scholarly journals Evaluation of Irrational use of Antibiotics among the Local Population of District Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sindh, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Durr-e-Shahwar Malik ◽  
Mirza Tasawar Baig ◽  
Ayaz Ali Unar ◽  
Faraz Qurban Rajper ◽  
Khalida Unar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Proper Action

The aim of study was to assess the irrational use of antibiotics among the local population of Shaheed Benazir Abad, Sindh, Pakistan. Rational or proper medication means patients consume proper medicines for said diagnostic disease and after its consumption, the symptoms disappear. For rational use, selection of medicines is very important along with its proper dosing and it is also necessary to check the adequate time for proper treatment. Cross-sectional study was conducted at various out-patient settings located in Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences, District Shaheed Benazir Abad for the period of 06 months. Total 374 study samples were collected by using simple random sampling technique. From the total study subjects, 209 were males and 165 females. 129 people had only primary qualification. 188 study subjects were married and 149 were unmarried, people use to take antibiotics due to less knowledge and trust on the medical prescriber and take as self diagnosis found among 48 and they didn’t have proper time to visit health care facility so the shortage of time was observed among 151 people. Ciprofloxacin and co-trimaxazole were frequently used by the participants due to different causes. Health Care professional should take proper action against the pharmacies and medical stores as they sale the drugs without any prescription and proper counseling session should be conducted, in order to educate the community regarding rational and irrational use of medicaments.

scholarly journals Bundle Prevention Form Filling Completeness of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) on Sectio Caesarea Patients in 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Adita Puspitasari Swastya Putri ◽  
Kurnia Dwi Artanti ◽  
Dwiono Mudjianto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Sectio Caesarea ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional

Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) is an infection acquired during a patient undergoing treatment proedur and medical measures in health care facilities within ≥ 48 hours or within ≤ 30 days and infection was observed after the patients leaving the health care facility. The one of Hais what often happens is Surgical Site Infection (SSI) so that SSI surveillance is needed for prevention and control of infection. Bundle prevention is an instrument used for data collection the incidence of SSI in Hospital X Surabaya. This study aims to look at the picture of existence, charging and completeness of bundle SSI prevention on patients sectio caesarea in Hospital X Surabaya. The study design used is cross sectional with a total sample of 47 patients were taken by simple random sampling on patients sectio caesarea in January-June 2016. The result showed that 64% of patient records status is not accompanied by SSI prevention bundle with charging and completeness of the data that is still below the predetermined standard that is equal to 80%. Although SSI surveillance is in conformity with the guidelines infection surveillance but there are still some shortcomings in terms of the accuracy of the data so that the information obtained is still not able to be reported as well.Keywords: surveillance, SSI, hospital

scholarly journals Prevalence of acute morbidities and their health seeking behaviour among under-five children of urban slums in a city in Karnataka

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2449
Author(s):  
Yamuna B. N. ◽  
Ratnaprabha G. K. ◽  
Prakash Kengnal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Under Five ◽  
The Past

Background: Morbidity and lack of health facility especially in the first five years of life would cause irreparable damage. Therefore it is important to assess the magnitude of morbidities, and their health seeking behaviour. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of acute morbidities and their associated factors among Under-five (U5) children residing in slums of Davanagere city, Karnataka, and to assess the health-seeking behaviour of their mothers/caregiversMethods: It was a cross sectional study done in the slums of Davanagere city during August-September 2016. Using 30 cluster sampling technique, the estimated sample size was 656. A total of 22 children were included in each cluster. Questionnaire consisting of demographic details, history of acute morbidities in the past two weeks and their treatment details was administered to the mother/caregiver. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel sheet and analyzed using SPSS Version 20.Results: Totally 656 mothers/caregivers of U5 children were contacted, majority of the children were in the age group of 13 to 60 months. Total of 348 (53%) children suffered from some acute morbidity in the past 2 weeks, of whom 282 (81%) children were taken to some health care facility, and majority preferred private practitioner (73.4%). Most common reason for poor health seeking behaviour was “following the medicines which were prescribed for previous illness”.Conclusions: More than half of the children suffered from some acute morbidity in the past 2 weeks and 81% of them were taken to health care facility. 

scholarly journals Bundle Prevention Form Filling Completeness of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) on Sectio Caesarea Patients in 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Adita Puspitasari Swastya Putri ◽  
Kurnia Dwi Artanti ◽  
Dwiono Mudjianto
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Surgical Site Infection ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Sectio Caesarea ◽  
Site Infection ◽  
Cross Sectional

