Morbidity pattern among patients attending Orthopedic OPD at IQ City Medical College, Durgapur
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Morbidity is defined as any departure from the state of well being. The demographic variables determine the prevalence and incidence of certain diseases. If a pattern can be established for the relationship between occurrence of certain diseases and the demography of the given area then long term plans for best utilization of available health resources can be formulated. We have conducted our study keeping this aim in our mind to collect and analyze the demographic profile of patients coming to orthopaedic OPD of IQ City Medical College, Durgapur. We collected the data pertaining to demographic profile (i.e. name, age, sex, caste, religion, education) and disease (type, traumatic / nontraumatic, duration of symptom,etc.)from 360 patients attending the orthopaedic OPD between July-August 2018. After analysing the data collected, we inferred that majority were male patients (52.2%) and belonged to the 31-60 years age group (61.1%). 93.4% of our patients were literate and 51.1% of them were from urban areas. Most of the patients had diseases of non-traumatic origin (82%) and they had their symptoms for more than one month (68.9%). We found spine problems to be the single most common complaints of the patients and knee problems were 2nd in the list. Though our study had its limitation of being localised to a single institute and conducted in a small sample size over a short duration of time, it still gives an overview of the morbidity pattern of the population of the area and can serve as a guide for the authorities and health professionals to work towards better delivery of health services.
Authors and Affiliations
Vikash Raj, Shashank Kanchan, Richa . , SN Chakroborty, PC Pal, Dinesh Agarwal
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