Papers by priyanka devgun
National journal of community medicine, 2013
Introduction: Tuberculosis has brought untold miseries to generations and even today, when newer ... more Introduction: Tuberculosis has brought untold miseries to generations and even today, when newer modalities for diagnosis and treatment have made the disease curable, people are still suffering and dying from this disease. The present study is an attempt to know about the socio-epidemiological parameters affecting the treatment outcome in new smear positive patients under DOTS. Methods: The study was conducted on new smear positive patients registered under DOTS in two Treatment Units (TUs) present in Amritsar city. House to house visits were done and socio-epidemiological parameters were studied by completing a pre designed proforma evolved for this purpose. Results: Out of 250 patients, 149 (59.6%) were males and 101(40.4%) were females. 75.8% of the cases among males and 87.2% among females were in the age group of 15-45 years. Male preponderance, with male to female ratio of 1.5:1 was seen. Sociodemographic factors affecting the treatment outcome were age, sex and marital status...
Study of Immunization status of Children Less than 5 Years of Age in a tertiary Health Care Institution of Amritsar-A Hospital based study
Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development, 2018
Assessment of 10 Year Risk of Fatal or Non-Fatal Cardiovascular Disease Using WHO/ISH Charts in District Amritsar of Punjab (India)
National journal of community medicine, 2018
Introduction: World Health Organization recommends use of WHO/ISH risk prediction charts for iden... more Introduction: World Health Organization recommends use of WHO/ISH risk prediction charts for identifying those who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Hence, the current study was conducted to assess 10 year risk of cardiovascular disease among adult population of Amritsar. Materials & Method: The study was conducted in Urban Health Training Centre of Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Amritsar. The Attendants of patients coming to the centre for treatment in the age group of 40-65 years were included in the study. The sample size of 400 was calculated. WHO/ISH charts for South East Asian Region in the setting were used to estimate fatal or non-fatal cardiovascular risk prediction for 10 years. Results: Nearly half of study subjects (55.8%) were having low risk, 15.5% had moderate risk and 28.8% had high risk of cardio-vascular disease. The risk was found to be higher among men, in urban areas, among those who had lower level of education and among t...
Infant Feeding Practices in an Urban Area of Amritsar, Punjab
The Indian journal of nutrition and dietetics, 2015
Globally, breast feeding has the potential to prevent about 800,000 deaths among children under f... more Globally, breast feeding has the potential to prevent about 800,000 deaths among children under five each years if all children 0-23 months were optimally breastfed. Early initiation of breast feeding could prevent about one fifth of neonatal deaths, but less than half of infants are put to the breast within one hour of birth. So the present study was planned to know the breast feeding practices and the sociodemographic factors influencing the feeding practices among the mothers of one year old children. A community based cross sectional study was conducted in the urban field practice area of the Department of Community Medicine of SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences and Research among the mothers having less than one year old child. There were total recorded 263 mothers having less than one year old child. Information about demographic profile, breast feeding practices and socio cultural factors affecting the feeding practices was collected using a pre-tested and predesigned proform...
Cause of Death among Reproductive Age Group W omen in Rural Part of North India: A Five Year Retrospective Study
The females of reproductive age groups (15-49 yrs) constitutes approximately 20% of total populat... more The females of reproductive age groups (15-49 yrs) constitutes approximately 20% of total populations, so about 2010 million population of India is females under reproductive age group.There are many causes of deaths of female of reproductive age group (15-44 yrs). The major causes are accidents, medical illness like infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, maternal deaths, malignancy, ageing, suicides, homicide burns etc. The present study was a community based retrospective study conducted in rural catchment area of department of Community Medicine, SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar. All the women of reproductive age group who died within years 2006 to 2011 were included in the study. Relevant information regarding sociodemographic variables and cause of death was collected on a pretested and self structured instrument. A standardized algorithm developed by ICMR was used to assign the cause of death and International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) codes up to a minimum of three d...
