scholarly journals Tetanus vaccine coverage in recommended and more than recommended doses among mothers in a West Cameroon health district: a cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Igor Nguemouo Nguegang ◽  
Martin Nguetsop ◽  
Linda Evans Eba Ze ◽  
Trevor Anyambod Mboh ◽  
Dominique Majoric Omokolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Vaccine Dose ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health District ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tetanus Vaccine

Background: Vaccination is the best way to protect newborns and mothers against tetanus. The number of doses of Td vaccine recommended by the Expanded Program of Immunization is based on documented protective immune response. During this decade, the Foumban Health District (FHD) was the seat of an epidemic despite the satisfactory administrative immunization coverage. This study was conducted in 2019 in the FHD to assess tetanus vaccine coverage among mothers for their last pregnancy and the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered to the mothers. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the FHD in 2019. Mothers living in the district with at least one child younger than five years were included and were selected by random stratified cluster sampling. Trained surveyors used a face-to-face questionnaire, data extraction grid and data-tracking grid to review and collect data from antenatal care booklets, vaccination cards and the women’s own reports of immunization. The immunization coverage per vaccine dose and vaccination completeness rate were estimated. Results: From 621 women visited, 602 (96.9%) responded. A total of 176/511 women (34.4%) had evidence of vaccination. For the last pregnancy, the two-dose immunization proportion was 21.7% (111/511) for documented coverage and 47.6% (243/511) for undocumented coverage. 306/570 women (53.7%) had received more than the recommended five doses necessary for lifetime protection. The recruitment, two and five doses completeness rates were 99.9% (569/570), 95.8% (546/570) and 65.3% (372/570), respectively. Conclusion: More than half of mothers received more doses of tetanus toxoid vaccine than necessary in FHD. This increased the resources needed and the cost of vaccination. Health personnel should be trained and supervised to assess pregnant women’s vaccination status before planning the number of vaccine doses to be administered during pregnancy.

scholarly journals Tetanus vaccine coverage in recommended and more than recommended doses among mothers in a West Cameroon health district: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Igor Nguemouo Nguegang ◽  
Martin Nguestop ◽  
Linda Evans Eba Ze ◽  
Trevor Anyambod Mboh ◽  
Dominique Majoric Omokolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
Vaccine Dose ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health District ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cumulative Number ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tetanus Vaccine

Background: Vaccination is the best way to protect newborns and mothers against tetanus. The number of doses recommended by the Expanded Program of Immunization is based on documented protective immune response. This study was conducted in 2019 in the Foumban Health District (FHD) to assess tetanus vaccine coverage among mothers for their last pregnancy and the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered to the mothers. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the FHD. Mothers living in the district with at least one child younger than five years were included and were selected by random stratified cluster sampling. Trained surveyors used a face-to-face questionnaire, data extraction grid and data-tracking grid to review and collect data from antenatal care booklets, vaccination cards and the women’s own reports of immunization. The immunization coverage per vaccine dose and vaccination completeness rate were estimated. Results: From 621 women visited, 602 (96.9%) responded. A total of 176/511 women (34.4%) had evidence of vaccination. For the last pregnancy, the two-dose immunization proportion was 21.7% (111/511) for documented coverage and 47.6% (243/511) for undocumented coverage. 306/570 women (53.7%) had received more than the recommended five doses necessary for lifetime protection. The recruitment, two and five doses completeness rates were 99.9% (569/570), 95.8% (546/570) and 65.3% (372/570), respectively. Conclusion: More than half of mothers received more doses of tetanus toxoid vaccine than necessary in FHD. This increased the resources needed and the cost of vaccination. Health personnel should be trained and supervised to assess pregnant women’s vaccination status before planning the number of vaccine doses to be administered during pregnancy.

scholarly journals EPI immunization coverage, timeliness and dropout rate among children in a West Cameroon health district: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Ateudjieu ◽  
Martin Ndinakie Yakum ◽  
André Pascal Goura ◽  
Ayok Maureen Tembei ◽  
Douanla Koutio Ingrid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health District ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Sero-epidemiology of measles antibodies in the Netherlands, a cross-sectional study in a national sample and in communities with low vaccine coverage

Vaccine ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 931-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan van den Hof ◽  
Guy A.M. Berbers ◽  
Hester E. de Melker ◽  
Marina A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Vaccine Coverage ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Measles Antibodies

Knowledge and attitude about tobacco use among school personnel in Bangalore South-a Cross Sectional Study.

