Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.203
Asadullah, Nazia Jameel, Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry, Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi, Farhat Jahan
Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding management of biomedical waste among the house officers and nursing staff in teaching hospitals of District South, Karachi. Methods: A cross sectional knowledge, attitude and practice survey was conducted from November 2018 to April 2019 among the house officer and the nursing staff working at different teaching hospitals of District South, Karachi. A total of 196 house officers and staff nurses were included in the study after checking their eligibility. The participants were interviewed by the principal investigator with the help of a structure questionnaire develop specifically for this study. Data were entered and analyzed on SPSS version 20. Inferential analysis was performed using Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test whereas the significance level was set at 0.05. Results: The study results revealed that among demographic variables categories of age and profession had significantly different mean knowledge rank (p<0.001 and p=0.015 respectively), categories of profession and monthly income had significantly different mean attitude rank (p=0.009 and p=0.029 respectively) whereas none of the demographic variables were significantly associated with practice of the participants. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the knowledge, attitude and practices of the participants were mostly satisfactory. Moreover, few of the demographic characteristics were significantly associated with the knowledge and attitude of the participants, but not with their practices.
目的:了解卡拉奇南区教学医院住院部主任和护理人员对生物医学废物管理的知识、态度和做法。方法:于2018年11月至2019年4月对卡拉奇南区不同教学医院的住院部主任和护理人员进行知识、态度和行为的横断面调查。在检查了196名院务人员和护士的资格后，他们被纳入了这项研究。主要研究者对参与者进行了访谈，并使用了专门为本研究开发的结构问卷。使用SPSS version 20进行数据录入和分析。采用Mann Whitney U检验和Kruskal Wallis H检验进行推理分析，显著性水平为0.05。结果:人口统计变量中，年龄和职业类别的平均知识等级差异显著(p<0.001和p=0.015)，职业和月收入类别的平均态度等级差异显著(p=0.009和p=0.029)，而所有人口统计变量与被试的实践均无显著相关。结论:参试人员的知识、态度和行为基本令人满意。此外，很少有人口统计学特征与参与者的知识和态度显著相关，但与他们的实践无关。
{"title":"Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Regarding Management Of Biomedical Waste Among House Officer And Nursing Staff In Teaching Hospitals Of District South, Karachi","authors":"Asadullah, Nazia Jameel, Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry, Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi, Farhat Jahan","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.203","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding management of biomedical waste among the house officers and nursing staff in teaching hospitals of District South, Karachi. \u0000Methods: A cross sectional knowledge, attitude and practice survey was conducted from November 2018 to April 2019 among the house officer and the nursing staff working at different teaching hospitals of District South, Karachi. A total of 196 house officers and staff nurses were included in the study after checking their eligibility. The participants were interviewed by the principal investigator with the help of a structure questionnaire develop specifically for this study. Data were entered and analyzed on SPSS version 20. Inferential analysis was performed using Mann Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test whereas the significance level was set at 0.05. \u0000Results: The study results revealed that among demographic variables categories of age and profession had significantly different mean knowledge rank (p<0.001 and p=0.015 respectively), categories of profession and monthly income had significantly different mean attitude rank (p=0.009 and p=0.029 respectively) whereas none of the demographic variables were significantly associated with practice of the participants. \u0000Conclusion: It can be concluded that the knowledge, attitude and practices of the participants were mostly satisfactory. Moreover, few of the demographic characteristics were significantly associated with the knowledge and attitude of the participants, but not with their practices. ","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89079624","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.650
Zohra Jabeen Zohra Jabeen, Sulhera Khan, F. Jafri, A. H. Khan, M. Khan, N. Shah
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude & practices of breast self-examination among women residing in the district 'Central' of Karachi and to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of breast self-examination among high risk Ca breast women residing in the district central of Karachi. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based, study was carried out among women attending a charitable hospital in Karachi, in 2018. The data was collected through a convenience sampling technique, and was analyzed by using SPSS version 24.0. Descriptive statistics of socio-demographic variables were presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency or percentages for categorical variables. The Chi-square test was used to test the association between knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Ca breast and breast self-examination, p-value <0.05 consider significant, Results: The mean age of the 172 participants was 30.73±6.84 years, 34.9% were educated with primary education, and 41.9% had 5-7 family members. 90.1% participants were married and 92.4% were housewives. All were Muslims. 65.7% females had heard of BSE and source of information was their family members. However, 50.6 % were practicing BSE, while 24.1% execute it monthly, 75.9% preferred to examine their breasts with fingers of the opposite hand, 77.3% of females agreed BSE was important for breast health. There was an association between age and practices of BSE and was 63.3% highest among participants aged 31-40 years and was lowest 42.7% among those between 20-30 years of age (p=0.041). About 75% of the females who were graduated, performed BSE as compared to only 40% uneducated females (p=0.270) Conclusion: The practices of breast self-examination were low and there is dire need of implementation of health education programme on BSE for early detection of Ca breast. The practice of breast self-examination is low and required implementation of health education programme on BSE for early detection of Ca beast.
