Morbidity Pattern among Patients Attending Urban Health Centre in North India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: The study aims at studying morbidity pattern of communicable and non-communicable diseases and seasonal variation of OPD patients of an Urban Primary health Centre Harwan under Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Srinagar. The objectives of the study are to assess the morbidity pattern of patients as per age, sex, and season and to determine the seasonal variation of morbidities. Methods: This retrospective record based study was conducted for the duration of one year from July 2016 to June 2017. The data were collected from the OPD registers of Medical officers and analysis was done on the basis of new patients only. The patients were grouped into age groups of <5 year; 5-15 years; 16-45 years; >45years. Results: The total number of new episodes of illnesses that were treated in the outpatient department from July 2016 to June 2017 was 6083. Patients having age (>15 years) constituted about 82%. Overall the respiratory disorders were the most common about 20%, followed by the musculoskeletal disorders 8.64%, urinary tract infections 8.10%, gastrointestinal disorders about (8%) and diarrhoeal diseases (7.9%). Most of the morbidities registered in OPD, were found more in winter and rainy season. Conclusions: The study gives an outline of the morbidity pattern of patients attending an urban health centre over a period of one year. This knowledge would help the health care administrators to plan, practice and deliver, high quality services as per the community need.
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Dr Sheikh Mohd Saleem
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