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Dr. Padma K Bhat ◽  
Dr. Sushma S G ◽  
Dr. Jayachandra M Y
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Second Hand Smoke ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Government

Background: Tobacco use is so addictive among youth and is one of the global epidemics which require constant monitoring and timely appropriate action to prevent usage. School personnel play one of the main roles in taking appropriate action. Aim: To assess knowledge and attitude of tobacco use pattern among school personnel in Bangalore city. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out for a period of six months from May to October 2017. Stratified cluster sampling was done to include the government and English medium schools in Bangalore south. All the school personnel in the selected schools were eligible to participate. The data collection tool was GSPS questionnaire (WHO FCTC Tobacco Control). Chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact Test was used to demonstrate cross tabulation with confidence intervals. Significance level of 0.05 was considered for statistical analyses Results : Majority of both Kannada and English medium school personnel did not use any forms of tobacco. Both the English and Kannada medium school personnel were aware of the addictive effect of tobacco, but majority of the Kannada medium personnel said second hand smoke is not harmful as compared to their counterparts. Conclusion: Tobacco use among school personnel was low. Most of the school personnel were informed about the addictive nature of tobacco.

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of Multimorbidity among older adults in rural Nepal: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uday Narayan Yadav ◽  
Saruna Ghimire ◽  
Sabuj Kanti Mistry ◽  
Selvanaayagam Shanmuganathan ◽  
Lal Bahadur Rawal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Rural Nepal

Abstract Background Multimorbidity among older adults is an increasing challenge for health systems. Compared to a single disease condition, multimorbidity lowers the quality of life and experience higher hospital admission and health care expenditure. Although multimorbidity has gained global attention, it remains a less studied area in Nepal. Our study aimed to estimate the prevalence of major chronic diseases and multimorbidity among older adults in rural Nepal and examine the associated socioeconomic and behavioral risk factors.Methods We analyzed data of 794 Nepalese older adults recruited using a multi-stage cluster sampling approach in two rural setting of Sunsari and Morang District of Nepal. This was a cross-sectional study, conducted between January to April 2018. Socio-demographics and health conditions data [ Osteoarthritis, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) ] were collected through the help of trained research assistants using a validated questionnaire. The correlates of multimorbidity were examined using mixed-effects logistic regression.Results 48.9% of the participants had at least one chronic condition, and 14% were multimorbid. The prevalence of individual conditions were osteoarthritis- 41.7%, CVD- 2.39%, diabetes- 5.29%, and COPD- 15.7%. In the adjusted model, older adults aged 70-79 years, those from underprivileged Madhesi and other ethnic groups, without a history of alcohol drinking, and those physically inactive, were significantly associated with multimorbidity.Conclusion Our study found a sizeable proportion of the older adults had multimorbidity in our studied population. This prevalence of multimorbidity and its socioeconomic and behavioural correlates, need to be addressed through multi-level preventive strategies, including clinical guidelines and the development of a multidisciplinary workforce to address the needs of the multimorbid older adults.

scholarly journals Socio-economic Analysis and the Study of Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control and Risk Factors of Hypertension in Hospital Staff

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Samjhana Shakya ◽  
J Bhattarai ◽  
K Rawal ◽  
AR Kunwar ◽  
YR Shakya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public Health Challenge

Hypertension is an important public health challenge in the developing and the developed world alike. This worksite based descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken in Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in 2010 with 50 subjects were recruited by multistage purposive cluster sampling. The primary aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess the socioeco­nomic status and to measure the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and correlates of hypertension. The prevalence of pre-hypertension is 38% and hypertension is 34%. Among the hypertensive 53% are aware of their condition and 66.66% of them are under treatment and 16.66% have con­trol over the condition. The prevalence of overweight and obesity were 22% and 4% respectively. The prevalence of central obesity was 29.72% among male and 69% among female. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on hypertension was satisfactory. Fourteen percent understood hypertension as a raised blood pressure during blood flow in the arteries. Majority of them (72%) have posi­tive attitude towards use of medicine in hypertension. Majority of them (86%) had checked their blood pressure in last 2 years. Difference in prevalence of hypertension was found among the tobacco users and non- users (65% vs 40%), who do regular exercise and those who do not (28% vs. 38%) and sleep disturbance was higher among hypertensive than non-hypertensive (48% vs. 10%). Patients with Dislipidemia (32%) had higher prevalence of hypertension than those without Dislipidemia (44% vs 30 %) Similar finding were found between overweight participants (26%) and normal weight participants (46% vs 34%). The prevalence of hypertension is higher with the higher socio-economic status. Nepalese Heart Journal | Volume 7 | No.1 | November 2010 (special issue) | Page 15-19 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njh.v7i1.8496

A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS VACCINATION COVERAGE OF CHILDREN OF AGE GROUP 12 - 23 MONTH RESIDING IN THE FIELD PRACTICE AREA OF TERTIARY HOSPITAL.

