scholarly journals Association of respiratory morbidity with duration of work among puffed rice workers in Davanagere city, Karnataka, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1387
Author(s):  
Muhammed Muntazeem G. ◽  
Madonna J. Dsouza ◽  
Varadaraja Rao B. A. ◽  
Basanth Kumar Patil ◽  
Prakash Kengal
Keyword(s):  
Lung Disease ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Respiratory Morbidity ◽  
Work Place ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Restrictive Lung Disease ◽  
Industrial Dust ◽  
Puffed Rice

Background: Occupational respiratory disease can be defined as an acute or chronic disorder that arises from the inhalation of air-borne agents in the work place. Puffed rice is a famous food item in Karnataka, which is produced in a cluster of small units. Industrial dust inhalation over a long period of time leads to proliferative and fibrotic changes in the lungs.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among puffed rice workers in Bashanagar, urban field practice area of SSIMS and RC, Davanagere. From January 2017 to December 2017. The study population included 550 puffed rice unit workers. Data was collected using structured interview along with anthropometric measurements. Spirometry was done by using RMS (Helio’s) Spirometer.Results: In this study significant association was found between respiratory morbidity and duration of work. The risk of obstructive lung disease was 0.18 (0.03-1.40) times less among workers who worked for <5 years compared to workers who worked for more than 20 years. The risk of restrictive lung disease was 0.35 (CI 0.16-0.77) times lower among workers who worked for <5 years compared to the workers who worked for > 20 years and the association was statistically significant with p value of 0.010.Conclusions: The risk of respiratory morbidity was significantly associated with increase in the duration of work.

scholarly journals Interstitial Lung Disease and Depression – A Questionnaire Based Study

BioMedica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-378
Author(s):  
Muntazir Mehdi ◽  
Muhammad Waseem ◽  
Dr. Hafiza Swaiba Afzal ◽  
Ahmad Zeeshan Jamil ◽  
Muhammad Junaid Iqbal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interstitial Lung Disease ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Background and Objective: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) causes depression due to its painful course in patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression and find the association of depression with selected clinical variables in patients with ILD. Methods: This questionnaire based cross-sectional study was done at the department of pulmonology, District head quarter hospital Sahiwal from 1st Oct 2019 to 31st March 2020. The questionnaire was distributed among the diagnosed cases of ILD who presented in outpatient department of DHQ Sahiwal after taking informed consent. The depression scoring was done in them according to Beck depression inventory II. Frequency distribution statistics and inferential statistics were done by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. P-value < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Results: Depression was graded into four types according to Beck depression inventory II scoring system. Depression levels of minimal, mild, severe and extremely severe were found to have frequencies of 42.90, 14.30, 31.40 and 11.4% respectively. Depression was more prevalent in females (77.14%). Sixty two percent of severely depressed had rural background. Three fourth (75%) of severely depressed patients were from lower class group. Half of the severely depressed patients were suffering from hypertension. One fourth had ischemic heart disease. Illiteracy dominated in severely depressed where 3/4th of the participants had not received any education. Our study found statistically significant result of Beck score with socioeconomic groups (P = 0.037). High statistically significant result was also found when Beck scoring was associated with co-morbidities (P = 0.001). Conclusions: The increased frequency of depression in the patients of ILD was associated with many demographic factors. The development of improved methods for the assessment of ILD and its co-morbidities could have profound effects on the quality of life and expected survival of ILD patients.

scholarly journals Physicians and communities knowledge and awareness about new vaccines in immunization program: A study to derive lesson for increasing uptake

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Lahariya ◽  
J Khandekar ◽  
AS Vachher ◽  
SK Pradhan
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
New Vaccines

Background: The knowledge, attitude of physicians about any interventions has effect on the practices while the perceptions about such intervention by caregivers have impact on the acceptance in community.   Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of physicians and perception of the caregivers about new vaccines, and to identify the solutions to address the knowledge gap, if any.   Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted a major city of India from Sept 2006-Jan 2007. 107 physicians and 298 caregivers were interviewed using a pre-tested semi structured interview schedule. The data so collected was analyzed using chi square test and proportions. P value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.   Results: It was found that only 3/5th physicians were aware that typhoid vaccination was part of the immunisation program. The knowledge about all the aspects of typhoid was poor amongst physicians in comparison of other vaccine (Hepatitis B) in the immunisation program. Physicians at private health facilities had poor knowledge than those working at government health facilities. However, majority of the physicians had positive attitude towards typhoid vaccination. All the caregivers had heard about typhoid disease and 39.8% about the vaccine also. Almost 80% of them were ready to pay for typhoid vaccination. Conclusions: The study underlines the need for special efforts to increase the awareness about typhoid vaccination amongst these groups to increase the uptake of the vaccine. Key words: Child Health; Hepatitis B, India; Newer vaccines; Typhoid DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i1.3222 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2010), Vol. 8, No. 1, Issue 29, 51-56

