scholarly journals The perceived impression of public on genetic engineering

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saba Islam ◽  
Saad Islam
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Engineering ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hereditary Diseases ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
The People ◽  
Survey Results

Genetic engineering (GE) - also known as genetic modification (GM), is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology. The field of genetic engineering deals with different kinds of alterations done on plants, animals and microorganisms and it has many applications in different sectors such as medicine, research, industry and agriculture. As GM plays an important role on food and agriculture, treatment of hereditary diseases, waste decomposition - all of which affects our lives, it concerns the geneticists and the general people alike.Objectives: The perceived impression of the mass population on Genetic engineering and analyzing how much it is accepted in today’s society.Methodology: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted from July to December 2013. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the concerned public around the world by using the site http://kwiksurveys.com/. [Link to this survey Results: Globally 67 people took the survey through web site and all of the participants were above 18 years of age and consisted of people who had little (53.73%) or no knowledge on GE (2.99%) and also people who were aware (31.34%) or had a deep knowledge (11.94%) of it. In this study 32.35% of people found the modification of genes Unethical but necessary and 30.88% of people found it Ethical and very useful. This showed that the majority of the people had accepted GE. When used for a good cause GE is morally acceptable to people (73.13%)Conclusion: This research has provided us a brief idea about the mental mental attitude or psychology of the respondents regarding the acceptance of GE in the society. This study showed that majority of the people belief GE will be beneficial some are still against it.Northern International Medical College Journal Vol.6(1) 2014: 32-35

scholarly journals Magnitude of Snake Bite and Drowing During Monsoon Flood in Two Districts of Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
AM Selim Reza ◽  
SM Nurul Islam ◽  
Anirudha Ghosh ◽  
Md Ridwanur Rahman ◽  
MA Faiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
District Hospital ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Snake Bite ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Flood Season ◽  
The People ◽  
Study Population

Background: Snake bite and drowning is very common during the season of monsoon flood.Objective: The purpose of the present study was to see the magnitude of snake bite and drowning during monsoon flood season in two districts of Bangladesh.Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted from May 2012 to October 2012 in the most commonly flood affected districts of Bangladesh which were Shirajgonj and Pabna. All the people living in these two districts were selected as study population. Data regarding snake bite and drowning were collected from existing health facilities at Upazila Health Complexes, district hospital, private hospitals, print media like local and national newspapers, Medical College Hospitals and police station.Result: A total number of 9 Upazila in Sirajgonj District and another 9 upazila in Pabna district were included in this study. In Sirajgonj district drowning reported were in 140 cases and snake bite was in 49 cases. Furthermore, among 49 cases of snake bite death was occurred in 7(14.3%) cases in Sirajgonj District. Interestingly Shahzadpur, Shirajgonj sadar and Ullapara were the most common reported Upazila for drowning cases which were 38(27.1%) cases, 21(15.0%) cases and 20(l4.3%) cases respectively. However, among these high prone drowning area, snake bite is reported less commonly and Kazipur was the highest reported area for snake bite which was 25(51.0%) cases. On the other hand, Pabna district drowning reported cases were in 58 and snake bite was in 62 cases. Furthermore, among 62 cases of snake bite death was occurred in 17(27.4%) cases. Sujanagar, Bera and Faridpur were the most common reported area for drowning which were 11, 10 and 9 cases respectively. However, Chatmohar was the most commonly reported by snake bite which was 20(32.3%) cases.Conclusion: Drowning is more commonly occurred in Sirajgonj district than Pabna. However, Pabna district is found a snake bite prone area.J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, 2015; 7(1):3-5

scholarly journals Assessment of risk scoring of non-communicable diseases among doctors in a medical college of Navi Mumbai: a cross sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 5283
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Ramaswamy ◽  
Sumedha M. Joshi ◽  
Deepa H. Velankar ◽  
Jayesh D. Gosavi
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Population Number ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People ◽  
Insufficient Physical Activity

Background: Doctors are supposed to lead healthier lifestyles and are usually assumed to have lower morbidity and mortality rates than general population due to their medical knowledge. However, recently a study conducted by the research cell of Indian Medical Association (IMA) concluded that doctors die younger and mostly due to cardiovascular diseases.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 100 doctors in a medical college for duration of 3 months. Questionnaires were distributed, they were personally interviewed and required clinical examination was done. Data obtained was tabulated in MS Excel and analyzed using SPSS software. Risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke and obesity was estimated and its association with various determinants was seen.Results: Odds of having central obesity increases 10 times with BMI ≥25 kg/m2 as compared to <25 kg/m2. With risk ratio of 1.96, doctors are twice at risk of having BMI ≥25 as compared to general population. Number of people with higher risk of CVD increased after 45 years of age. People with at least one NCD outnumbered the people without any NCD, in the age group of 45-54 years and above. Insufficient physical activity is prevalent among 37% in this age group.Conclusions: This study gives an idea on impact of medical profession on lifestyle, outlook and attitude towards personal health among professional doctors. Initiatives must be taken to identify the causes of professional stress among doctors and measures must be taken to prevent them.