{"title":"Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination (BSE) Among Urban Women of a Low-Resource Country","authors":"Zohra Jabeen Zohra Jabeen, Sulhera Khan, F. Jafri, A. H. Khan, M. Khan, N. Shah","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.650","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude & practices of breast self-examination among women residing in the district 'Central' of Karachi and to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of breast self-examination among high risk Ca breast women residing in the district central of Karachi.\u0000Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based, study was carried out among women attending a charitable hospital in Karachi, in 2018. The data was collected through a convenience sampling technique, and was analyzed by using SPSS version 24.0. Descriptive statistics of socio-demographic variables were presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency or percentages for categorical variables. The Chi-square test was used to test the association between knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Ca breast and breast self-examination, p-value <0.05 consider significant,\u0000Results: The mean age of the 172 participants was 30.73±6.84 years, 34.9% were educated with primary education, and 41.9% had 5-7 family members. 90.1% participants were married and 92.4% were housewives. All were Muslims. 65.7% females had heard of BSE and source of information was their family members. However, 50.6 % were practicing BSE, while 24.1% execute it monthly, 75.9% preferred to examine their breasts with fingers of the opposite hand, 77.3% of females agreed BSE was important for breast health. There was an association between age and practices of BSE and was 63.3% highest among participants aged 31-40 years and was lowest 42.7% among those between 20-30 years of age (p=0.041). About 75% of the females who were graduated, performed BSE as compared to only 40% uneducated females (p=0.270)\u0000Conclusion: The practices of breast self-examination were low and there is dire need of implementation of health education programme on BSE for early detection of Ca breast. The practice of breast self-examination is low and required implementation of health education programme on BSE for early detection of Ca beast.","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73201908","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.580
Sarah Aslam, F. Saeed, Erum Saboohi, Sadaf Saeed Shami, Saba Siddiqui, Mehwish Afzal
Objective: To determine the association of educational status of mothers and incomplete immunization in children presented at Tertiary Care Hospital, Karachi. Methods: This Case-control study was conducted at Pediatric department, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi; from July 2018 to January 2019. The data were prospectively collected from 434 subjects with consent out of which 217 had an incomplete vaccination status and 217 had completed vaccination status. Case group included unvaccinated children whose mothers were uneducated (mothers were labeled un-educated who were never enrolled in school, madrasa and received primary education), whereas control group included vaccinated children whose mothers were educated (mothers were labeled educated who were enrolled in school, madrasa and received primary education).Quantitative data were presented as simple descriptive statistics giving mean and standard deviation and qualitative variables were presented as frequency and percentages. Chi-square test was applied to compare both groups and the odds ratio was calculated. Effect modifiers were controlled through stratification to see the effect of these on the outcome variable. Using post-stratification chi-square test, a p-value of ?0.05 was considered as significant. Results: A total of 434 (217 cases and 217 controls) were included in this study. The mean age was 3.27±1.79 years (case) and 3.49±1.40 years (controls). Educational status of mothers was assessed verbally. Uneducated mothers are defined as those who did not receive formal education of any level, while educated mothers are defined as those who were enrolled in school or madarsa and received primary education or more. On the basis of which the uneducated mothers in case group were 144 (66.4%) while in control group was 52 (24%).Children with incomplete immunization were 6.25 times more likely to have uneducated mothers than those with complete immunization, after controlling for the other factors. Conclusion: This study has strengthened the value of maternal education in context of complete childhood immunization because acquisition of literacy and health-seeking behavior enhance vaccine uptake for their children.
