A study on clinico-epidemiological profile of ear, nose and throat diseases among patients aged 6 to 14 years attending the E.N.T. OPD at M.G.M. Medical College, Kishanganj, Bihar, India

Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health

关键词: CSOM;    ASOM;    Epistaxis;    BPL;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Ear, Nose and Throat diseases are common in school going children who often miss school due to these illnesses. The present study was hence conducted with the objectives to study the morbidity pattern of Ear, Nose and Throat diseases among the patients in the age group of 6-14 yrs attending the ENT OPD, to assess the socio demographic profile of the study population, and to find out the association between different ENT morbidities and relevant socio-demographic factors.Methods: This hospital-based, cross-sectional study was carried out on patients aged 6-14 years attending the E.N.T OPD of MGM Medical College & L.S.K Hospital, Kishanganj during September 2009 to February 2010. From previous five year records, the expected average number of patients in the six month study period came out to be 1432, of which fifty percent (i.e. 716) was considered as the sample size and were selected by systematic random sampling. Seventy seven were further excluded by exclusion criteria and finally 639 patients were included in the study. A structured, pre-tested questionnaire was used to interview the patients and thorough clinical examination was done. Results: Most of the study subjects (43.98 %) were between 6-10 years, were Muslims (57.69 %) and 51.64 % of them were female. Majority (63.69 %) belonged to BPL families. Ear diseases had the highest preponderance (52.60%), where CSOM accounted for 46.04%, ASOM 14.60%, & Otitis Media with effusion accounted for 19.55%. Amongst the nose diseases, epistaxis (28.69%) and allergic rhinitis (24.18%) and amongst the throat diseases, tonsillitis (57.50%) and pharyngitis (35.83%) were the commonest findings. CSOM was significantly higher in children living in kutcha houses (p < 0.001) and fall in BPL class (p < 0.001).

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