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-29
Author(s):  
Jayesh Dhananjay Gosavi ◽  
Deppa H Velankar ◽  
Sumedha M Joshi ◽  
Sumit G Wasnik ◽  
Sudarshan Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Group 12

Background:It is estimated that annually more than 89 lakh children in the country do not receive all vaccines that are available under the UIP– the highest number compared with any other country in the world. Objective: This study was carried out to assess vaccination coverage of children of age group 12 - 23 month residing in the eld practice area of tertiary hospital. Material & methods: This was sectional study conducted at eld practice area of tertiary care hospital during January 2017 to July 2018. Study population was children in the age group 12-23 month. As per WHO norm for identication of sample size for vaccination coverage in study area 30 cluster sampling method is preferred. Results: In the study 188 (89.52%) children were Fully Immunized. 22 (10.48%) children were partially immunized and none of the child was non immunized. overall coverage of BCG was 98.5, for PENTA3 was 96.3%, OPV3 was 96.3% and Measles was 89.8%. Conclusion: Overall immunization coverage in the area is good and higher than the national coverage level. There is no signicant difference in the immunization status of Male and Female children.

Association between cardiometabolic index and stroke: A population-based cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-E Li ◽  
Yi Yang ◽  
Zhen-Ni Guo ◽  
Yun Luo ◽  
Fu-Liang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stroke Risk ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Discrimination Ability ◽  
Cardiometabolic Index

Background: Cardiometabolic index (CMI) is associated with several risk factors for stroke; however, few studies have assessed the role of CMI in stroke risk. Objective: This study aimed to assess the association between CMI and stroke in a population-based cross-sectional study. Methods: This study included 4445 general residents aged ≥40 years selected by multistage stratified random cluster sampling. CMI was calculated as the product of the ratio of waist circumference to height (WHtR) and the ratio of triglyceride levels to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (TG/HDL-C). Participants were categorized according to CMI quartiles: quartile 1 (Q1), quartile 2 (Q2), quartile 3 (Q3), and quartile 4 (Q4). Multivariate logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to assess the association between CMI and stroke. Results: A total of 4052 participants were included in the study, with an overall stroke prevalence of 7.2%. The prevalence of stroke increased with CMI quartiles, ranging from 4.4% to 9.2% (p for trend <0.001). Compared with Q1, stroke risk for Q2, Q3, and Q4 were 1.550-, 1.693-, and 1.704- fold, respectively. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) [95% CI] was (0.574 [0.558−0.589]) for CMI, 0.627 [0.612−0.642]) (p=0.0024) for WHtR, 0.556 [0.540−0.571]) (p<0.0001) for TG/HDL-C. CMI was inferior to WHtR, but CMI had marginal advantage over TG/HDL-C in terms of its stroke discrimination ability. Conclusion: Although there was a strong and independent association between CMI and stroke in the general population, CMI had limited discriminating ability for stroke. Thus, new parameters should be developed.

scholarly journals Relationship between sleep duration and hypertension in northeast China: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e023916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Li ◽  
Shoumeng Yan ◽  
Shan Jiang ◽  
Xiaoyu Ma ◽  
Tianyu Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Short Sleep Duration ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectivesPrevious studies have reported that sleep duration might increase the risk of hypertension. However, the results have been conflicting. We investigated whether sleep duration is independently associated with hypertension. We aimed to assess the relationship between sleep duration and hypertension in a population-based cross-sectional study.MethodsIn this study we used multistage stratified cluster sampling. A total of 19 407 adults aged 18–79 years were enrolled in the study. The participants were divided into three groups (<7 hours/day, 7–8 hours/day and >8 hours/day) according to self-reported sleep duration. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg or the use of anti-hypertensive medications. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to determine the association between hypertension and sleep duration adjusted for sociodemographic, body mass index, and lifestyle covariates.ResultsThe overall prevalence of hypertension was 32.6%. Among participants aged 18–44 years, individuals sleeping less than 7 hours per day had a higher risk of hypertension (OR=1.24, 95% CI: 1.05 to 1.46), compared with those who slept 7–8 hours per day. There were no significant associations between sleep duration and hypertension in the total sample, among middle-aged adults (45–59 years) or older adults (60–79 years).ConclusionsOur study demonstrates that short sleep duration was significantly associated with hypertension among people aged 18–44 years in northeast China.

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