{"title":"Association of Educational Status of Mothers and Incomplete Immunization in Children","authors":"Sarah Aslam, F. Saeed, Erum Saboohi, Sadaf Saeed Shami, Saba Siddiqui, Mehwish Afzal","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.580","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To determine the association of educational status of mothers and incomplete immunization in children presented at Tertiary Care Hospital, Karachi.\u0000Methods: This Case-control study was conducted at Pediatric department, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi; from July 2018 to January 2019. The data were prospectively collected from 434 subjects with consent out of which 217 had an incomplete vaccination status and 217 had completed vaccination status. Case group included unvaccinated children whose mothers were uneducated (mothers were labeled un-educated who were never enrolled in school, madrasa and received primary education), whereas control group included vaccinated children whose mothers were educated (mothers were labeled educated who were enrolled in school, madrasa and received primary education).Quantitative data were presented as simple descriptive statistics giving mean and standard deviation and qualitative variables were presented as frequency and percentages. Chi-square test was applied to compare both groups and the odds ratio was calculated. Effect modifiers were controlled through stratification to see the effect of these on the outcome variable. Using post-stratification chi-square test, a p-value of ?0.05 was considered as significant.\u0000Results: A total of 434 (217 cases and 217 controls) were included in this study. The mean age was 3.27±1.79 years (case) and 3.49±1.40 years (controls). Educational status of mothers was assessed verbally. Uneducated mothers are defined as those who did not receive formal education of any level, while educated mothers are defined as those who were enrolled in school or madarsa and received primary education or more. On the basis of which the uneducated mothers in case group were 144 (66.4%) while in control group was 52 (24%).Children with incomplete immunization were 6.25 times more likely to have uneducated mothers than those with complete immunization, after controlling for the other factors.\u0000Conclusion: This study has strengthened the value of maternal education in context of complete childhood immunization because acquisition of literacy and health-seeking behavior enhance vaccine uptake for their children.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77062787","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.686
Noor Zehra, Sukaina Shabbir
{"title":"Unveiling the Syndemics in Pakistan: Navigating the Challenges of Emerging Diseases like Monkeypox","authors":"Noor Zehra, Sukaina Shabbir","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.686","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.686","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78270668","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.448
Umaiza Bashir, Sadia Rehman
Objective: The study was devised to develop the indigenous scale of drive for muscularity among Pakistani bodybuilders Method: To explore the manifestation of drive for muscularity phenomenological approach was used, in which open ended question was asked from the 35 gym user men from different gyms. A list of the 28 most frequently reported items after initial screening was generated. For empirical validation Through 4 expert coaches of the gym were approached then pilot study was administered. In main study 211 bodybuilders were included for test the psychometric properties of indigenous scale. Results: On the basis of Eigen value > 1, the 26 items were extracted. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 2 factors of developed scale. The descriptive label was assigned to each factor on the basis of commonality of items termed as “muscle enhancing behaviors” and “thoughts and desires” related muscular body. A significant positive correlation was found between Drive for Muscularity Inventory and Drive for Muscularity Scale. Drive for Muscularity Inventory was also found to be a valid and reliable scale (test-retest reliability =0.82 and split half reliability = 0.87) with acceptable psychometric properties. Conclusion: Indigenous developed Drive for muscularity scale found to have high internal consistency, construct validity, split-half reliability, and test–retest reliability.
{"title":"A Scale Development for Assessing the Drive for Muscularity Among Pakistani Bodybuilders","authors":"Umaiza Bashir, Sadia Rehman","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.448","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The study was devised to develop the indigenous scale of drive for muscularity among Pakistani bodybuilders\u0000Method: To explore the manifestation of drive for muscularity phenomenological approach was used, in which open ended question was asked from the 35 gym user men from different gyms. A list of the 28 most frequently reported items after initial screening was generated. For empirical validation Through 4 expert coaches of the gym were approached then pilot study was administered. In main study 211 bodybuilders were included for test the psychometric properties of indigenous scale.\u0000Results: On the basis of Eigen value > 1, the 26 items were extracted. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 2 factors of developed scale. The descriptive label was assigned to each factor on the basis of commonality of items termed as “muscle enhancing behaviors” and “thoughts and desires” related muscular body. A significant positive correlation was found between Drive for Muscularity Inventory and Drive for Muscularity Scale. Drive for Muscularity Inventory was also found to be a valid and reliable scale (test-retest reliability =0.82 and split half reliability = 0.87) with acceptable psychometric properties.\u0000Conclusion: Indigenous developed Drive for muscularity scale found to have high internal consistency, construct validity, split-half reliability, and test–retest reliability.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76829805","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.674