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Effects on Heart Rate Recovery in Restrictive Lung Disease Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-305
Author(s):  
José Savio Ribeiro ◽  
Darlé Ana da Silva Barros ◽  
Antônio Adolfo Mattos de Castro ◽  
Natália Cristina Vargas de Oliveira e Silva ◽  
Claudia Kumpel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Heart Rate Recovery ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Restrictive Lung Disease ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate heart rate recovery in subjects with restrictive lung disease (RLD) and healthy age matched subjects before and after a rehabilitation program (RP). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on subjects of both genders, with over 40 years old with and without any diagnosis of restrictive lung disease and who were able to perform physical tasks were included in the study. They were evaluated for sociodemographic profile, lifestyle (ILP), Framingham score, physical capacity (6MWT and treadmill incremental testing) and heart rate recovery before and after RP. Results: 65 subjects were assigned into either G1 (patients with RLD, n=26) or G2 (healthy subjects, n= 39). Initially, patients with RLD increased their heart rate (HR) from 79 to 120bpm, and after the recovery post-exercise, the first minute they reduced HR by nine beats. In the fifth minute after the exercise, HR returned to baseline values. After the RP, mean HR was 71bpm and 79bpm in G1 and G2, respectively. Increased mean 6MWT peak HR in both the groups was seen (110bpm and 120bpm, G1 and G2, respectively). In the first minute of resting, mean HR decreased to 86bpm (- 24bpm) and 72 (-48bpm) in G1 and G2, respectively. In the fifth minute after exercise, HR recovery in both the groups was complete. Conclusion: The RP was effective in improving the first-minute heart rate recovery in patients with restrictive lung disease and, there was an inverse correlation of heart rate recovery with disease severity.

scholarly journals Work Environment in Mosul city Hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marab Younis Abdullah Al-Fathy ◽  
Nahla Khalaf Ali ◽  
Muna Muneer Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work Place ◽  
P Value ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Protection Equipment

Objectives: Investigating the vision of health care workers about their work environment. Methods: A cross sectional study design was done in eight hospital in Mosul city for a period extended for ten months duration 1st Jan-Nov 2018 including 673 health care worker choosing by simple random selection, using standardize questionnaire form consist from three item psycho-social, physical condition of work place and practicing of personal protective equipment. Data were presented in suitable tables and figures. Percentage were calculated for the various group variables using Chi-Square for Goodness of Fit، Mean ± SD, P-value at a level of significance equal to or less than 0.05 was considered. Results: The mean age± SD of study sample was 38.28±9.71 as 57.1% , 42.9% male and female respectively. The study revealed overall percentage of agreement regarding psychological and social, physical condition of work environment was 29.1% and  41.6% respectively. Compliance with practicing personal protection equipment was low (29.4%). The grand mean assessment of all over work place condition it was 1.8 below the cut-off point (cut – off point = 2). Conclusions: The study concluded that work environment (psychological, social and physical) condition and compliance to practicing standard precaution were  unacceptable to the health worker in Mosul city hospital 2018.

scholarly journals Screening of flour mill workers for respiratory morbidities: a cross-sectional study in rural Bangalore

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2216
Author(s):  
Seema P. ◽  
Shashi Kumar M. ◽  
Deepthi R.
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dust Exposure ◽  
Respiratory Morbidity ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Flour Mill ◽  
Flour Dust ◽  
American Lung Association

Background: Flour mill workers are highly exposed to organic wheat flour dust with a large diversity of antigenic/allergic component leading to respiratory morbidity and skin allergies. This work environment may affect workers health and safety if the effects are unchecked periodically.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 194 workers of 4 flour mills in Bangalore Rural district. Prior permission (factory) and informed consent *(workers) were obtained. Pre-structured interview-schedule was administered. Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) readings were measured by using wrights flow meter and best of 3 readings recorded. Respiratory morbidity was assessed on PEFR classification - based on American lung association (ALA) colour coding - red, yellow and green zones. Respiratory morbidity was compared with years of experience, type of work, smoking habits and usage of appropriate PPEs. Data was analyzed using Epi-info 08.Results: Among 194 workers studied, 188 were males, 6 were females. They were in the age group of 15-50 years. 143 (73.7%) were engaged in work with direct dust exposure. 84 (43%) were working for more than 3 years, 50 (25%) between 1-3 years and 60 (30%) for less than a year. 7.2% regularly smoked. According to ALA classification, PEFRs of 71 (36%) of the workers were classified into RED, 91 (46%) to yellow and 32 (16%) to green zones respectively. Usage of PPEs was only among 126 (64%).Conclusions: Respiratory morbidity among flour mill workers was high. Adequate use of PPEs was low. Half of the workers fell into yellow zone that had a potential to fall into red zone if external factors were not considered.

