Prevalence of respiratory disorder in the Northern population of Gujarat
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Diseases of respiratory tract are non curable diseases however there can be increase in quality of life of individual with different types of treatment which leads to major air passages dilatation and shortness of breath improvement is achieved It was in this context that the current study was undertaken to know the prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases in a rural area of Gujarat District in West India among people aged 20 years and aboveMaterial and Methods the individual above the age of 20 years in the selected area and who agreed to participate in the study were included in the study A sample size of 1900 were included in the study There was administration of modified British medical research council to all the individuals included in the study for the diagnosis of bronchial asthma cases and chronic bronchitisResults There were 1000 males and 900 females in the study Majority of the population were in the age range of 20 39 years The crude prevalence of chronic bronchitis was estimated to be 564 for males as compared to 223 for females The prevalence of bronchial asthma in the current study was estimated at 210Discussion Conclusion The reason for the higher prevalence found in the present study is the probable the majority of the individuals did not use the cleaner fuels in the domestic kitchens This is found to be common practise in the rural kitchens of North GujaratKeywords Gujarat Population Prevalence Respiratory Disorders
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Kalpesh Patel, Chandra Shekhar Purohit
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