scholarly journals Factors Affecting Gingivitis among Patients Attending in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Mst Mostary Zannath ◽  
Md Monoarul Haque ◽  
Masuma Akther
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
National Health Survey ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting

Background: Gingivitis is one of the common diseases in Bangladesh and a public health problem also. Broadly factors of two categories are responsible for the occurrence of gingivitis: anatomical and behavioral. Few physiological factors also have influence. In Bangladesh we have no national health survey on periodontal condition. Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the factors affecting gingivitis among patients of 15 to 40 years of age attending in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka city.Materials and method: This was a cross sectional study and purposive sampling method was used. Total 200 samples were taken who fulfilled the inclusion criteria by pretested structured questionnaire in outpatient department (OPD) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Results: The mean(±SD) age of respondents was 27±5 years. Dietary factors responsible for gingivitis were sweets (80%), followed by fast food (14%). Regarding behavioral factors, smoking (48%), tobacco using (8%) and betel nuts chewing (28%) influenced gingivitis. Most of the respondents (89%) were suffering from gingivitis for at least one year and gum bleeding was documented in 99% of respondents. Conclusion: Dietary and behavioral patterns were found to be responsible for gingivitis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dmcj.v3i1.22233 Delta Med Col J. Jan 2015; 3(1): 09-12

scholarly journals PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL FROM ASSAM: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamad Jeelani ◽  
Manzoor A. Parry ◽  
Shruti Dange
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are at high risk of depressive disorders because of considerable psychological stress due to physical and social changes brought on by disease. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of depression in patients with CKD and the factors affecting it at a public tertiary care hospital. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at the renal clinic of a tertiary care hospital. Data on 629 patients diagnosed with CKD from September 2014 to April 2016 was obtained. Nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire from PRIME-MD was used to assess the depression. Results: Of all the patients, 44.7% had depression. Mild depression was found to affect 28.9% of the patients followed by moderate depression and severe depression (15.4% and 0.4%, respectively). According to multiple logistic regression, the occurrence of depression was significantly higher with age below 60 years [odds ratio (OR) 1.5, 0.9–2.7; P<0.05], male gender (OR 1.4, 1.0–3.1; P<0.05), no treatment funding (OR 2.7, 1.3–4.6; P<0.05), education less than grade 12 (OR 1.3, 1.3–3.2; P<0.05), monthly income ≤INR 20,000 (OR 1.6, 1.1–3.6; P<0.05), CKD stage V (OR 1.4 1.0– 2.9; P <0.05), Patients on hemodialysis (HD) (OR 2.5, 1.2–4.5; P<0.05), comorbidities ≥3 (OR 1.6, 1.3–3.0; P<0.05), overweight (OR 2.4, 1.3–2.9; P<0.05), and duration of CKD >2 (OR 2.4, 1.4–4.4; P<0.05). Conclusion: About 44.7% of the patients were found to have depression. Patients’ age, gender, body mass index, treatment funding, education status, income, CKD duration and stage, HD status, and comorbidities were found to be significant factors affecting depression.

scholarly journals Composite index of anthropometric failure among under 5 children attending the Immunoprophylaxis clinic in a tertiary care hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Abhijit Kherde ◽  
Chaitanya R. Patil ◽  
Jyotsna Deshmukh ◽  
Prithvi B. Petkar
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Under nutrition is a global public health problem. There are numerous methods of assessment of malnutrition among which CIAF is the most recent, relatively robust since it envisages all the parameters for estimation of nutritional status of the children. So, this study was conducted to find the rates of composite index of anthropometric failure in the children attending the Immunoprophylaxis clinic in a tertiary care hospital of Nagpur and to find associations with the socio demographic variables.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Immunoprophylaxis clinic of a tertiary care institute in Nagpur from September 2016 to January 2017. The study subjects were the children attending the OPD of Immunoprophylaxis clinic of a tertiary care hospital. Necessary permissions were taken before the start of the study. Data was collected using pretested and pre-designed questionnaire. Height and weight were measured using standard guidelines and categorized into groups of CIAF as described by Nandy et al.Results: A total of 460 study subjects were enrolled in the study. The mean age group of the study subjects was 2.47±1.56 years. According to the grades of CIAF, 48.51% were having no failure. Age and gender were factors which were associated with failure status by CIAF.Conclusions: We found high rates of anthropometric failure in our study. The age groups less than 3 years had higher odds of being in failure when compared to more than 3 years age. Further, males had higher odds of being into failure when compared to females. Community based studies are recommended.

