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Rating scales in psychiatric disorders - why? 精神疾病的评定量表——为什么?

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233502

Bhuvaneswari Rajachandrasekar, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

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Awareness and practices regarding climate change and its effects on health, in an urban community: a cross sectional study 城市社区关于气候变化及其对健康影响的认识和做法:一项横断面研究

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233462

Ishwar Gopinath, P. Arulmozhi, S. Arun Murugan

{"title":"Awareness and practices regarding climate change and its effects on health, in an urban community: a cross sectional study","authors":"Ishwar Gopinath, P. Arulmozhi, S. Arun Murugan","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233462","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Aim was to assess the level of awareness and practices related to climate change and its effects on health among urban population in metropolitan city. To recommend awareness programs regarding climate change and its health hazards for urban population based on results. Methods: Community based cross sectional study was conducted among 180 adults from January 2022 to March 2022. The data was entered in MS Excel and was analyzed by using SPSS-16 software. Results: The awareness about climate change was 63%. 76% of the respondents did not agree that climate change is related to extreme weather phenomenon. All the participants believed that climate change affects health, but none of them were aware that it is causing increased incidence of cancer. 73% of the participants always adopted climate friendly alternatives to using own motor vehicles. None of the participants practiced garbage segregation. Only 19% always used climate friendly alternatives to plastic bags. 74% respondents were unable to give concrete solutions to control climate change. 14% participants suggested planting more trees, 10% called for control of industrialization and population explosion. 66% obtained their information from newspapers. None of them viewed scientific journals. There was no significant association between educational status and awareness of climate change. Conclusions: The population is moderately aware of climate change. They are not well aware of its long-term impacts on health. There is an urgent need for them to be well informed with verified sources of information. Appropriate campaigns must be initiated.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"2008 32","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813135","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}

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Burn injury as a public health problem in Odisha: clinico-epidemiological study of patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital and prospects for control 烧伤作为奥里萨邦的一个公共卫生问题:三级保健医院住院患者的临床流行病学研究和控制前景

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233452

Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Debarati Chakraborty, Soumen Jana

{"title":"Burn injury as a public health problem in Odisha: clinico-epidemiological study of patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital and prospects for control","authors":"Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Debarati Chakraborty, Soumen Jana","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233452","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Burn injuries continue to pose a significant and preventable global health challenge, with developing countries like India experiencing a troubling rise in cases. This study aimed to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics and patterns of burn injuries among patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital's. Methods: Over a six-month period, a hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted using semi-structured questionnaires, with prior consent from patients or their caregivers. Clinical assessments were also conducted to determine the percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) affected and the most severely affected body part. Results: 145 patients included in the study, the females were (56.55%), primarily aged between 21 and 40 years. Hindus (58.62%), lived in rural areas (63.45%), and were married (66.90%). Accidental burns accounted for 81.38% of cases, mainly occurring at home (84.83%). Flame burns were more common among females, while electric burns were more prevalent among males. The majority of burn injuries covered up to 30% of TBSA (44.83%), with the upper limbs being the most severely affected (42.76%). Alarmingly, only 36.55% of patients were admitted on the same day as the injury. Infection (55.86%) and amputation (8.97%) were the most common complications observed, and 14 deaths (9.66%) occurred during the study period. Conclusions: This study highlights the vulnerability of females to flame burns, often stemming from unsafe cooking practices. Delayed hospital admissions were associated with a higher mortality rate. Efforts to promote safety and awareness, particularly in rural areas, are crucial to reducing the burden of burn injuries in India.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"2004 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135813273","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}

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Breast cancer screening a literature review 乳腺癌筛查的文献综述

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233497

Mai Alsammak, Marwa Khattabi

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Modified Kuppuswamy socioeconomic scale 2023: stratification and updates 修正Kuppuswamy社会经济量表2023:分层与更新

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233487

Manukrishnan Radhakrishnan, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja

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A study to assess the prevalence of substance abuse and its impact among medical students in a medical college 某医学院医学生药物滥用情况及其影响的研究

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233482

Aishwarya Sharma, Manali Shashidhar, Varshini Lakshmi Tripura Maddali, Srinivas Rajiv, Mahima Shivanna, Harshith Ramesh

{"title":"A study to assess the prevalence of substance abuse and its impact among medical students in a medical college","authors":"Aishwarya Sharma, Manali Shashidhar, Varshini Lakshmi Tripura Maddali, Srinivas Rajiv, Mahima Shivanna, Harshith Ramesh","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233482","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Psychoactive drug is an emerging global problem. This is a disturbing matter, especially in the case of medical students, affecting their health and academic performance, which in turn affects the health outcomes of patients. The objectives of our study were to assess the prevalence and impact of substance abuse among medical students. Methods: This was cross-sectional study conducted in tertiary care center. A pretested semi structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Medical students who were available during the study period and who were willing to participate were included in the study. A total of 301 students were interviewed. Data was entered and analysed in SPPSS version 22.0. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used for the statistical analysis. Results: We had a total of 301 responders. Among them, only 70(23.3%) have been a subject to substance abuse. Alcohol was the most abused substance (19.3%). The most common reason for starting these substances was out of curiosity (15.6%). 24.6% of the students have either thought of or tried stopping, however majority of them have not. Out of these students, 10 (3.3%) have experienced withdrawal symptoms. Conclusions: The substance abuse among youngsters in medical colleges is a highly alarming situation. Proper counselling with planned policies should be implemented to root out this evil among the future doctors which will help in providing better health care services to the people.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"1032 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135869957","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}