Zille-Huma, Zunaira Nawaz, S. Tahir, A. Mobin, S. Kashif, Inam E Khuda
Objective: To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in ischemic stroke. Methods: Total 200 patients with ischemic stroke were included. Investigations including Hemoglobin, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), MeanCorpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) serum iron level, and serum ferritin level, Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), White Blood Cell (WBC) count andplatelets count (PC) were done. CT scan of brain was also done.Mean±SD were evaluated for quantitative variables which were distributed normally. However, median with inter-quartile range were evaluated for quantitative variables which were non-normally distributed. Data was compiled using SPSS version 25. To check normality of data, Shapiro-Wilk test was applied. To compare the association of qualitative variables, Chi-square test was used. Pvalue ?0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: In our study, out of 200 patients having ischemic stroke, 156 (78%) patients were found with iron deficiency and 44 (22%) did not have iron deficiency. Total 164 (82%) patients were anemic and 36 (18%) did not have anemia. The results showed significant mean ranks for Ferritin (p<0.001), Iron (p<0.001), Hemoglobin(p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Volume(p<0.001), Mean Cell Hemoglobin(p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration(p<0.001), and Total Iron Binding Capacity(p=0.005) with respect to iron deficiency, however White Blood Count (p=0.417) and platelet counts (p=0.511) did not have significant mean rank with respect to iron deficiency. As far as anemia is concerned, significant mean ranks was observed for Ferritin (p=0.002), Iron (p<0.001), Hemoglobin (p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Volume (p<0.001), Mean Cell Hemoglobin (p<0.001), and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (p<0.001). However, white blood count (p=0.270), platelet counts (p=0.320), and Total Iron Binding Capacity (p=0.535) did not have significant mean rank. .A significant association of iron deficiency with anemia (p<0.001) was also observed Conclusion: Study results show thatsignificant number ofischemic stroke patients have iron deficiency anemia.
{"title":"Frequency of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Ischemic Stroke","authors":"Zille-Huma, Zunaira Nawaz, S. Tahir, A. Mobin, S. Kashif, Inam E Khuda","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.674","url":null,"abstract":" \u0000Objective: To determine the frequency of iron deficiency anemia in ischemic stroke.\u0000Methods: Total 200 patients with ischemic stroke were included. Investigations including Hemoglobin, Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), MeanCorpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) serum iron level, and serum ferritin level, Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC), White Blood Cell (WBC) count andplatelets count (PC) were done. CT scan of brain was also done.Mean±SD were evaluated for quantitative variables which were distributed normally. However, median with inter-quartile range were evaluated for quantitative variables which were non-normally distributed. Data was compiled using SPSS version 25. To check normality of data, Shapiro-Wilk test was applied. To compare the association of qualitative variables, Chi-square test was used. Pvalue ?0.05 was considered as statistically significant.\u0000Results: In our study, out of 200 patients having ischemic stroke, 156 (78%) patients were found with iron deficiency and 44 (22%) did not have iron deficiency. Total 164 (82%) patients were anemic and 36 (18%) did not have anemia. The results showed significant mean ranks for Ferritin (p<0.001), Iron (p<0.001), Hemoglobin(p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Volume(p<0.001), Mean Cell Hemoglobin(p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration(p<0.001), and Total Iron Binding Capacity(p=0.005) with respect to iron deficiency, however White Blood Count (p=0.417) and platelet counts (p=0.511) did not have significant mean rank with respect to iron deficiency. As far as anemia is concerned, significant mean ranks was observed for Ferritin (p=0.002), Iron (p<0.001), Hemoglobin (p<0.001), Mean Corpuscular Volume (p<0.001), Mean Cell Hemoglobin (p<0.001), and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (p<0.001). However, white blood count (p=0.270), platelet counts (p=0.320), and Total Iron Binding Capacity (p=0.535) did not have significant mean rank. .A significant association of iron deficiency with anemia (p<0.001) was also observed\u0000Conclusion: Study results show thatsignificant number ofischemic stroke patients have iron deficiency anemia.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87046842","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.645
Sadia Abdul Qayyum, Syed Muakkaram Ali
{"title":"Pitfalls of Medico-legal System in Sindh","authors":"Sadia Abdul Qayyum, Syed Muakkaram Ali","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88984169","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.688
A. Mirza, Mohammad Rafique Moosa, S. Saad
