Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_318_2021
Riya Halder, B. Paul, L. Bandyopadhyay, M. Bhattacharya, Ranjan Das, Ankush Banerjee
Introduction: Awareness regarding Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) among antenatal women is necessary for early diagnosis and management of the disease for ensuring a safe motherhood and a healthy child. Objective: This study envisaged to assess the awareness regarding GDM and its determinants among antenatal women attending healthcare facilities in a rural area of West Bengaland to explore the perspectives of health workers with regard to gaps in proper awareness generation activities among antenatal women. Method: This mixed-method study was conducted from April 2021 to July 2021 at 4 health facilities in Singur, West Bengal. Quantitative data were collected from 195 antenatal women using a pretested questionnaire which were analysed using SPSS software. Qualitative data were collected via in-depth interviews among 6 health workers working in the health facilities and were analysed thematically. Results: Overall, 75.4% of participants were not aware of GDM. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that secondary education and below (AOR=3.48, 95% CI=1.63-7.42), no history of GDM among family & relatives (AOR=7.24,95% CI=2.12-24.66), lesser number of antenatal visits (AOR=3.48, 95% CI=1.63-7.42) and non-receipt of counselling regarding GDM during antenatal visits (AOR= 3.09, 95% CI =1.45–6.58) had a significant association with poor awareness. From health workers’ perspectives, lack of reorientation training, shortage of supplies for testing, and overburdening with other responsibilities were the major gaps identified in proper awareness generation activities. Conclusion: Present study revealed majority of study participants possessed poor knowledge regarding GDM. Reorientation training of health workers, organizing awareness campaigns at the community level, and relevant counselling regarding GDM during each antenatal visit should be given utmost priority for improving knowledge about the disease.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_347_2022
J. Kosambiya
Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) have always been a threat to the health care system regardless of level (country, state or district). [1,2] The year 2020 will always be remembered for one of the biggest pandemics in the history of mankind. Gujarat, like other states of India, was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, we were forecasting the course of COVID-19 wave in Surat city and Surat District using modeling techniques. It was during this activity that we became acutely aware that there was an unmet need of big data collection and analysis, especially at State level.
{"title":"Establishment of State Epidemic Intelligence Unit: From Thought to Action","authors":"J. Kosambiya","doi":"10.51957/healthline_347_2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_347_2022","url":null,"abstract":"Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) have always been a threat to the health care system regardless of level (country, state or district). [1,2] The year 2020 will always be remembered for one of the biggest pandemics in the history of mankind. Gujarat, like other states of India, was challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, we were forecasting the course of COVID-19 wave in Surat city and Surat District using modeling techniques. It was during this activity that we became acutely aware that there was an unmet need of big data collection and analysis, especially at State level.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49037126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Introduction: Warranting access to modern family planning methods constitutes a basic human right and globally around 270 million women of reproductive age group have an unmet need for contraception. The study objective was to estimate the knowledge, misconceptions and practices related to family planning methods among women of reproductive age group attending primary health centre. Method: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted in four health centers from January to February 2019 among women of reproductive age group (15-49 years). Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practices pertaining to family planning methods were collected using a pre-tested interview schedule. Descriptive and analytical statistical analyses like mean, proportions, Chi-square and Multivariable logistic regression were conducted. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study 348 women were enrolled, of which 39.4% had adequate knowledge regarding family planning methods. Most participants had a healthy attitude towards the use of family planning methods and considered them beneficial whereas 59% stated their religious faith and cultural beliefs restricted the use of contraceptives. Unmet need of contraceptives was 60.2% while 39.8% used any one of the modern contraceptive methods. Lower age (AOR-1.26), Primi-parous (AOR-2.76) and women having a lower monthly income (AOR-2.51) were more likely to have an unmet need of contraception. Conclusion: Despite easy accessibility and low cost of the contraceptives, their use was limited. The high proportion of unmet needs mandates the scaling up of activities to increase the awareness regarding modern contraceptives. Additionally, behavioral change communication strategies are in great need for implementation to counter the negative attitudes pertaining to family planning practices.