scholarly journals Prevalence Of Musculoskeletal Disorders In Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Sanjaitha Jayaprakash ◽  
Deepak B. Anap
Keyword(s):  
Arteriovenous Fistula ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Regions

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant public health problem. Dialysis is the mainstream method of treatment in these patients. This causes the patients to have a monotonous and restricted daily life, joint pain, limiting their activities after treatment onset. Hence this study was carried out to find the prevalence of common musculoskeletal disorders in patients undergoing haemodialysis in a tertiary care hospital. Method: 50 participants undergoing dialysis in a tertiary care hospital under the age group of 18-70 years diagnosed with stage V CKD were included using convenient sampling. They were assessed using Nordic Questionnaire to locate the different areas of pain. Result: The first group consisted of 41 participants who underwent dialysis from 2- 41 months. Body regions commonly affected in the last 7 days were low back 25(60.97%); neck 21(51.21%); shoulder 15(36.58%); elbow 14(34.14%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; upper back 14(34.14%); hips/thighs, knees 9(21.95); wrist/hands 7(17.07%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; ankle/feet 6(14.63%). The second group consisted of 9 participants who underwent dialysis from 42-84 months. Body regions commonly affected in the last 7 days were low back 8(88.88%); upper back 7(77.77%); hip/thigh 6(66.66%); neck, knee 5(55.55%); elbow 4(44.44%) in the extremity with arteriovenous fistula; shoulder, ankle/feet, wrist/hands 3(33.33%). Conclusion: The study concluded that the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the participants undergoing haemodialysis was low back pain (66%) followed by neck (52%), upper back (42%), shoulder (36%), elbow (36%), hips/thighs (30%), knees (28%), wrist/hands (20%) and ankle/feet pain (18%).

A Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate Decision to Delivery Interval in Emergency Caeserian Section at a Tertiary Care Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Dr. Pramod R. Gade ◽  
Dr. Sharmeen K. Vazifdar ◽  
Dr. Gautam S. Aher
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Fetal Outcome ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Maternal Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Cross Matching

Background: One of the main factors affecting maternal morbidity and mortality is the decision to delivery interval (DDI) that is, the time taken from the decision to take the patient up for caesarean section to the delivery of the fetus. Method: This is a retrospective observational study conducted over a period of twelve months where 370 patients were studied. Results: No delay was seen in 49.2% cases whereas most delay was noted after decision by obstetricians to transfer patient to OT (22.2%). Conclusion: In order to get favourable maternal and fetal outcome decision to delivery interval should be within 30 minutes and this can be made possible if factors like results of blood investigations and cross matching of blood can be made available on time.

scholarly journals SATISFACTION OF SUSPECTED COVID-19 PATIENTS REGARDING MEAL SERVICES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF NORTH INDIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shweta Talati ◽  
Saru Sethi ◽  
Ritin Mohindra ◽  
Pankaj Arora ◽  
Navneet Dhaliwal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Discharge From Hospital

Introduction: Meal services plays a significant role in speedy recovery and increases patient satisfaction. Objective: Present study was done to assess the satisfaction of suspected COVID-19 patients regarding meal services at a tertiary care hospital of north India. Methodology:  This cross-sectional study in retrospective design was done to understand the factors affecting the satisfaction of suspected COVID-19 patients with respect to meal services. The data was collected for patients admitted from January 2020-June 2020 with the help of a questionnaire with graded responses i.e Yes, No or Maybe/Not applicable, gathered from participants after discharge from hospital through ‘google forms’. Results: Out of 160 participants, 159 filled up the questionnaire through ‘google form’. Majority of the participants were <30 Years old 46.5%, had university or higher education 52.8%. The study showed 96.9% patients were satisfied and 3.1% were not satisfied   with the quality of the meal services provided during the hospital stay. There was no significant association observed between taste of meals and consumption of whole meal with the quality of the meal served (p = 0.875, p = 0.855 respectively). Although significant association was observed between temperature of meal, time of meal distribution, quantity of water bottles provided, and quality of meal served (p = 0.000, p = <0.001, p = 0.000). Conclusion: Present study connotes that such types of assessments can help identify the gaps which can be worked on for achieving maximal satisfaction of patients with respect to quality of meal services in the hospital. Key words: COVID-19 patients; Meal services; Patient Satisfaction; Tertiary care hospital

