Socio - Demographic Characteristics of a Group of Adolescents Attending Stunting Outpatient Clinic - National Nutrition Institute in Cairo

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-75
Author(s):  
Ayat Farouk M.
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-34
Author(s):  
Camila Santos Furlan ◽  
Flavia Eleutério Corrêa Guerra ◽  
Mayuli Dias de Souza ◽  
Fabiane de Lima Santos Oliveira ◽  
Carla Caroline Diniz Dias Fernandes ◽  
...  

This study had as objective to characterize the demand for care from an outpatient clinic for pregnant women at high risk. The study was ofcharacter of descriptive and exploratory with quantitative approach. The data collection was from December 2016 to January 2017, totaling 104 pregnant women of high risk were cared for in an outpatient setting of a pregnancy of high risk of a hospital in São Paulo. The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistical analysis and presented in tables in the form of absolute frequency and percentage. As a result, it is possible to detect that the majority of pregnant women attended in the outpatient clinic are some of the cities of the region, are married, have up to 30 years of age, had not planned the current pregnancy, no history of diseases obstetric and fewer than half of them made more than six queries relating to the prenatal. The reasons of the high risk pregnancies present were: gestational diabetes, hypertension in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia. It is concluded that having the knowledge of the clinical features and the conditions-demographic characteristics of pregnant women in high-risk, assistshealth professionals to develop a care plan where present better resolvability and that is able to provide the prevention of disease, taking into account the reality of individual way of every pregnant woman.


1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-473
Author(s):  
Angelo John Lasich ◽  
Margaret Gemma Nair

Five hundred and seventy-seven children who attended a child psychiatric out-patient clinic during 1987 were evaluated. Their clinical and demographic characteristics are described and management discussed. High on the list of presenting complaints were poor school performance and behavioural problems. Factors considered as influencing referrals are socio-economic, political, lack of school psychological services and facilities for the management of the intellectually handicapped. The most common diagnoses were mental retardation (39.5%) and epilepsy (16.2%).


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A733-A733
Author(s):  
A MIZUKI ◽  
H NISHIYA ◽  
K FUKUI ◽  
T HAYASHI ◽  
N TSUKADA ◽  
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