scholarly journals Pattern of Homicidal Death among the Post-Mortem Cases in a Metropolitan City of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (Number 2) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Z Hossain ◽  
M Mannan ◽  
MMU Islam ◽  
HM Kabir ◽  
S Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
National Development ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Firearm Injury ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People

Homicide means killing one human being by another humafilt is a global problem and has significant consequence for both social and economic security of the people as well as national development This study warmed to describe patterns of the homicidal behavior in a major metropolitan area. Dhaka city and the relationships among socio-demographic characteristics. This was a cross-sectional study during the period of July 2017 to June 2018 in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College. A total number of 935 cases wereautopsied during the period,of which 319 cases were included in the study as homicidaldeath. All the inquest reports and the challan were read through along with post-mortem reports during the study period. The data were collected during the autopsy as well as from the registration books (Govt. records.) in the department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College.Out of 319 homicidal death, 227cases were above the age of 30 years (71.15 % of the total cases),233 cases were male (73.04 %) and 86 were female (26.95 %) whereas considering religion, the majority were Muslim 287 in number (89.20%) and the rest were other religion. According to the types of wound 198 cases were stab and eta-throat, 81 cases were strangulation, 32cases were firearm injury & the 08 cases were suffocated The majority of deceased resulting from stab and cut-throat injuries and those were above 30 years of age group. The most of homicidal death occurred among the young age group which is very alarming to the society and for the nation. So, we should be aware enough to prevent such cases.

scholarly journals Study of knowledge, attitude and practice of copper T as a method of contraception among antenatal women

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1851
Author(s):  
Richa Malhan ◽  
Jayati Nath ◽  
Anil K. Bhusan
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Family planning is defined by WHO as a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily, upon the basis of knowledge, attitudes and responsible decisions by individuals and couples, in order to promote the health and welfare of family groups and thus contribute effectively to the social development of a country. The main objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding family planning and the practice of contraceptives among the antenatal women.Methods: A hospital based, cross sectional study was conducted in obstetrics and gynaecology department of SGT medical college, hospital and research institute over a period of 6 months. Convenient sampling was used to identify and interview 500 pregnant women, using a semi structured questionnaire. Data was entered and analysed with SPSSv21.Results: In our study, 74.2% participants have the knowledge about Cu-T as a method of contraception and 39% participants considered it a safe and economical method of contraception, 16.2% participants used PPIUCD and 40.2% considered it as unsafe method. Uses of PPIUCD was significantly associated with increasing age, illiteracy and non-working participants. Around one third participants were having uncertain attitude towards use of PPIUCD.Conclusions: In our study we observed that uses of PPIUCD is still lower side and there is a need to be motivate the people for effective and appropriate use of contraceptives when required and arrest the trend towards unwanted pregnancy. 

scholarly journals Attitudes of medical workers in China toward artificial intelligence in ophthalmology: a comparative survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zheng ◽  
Mao-nian Wu ◽  
Shao-jun Zhu ◽  
Hong-xia Zhou ◽  
Xiu-lan Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Acceptance Level ◽  
The People ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Comparative Survey ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Background In the development of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology, the ophthalmic AI-related recognition issues are prominent, but there is a lack of research into people’s familiarity with and their attitudes toward ophthalmic AI. This survey aims to assess medical workers’ and other professional technicians’ familiarity with, attitudes toward, and concerns about AI in ophthalmology. Methods This is a cross-sectional study design study. An electronic questionnaire was designed through the app Questionnaire Star, and was sent to respondents through WeChat, China’s version of Facebook or WhatsApp. The participation was voluntary and anonymous. The questionnaire consisted of four parts, namely the respondents’ background, their basic understanding of AI, their attitudes toward AI, and their concerns about AI. A total of 562 respondents were counted, with 562 valid questionnaires returned. The results of the questionnaires are displayed in an Excel 2003 form. Results There were 291 medical workers and 271 other professional technicians completed the questionnaire. About 1/3 of the respondents understood AI and ophthalmic AI. The percentages of people who understood ophthalmic AI among medical workers and other professional technicians were about 42.6 % and 15.6 %, respectively. About 66.0 % of the respondents thought that AI in ophthalmology would partly replace doctors, about 59.07 % having a relatively high acceptance level of ophthalmic AI. Meanwhile, among those with AI in ophthalmology application experiences (30.6 %), above 70 % of respondents held a full acceptance attitude toward AI in ophthalmology. The respondents expressed medical ethics concerns about AI in ophthalmology. And among the respondents who understood AI in ophthalmology, almost all the people said that there was a need to increase the study of medical ethics issues in the ophthalmic AI field. Conclusions The survey results revealed that the medical workers had a higher understanding level of AI in ophthalmology than other professional technicians, making it necessary to popularize ophthalmic AI education among other professional technicians. Most of the respondents did not have any experience in ophthalmic AI but generally had a relatively high acceptance level of AI in ophthalmology, and there was a need to strengthen research into medical ethics issues.

scholarly journals Premenstrual syndrome and its association with emotional dysregulation: a comparison between medical and non medical students

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1913
Author(s):  
Suganthi Selvarajan ◽  
Hiba Ajmal
Keyword(s):  
Premenstrual Syndrome ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Emotional Dysregulation ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People ◽  
The Mean