{"title":"Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Family Planning Methods among Women of Reproductive Age Group attending Primary Health Centres in North-East India","authors":"Chelsia Chelladurai, Avinash Keisam, Jangkholun Touthang","doi":"10.51957/healthline_300_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_300_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Warranting access to modern family planning methods constitutes a basic human right and globally around 270 million women of reproductive age group have an unmet need for contraception. The study objective was to estimate the knowledge, misconceptions and practices related to family planning methods among women of reproductive age group attending primary health centre. Method: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted in four health centers from January to February 2019 among women of reproductive age group (15-49 years). Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practices pertaining to family planning methods were collected using a pre-tested interview schedule. Descriptive and analytical statistical analyses like mean, proportions, Chi-square and Multivariable logistic regression were conducted. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study 348 women were enrolled, of which 39.4% had adequate knowledge regarding family planning methods. Most participants had a healthy attitude towards the use of family planning methods and considered them beneficial whereas 59% stated their religious faith and cultural beliefs restricted the use of contraceptives. Unmet need of contraceptives was 60.2% while 39.8% used any one of the modern contraceptive methods. Lower age (AOR-1.26), Primi-parous (AOR-2.76) and women having a lower monthly income (AOR-2.51) were more likely to have an unmet need of contraception. Conclusion: Despite easy accessibility and low cost of the contraceptives, their use was limited. The high proportion of unmet needs mandates the scaling up of activities to increase the awareness regarding modern contraceptives. Additionally, behavioral change communication strategies are in great need for implementation to counter the negative attitudes pertaining to family planning practices.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43720170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_312_2021
A. Joshi, D. D. Bant
Introduction: Psychological Stress and other mental health problems are highly neglected in Indian farming Community. Changing climatic, weather and environmental conditions affected the growth of crops and yield. This has resulted in various stressful conditions faced by the farmers. The psychological stress leads to tensions in the family relationship, variations in their daily life, and poor operational decisions while farming and even may lead to farm accidents, suicides among them. Objectives: To study the Stress levels perceived by the farmers and the factors determining the stress among them and to study the suicidal ideation among farmers in the previous 6 months. Method: A Community based Cross sectional study was carried out in the villages of Kalghatagi taluk, among 324 marginal & small scale farmers of age group 18-60 years, using pretested semi-structured questionnaire comprising of socio-demographic details, occupational characteristics, perceived stress and the reasons for stress. The 4 item Perceived Stress Scale was used for the assessment of Stress levels. Higher Score indicates high levels of Stress. Results: Among 324 farmers, 69.8% of the farmers were males, majority of them belonged to 50-60 years, and most of them were small scale farmers. The mean perceived score was 6.29+4.38 SD. Majority of the farmers reported crop failure (35%) and debt (37%) as the reasons for stress. The major determinants of stress among farmers were crop failure, debt and family problems. Among 324 farmers 25.3% reported suicidal ideation in the previous 6 months. The Mean stress scores were high among those with suicidal ideation (12.69±1.12 SD). Conclusion: The study shows that stress levels were high among farmers and are related to the failure of crops, inability to pay the debts and other factors. The Mental health problems of the farmers should be addressed at early stages to reduce the burden of farmers’ suicides. Primary mental health care should be made available to the rural population.
{"title":"Perceived Stress and Suicidal Ideation among the Farmers: A Cross Sectional Study from the Rural Field Practice Area of a Medical College in Karnataka","authors":"A. Joshi, D. D. Bant","doi":"10.51957/healthline_312_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_312_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Psychological Stress and other mental health problems are highly neglected in Indian farming Community. Changing climatic, weather and environmental conditions affected the growth of crops and yield. This has resulted in various stressful conditions faced by the farmers. The psychological stress leads to tensions in the family relationship, variations in their daily life, and poor operational decisions while farming and even may lead to farm accidents, suicides among them. Objectives: To study the Stress levels perceived by the farmers and the factors determining the stress among them and to study the suicidal ideation among farmers in the previous 6 months. Method: A Community based Cross sectional study was carried out in the villages of Kalghatagi taluk, among 324 marginal & small scale farmers of age group 18-60 years, using pretested semi-structured questionnaire comprising of socio-demographic details, occupational characteristics, perceived stress and the reasons for stress. The 4 item Perceived Stress Scale was used for the assessment of Stress levels. Higher Score indicates high levels of Stress. Results: Among 324 farmers, 69.8% of the farmers were males, majority of them belonged to 50-60 years, and most of them were small scale farmers. The mean perceived score was 6.29+4.38 SD. Majority of the farmers reported crop failure (35%) and debt (37%) as the reasons for stress. The major determinants of stress among farmers were crop failure, debt and family problems. Among 324 farmers 25.3% reported suicidal ideation in the previous 6 months. The Mean stress scores were high among those with suicidal ideation (12.69±1.12 SD). Conclusion: The study shows that stress levels were high among farmers and are related to the failure of crops, inability to pay the debts and other factors. The Mental health problems of the farmers should be addressed at early stages to reduce the burden of farmers’ suicides. Primary mental health care should be made available to the rural population.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47442131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_280_2021
