scholarly journals Injury Pattern among Armed Forces Personnel during Military Activities

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-72
Author(s):  
Mohammed Sharfaraz Hyder ◽  
Farzana Zafreen ◽  
Khandaker Rokshana Akhter ◽  
Abu Noman Mohammed Moshleh Uddin ◽  
Md Abdul Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The Common ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Army Personnel ◽  
The Military ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Introduction: Physical training and physical fitness are required to accomplish military missions. Injuries have a great impact on the health and readiness of the military personnel than any other category of medical complaint. Objective: To find out the common types of injuries, causes of injury and place of occurrence among the Bangladesh Armed Forces personnel during their military activities. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out during the period of March to June 2012. A total of 101 serving Armed Forces Personnel who had injured during military activities and received indoor treatment from orthopedic, surgery, neurosurgery and officers’ ward of CMH, Dhaka were selected. Data were collected in a semi-structured questionnaire through face to face interview. Results: The mean age of the study populations were 31.69 ± 6.7 years and ranged from 18 to 45 years. Among the cases, 83.2% were Army personnel, 9.9% were Navy and 6.9% were from Air Force. Most of the affected cases (55.5%) belonged to fighting arms, 19.8% from support arms and 5.0% from services arms. Maximum (26.7%) cases suffered from knee injury followed by 23.8% vertebral column related injury and 11.9% lower leg injury. Maximum (40.6%) cases sustained injury in training ground followed by 29.7% in the sports ground and 6.9% in operation area. Conclusion: Injury is one of the major causes of morbidity among the members of Armed Forces. Careful study and analysis on training and operational activities of Armed Forces Personnel definitely will explore new dimension to prevent and combat this preventable health burden. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (1) 2018: 69-72

scholarly journals Awareness and Misconception about HIV/AIDS Transmission among Selected Bangladesh Army Troops

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-182
Author(s):  
Syed Naufel Mahmud ◽  
SM Nurul Irfan
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Hiv Aids

Introduction: AIDS is a fatal illness that breaks down the body’s immune system, leaving the victim vulnerable to lifethreatening opportunistic infections, neurological disorders or unusual malignancies, having no effective treatment till now. Objectives: To assess the awareness and misconception about the transmission of HIV/AIDS among the troops of Bangladesh Army. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2011 to December 2011 among purposively selected 125 troops of various Army units of Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh. Data were collected by face-to-face interview by pretested structured questionnaire and analyzed by software SPSS version 17.0. Results: Among the 125 respondents, most (92%) of them were aware of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and having no significant misconception of its transmission. No association has been found between knowledge of HIV transmission and type of occupation. Conclusion: Most of the troops of the Bangladesh Army were aware of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and misconception among them was very less. The authority should continue thus status for the betterment of the country. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (2) 2018: 180-182

scholarly journals Patients Satisfaction about Magnetic Resonance Imaging Services at Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-63
Author(s):  
Md Rezaur Rahman ◽  
Umar Rashed Munir ◽  
Farzana Zafreen ◽  
Md Abdul Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Study Finding ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Positive Finding ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The Past

Introduction: MRI investigation indicates sensitivity as well as specificity. The increasing clinical utility, coupled with the greater availability and capacity to per¬form, has resulted in a dramatic increase in their use over the past de¬cades. The expectation of the care seekers has also increased and it is a major concern whether this increase in MRI result has improved patient outcomes or not. Objective: The study was carried out with the aim to evaluate various aspects of satisfaction among the MRI performing patients at Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out on patient satisfaction of MRI services at CMH, Dhaka. A total of 186 patients performing investigation at MRI Department of CMH Dhaka since 01st May 2011 to 15th May 2011 were interviewed. Data were collected and analysed by face-to-face interview and reviewing medical record with the help of a questionnaire and checklist. Results: The waiting time of 8-12 weeks for MRI was maximum among 24.7% patients; followed by 17.7% for 2-4 weeks and 16.1% for 1-2 weeks. It also revealed that waiting time was higher (8-12 weeks) in Neurosurgery referred cases (33.3%), Orthopaedic (28.2%) followed by Neurology (14.3%) (p<0.05). The outdoor patients experienced more waiting time in comparison to indoor patients. Orthopaedic referred cases had the highest (53.8%) positive finding followed by Neurosurgery (15.1%) and Medicine (7.5%). A significant majority of the patients are satisfied (68.81%) or very satisfied (25.80%) with the MRI service. Conclusion: This study finding will help the hospital administrator not only in monitoring the investigation but also to take measures to improve the facilities of MRI department. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.15 (1) 2019: 61-63

scholarly journals Injury Pattern among Bangladesh Army Recruits during Initial Training

