This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out for one year in two district hospitals under Dhaka division among 71 service providers and 135 service receivers with the aim of assessing the status of health education services in district hospitals from both service receivers and service providers' perspective. Data was collected from the respondents through face-to-face interviews using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. The study revealed that health education was provided in the district hospitals mainly by nurses (78.9%), followed by physicians (14.1%) and health education officers (7.0%). Among them, 54.9% were trained in health education. They were providing health education on environmental and personal hygiene, food and nutrition, immunization, diarrhoea, breast feeding, antenatal care, postnatal care, tuberculosis and pneumonia through different methods. In spite of having limitations on health education support services, most of the service receivers were satisfied with the cooperation as well as the media or methods of health education used by the service providers during health education sessions. The findings of this study may be useful for the improvement of the health education service status in the district level hospitals. Update Dent. Coll. j: 2022; 12(2): 3-6

Background: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common mental disorder occurring among survivors of road traffic accidents (RTA). It could result in long-term adverse consequences if left untreated, mainly leading to social and functional impairments of RTA survivors, which finally results in a poor quality of life. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of PTSD among the RTA survivors and the associated factors of it. Materials & methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 202 admitted RTA patients in the inpatient department of a specialized hospital in Dhaka city for one year duration. Data were collected from these patients using a semi structured interview administered questionnaire where the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV DSM-IV(PCL-S) checklist used to assess PTSD. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software (Version 21) and p < 0.05 considered as significant.  Results: A total 202 RTA patients were included in the study and the prevalence of probable PTSD among RTA survivors was 41.1% according to DSM-IV(PCL-S) checklist. The mean age of RTA survivors found 37.6 (±13.2) years, majority 57.4% belongs to 18-30 years age group. The mean PTSD score found was 44.1(±8.2), 9.2% RTA survivors had previous history of known depressive symptoms. Among the socio-demographic attributes, age and occupation were significantly associated with the PTSD; other accident related factors like time since accident and type of accident were strongly associated with the PTSD. Conclusion: This study found a high prevalence of PTSD among RTA survivors with some associated significant sociodemographic and accident-related factors. The findings suggest a need for early screening for PTSD among the survivors of RTA. Update Dent. Coll. j: 2022; 12(2): 14-18

Aim : This study was conducted to explore the reasons and influential factors for seeking orthodontic treatment among the orthodontic patients. Methods : A total 126 patients were interviewed for the duration of four months with a semi structured questionnaire who attended at two private dental settings in Dhaka and Jeshore city. In depth interview was conducted with some patients with their guardian to explore the influential factors for seeking orthodontic treatment. Results : The study result showed out of 126 patients majority 82.5% were female, the mean age of the patient was 17.9(±5.9) years with range 7-36 years. Social harassment like teasing or bullying experiences was the influential factor for seeking orthodontic treatment mentioned by majority orthodontic treatment seeker. Other influential factors noted as desire to have better facial or aesthetic appearance, better career opportunity. Conclusion : Present study concluded that patients seek orthodontic treatment mainly due to psychosocial reason like to get rid of social harassment, also to improve their dental appearance and aesthetic.    Update Dent. Coll. j: 2023; 13(1): 14-16