Prajna Sharma, I. N. Butt, Akhin Jayachandran, S. More, Preeval Shreya Crasta, K. Kiran
Introduction: Hypertension and Diabetes are two of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases and multifactorial disorders affecting both developed and developing countries. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted for a period of 3 months among patient attendees above the age of 30 years in a tertiary care hospital of Mangalore, between July - September 2018. Data was collected from 150 patient attendees by personal interviews followed by anthropometry, blood pressure measurement and random blood sugar and entered into Microsoft excel. Analysis was done using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software version 21. Results: It was seen that 72(48%) were Normotensive, 44 (29.3%) were Pre-hypertensive and 34 (22.7%) were Hypertensive while 65(43.3%) had a random blood sugar of > 140 mg/dl. There was an association between hypertension and age, gender, type of family, occupation, religion, alcohol intake, smoking habits and physical activity which was statistically significant (p< 0.05). While age more than 45 years, illiteracy, belonging to Christian faith, having a family history of diabetes mellitus and being obese/ overweight were associated with a random blood sugar of >140 mg/dl which was statistically significant (p< 0.05). It was also seen that 23(67.6%) of hypertensive attendees and 18(40.9%) of pre-hypertensive attendees also had diabetes as a comorbidity. Conclusion: Opportunistic screening of individuals for hypertension and diabetes will help in early detection of these diseases. This will help in early prevention and timely treatment.
{"title":"Use of Opportunistic Screening for Hypertension and Diabetes among the Patients Attendees in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Mangalore","authors":"Prajna Sharma, I. N. Butt, Akhin Jayachandran, S. More, Preeval Shreya Crasta, K. Kiran","doi":"10.51957/healthline_280_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_280_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Hypertension and Diabetes are two of the most common chronic non-communicable diseases and multifactorial disorders affecting both developed and developing countries. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted for a period of 3 months among patient attendees above the age of 30 years in a tertiary care hospital of Mangalore, between July - September 2018. Data was collected from 150 patient attendees by personal interviews followed by anthropometry, blood pressure measurement and random blood sugar and entered into Microsoft excel. Analysis was done using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software version 21. Results: It was seen that 72(48%) were Normotensive, 44 (29.3%) were Pre-hypertensive and 34 (22.7%) were Hypertensive while 65(43.3%) had a random blood sugar of > 140 mg/dl. There was an association between hypertension and age, gender, type of family, occupation, religion, alcohol intake, smoking habits and physical activity which was statistically significant (p< 0.05). While age more than 45 years, illiteracy, belonging to Christian faith, having a family history of diabetes mellitus and being obese/ overweight were associated with a random blood sugar of >140 mg/dl which was statistically significant (p< 0.05). It was also seen that 23(67.6%) of hypertensive attendees and 18(40.9%) of pre-hypertensive attendees also had diabetes as a comorbidity. Conclusion: Opportunistic screening of individuals for hypertension and diabetes will help in early detection of these diseases. This will help in early prevention and timely treatment.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46888813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_304_2021
H. Yadav, S. Sen, Preeti Gupta, Renu Agrawal, Niranjan Singh
Introduction: In children uncorrected refractive errors have a profound effect on educational and psychosocial development hence it is necessary to estimate the prevalence both at the community and at the school level to aid planning and implementation of refractive error services in children. Objective: To determine the refractive status of 5 to 15 years old children attending government schools of rural areas of district Agra, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Method: Study conducted on 902 students of age group 5-15 years of randomly selected government schools of Bichpuri Block of district Agra. Children underwent visual acuity assessment and torch light examination, height and weight measurement. Children with VA ≤6/9 were further examined and cycloplegic retinoscopy, fundus examination, slit lamp examination and post mydriatic refraction was done. On the basis of values of cycloplegic refraction and post mydriatic refraction, refractive error was classified as myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism. Statistical Analysis was done by applying Chi square test. Result: Out of 902 children, 125 children (13.86 %) were having refractive error of which 76 were myopic (8.43%), 39 were astigmatic (4.32%) and 10 were hypermetropic (1.11%). There was an increase in the overall prevalence of refractive error with advancing age. There was no significant association of refractive error with gender and nutritional status. Conclusion: Vision screening of school children is very useful for early detection and correction of refractive errors. Screening of the refractive errors in school should be carried out periodically and regularly.
