Socio-demographic profile and pattern of illness among patients attending outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu

Mane, Vijaykumar; Markam, Jyoti; William, Roseline Fatima; Vidya, D C

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160436

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“…4,5 A similar study done by Mane et al in a tertiary care hospital of Tamil Nadu revealed musculo-skeletal disorers to be the commonest morbidity followed by gastrointestinal and skin disorders. 6 Although their study population were similar in baseline characteristics with ours but variation in morbidity profile might be because their study was hospital based which often fails to reveal the exact picture of morbidity pattern in the community.…”

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A study to assess common morbidity pattern of an urban population of Tripura

Datta¹,

Nag²,

Karmakar³

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: To plan for effective health measures, knowledge regarding morbidity profile of local area is very important. Preventive health strategies cannot be made without an idea about the disease burden and changing trend of diseases of the locality. Keeping this background in mind the present study was conducted. The objective of the study was to assess the common morbidity pattern of people living in an urban area of Tripura.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among people living in the filed practice area of Urban Health Training Centre, Dukli under Department of Community Medicine, Tripura Medical College & DR. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Hapania for a period of one year. Five hundred fourty participants were selected using simple random sampling technique and data was collected using a pre-designed pretested questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 software. Results: Majority (50.93%) of the study participants were females and belonged to 19-59 years age group (32.78%). The commonest type of morbidity was found to be acute respiratory infections (31.10%), followed by musculo-skeletal disorders (17.78%), with non-communicable diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity etc. catering 13.70% of all morbidities. Majority of the participants were having single morbidity (55.74%) than those having comorbidities. Conclusions: There is dual burden of communicable as well a non-communicable diseases in our study population. Future studies for risk factors assessment are required to plan for effective preventive strategies locally.

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A study to assess common morbidity pattern of an urban population of Tripura

Datta¹,

Nag²,

Karmakar³

et al. 2017

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“…Similarly finding were observed in a study in Ghaziabad, Tamil Nadu. 10 The study shows that more than half (55%) were female, 95% were Muslim and 63% were married and 54.67% lived in semi paccha house. A study, conducted by Gupta et al held in rural area of India showed slightly dissimilarity where 51% were male, and the study focus on disease pattern rather socio demographic profile of the respondent.…”

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Socio-demographic Profile and Morbidity Pattern among Population in selected Upazila Health Complex, Dhaka

Begum

Afrin

Sharmin

et al. 2021

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This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to reveal the morbidity pattern in the Medicine Outpatient Department of in Upazila Health Complex, Keranigonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from 1st December to 15th December 2019 with a sample size of 150 using interviewer administered semi -structured questionnaire employing purposive sampling technique. The study shows that about one third (32%) of the respondents belonged to the age group 16 to 30 years and only 3% were from age group 75 years and above, 55% of them were female, 95% were Muslim and 63% were married; 54.67% lived in semi paccha house and about 84% were literate. Regarding occupation, one third of the respondents were businessmen (33%) followed by services (26%); 76% of the respondents had monthly income more than 10,000 BDT. The study revealed that 97.33% of the respondents were suffering from illness due to diseases and among them 90% have investigation reports. It was found that loose motion (21%), fever (20%), abdominal pain (19.33%), cough (9%) and chest pain (7%) were the predominant complaints. Study showed gastroenteritis (20%), respiratory tract infections (16%), bronchial asthma (12%), and skin diseases (2%) were the illness diagnosed. Most (96.66%) of the respondents were satisfied with the service provided. The study findings highlights that most of the diseases are the preventable and chronic diseases and the service providers should prepare themselves understanding the needs and gaps to serve the community in appropriate manner.

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“…4 Where as in Mane et al study respiratory followed by gastrointestinal, non communicable diseases around 4 to 8% were reported. 6 Sehgal study in Ghaziabad reported maximum of eye diseases, followed by respiratory diseases (10.06%), gastrointestinal diseases (6.20%), bone and joint diseases (5.86%) and CVS diseases (5.20%). 7 Gupta et al in Puducherry found musculoskeletal pain as most common NCD followed by hypertension.…”

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“…5,10 Among the study subjects, majority had studied intermediate and higher degrees with male literacy rate more than the women and is similar to the study by Mane et al and Raj Kumar et al study in Nepal. 6,11 With regard to morbidity pattern of the patients who presented, majority had musculoskeletal disorder with 35 (28.5%), followed by gastrointestinal disorders 20 (16.2%) respiratory diseases around 18 (15%), skin 12 (10%), least reported cases were cardiovascular with 4 (3%). Similar pattern was observed by Rayamajhi in Nepal, Venkatashivareddy study in Uttarakhand, and Rouf et al in north India where they noticed hypertension was 7%.…”

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“…We found majority of the patients in the productive age group between 16-30 years and is consistent with studies in Tamilnadu, Ghaziabad and in Nepal respectively. [6][7][8] Where as in Sanjay Kini study, above 60 years comprised the highest and Niranjan study in Karnataka found majority (50.6%) were in the age group of 15-45 years, followed by 45-60 years (16%) and 13% were above 60 years of age. 9 In the present study geriatric patients constituted around 9 (7.4%) which is comparably lesser to study by Gopalakrishnan et al and Mane et al 4,6 In the current study, it was found that more than half of the patients were males 68 (55.28%) and females were 55 (44.71%).…”

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Morbidity profile of the patients attending the health camp in Ramanagar district, Karnataka

Patil

Seeri

Swamy

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Free health camp is an important means to cater health services to the needy people in an underdeveloped county like India with difficult geographical terrain. The objective of this study was to assess the morbidities of patients attending the free health camp in Ramanagara District, Karnataka.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at free health camp in Jogaradoddi, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, by the staff and interns of department of community medicine of a medical college. All the individuals who attended the camp were included in the study. Patients who attended the health checkup camp were assessed for morbidity. Data collected by semi structured questionnaire was entered into Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS version-17.0.Results: A total of 123 patients visited the health camp, among them 68(55.28%) of them were males and 55 (44.71%) were females. 41 (33.8%) were in the age group of 21-30 years. Majority were skilled workers with 30(26.1%), 18 (15.7%) were unemployed and only 1 (0.9%) were professionals .About 47 (46.1%) had normal body mass index, 26 (25.5%) were overweight, 10 (9.8%) were obese and 19 (18.6%) were underweight. It was observed that diseases with musculoskeletal system and gastrointestinal system were reported among 35 (28.5%) and 20 (16.3%) of the attendees respectively, 9 (7.7%) individuals presented with hypertension, 6 (5.5%) with diabetes mellitus.Conclusions: The study helped identify the common diseases in the selected area, improve the health, provide counselling and create awareness at the community level.

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Socio-demographic profile and pattern of illness among patients attending outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu

Cited by 6 publications

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A study to assess common morbidity pattern of an urban population of Tripura

A study to assess common morbidity pattern of an urban population of Tripura

Socio-demographic Profile and Morbidity Pattern among Population in selected Upazila Health Complex, Dhaka

Morbidity profile of the patients attending the health camp in Ramanagar district, Karnataka

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