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mohsin ◽  
Md Shahidullah ◽  
Md Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
SM Humayan Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Medical Officer ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Injury Reduction ◽  
Medical College ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Recruit Training ◽  
Physical Challenges

Introduction: The recruit training period is the most formative part of a soldier’s life, full of both mental and physical challenges. They have to perform rigorous events under stressful conditions for a prolonged time. So they remain more vulnerable to injuries with their varied physical capabilities. Keeping in view the lack of injury data regarding recruit training in Bangladesh, scientific studies in this field bear immense importance. Objectives: To identify the common injuries encountered by recruits as well as the extent of the problem due to trainingrelated injuries and also to ascertain probable determinants for such injuries. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from 1st January to 30th June 2012 in two training centres of Bangladesh Army. From all the 575 recruits undergoing training there, those reported sick or hospitalized and diagnosed as a case of training-related injury by a medical officer were taken in the sample. Interview schedule and checklist were used to collect data from 109 sample recruits. Results: Among total of 575 recruits 109 sustained injury at least once and 21 of them also sustained second injury. Lower extremity was found mostly (89%) affected and majority57.7% suffered from overuse injury. By diagnosis shin splint cases were the highest 36.7%. Among all the events highest 16.5% recruits were injured during participating in games and sports. The occurrence of injury was most (32.1%) during first four weeks of training. Among injured recruits 10.1% gave history of past injury which was found having statistically significant association with frequency of injury. Conclusion: Injury is a major impediment to recruit training. So, injury reduction through risk identification and appropriate intervention is imperative. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (2) 2018: 123-126

scholarly journals Changes in the Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive Age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazi Shahnaz Begum ◽  
Shah Alam ◽  
Tahmina Tamanna
Keyword(s):  
Married Women ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Barrier Method ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
One Year ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Family planning is an essential tool for reducing fertility rate. An increase in contraceptive prevalence rate results in reduction of population growth, which in turn contributes significantly to the improvement of people's health. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive type of study carried out among the married women attending in the gynaeout patient department of MARKS Medical College and Hospital. This study was conducted from 1st June 2013 to 31st May 2014. Sample size was 250 which were selected purposively.Reproductive history was used as research instrument for data collection. Data was collected by face to face interview using structured questionnaire. Among 250 married women 156(62%) women practicing contraceptives. Majority 45.6% of the respondents were in the age group of 25-29 yrs. Among the respondents housewives 36%, service holder 64% and 38.4% were educated. About 42.8% respondents had 2 child followed by 3 children 36% & only 1.6% had 4 children. 100% respondents had knowledge about oral pill and barrier method. Among the contraceptive users 35.8% respondents accepted OCP followed by barrier method 33.3%, IUCD users were 16.7%, 7.7% respondents used injectables, 6.4% were natural method user and only 1.2% used emergency pills. Maximum 59% respondents were using contraceptives for less than one year, only 4.5% were using contraceptive of different methods for 10 years. Fertility rate, menstruation regulation is lower among servicing women. Education, empowerment and social position of women help to reduce fertility.Medicine Today 2015 Vol.27(2): 33-36

Contraceptive Practice among the Women of Reproductive age in a Selected Hospital of Dhaka City