scholarly journals Pattern, Management, and Outcome of Poisoning in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Naresh Karki ◽  
Vijay Singh ◽  
Vinod Kumar Verma
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Gastric Lavage ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Intravenous Route ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Global Public Health Problem

Introduction: Poisoning is a significant global public health problem. The appropriate management of poisoning at emergency needs accurate assessment and immediate treatment. The immense chance for better outcomes occurs with early diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted to assess pattern, management, and outcome of poisoning in tertiary care hospital. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in which records of patients with a diagnosis of poisoning over a period of four years were reviewed. Results: A total of 138 patients were included in the study. A majority (63%) of them were females. Most (67.4%) were managed by general or supportive measure only. Gastric lavage was done in 60% of total patients while 52.9% patients received activated charcoal. Pralidoxime and atropine was received by 51.1% of patients treated with specific antidote. All the antidotes were administered through intravenous route. Regarding outcome, 89.9% were completely recovered. Suicidal poisoning was significantly higher in married as compared to unmarried patients (p = 0.029). Similarly, there was a significant relationship between occupation of the patients and manner of poisoning (p = 0.003). Outcome of treatment had a significant association with the manner of poisoning (p < 0.001). Further analysis revealed that the patients who expired in the hospital were more likely to ingest poison accidentally. Conclusion: Suicidal poisoning is common and females are more susceptible. Insecticide and rodenticide are the commonly ingested poisons. Treatment outcome of poisoning cases is generally favorable.

scholarly journals Profile of dog bite cases reporting to ARV OPD of a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 4088
Author(s):  
Saurabha Urmi Subramanya ◽  
Ravindra S. Kembhavi
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Dog Bite ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Animal bites pose a major public health problem in children and adults worldwide. Rabies is a viral zoonosis caused by bite of a rabid dog that occurs in >100 countries and territories. India accounts for 60% of all the world burden of rabies related deaths. The objective of the present study is to analyse the profile of dog bite victims reporting to ARV OPD of a tertiary care hospital.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the ARV OPD of a tertiary care hospital. A total of 228 victims of dog bite were interviewed. They were selected using systematic random sampling technique. Analysis of data obtained was done using SPSS.Results: Majority of the participants belonged to the age group 20-30 years. The proportion of male was higher than female. Most of the victims had suffered category II type of dog bite (66.2%). A statistically significant association was seen between age group and nature of dog bite, sex of victim and type of dog, type of dog and category of dog bite and the category of bite and history of dog biting other individuals.Conclusions: The burden of dog bite seems to be borne by the economically productive age group. All individuals need to be educated on how to behave around animals so that they can avoid animal bite. 

scholarly journals A cross sectional study on factors affecting treatment outcome among TB patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Srinivasulu T. ◽  
Jahnavi K.
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Treatment Failure ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cure Rate ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting

Background: Many factors affect treatment outcome negatively. Study of these factors is essential to prevent relapse and treatment failure. The objective of the research was to study the factors affecting the treatment outcome among TB patients.Methods: Patients diagnosed to have tuberculosis who are attending the DOTS centre at a tertiary care hospital, and fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the present study. 50 patients who were being treated under DOTS regime were included in the present study. The study was conducted for a period of two years. The patients were followed for a period of six months to observe the treatment outcome among them.Results: Maximum patient were in the age group of 21-40 years (50%) followed by 41-60 years (28.3%). Cough was present in 76.7% of the cases and was the most common presenting symptom of the cases. The cure rate was significantly more among non alcoholics compared to alcoholics. The cure rate was only 60% among smokers compared to 88.5% among non smokers. The non cure rate was high among smokers i.e. 40% compared to only 11.5% among those who never smoked. This difference was found to be statistically significant.Conclusions: Smoking and alcohol were found to be important risk factors for treatment failure in the present study.

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
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