The overall QoL of type-2 DM patients was poor and had lower score of health related quality of life.

Background: The feeling of hopelessness begins immediately after the diagnosis & continues through the treatment. Caring and treatment of a child with cancer brings an enormous physical, psychological, social & economical burden upon the family. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the level of hopelessness of the parents with a child suffering from cancer. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among 217 parents with childhood cancer among which 129 were mothers and 88 were fathers, recruited from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka from January 2018 to November 2018. The research participants were selected following the convenient method of sampling on the basis of defined selection criteria. The data were collected by face to face interview of the respondents respectively maintaining privacy and confidentiality using a questionnaire called Beck Hopelessness Scale. The research instruments were interviewer's questionnaire and hopeless measuring standard scales. Results: A total 19.4 %( n=42) had severe hopelessness and 4.6%(n=10) had minimal hopelessness status. That, mothers were more severely affected by hopelessness than fathers. Among the 19.4% of the parents with severe hopelessness 2 28.7%,(n =37) were mothers and only 5.7%,(n=5) were fathers. That parents who were less educated were more severely affected by hopelessness than higher educated parents. Conclusion: Efficiently designed investigations are important to assess and treat psychological distress of the parents with childhood cancer patient. KYAMC Journal Vol. 11, No.-4, January 2021, Page 184-188

Background: Oral mucosal lesion (OML) is defined as any abnormal alteration in color, surface aspect, swelling, or loss of integrity of the oral mucosal surface. Some oral mucosal lesions are benign and require no treatment but some may present with significant pathology. Several oral potential disorders frequently progress into malignancy Objective: The present study was carried out to assess the pattern of various oral cavity lesions of patients attending in a regional tertiary care hospital in northern area of Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Dentistry in collaboration with department of Pathology of Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College and Hospital, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh during the period of one year from December 2016 to December 2017. An elaborate schedule was prepared before undertaking the study. A total of 73 patients in the Dental OPD of the hospital presenting with oral lesion for more than 3 weeks were randomly selected. An incisional biopsy was taken from all patients and histological examinations were done. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS (V-20) and MS Excel. Results: Most common site of oral lesion is Buccal Mucosa (36.99%), then supraglotic region (26.03%), lower lip 6.85%, gingiva 5.48%, anterior palate and oral flor 4.11% each. Most of the lesion was Squamous cell carcinoma (58%), then lichen planus, leukoplakia, inflammatory lesion, pyogenic granuloma and verrucous carcinoma, each of them was around 5% of lesion. Conclusion: The epidemiological data on the prevalence of oral lesion is an important determinant in planning appropriate levels of services and further studies are required to provide accurate estimates of the treatment need in Bangladeshi population with oral lesion. Update Dent. Coll. j: 2021; 11(2): 4-9

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