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An exploratory study of 3rd wave features of COVID-19 patients admitted in a level 3 medical institution of Uttar Pradesh, India 印度北方邦某三级医疗机构新冠肺炎患者第三波特征的探索性研究

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233457

Devinder Kumar Vohra, Sanjev Dave, Shalini Sharma, Santosh Mittal, Arvind Trivedi, J. K. Manchanda, Nawab Singh

{"title":"An exploratory study of 3rd wave features of COVID-19 patients admitted in a level 3 medical institution of Uttar Pradesh, India","authors":"Devinder Kumar Vohra, Sanjev Dave, Shalini Sharma, Santosh Mittal, Arvind Trivedi, J. K. Manchanda, Nawab Singh","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233457","url":null,"abstract":"Background: COVID-19 3rd wave has shown not only less deaths but also limited symptomatic patients in India with few numbers of casualties as compared to first and second wave. The exact scientific reason behind this needs detailed study. There is an urgent need for a study aimed towards detection of low mortality and morbidity in 3rd wave of COVID-19 patients from a level 3 medical college hospital in western Uttar Pradesh district in India so as to find and develop new management strategies for COVID-19 patients in future next COVID-19 waves. Methods: This study was aimed to find morbidity and mortality factors of COVID-19 3rd wave among COVID-19 patients in a level 3 medical college hospital in western UP district Saharanpur in India from 1st January 2022 to 30th June 2022. Results: The demographic profile of patients admitted in our level 3 medical college hospital in western UP district in India; had no significant (p>0.05) association with morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 3rd wave, but vaccination doses as it increased from 1st to 2nd had significant association (p=0.05) with less mortality and morbidity in COVID-19 3rd wave those who received the vaccines. Conclusions: Possibly COVID vaccination doses had a positive boosting effect on immune system of COVID-19 patients, which may have caused Virus to be less damaging to Immune system leading to decreased morbidity and mortality and in COVID-19 patients in wave 3.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"43 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135870738","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}

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Quality of life of occupants of old age homes of a northern Indian province 印度北部某省养老院住户的生活质量

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233472

Sanjay Kumar, Anmol Gupta, Salig Ram Mazta, Deepak Sharma, Shaina Chamotra, Ankit Chaudhary

{"title":"Quality of life of occupants of old age homes of a northern Indian province","authors":"Sanjay Kumar, Anmol Gupta, Salig Ram Mazta, Deepak Sharma, Shaina Chamotra, Ankit Chaudhary","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233472","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Although a physiological phenomenon, ageing has enormous bearing on all the dimensions of health. Against age-old tradition, India is also witnessing a rapid increase in nuclearization of families. Increase in old age homes (OAHs) has been proportional to rising number of admissions in such institutions. In order to understand the phenomenon in a holistic way, the present study evaluated the quality of life of occupants such facilities in state of Himachal Pradesh. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to capture quality of life among the occupants of all seven OAHs of the State. Data was collected using World Health Organisation quality of life-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) instrument consisting of four domains, individual domain and overall scores were compiled; and analysed using appropriate statistical techniques. Results: The mean WHOQOL-BREF score for a total of 145 study participants was 46.6±3 with highest score for environmental domain (49.1±4.7) and least for physical domain (44.0±5.2). Significant higher overall quality of life score was observed for comparatively younger participants, males, more educated individuals, those having a companion prior to the settlement, those having more satisfaction with facilities and lesser morbidities. Conclusions: Considering increasing elderly population proportion, there is a need for increase in number of facilities with standardized infrastructure, staff and facilities; so that quality of life can be maintained and sustained. Being a vulnerable and deprived section of the society, it is imperative that such individuals live out the final stage of their life with quality, dignity and much neglected self-respect.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"36 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135871074","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}

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Self-assessment and clinical diagnosis of periodontal status among patients visiting dental institution in Bangalore city: a cross-sectional study 班加罗尔市牙科机构就诊患者牙周状况的自我评估和临床诊断:一项横断面研究

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233448

Rajkumari Surbala Devi, Manish Kumar, Rejita Nongmeikapam, Rahul B., Sushma S. G., Priya Devi

{"title":"Self-assessment and clinical diagnosis of periodontal status among patients visiting dental institution in Bangalore city: a cross-sectional study","authors":"Rajkumari Surbala Devi, Manish Kumar, Rejita Nongmeikapam, Rahul B., Sushma S. G., Priya Devi","doi":"10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233448","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Periodontal diseases are a group of lesions affecting tissues surrounding and supporting the teeth. Periodontal diseases are considered as a group of highly prevalent infectious, inflammatory conditions of the supporting structures of the teeth which affects more than 50% of the world’s adult population. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the extent of agreement between clinical and self-assessed periodontal health status among patients visiting the outpatient department of Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 250 patients who attended the outpatient department of Rajarajeswari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore. The study population was subjected to a self-administered questionnaire which was followed by periodontal examination. The clinical examination included an assessment of the periodontal condition using CPI and mobility. Results: There was a marked discrepancy between the two values of self-assessed and clinically diagnosed periodontal health status which shows that the self-assessed periodontal tool was a poor indicator of the periodontal health status. Conclusions: The present study showed that there is a discrepancy between the subjectively and objectively assessed periodontal health status. Increasing people’s awareness and knowledge of their own dental disorders and changing their attitudes and behavior towards oral health care will help in improving oral as well as general health.","PeriodicalId":73438,"journal":{"name":"International journal of community medicine and public health","volume":"381 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135871843","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}

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Antimicrobial resistance and its possible implications in the future: a mini review 抗菌素耐药性及其未来可能的影响:一个小综述

International journal of community medicine and public health Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20233499

Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Swati Pattnaik, Jyotirmayee Pradhan, Debdutta Bhattacharya

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