Visual impairment and blindness among elderly in rural area of North Karnataka - A cross-sectional study

Injury is a serious public health threat as it is one of the leading cause of death globally. This study aims to assess the prevalence of injury, pattern of injury and its associated factors among people residing in a rural area of Aurabani VDC of Eastern Nepal. A population based cross sectional study was carried out among 552 people residing in selected wards with door to door visit. The prevalence of minor injury was 3.1% and major was 0.4% per year in the study.Most common mode of injury was fall and most common type was incised wound. Injuries mostly occurred in extremities, in morning time, autumn season and in roads while most of the injuries were accidental in nature.

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Depression among tuberculosis patients attending a DOTS centre in a rural area of Delhi: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.4103/ijph.ijph_109_18 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Surabhi Sethi ◽

UmangP Salodia ◽

Anita Khokhar

Keyword(s):

Rural Area ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tuberculosis Patients

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Maternal Knowledge on Routine Childhood Immunization: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study in Rural Area of Mon State, Myanmar

Asian Journal of Research in Infectious Diseases ◽

10.9734/ajrid/2020/v3i230121 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

Aung Zaw Htike ◽

San San Myint Aung ◽

Win Myint Oo

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Rural Area ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Maternal Knowledge ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Childhood Immunization ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Routine Childhood

Aims: To determine the knowledge on routine childhood immunization and the factors associated with it among mothers in rural area of Mon State, Myanmar during 2017. Study Design: A community based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Rural area of Mon State, Myanmar, between June and August 2017. Methodology: We included 302 mothers who had 18 to 23 months old children using multistage random sampling. Face-to-face interview was applied in data collection. Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were utilized in data analysis. Results: More than three fourths of mothers (76.2%) had good knowledge level on routine childhood immunization. There was a significant association between maternal knowledge and immunization status of their children (p<0.001). Logistic regression showed that the husband’s occupation was significantly associated with maternal knowledge (p=0.02). Conclusion: Majority of mothers have good knowledge on routine childhood immunization. However, health education campaign should be intensified to improve their knowledge level, especially among mothers whose husbands are blue-collar workers.

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Prevalence of anaemia and visual impairment among primary school children of South Gujarat region of India: a cross sectional study

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20195173 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Bharatkumar Balkrishna Pandya ◽

Upendrakumar Rameshbhai Chaudhari ◽

Avirat A. Bhatt ◽

Nilesh Thakor

Keyword(s):

Visual Impairment ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary School Children ◽

School Age Children ◽

Major Public Health Problem ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nutritional Anemia ◽

Prevalence Of Anemia

Background: Nutritional Anemia and visual impairment among school age children are recognized as major public health problem in India. Authors objective was to study prevalence of anemia and visual impairment among school going adolescents of Vadodara and Surat city of Gujarat, India.Methods: This cross sectional study was carried during period from April 2015 to March 2016. Total 8 schools were selected from Vadodara and Surat city by purposive sampling. After taking the permission of principals of schools and informed written consent of the parents of children, 859 children from these schools were examined for anaemia and visual impairment. The data was collected by predesign, pretested proforma and analysed using SPSS version 17 (Trial version).Results: Out of total 859 children 421(49.1%) were female. Mean age of the study children was 8.95±1.52 years. The prevalence of anemia in children in present study was 61.6 % (529 children). The prevalence of anemia in female (274, 65.1%) was higher than males (255, 58.2%). Moderate visual impairment and blindness was 5.9% in girls and 8.2% in boys respectively. Severe visual impairment and blindness was 2.1% in girls and 2.7% in boys respectively and the gender difference was not statistically significant. Though 61(7.1%) children had moderate to severe visual impairment to blindness only 21 (2.4%) children were wearing spectacles.Conclusions: High prevalence of anaemia and visual impairment among these children needs great attention and health education.

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