Correspondence: Prof. Dr. Asaad Javaid Faculty of Dentistry, Baqai Med University Email: asaadjmirza@gmail.com Date of Submission: 20th May 2023 Date of Acceptance: 29th may 2023 Forensic dentistry is a branch of forensic science that involves use of dental knowledge in legal matters. Dentists can play important role in identifying victims of crime, accidents, and disasters and in identifying perpetrators of crimes1,2. Dear Editor,
{"title":"Forensic Dentistry – An Important Core Subject Missing From Dental Curricula in Pakistan","authors":"A. Mirza, Mohammad Rafique Moosa, S. Saad","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.688","url":null,"abstract":"Correspondence: Prof. Dr. Asaad Javaid Faculty of Dentistry, Baqai Med University Email: asaadjmirza@gmail.com Date of Submission: 20th May 2023 Date of Acceptance: 29th may 2023 Forensic dentistry is a branch of forensic science that involves use of dental knowledge in legal matters. Dentists can play important role in identifying victims of crime, accidents, and disasters and in identifying perpetrators of crimes1,2. Dear Editor,","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84512228","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 : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.563
Ghulam Fatima, Ashraf Jahangeer, Amjad Siraj Memon, N. Nisar, Muhammad K. Hamdan, M. Quraishy
Objective: This study aims to find out the frequency and risk factors responsible for COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers in a large-scale university teaching hospital. Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 185 healthcare workers sampled from the database of 1309 participants maintained at Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi. Both the cases and controls were derived from the hospital’s database of COVID-19 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and COVID-19 antibody tests performed on the said population. The participants included were physicians working in the hospital. They were grouped into cases and controls based on the positive diagnostic tests. We administered a simple structured questionnaire over the telephone and face to face for the interview. Statistical analyses were performed on IBM SPSS version 25. Results: The mean age of cases was significantly different than controls [cases (32.7±9.9) vs controls (38.8±10.6), p-value=0.002]. More cases 29/37 (78.3%) were working at a single setting compared to controls 54/148 (36.5%) (P-value <0.001). The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), exposure to COVID-19 patients and experiencing symptoms also had statistical significance with the odds of infection (p-value <0.05). Conclusion: This study concludes that younger age, exposure to a known COVID-19 patient and longer duration of exposure among the hospital physicians is associated with positive COVID-19 results. Therefore, it is imperative that adequate measures be undertaken to limit the exposure to COVID-19 patients in this age group.
目的:了解某大型大学教学医院医务人员COVID-19感染的发生频率及相关危险因素。方法:本病例对照研究从卡拉奇Ruth K. M. Pfau医生民用医院的1309名参与者数据库中抽取185名卫生保健工作者。病例和对照组均来自医院的COVID-19逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)数据库和对上述人群进行的COVID-19抗体检测。参与者包括在医院工作的医生。根据阳性诊断结果将他们分为病例和对照组。我们通过电话和面对面的方式进行了简单的结构化问卷调查。采用IBM SPSS version 25进行统计分析。结果:病例的平均年龄与对照组有显著差异[病例(32.7±9.9)vs对照组(38.8±10.6)，p值=0.002]。与对照组54/148(36.5%)相比，有29/37(78.3%)病例在单一环境下工作(p值<0.001)。使用个人防护装备、接触新冠肺炎患者、出现症状与感染几率也有统计学意义(p值<0.05)。结论:本研究得出结论，年龄较小、接触已知COVID-19患者以及医院医生接触时间较长与COVID-19阳性结果相关。因此，必须采取适当措施，限制这一年龄组与COVID-19患者的接触。
{"title":"The Frequency and Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in a Large-Scale University Teaching Hospital: A Case Control Study","authors":"Ghulam Fatima, Ashraf Jahangeer, Amjad Siraj Memon, N. Nisar, Muhammad K. Hamdan, M. Quraishy","doi":"10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.58397/ashkmdc.v28i2.563","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study aims to find out the frequency and risk factors responsible for COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers in a large-scale university teaching hospital.\u0000Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 185 healthcare workers sampled from the database of 1309 participants maintained at Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi. Both the cases and controls were derived from the hospital’s database of COVID-19 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and COVID-19 antibody tests performed on the said population. The participants included were physicians working in the hospital. They were grouped into cases and controls based on the positive diagnostic tests. We administered a simple structured questionnaire over the telephone and face to face for the interview. Statistical analyses were performed on IBM SPSS version 25.\u0000Results: The mean age of cases was significantly different than controls [cases (32.7±9.9) vs controls (38.8±10.6), p-value=0.002]. More cases 29/37 (78.3%) were working at a single setting compared to controls 54/148 (36.5%) (P-value <0.001). The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), exposure to COVID-19 patients and experiencing symptoms also had statistical significance with the odds of infection (p-value <0.05).\u0000Conclusion: This study concludes that younger age, exposure to a known COVID-19 patient and longer duration of exposure among the hospital physicians is associated with positive COVID-19 results. Therefore, it is imperative that adequate measures be undertaken to limit the exposure to COVID-19 patients in this age group.","PeriodicalId":53838,"journal":{"name":"Annals Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91185318","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}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：