{"title":"Assessment of Refractive Status of 5-15 Years Old Children Attending Government Schools of Rural Agra","authors":"H. Yadav, S. Sen, Preeti Gupta, Renu Agrawal, Niranjan Singh","doi":"10.51957/healthline_304_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_304_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: In children uncorrected refractive errors have a profound effect on educational and psychosocial development hence it is necessary to estimate the prevalence both at the community and at the school level to aid planning and implementation of refractive error services in children. Objective: To determine the refractive status of 5 to 15 years old children attending government schools of rural areas of district Agra, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Method: Study conducted on 902 students of age group 5-15 years of randomly selected government schools of Bichpuri Block of district Agra. Children underwent visual acuity assessment and torch light examination, height and weight measurement. Children with VA ≤6/9 were further examined and cycloplegic retinoscopy, fundus examination, slit lamp examination and post mydriatic refraction was done. On the basis of values of cycloplegic refraction and post mydriatic refraction, refractive error was classified as myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism. Statistical Analysis was done by applying Chi square test. Result: Out of 902 children, 125 children (13.86 %) were having refractive error of which 76 were myopic (8.43%), 39 were astigmatic (4.32%) and 10 were hypermetropic (1.11%). There was an increase in the overall prevalence of refractive error with advancing age. There was no significant association of refractive error with gender and nutritional status. Conclusion: Vision screening of school children is very useful for early detection and correction of refractive errors. Screening of the refractive errors in school should be carried out periodically and regularly.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47934402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_310_2021
Dhara Jani, Rashmi Sharma
Introduction: Client satisfaction surveys are central to quality improvement at health facility. It helps in identifying areas of low satisfaction and steps to maximize patient satisfaction. Objectives: To assess client satisfaction towards services at Out Patient Department (OPD) of at an U-PHC under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), identify areas of low satisfaction and suggest feasible remedial measures for improvement. Method: Out of 74 U PHCs under AMC, 1 was selected through simple random sampling. Quality of care was evaluated through client’s feedback which was gathered through 10 check points (on structure, process and outcome) developed by state level quality team. Responses of 300 adult (> 18 years) subjects and their mean ± standard deviation scores were calculated. These subjects were selected consecutively @ 25 cases (new cases who came first and were willing) on every 2nd and 4th Mondays for 6 months (Sep 2019 – Feb 2020). Results: While availability of drugs was perceived as very satisfying that of investigations was relatively an area of concern. Overall, only 1 client rated the services as average while all rest (99.6%) rated services as very good to excellent. Conclusion: Quality of services at this U PHC was good to excellent and had wider acceptability among its client.
{"title":"Clients' Perspective for Quality of Services at One of the Urban Primary Health Centres (U-PHC) at Municipal Corporation Area in One of the cities of Western India","authors":"Dhara Jani, Rashmi Sharma","doi":"10.51957/healthline_310_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_310_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Client satisfaction surveys are central to quality improvement at health facility. It helps in identifying areas of low satisfaction and steps to maximize patient satisfaction. Objectives: To assess client satisfaction towards services at Out Patient Department (OPD) of at an U-PHC under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), identify areas of low satisfaction and suggest feasible remedial measures for improvement. Method: Out of 74 U PHCs under AMC, 1 was selected through simple random sampling. Quality of care was evaluated through client’s feedback which was gathered through 10 check points (on structure, process and outcome) developed by state level quality team. Responses of 300 adult (> 18 years) subjects and their mean ± standard deviation scores were calculated. These subjects were selected consecutively @ 25 cases (new cases who came first and were willing) on every 2nd and 4th Mondays for 6 months (Sep 2019 – Feb 2020). Results: While availability of drugs was perceived as very satisfying that of investigations was relatively an area of concern. Overall, only 1 client rated the services as average while all rest (99.6%) rated services as very good to excellent. Conclusion: Quality of services at this U PHC was good to excellent and had wider acceptability among its client.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43157310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_258_2021
Darshana Zala, S. Misra
Introduction: The elderly population is growing much faster. Ageing is a global phenomenon and it is expected that by 2050 every country in the world will have substantial increase in population aged 60 years and above. Malnutrition is common among older people over 60 years of age. They are likely to experience morbidity, premature mortality, poor quality of life and reduced functional ability than normally nourished persons. Malnutrition increases health care costs, reduces productivity, and slows economic growth, which can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and ill-health. Hence combating malnutrition in all its forms is one of the greatest global health challenges. Objective: 1) To assess the nutritional status among elderly population in Hyderabad. 2) To assess the risk factors which are associated with malnutrition among elderly population. Method: A Cross sectional study was conducted in July - September 2021 among elderly persons aged 60 years and above residing in urban slums of Hyderabad. Considering the estimated prevalence of malnutrition among elderly population to be 14.5%, the sample size was calculated as 198 and was rounded off to 200. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analysed using Epi Info version 7.2.2.6. A predesigned, pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Malnutrition was assessed using Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Results: Among 200 participants, 52.5% were females. The mean age of the study population was 68.3 years. Among them 18% of the study participants were malnourished, 27% were at risk of malnutrition and 55% had normal nutritional status. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of elderly people at high risk for malnutrition may improve their nutritional status and prognosis.