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
A Nasreen ◽  
M Begum ◽  
K S Anwar ◽  
A Mazid ◽  
S H Khan
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Barrier Methods ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
One Year ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among women of reproductive age who were attending Gynae out-patient department of Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital. The study was carried out from 2nd week of February to 2nd week of March, 2013. Total 250 women were selected purposively for the study. Data was collected by face to face interview using structured questionnaire, Mean age of the respondents were 26.6 (60%) years and 41% of the respondents were in age group 15-19 years. Most of the respondents (60%) age at marriage were from 21-30 years. Maximum (60%) respondents had their conjugal life up to 10 years. Among the respondents house wives were 50% and 38.4% were well educated. Most of the women (60.4%) got their 1st child within 3-5 years of their married life. About 42.8% women had 2 children and only 1.6% had 5 children. All respondents (100%) had knowledge about contraceptives, oral pill and barrier methods were known to all. Among 250 respondents, 156 (62.4%) were using contraceptives and 94 (37.6%) were not practicing any contraceptives. Among the contraceptives users 48.7% were using oral contraceptives and 16.7% were using Infra uterine device. Maximum 59% respondents were using contraceptives for less than one year.

scholarly journals Workplace Hygiene Practice among Saloon Workers in Bangladesh Army

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-80
Author(s):  
Md Mohsin ◽  
AKM Mashiul Munir
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Antiseptic Solution ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Barber Shops

Introduction: In Bangladesh like any other developing country, saloon is the unique place for transmission of some communicable diseases. Objectives: To explore the level of knowledge, attitude and practices regarding hygienic and cleanliness among saloon workers of Bangladesh Army. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in different barber shops of army units in Dhaka cantonment during the month of May 2011. Data were collected from 115 saloon worker by structured questionnaire through face to face interview. Results: Mean age of 115 respondents’ was 22.65±5.8 years whereas 76% of the respondents have less than 5 years of service. Their monthly income was less than 8000 taka and 70.4% had only primary education. About 77% washed linen used for wrapping twice a week and 16.5% did it in alternate day. About 89.5% had awareness and knowledge of transmission of skin diseases through unclean comb, but only 2.6% did not have any knowledge regarding this matter. In case of disease spread through unclean handle of blade/khur majority 60% respondents were aware about skin disease but only 12% were aware about AIDS and 16.5% were aware about jaundice. Majority (90%) found using antiseptic solution to clean used shaving brush /handle of razors. No respondent clean their hand before providing service to each customer and none used fresh linen for each customer rather 1 linen for every 10-12 customer on average. Conclusion: The study revealed that majority of the saloon workers were either illiterate or had only primary plus level education with poor socio economic background. Despite the knowledge and practice of workplace hygiene among the saloon workers are quite satisfactory levels even though there are areas for further improvement. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.15 (1) 2019: 79-80

scholarly journals Socio-demographic and Economic Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-41
Author(s):  
Md Motahar Hossain ◽  
Meerjady Sabrina Flora ◽  
Md Shahidullah ◽  
Md Nurul Amin ◽  
Murshida Mosharref ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Significant Health ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Introduction: Tuberculosis is one of the most significant health problems in Bangladesh. Adherence to TB treatment is crucial to achieving cure while avoiding the emergenceofdrug resistance. Non-adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment may result in persistent infectiousness and a higher rate of treatment failure, relapse and drug resistance and therefore, it’sa significant barrier to the success in tuberculosis control. Objectives: To determine the socio-demographic and economic factors influencing adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among tuberculosis patients. Materials and Methods: This case control study was carried out among purposively selected 47 cases and 94 controls in selected DOTS centres of Dhaka city from January 2010 to July 2010. Data were collected by face to face interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Males were 2.5 times more likely to be non-adherent and among them day-labourer and main earning member were more commonly non-adherent (p<0.05). Low per capita income and irregularity of monthly income were significantly (p<0.01) associated with non-adherence. Conclusion: Non-adherence is associated with the risk factors that are modifiable by the correction of socio-demographic and economic characteristics as a whole. So the highest priority in fighting against non-adherence therefore must be to reduce poverty for its prevention especially targeting the patients of low economic status. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.15 (1) 2019: 39-41

scholarly journals Morbidity profile of the patients attending the health camp in Ramanagar district, Karnataka

