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A Comparative Study on Oral Health between Children From Government and Private Schools

Divya Pai, Fabina T, Faizal A, Gopakumar S, Mini S S

Objective:

To compare oral health and its awareness among Government and Private school children and to identify the factors related to poor oral health.

Methods:

The study design is a cross-sectional survey. Surveys were conducted simultaneously in a private school and a government school. The private school was Marion Villa Convent, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and the government school was Government Upper primary school, Kumarapuram, Thiruvananthapuram. The numbers of students included in the study were 74 and 91 respectively. The study was conducted between 28^th October and 28^th of December of 2004. A structured interview schedule was used for data collection.

Results and Conclusion:

All the children included were in 10 to 13 year age group. The proportions of girls were 52.7% in the private school and 49.5% in the government school. The awareness of oral hygiene was high in the private school with 31% of the students have good knowledge in comparison with 10% in the government school. The proportion of good oral health practice were 37.8% in private and 12.1% in government schools. The proportions of dental caries were found to be 56.8% in private school and 59.4% in government school.

Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Disease – A Case Control Study Conducted in Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Kumar Sarvottam, Kunal Krishna, Lekshmi R Prasad, Lee Mohan, Anuja U

Objective:

To find out the risk factors of Coronary Artery Disease among patients attended in Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram

Methods:

The study design was case control and the setting was Medical College Hospital, Thiruvanathapuram. The sample size of the study was 150 with a case control ratio of 1:2. The study was conducted in 2004. The effect measures were interpreted using odd’s ratios and significance of associations was tested using Chi-square test.

Results and conclusions:

All participants were in the age group of 30 to 80. The proportion of women was 46% in the case group while 69% in the control arm. The factors significantly related to Myocardial infarction were alcoholism (OR-3.53, p<0.001), hypertension (OR-5.3, p<0.001) and smoking habit (p<0.005).

The Knowledge Awareness and Practices of the Residents of Vizhinjam Coastal Village Related to the Outbreak of Diarrheal Disease

Ameet Anand, Anoop T N, Ansar P P, Jeffi George

Objective:

To study the knowledge, attitude and practices related to diarrheal diseases in a coastal village in Thiruvananthapuram

Methods:

The design of the study is cross-sectional conducted in the Vizhinjam coastal village in Thiruvananthapuram. The sample size of the study is 100; all are residents of the Vizhinjam coastal village. The study period was September 2004.

Results and Conclusion

The participants of the study were in the age group 10 to 80. The proportion of women was 67%. Christians were the major religious group with 49% of participants. Type of drinking water source is well in 53%, common source in 36% and pipe connection in 11% of people. According to 47% of people, polluted water is the major risk of Diarrhea; 46% are aware of the unhygienic practices.

Venue:  I     (Edusat  Room, Community Medicine Dept)

Session       I     CHILD HEALTH I                         9^th August,         8.30am-10.15am\

Chairpersons- Dr.Jeesha.C.Haran,  Dr.Jayaprakash. R, Dr.Anooplal Amrithlal

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue:  I  (Edusat Room, Community Medicine Dept)

Session II    CHILD HEALTH  II                          9^th August, 10.30am-12.30pm

Chairpersons-Dr.Rajamohanan.K , Dr.Anilkumar.T.V, Dr.Thomas Mathew

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue:  I  (Edusat Room, Community Medicine Dept)

Session III   COMMUNICABLE DISEASES      9^th August,   1.15pm -3.pm

Chairpersons-Dr.Leela Itty Amma, Dr.Selvaraj, Dr.Sudharmini ,Dr.Ratheesh

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Venue: II    (College of Pharmacy Hall)

Session I     REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH I 9^th August, 8.30am-10.15am

Chairpersons- Dr.C.Nirmala , Dr.Manjula V D ,Dr.Anuja.U

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue: II    (College of Pharmacy Hall)

Session II    REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH II 9^th August, 10.30am-12.30pm

Chairpersons- Dr.Sheela Balakrishnan , Dr. Sreekumari, Dr. Sairu Philip

3^rd National Conference on Students’ Medical Research, 2010 Venue: II    (College of Pharmacy Hall)Session III       GERIATRICS/ORTHO           9^th August, 1.15pm-3.00pm

Chairpersons- Dr.Shanavas, Dr.C.Vimala,  Dr.Ramesh , Dr.Aruna Devi.L.R

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Venue:III  (Clinical Epidemiology Unit Hall)

Session I    NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES I 9^th August, Time8.30am- 10.15am

Chairpersons- Dr.B.Krishnakumar, Dr.Ravi Prasad Varma, Dr. Aneesh.T.S

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Venue:III  (Clinical Epidemiology Unit Hall)

Session  II       NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES II ,9^th August, 10.30 am-12.30pm

Chairpersons-  Dr.Sanjeev Nair, Dr.Biju George, Dr.Indu.P.S

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue:III  (Clinical Epidemiology Unit Hall)

SessionIII    MENTAL HEALTH, NEUROLOGY         9^th August, 1.15pm-3.15pm

Chairpersons- Dr.N.Subha ,  Dr.K.A.Kabeer , Dr.K.Vijayakumar

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Venue:IV  (COK Hall)

Session I     SURGERY, MICROBIOLOGY        9^th August, 8.30am-10.15am

Chairpersons- Dr.Sarada Devi, Dr. Shobha.A, Dr.Ramraj

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue:IV (COK Hall)