{"title":"Addiction to Online Video Games among First Year Medical Students of a College located in Western India","authors":"Darshana Zala, S. Misra","doi":"10.51957/healthline_258_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_258_2021","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The elderly population is growing much faster. Ageing is a global phenomenon and it is expected that by 2050 every country in the world will have substantial increase in population aged 60 years and above. Malnutrition is common among older people over 60 years of age. They are likely to experience morbidity, premature mortality, poor quality of life and reduced functional ability than normally nourished persons. Malnutrition increases health care costs, reduces productivity, and slows economic growth, which can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and ill-health. Hence combating malnutrition in all its forms is one of the greatest global health challenges. Objective: 1) To assess the nutritional status among elderly population in Hyderabad. 2) To assess the risk factors which are associated with malnutrition among elderly population. Method: A Cross sectional study was conducted in July - September 2021 among elderly persons aged 60 years and above residing in urban slums of Hyderabad. Considering the estimated prevalence of malnutrition among elderly population to be 14.5%, the sample size was calculated as 198 and was rounded off to 200. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analysed using Epi Info version 7.2.2.6. A predesigned, pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Malnutrition was assessed using Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Results: Among 200 participants, 52.5% were females. The mean age of the study population was 68.3 years. Among them 18% of the study participants were malnourished, 27% were at risk of malnutrition and 55% had normal nutritional status. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of elderly people at high risk for malnutrition may improve their nutritional status and prognosis.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49461049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_313_2021
S. Misra
What problem was addressed? A curriculum defines the learning that is expected to take place during a course or programme of study in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes. The written and published curriculum is the official or formal curriculum. Curriculum or course needs to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that it is working as planned and also to identify areas or improvement. This study was conducted with the objectives to: identify the need for a common Post-Graduate Curriculum; enlist the must know, nice to know and desired to know areas and; enlist the areas for teaching and assessment in Community Medicine in Medical Colleges of a state in India.
{"title":"Needs Assessment Study for a Common Post-Graduate Curriculum in Community Medicine","authors":"S. Misra","doi":"10.51957/healthline_313_2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51957/healthline_313_2021","url":null,"abstract":"What problem was addressed? A curriculum defines the learning that is expected to take place during a course or programme of study in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes. The written and published curriculum is the official or formal curriculum. Curriculum or course needs to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that it is working as planned and also to identify areas or improvement. This study was conducted with the objectives to: identify the need for a common Post-Graduate Curriculum; enlist the must know, nice to know and desired to know areas and; enlist the areas for teaching and assessment in Community Medicine in Medical Colleges of a state in India.","PeriodicalId":33836,"journal":{"name":"Healthline","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41620820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-31DOI: 10.51957/healthline_296_2021
A. Durga, B. Kiranmai, Adarsh Kumar
Introduction: The elderly population is growing much faster. Ageing is a global phenomenon and it is expected that by 2050 every country in the world will have substantial increase in population aged 60 years and above. Malnutrition is common among older people over 60 years of age. They are likely to experience morbidity, premature mortality, poor quality of life and reduced functional ability than normally nourished persons. Malnutrition increases health care costs, reduces productivity, and slows economic growth, which can perpetuate a cycle of poverty and ill-health. Hence combating malnutrition in all its forms is one of the greatest global health challenges. Objective: 1) To assess the nutritional status among elderly population in Hyderabad. 2) To assess the risk factors which are associated with malnutrition among elderly population. Method: A Cross sectional study was conducted in July - September 2021 among elderly persons aged 60 years and above residing in urban slums of Hyderabad. Considering the estimated prevalence of malnutrition among elderly population to be 14.5%, the sample size was calculated as 198 and was rounded off to 200. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analysed using Epi Info version 7.2.2.6. A predesigned, pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Malnutrition was assessed using Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Results: Among 200 participants, 52.5% were females. The mean age of the study population was 68.3 years. Among them 18% of the study participants were malnourished, 27% were at risk of malnutrition and 55% had normal nutritional status. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of elderly people at high risk for malnutrition may improve their nutritional status and prognosis.
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