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2259
Author(s):  
Savita S. Patil ◽  
Jayashree S. Seeri ◽  
Narayana Swamy D. M.
Keyword(s):  
Normal Body Mass Index ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Morbidity Data ◽  
Important Means ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Needy ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Free health camp is an important means to cater health services to the needy people in an underdeveloped county like India with difficult geographical terrain. The objective of this study was to assess the morbidities of patients attending the free health camp in Ramanagara District, Karnataka.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at free health camp in Jogaradoddi, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, by the staff and interns of department of community medicine of a medical college. All the individuals who attended the camp were included in the study. Patients who attended the health checkup camp were assessed for morbidity. Data collected by semi structured questionnaire was entered into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS version-17.0.Results: A total of 123 patients visited the health camp, among them 68(55.28%) of them were males and 55 (44.71%) were females. 41 (33.8%) were in the age group of 21-30 years. Majority were skilled workers with 30(26.1%), 18 (15.7%) were unemployed and only 1 (0.9%) were  professionals .About 47 (46.1%) had normal body mass index, 26 (25.5%) were overweight, 10 (9.8%) were obese and 19 (18.6%) were underweight. It was observed that diseases with musculoskeletal system and gastrointestinal system were reported among 35 (28.5%) and 20 (16.3%) of the attendees respectively, 9 (7.7%) individuals presented with hypertension, 6 (5.5%) with diabetes mellitus.Conclusions: The study helped identify the common diseases in the selected area, improve the health, provide counselling and create awareness at the community level.   

Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Cancer Treatment in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
. Hemraj ◽  
Raj Kumar ◽  
Sourabh Kosey ◽  
Amit Sharma ◽  
Nalini Negi
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Informational Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Pharmacists ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Common ◽  
Chemotherapy Patients

To determine the most common physical side effects experienced by local chemotherapy patients. Their perceptions of these side effects and informational needs from clinical pharmacists were also evaluated. This was a single center, observational cross-sectional study conducted at department of General Surgery, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab. A face to face interview was conducted. Information collected included chemotherapy related side effects after last chemotherapy experience, the most worrisome side effects, overlooked by healthcare professionals and the preferred method, amount and source of receiving related information. In this study, hundred patients were enrolled out of them 48 were male and 52 were female. When differential calculations was done, common side effects or adverse effects of chemotherapy in the patients of breast, lung cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Colon cancer, Prostate cancer, Lymphoma Cancer, Cervix cancer where there is much irregular medicine intake 57.4% may be due to common problem of joint pain reported by all the patients under study, with the consecutive problem of nausea and vomiting. The high prevalence of chemotherapy related side effects among local patients is a major concern and findings of their perceptions and informational needs may serve as a valuable guide for clinical pharmacists and physicians to help in side effect management. This study shows the common problems reported by the patients when they are suffering from cancer condition, according to their incidence perceptions as experienced by the patient, this will allow the physician and clinical pharmacist to effectively counsel and manage the common symptoms as reported prior to its occurrence in the patient, so that withdrawal can be checked.

STUDY OF PEDIATRIC INJURIES: PATTERNS AND OUTCOME

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasir. B. Elshambaty
Keyword(s):  
School Level ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Injury Patterns ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Injured Child ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Pediatric Injuries ◽  
Pediatric Injury ◽  
The Common ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose this study aims to show the patterns and outcome of pediatric injury among those living in Albaha region in Saudi Arabia Methods this is a cross-sectional descriptive household-based study, included children between 0-17 years old both male and female. The data were collected with structured questionnaire between 20 Nov – 20 Dec 2018 and  analyzed with SPSS version 25 Results the total of participants was 257 injured child. 199(77.4%) are male and 58(22.6%) are female. About 44%of them were injured at pre-school level and 56% were traumatized at school age. The least incidence of injury occurred in those less than 2 yrs and higher incidence in those between 3-10 yrs old. The most common mechanism of injury was falling from height. The most affected group age by RTA accidents was 11-17 yrs old. Approximately 83% of the injured children required hospital management. Only one third of the injuries were  associated complications. The most common injured anatomic part was the upper limb and the least affected part was the spine. Only 5% of the injuries were associated with a disability and the common was loss of organ or part of it. Paralysis occurred in less than 1% and head injury resulted in disabilities more than 1%. Conclusion the vast majority of the injuries in our participants are not serious. The severe injuries were associated with RTA-related trauma. Most of injuries due to falling from height are not serious. We recommend not to allow the children to drive cars. Keywords: pediatric injuries; injury patterns; household.

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