Background: Premenstrual syndrome is a disorder of menstrual cycle that encompasses varied symptoms ranging from physical, emotional to psychological. Depression and anxiety were considered to be two of the most severely disabling, amongst the varied emotional symptoms, as found by Gotts et al. This study was to find if the stressful life of medicos further dampened their ability to regulate their emotions during PMS.Methods: This was a comparative cross sectional study was carried out between July and October 2018. Female students of first three years studying on Govt. Kilpauk Medical College and JBAS College, Teynamet, were recruited for the study after obtaining written informed consent.Results: The mean PMS score among medicos is 93.791 and the mean PMS score among non-medicos is 88.473. Since the mean score of both the groups is higher than the cut off for PMS as per the PMS Scale, there is occurrence of PMS in both the groups. Further comparing the PMS scores of case and control, the case group consisting of medicos had a higher prevalence compared to the non-medicos.Conclusions: Since there is significant prevalence of PMS among medicos, early diagnosis is crucial. The people with PMS can be given cognitive behavioural therapy. Advising women with PMS to take vitamin B6 can also help in managing this abnormal mood regulatory menstrual disease. Pyridoxine is known to provide great results in the treatment of PMS.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Refractive Errors and their Underlying Factors amongst students of Islam Medical College, Sialkot

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2695-2698
Author(s):  
Farwa Tahir ◽  
Ifra Tahir ◽  
Fatawal Tahir ◽  
Muhammad Tariq Bangash ◽  
Rozina Shahadat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Detailed Questionnaire

Aim: To determine prevalence of refractive errors & underlying factors amongst students of Islam Medical College, Sialkot. Study design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and duration: At Islam Medical College, Sialkot, from August to October 2019 Methods: Our study was descriptive cross sectional study, evaluated by the formulation of a detailed questionnaire, which was answered by all respondents. One hundred and fifty students doing MBBS were selected by simple random sampling. The data was analysed using IBM SPSS. Results: It was found out that refractive errors were present in 93 out of 150 (62%) medical students of Islam medical college. Prevalence of myopia (59.3%) was found to be the commonest type of refractive error (95.7% of those having refractive errors). On the same hand the possible underlying factors for causation of refractive errors were mainly found to be present in majority of the people having refractive errors. The greater number of the people responded about their feeling better after wearing spectacles. Conclusion: Arising from our this study; the significance of the prevalence of refractive errors especially myopia, the presence of possible underlying factors and the positive effect of wearing the spectacles, in the students of Islam Medical College Sialkot, has been highlighted. Keywords: Ametropes, Emmetropes, Medical students, prevalence, refractive errors, underlying factors,

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.

Rapid detection of Rotavirus antigen in stool sample of acute diarrheic children

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
Sushmita Roy ◽  
S.M. Shamsuzzaman ◽  
K.Z. Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Stool Sample ◽  
Rapid Detection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Age Group ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rotavirus Infection ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Stool Samples

Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of pediatric diarrhea globally. Accurate and rapid diagnosis of Rotavirus diarrhea should reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics and ultimately reduce drug resistance. Study was designed for rapid diagnosis of Rotavirus antigen in stool sample by ICT (Immunochromatographic test) as well as to observe the seasonal variation of rotavirus infection. This cross sectional study was carried out in the department of Microbiology, Dhaka Medical College from January 2011 to December 2011. Eighty stool samples were collected from Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Dhaka Medical College Hospital. All samples were tested for rotavirus antigen by ICT. Among 80 patients, 42 (52.5%) samples were positive for rotavirus antigen. Among these 42 positive samples, 30 (71.43%) were from 0-12 months of age group, 10 (23.81%) from 13 to 24 months of age group and rest 2 (4.76%) from 25 to 36 months of age group. Rotavirus Ag was detected in stool samples from January to April and another peak episode from October to December. Considering the importance of Rotavirus associated diarrhea, rapid detection of Rotavirus infection in human is substantially needed and should be routinely practiced.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjmm.v6i1.19354 Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2012; 06(01): 11-13

Suicidal Death Autopsy Analysis at Dhaka Medical College

1970 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Hossain ◽  
Z Rahman ◽  
S Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Autopsy Report ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
Suicidal Death

A cross sectional study was carried out at the department of Forensic Medicine in Dhaka Medical College during the period of January 2008 to December 2009. Data were collected from 3rd copy of the post mortem reports which were preserved in the department of Forensic Medicine with the verbal consent of the doctors who performed autopsy report. During this period total 5114 autopsies were conducted. Out of this 970 cases (19%) were suicidal in nature. It was noticed that all suicidal deaths occurred from 10 years to all age group respectively, but top amongst age group of suicidal deaths occurred in between 21 to 30 years of people. Suicidal deaths are more common in female than male. Suicidal deaths due to hanging is highest, next common causes of death due to organophosphorus compund poisoning. Suicidal deaths by hanging is more in female than male but in poisoning cases male are more lvictimised than female. Objectives of our study are to see the occurrence and methods of suicidal death. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v40i1.9957 BMJ 2011; 40(1): 18-21

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