scholarly journals Knowledge about rabies among urban adult residents, Agartala, West Tripura: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 3548
Author(s):  
Chanda Mog ◽  
Arundhati Roy ◽  
Paramita Choudhuri
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Seek Health Care ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Background: India is endemic for rabies accounting for 36% of the world death. Low awareness of the need to seek health care after a dog bite claims the lives of more than 55,000 people each year, mostly Asia and Arica. The objective of the study was to estimate the level of knowledge about rabies among adult population in urban area and also to find out the factors associated with level of knowledge.Methods: The cross sectional study was carried out among 200 adult population of Agartala Municipal Corporation area for a period of one month and study subjects were selected by using multistage sampling technique. A predesigned, pretested, structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 20. Chi-square and Fisher's exact was used to find out the factors associated with level of knowledge and p value <0.5 considered as a significant.Results: The present study showed that mean age of the respondents was 45.23±14.7 years. Among them 54.5% were female, 32% home maker and 39% had completed graduation. Out of 200 respondents, 167 respondents were heard about the term ‘Rabies’ i.e., 83.5% and 33 respondent’s i.e., 16.5% never heard about the term ‘Rabies’ but only 20.5% subjects knew correctly that rabies was caused by virus. In our study, adequate knowledge on rabies was found 40% and only one factor i.e., literacy (p=0.002) was found significantly associated with level of knowledge.Conclusions: The study findings indicate that still there is need to be increase adequate level of knowledge about rabies among adult residents in urban area.

scholarly journals Awareness Level of Cervical Cancer among Rural Women Attending Manikgonj 250-Bedded District Hospital, Manikgonj

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana Rahman ◽  
Avisak Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Value Determination

Background: Cervical cancer is a typically slow-growing cancer that may not have symptoms, but can be early diagnosed by Pap smear and Visual Inspection of Cervix with Acetic Acid (VIA). The burden of the disease is increasing in developing countries day by day due to the ascending trend of transmissible diseases such as HIV and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness regarding cervical cancer among the women attending outpatient department of Manikgonj 250-bedded district hospital, Manikgonj. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted among the women attending the OPD of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department of Manikgonj 250-bedded district hospital from June, 2017 to October, 2017. The respondents were selected by random sampling. A pre-structured, interview-based data collection sheet was prepared, which was used as a research tool. Data were collected by interview of the patients and then data were gathered, decorated and tabulated after data cleaning and edition. Then the results were presented in tabular and figure forms. As it is a descriptive type of cross-sectional study p value determination was not required to see the level of significance. Results: In this study mean age of 50 respondents was 24.18 ± 6.63 years. The maximum respondents (62%) were from 20−30 years age group. Out of 50 respondents 46% were married and 24% were unmarried. Among the study subjects 84% knew about cervical cancers, 28% respondents knew about the disease from uthan boithok and 26% by electronic and print media. Thirty six percent respondents knew about the risk factors of the disease, 42 (84%) heard about the disease, 60% thought that they are at self risk and 12% respondents underwent screening before. Among those (70.45%) who did not undergo screening blamed not having adequate knowledge about the risk factors. Seventy two percent of total respondents knew that district hospital is a center for screening. Fifty percent women did not have any knowledge regarding vaccination. Conclusion: Majority respondents in this study did not know clearly about cervical cancer, specially its risk factors, vaccination, prevention and clinical profile of the disease. J Enam Med Col 2019; 9(1): 34-40

Prevalence of pre-cluster symptoms in episodic cluster headache: Is it possible to predict an upcoming bout?