Hospital Acquired Infections (Hais) is an infection acquired during a patient undergoing treatment proedur and medical measures in health care facilities within ≥ 48 hours or within ≤ 30 days and infection was observed after the patients leaving the health care facility. The one of Hais what often happens is Surgical Site Infection (SSI) so that SSI surveillance is needed for prevention and control of infection. Bundle prevention is an instrument used for data collection the incidence of SSI in Hospital X Surabaya. This study aims to look at the picture of existence, charging and completeness of bundle SSI prevention on patients sectio caesarea in Hospital X Surabaya. The study design used is cross sectional with a total sample of 47 patients were taken by simple random sampling on patients sectio caesarea in January-June 2016. The result showed that 64% of patient records status is not accompanied by SSI prevention bundle with charging and completeness of the data that is still below the predetermined standard that is equal to 80%. Although SSI surveillance is in conformity with the guidelines infection surveillance but there are still some shortcomings in terms of the accuracy of the data so that the information obtained is still not able to be reported as well. Keywords: Surveillance, SSI, Hospital

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study on awareness and practice of universal precautions among laboratory technicians of a tertiary health care facility

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 3931
Author(s):  
Sara Roohen ◽  
Kenche Bhavani ◽  
Jyothi Lakshmi Naga Vemuri ◽  
Shabnam Anjum
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Universal Precautions ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
The Mean

Background: Biological hazards and health safety issues are a special concern in laboratory technicians who handle blood, body fluids, and tissues which may contain infectious agents. Lack of knowledge of standard precautions has been noted to influence the practice and behaviour change in relation to these precautions requires knowledge. This study therefore aims to study the awareness and practice of universal precautions (U.P) in lab technicians.Methods: Cross sectional type of study was conducted in the tertiary health care facility (Osmania General Hospital) in Hyderabad district among laboratory technicians of various departments from 1-20/11/18. Random sampling was done and data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire.Statistical analyses were performed using Microsoft excel 07. Descriptive analysis was done and Chi-square tests were used for establishing association.Results: The mean age of the respondents was 32.37 years, all of them were graduates by education and the mean length of experience was 5.45 yrs. The mean score for knowledge was 14 (41.1%).In the domain of practice, the responses were quite satisfactory with majority of the responses being “always” for all the practices, wearing eye shields and face masks was only “sometimes” followed and majority of “not applicable” were for wearing glovesConclusions: Although standard and isolation precautions are introduced, the overall performance of respondents was unsatisfactory. 

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF IMMUNIZATION STATUS OF CHILDREN AGED 1-5 YEARS ATTENDING A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE FACILITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridevi A Naaraayan ◽  
S Sundari ◽  
C Subbulakshmi ◽  
S Geethalakshmi ◽  
R Geetha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Immunization Status

scholarly journals Prevalence of self-reported gynaecological problems in a community of district Srinagar Kashmir valley

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 3105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbooba Rasool ◽  
Taha Ayub ◽  
Sheema Samreen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Good Percentage

Background: Gynaecological disorders are quite frequent in the community but still mortality is an indicator of maternal health. Treatment seeking behaviour depends upon the individual perceptions and attitudes towards health care. Methods: A community based cross sectional study in which 419 eligible women in the age group of 15-45 were enrolled and interviewed for the study. A semi structured pretested questionnaire was used. The questionnaire included information about the socio demographic characteristics of the students. Data was analysed using percentages. Results: The prevalence came out to be 20.28% which was percentage of women reporting one or more gynaecological disorders. 52.94% did not seek anywhere care or visited any health care facility. Conclusions: The study found a good percentage of women who self-reported one or more gynaecological disorder, which prompts one to find out various factors associated with this problem. 

scholarly journals Health care needs of persons affected by leprosy in Kurnool division of Kurnool district

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 2474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Visweswara Rao Guthi ◽  
A. Sreedevi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Treatment Centre

Background: One of the challenges in NLEP-3 is need assessment as well as establishment of well-coordinated services with capacity building for prevention and care of disabilities due to leprosy at primary, secondary and tertiary levels in the country. There is very little data on the types of problems faced by people with leprosy-related disabilities (PLD) and the resulting needs. Aim of the study is to assess the health care needs of study subjects.Methodology: This is a community based cross–sectional study conducted in Kurnool district. There were 296 registered persons affected by leprosy between May 2012 to October 2013 out of which 276 registered persons affected by leprosy were available for the study. Information collected was place of registration for availing MDT, treatment status, mode of detection, health care provider consulted first etc.Results: 48.55% of all the registered cases reported voluntarily. (36/276) 13.05% of cases were detected during consultation for other general ailments and 8.69% were detected by health worker during routine field visit. Health worker provided MDT to the persons affected by leprosy at their houses in 14.49% of the cases, 85.51% of the persons obtained MDT from the treatment centre themselves.Conclusions: This study concluded that there was encouraging to note that public health system was the predominant health system for seeking health care. Most of the cases reported voluntarily to the health care facility. Majority was aware that leprosy causes deformities but did not know that deformities can be prevented.

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