Session II   DERMATOLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY

9^th August, 10.30am-12.30pm

Chairpersons-Dr.Suseela B Nair,  Dr.Radhakrishnan,  Dr.Libu

3^rd National Conference on Student’s Medical Research, 2010

Venue:IV  (COK Hall)

Session  III            POST GRADUATE SESSION                  9^th August, 1.15pm-3.00pm

Chairpersons-Dr.V.Ramankutty.V, Dr. Remadevi.S, Dr.Jayageetha .P.B

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Dpt of D& V

Medical College

Trivandrum

MUHAMMED.J.NISHADH

MEGHA BHARATH

MOHAMMED SHAFI

K.VIJAYAKUMAR

Cancer of the female reproductive tract has a high incidence amongst Indian women. According to National cancer registry’s population based study in 2003 on the proportion of ovarian cancers among all female cancers; it was about 5.2% and 5.1% in Banglore and Chennai respectively. Ovarian cancer was about 7.2% in Delhi but Mumbai topped the list with about 7.3%.Proportion of ovarian cancer in Trivandrum increased from 5.5% in 1993 to 8% in 2003.As stated by The American Cancer Society about 76% of women with ovarian cancer survive 1 year after diagnosis, and 45% survive longer than 5 years after diagnosis. If diagnosed and treated while the cancer has not spread outside the ovary, the 5-year survival rate is 93%. Here comes the importance of knowing the risk factors of ovarian cancer.

A hospital – based  case  – control study  was conducted with 100 women of age more than 30 years with ovarian cancer as cases and the control being 200 women without ovarian cancer matched for age from the Radiotherapy and Surgery wards of Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum respectively within a time period of 3 months from October-2007 to January 2008.The data was collected by interviewing the subjects based on a questionnaire, which contained the study variables: General information, Personal history, Past history, Family history, Menstrual history, Obstetric history and Diet.  Univariate analysis was done by odds ratio and students’T test and multivariate analysis by logistic regression.  Following factors accounted for 55.9% of the total risk factors predisposing to ovarian cancer: Family h/o ovarian cancer, Family h/o other malignancy, Milk consumption, Fried food consumption. These findings reveal the need for early screening for individuals with a family history of ovarian cancer or other malignancies (1). A balanced diet which includes plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and restriction of fried food intake can also be recommended

Guide
Dr. Althaf.A
Dept. of Community Medicine
Medical College, Trivandrum

SUMMARY

Aim of the study: To find the availability and affordability of drugs in Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, as estimated by a study done on patients during the first 24 hours of admission to the Medicine Casualty.

Research design and methods: We designed a case series study for patients admitted to Medicine Casualty during a month period. The drugs prescribed were recorded from the case book. The availability and cost of drugs were recorded by interviewing the by-standers. The proportion of drugs available in the hospital is calculated. The proportion of essential drugs available in the hospital too is calculated separately. The monthly income of the patient is recorded and affordability of drug purchase is estimated by comparing with the monthly income.

Results: The total number of cases in the study was 100. The proportion of patients having to purchase drugs from outside pharmacies during the first 24 hours following admission was 90%. The proportion of drugs prescribed which has to be purchased from outside pharmacies was 54.97%. The proportion of essential drugs prescribed which has to be purchased from outside pharmacies was 43.33%. The affordability of drug purchase from outside paharmacies: taking the average, 3 days’ wages has to be spent for a day’s treatment.

Conclusion: The availability of drugs in Trivandrum Medical College Hospital (45.03%) is extremely low. The availability of essential drugs (56.77%) too is poor. 90% of the patients requiring drug purchase from outside pharmacies infers that drugs are unavailable for the most common medical emergencies as well. 10 days’ wage spent for purchasing drugs just for 24 hour treatment infers the heavy burden on the patients.

Nidhi RS

Nishitha Mohan Philip

A hospital based case- control study was conducted with case being 50 children in the age group 5-12 years attending ENT OP, Medical college, Trivandrum who have been diagnosed to have hearing loss by doing Tympanometry and Pure Tone Audiogram and the control being 100 children without hearing loss matched for age from Paediatric ward, SAT Hospital, Trivandrum within a time period of September 2008 to November 2008.

The data was collected by interviewing the subjects based on a questionnaire, which contained the study variables. Univariate analysis was done by Chi square test and Odds ratio. The following factors were found to have statistically significant association with hearing loss based on Odds ratio: Low economic status(3.672),  Rural   residence(4.846), Family history of hearing loss(9.333), Antenatal X-ray exposure(3.174), Pre-term delivery(7.977) Caesarean and instrumental delivery(5.359), History of ICU admission(4.750), Breast feeding less than 1 year(4.195), Past history of infectious diseases like measles, mumps, meningitis(27.923), Presence of wax or foreign body in the ear(16.972), Ear infections(35.483),  Asthma or allergy(13.857), Adenotonsillitis(126.000), Trauma to ear or head(3.381), Dip bath(3.326), Exposure to loud noise(10.954), Over crowding(14.710) and Passive smoking(17.379).

Multivariate analysis was done by logistic regression and the following factors accounted for 46.4% of total risk factors predisposing to hearing loss: Over crowding(P=0.000), Low socio economic status(P=0.007), Rural residence(P=0.000), Presence of ear infection(P=0.000).

These findings reveal the need for early intervention in children having ear infections. Measures should be taken to control other significant risk factors also.Early detection of cases by screening the high risk population is also recommended.