Cephalalgia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 033310242198925
Author(s):  
Adam Sebastian Pedersen ◽  
Agneta Snoer ◽  
Mads Barloese ◽  
Anja Petersen ◽  
Rigmor Højland Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Headache ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Episodic Cluster Headache ◽  
Underlying Pathophysiology ◽  
Premonitory Symptoms

Background Early symptoms prior to a cluster headache bout have been reported to occur days or weeks before the actual beginning of the cluster headache bouts. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of pre-cluster (premonitory) symptoms and examine the predictability of an upcoming cluster headache bout. Methods 100 patients with episodic cluster headache were included in this retrospective cross-sectional study. All patients underwent a semi-structured interview including 25 questions concerning pre-cluster symptoms. Results Pre-cluster symptoms were reported by 86% of patients with a mean of 6.8 days (interquartile range 3–14) preceding the bout. An ability to predict an upcoming bout was reported by 57% with a mean 4.6 days (interquartile range 2–7) before the bout. Occurrence of shadow attacks was associated with increased predictability (odds ratio: 3.06, confidence interval: 1.19–7.88, p-value = 0.020). In remission periods, 58% of patients reported mild cluster headache symptoms and 53% reported occurrence of single shadow attacks. Conclusions The majority of episodic cluster headache patients experienced pre-cluster symptoms, and more than half could predict an upcoming bout, suggesting the significant potential of early intervention. Furthermore, the experience of mild cluster headache symptoms and infrequent shadow attacks in remission periods is common and suggest an underlying pathophysiology extending beyond the cluster headache bouts.

scholarly journals Assessing the usage of screen based media and screen time among adolescents in Mysuru: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2233
Author(s):  
G. Shwetha ◽  
Sunil Kumar Doddaiah ◽  
Anil S. Bilimale ◽  
M. R. Narayana Murthy
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Total Study Population ◽  
The Impact

Background: Media is one of the important parts of the life of school children, especially those aged between 13 to 17 years. It has both positive and negative impacts on children. It affects both physical and mental health; there will be a prominent impact on their studies also. Nowadays everyone has the accessibility of television, mobile, etc in India. This study mainly aims to assess the impact of screen-based media (SBM) and screen time among middle adolescents and the association of socio-demographic status with the usage of SBM.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Government and Private schools of Mysuru district from November to December 2019. The study included 180 school children between the age group of 13 to 17 years through simple random sampling. A semi-structured interview questionnaire was used.Results: Mobile formed the maximum used SBM. Out of the total screen time, time contributed by television 90.5%, mobile 95.6%, and both television and mobile 91.7% will be more followed by other SBM. The proportion of children having the screen time of maybe 3 hrs was found to be 25.6% and more than 3 hrs was 5.9% among the total study population. There is an association between SBM usage and the socio-demographic status i.e. age, type of family, father's education, and father occupation with the statistical significance of p value <0.05.Conclusions: According to the current study, there is a high proportion of school children using SBM. So, there is a need to create awareness regarding the use of SBM and its impact on children among parents, teachers, and children.

Brief Overview and Experience of Visual Evoked Potential of First 67 cases at Referral Neuroscience Hospital in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
Mohammad Enayet Hussain ◽  
Bithi Debnath ◽  
AFM Al Masum Khan ◽  
Md Ferdous Mian ◽  
Md Nahidul Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Optic Neuritis ◽  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
Optic Neuropathy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Pattern Reversal ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Visual Evoked

Background: The visual evoked potentials (VEP) is a valuable tool to document occult lesions of the central visual channels especially within the optic nerve. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to observe the findings of first few cases of VEP done in the neurophysiology department of the National Institute of Neurosciences (NINS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Neurophysiology at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 2017 to March 2020. All patients referred to the Neurophysiology Department of NINS for VEP were included. Pattern reversal VEPs were done using standard protocol set by International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN). Results: The mean age of the study population was 30.70 (±12.11) years (6-68 years) with 31 (46.3%) male and 36 (53.7%) female patients. The mean duration of illness was 8.71 (±1.78) months (3 days- 120 months). Most common presenting symptom was blurring of vision (37.3%) and dimness of vision (32.8%). Patterned VEP revealed mixed type (both demyelinating and axonal) of abnormality in most cases [29(43.35)]. The most common clinical diagnosis was multiple sclerosis (29.85%) and optic neuropathy (26.87%). In the clinically suspected cases of multiple sclerosis, optic neuropathy and optic neuritis most of the cases of VEP were abnormal and the p value is 0.04 in optic neuropathy and optic neuritis. Conclusion: The commonest presentation of the patients in this series were blurring of vision and dimness of vision. The most common clinical diagnosis for which VEP was asked for, was optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis. Most abnormalities were of mixed pattern (demyelinating and axonal). Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2020;6(2): 74-77

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