public about the usage and storage of iodized salt which is the root cause of Iodine deficiency.

scholarly journals FOOD FADDISM

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 691-696
Author(s):  
Khalida Naz Memon ◽  
Khalida Shaikh ◽  
Lal Bux Khaskheli ◽  
Shazia Shaikh ◽  
Saeeda Memon
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Child Bearing ◽  
Family Elders

Background: Food faddism may be labeled as an ice-berg phenomenonoccurring in our population; still there is dearth of research work on this issue; therefore weconducted a baseline study on this problem of public health importance in order to explorehidden facts about this practice. Objectives: (1) To assess the food faddism practices amongresidents of Taluka Latifabad, Hyderabad. (2). To determine the risk factors associated with foodfaddism. (3). To determine the association of food faddism to health status of the participants.Study design: Cross sectional study. Place of study & duration: A community based study oftwo months’ duration (from 1st May-30thJune 2013) conducted in Taluka Latifabad units 4, 7 &12, district Hyderabad. Methodology: 450 subjects were selected by convenience type ofsampling & were registered for the study. The sample comprised of 200 women of child bearingage and 250 children of age ≤ 5 years. Results: The frequency of food faddism was found to be58% i.e. 71.5% among women of child bearing age and 47.2% among children at age ≤ 5years.Living in joint families & being illiterate were associated factors for practice of food faddism(p=0.01) & (p=0.04) respectively. Majority (79.31%) of respondents got advice for this practicefrom family elders; while 36.78% got such advice from family physicians. Being malnourished &borne as low birth weight were its major health outcomes among children. Conclusions: Foodfaddism intangibly affects women & children’s health; therefore elders of the families as well asfamily physicians should be taken on-board to control this dietary malpractice in thecommunities.

scholarly journals ANKLE AND MIDFOOT FRACTURES;

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1680-1684
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shabir ◽  
Shahid Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Inam ◽  
Arif Shehzad ◽  
Ihsanullah -
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Foot Fracture ◽  
The Mean

Objectives: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of Ottawa rule in ankle andmidfoot fracture keeping x-ray as gold standard. Study Design: Descriptive study. Setting:Department of Orthopedics, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Period: June 2014 to May 2016.Materials and Methods: Through a Cross Sectional Study Design, a total of 175 patientspresenting with suspicion of ankle/mid foot fracture were selected in a consecutive mannerfrom the OPD and subjected to detection of fracture through Ottawa Ankle Rule followed byX-ray to confirm the diagnosis of fracture. Results: The mean age group of patients in ourstudy was 36.1+10.4 years. There were 85.7% males and 14.3% were females. The sensitivityanalysis shows OAR has a sensitivity of 81.2% and specificity 61.9%., positive predictive valueof the OAR is 79.1% and negative predictive value is 65.0% keeping X-ray as a gold standard.Conclusion: The overall sensitivity and specificity of the OAR lies within an acceptable rangein our local population however, we still recommend further research work over it beforerecommendations as a routine screening test for the fracture of ankle or mid foot.

Does a Graduate Course in Fluency Disorders Make a Difference?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn R. Klein ◽  
Barbara J. Amster
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fluency Disorders ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Communicative Disorders

Abstract A study by Yaruss and Quesal (2002), based on responses from 134 of 239 ASHA accredited graduate programs, indicated that approximately 25% of graduate programs in the United States allow students to earn their degree without having coursework in fluency disorders and 66% of programs allow students to graduate without clinical experience treating people who stutter (PWS). It is not surprising that many clinicians report discomfort in treating PWS. This cross-sectional study compares differences in beliefs about the cause of stuttering between freshman undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course in communicative disorders and graduate students enrolled and in the final weeks of a graduate course in fluency disorders.

Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. AlGoraini ◽  
N.N. AlDujayn ◽  
M.A. AlRasheed ◽  
Y.E. Bashawri ◽  
S.S. Alsubaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

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