National journal of community medicine, 2015
Introduction: Vaccination status of slum newborn and infant is far from being satisfactory. Hence... more Introduction: Vaccination status of slum newborn and infant is far from being satisfactory. Hence, the present study was conducted to assess the age appropriate immunization status of infants and to explore the impact of socio-demographic factors on immunization status in various slum areas of Amritsar city. Methods: A total of 30 clusters of 7 infants each were studied to make a sample of 210 units. Age appropriate immunization status of infants and socio-demographic factors related to it were stud
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2018
Background: Diarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in devel... more Background: Diarrhoeal diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries, and an important cause of malnutrition. In 2003 an estimated 1.87 million children below 5 years died from diarrhoea. In India nearly 1.5 million under-fives are dying every year only due to acute gastroenteritis. Therefore the present study was conducted to find the knowledge about diarrhoea and its management among the mothers of under-five children.Methods: A total of 400 mothers of under-five children were interviewed. The mothers were selected by adopting simple random sampling method. A pre-designed and pre tested questionnaire was used to collect the information. House to house survey was done to collect the information. Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 20.0.Results: Majority of the mothers (72.8%) were in age group of 21-30 years. Out of total 53% knew that diarrhoea is passage of three or more loose stool in a day. Education status of mother has signi...
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2018
Background: Worldwide, approximately 830 women died every single day due to complications during ... more Background: Worldwide, approximately 830 women died every single day due to complications during pregnancy or childbirth in 2015. Most maternal deaths are preventable as the necessary medical interventions are well known. So the present study was conducted to find the knowledge and practices regarding antenatal care among the mothers of infants.Methods: The mothers having less than one year child according to the annual report of year 2017 were included in the study. A pre-designed questionnaire, which was pre tested was used to collect the information. Out of 332 mothers 327 were willing to participate in the study. House to house survey was done to collect the information. Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 20.0.Results: Regarding the knowledge about the antenatal care 22.0% mothers had poor knowledge while 45.6% and 32.4% had average and good knowledge respectively. Age and education status of the mother had significant relation with the knowledge regarding ANC (p=0.00)....
A Cross Sectional Study of Factors Influencing Childhood Immunization in a tertiary Care Institution of Amritsar-A Hospital based Study
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2018
Awareness of HIV/AIDS among Drug users Visiting Government Run Out-patient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) centre in Amritsar city, Punjab
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019
International Journal of Advanced Community Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Feeding practices in a community directly affect the nutritional status of infants.... more Introduction: Feeding practices in a community directly affect the nutritional status of infants. The current study was conducted with the objective of assessing the breast feeding practices and factors contributing to it in slums of Amritsar city. Materials and Method: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a slum of Amritsar city. Mothers who have delivered within the past one year were taken as study subjects. Sample size of 235 was calculated. Mothers were interviewed by using predesigned, pretested proforma. Breast feeding practices were studied. Sociodemographic factors were studied in relation to breast feeding practices. The data was collected, compiled and analyzed by using SPSS evaluation version 19.0. Results: It was observed that 90.6% infants were put to the breast milk after birth. But inappropriate early neonatal feeding practices were common. Prelacteal feed in the form of honey, sugar water or saline water was given to 86% of infants. Colostrum was discarded by 45.7% of women. Only 17% of women started breast feeding within one hour and 62.5% infants were put on exclusive breast feeding. Place of delivery was found to be a significant factor affecting exclusive breast feeding practice. Conclusion: Though majority of infants were put on breast milk, inappropriate feeding practices are prevalent. As place of delivery affects the breast feeding practice, institutional deliveries should be promoted.
International Journal of Advanced Community Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Health of the urban poor is considerably worse off than the urban middle and high i... more Introduction: Health of the urban poor is considerably worse off than the urban middle and high income groups. There are thousands of easily preventable child deaths each year. Hence, the current study was conducted to assess the socio-demographic factors associated with child mortality. Materials and Method: The study was conducted in slums of Amritsar city. 50 pockets were randomly selected. Married women in the reproductive age were taken as study subjects. By adopting cluster sampling, 50 clusters of 7 units each were taken from each pocket making a total sample of 350. Multivariate logistic regression was applied to assess the significant factors associated with child death. Confidence limits were set at 95%. The data was collected, compiled and analyzed with the help of SPSS Evaluation Version 19.0. Results: Univariate analysis proved nativity, socioeconomic status, Education of mother, type of family and size of family as highly significant factors affecting the survival of a child. But, during multivariate regression analysis, education of the mother emerged as the single factor determining the child survival. Conclusion: As education of the mother is the single significant factor affecting the child survival, efforts should be focused to raise the education standard of women.
A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess the Knowledge about Prevention and Home Management of Diarrhoea among the Mothers of Under Five Children in an Urban Area of Amritsar, Punjab
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2019
Background: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a major public health problem. I... more Background: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a major public health problem. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment success rate worldwide is around 50%.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on all MDR-TB patients who were registered and being treated under PMDT services in Amritsar district from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2015. The treatment outcome with their socio-demographic determinants was ascertained. Data management and analysis was done by using Microsoft excel and SPSS.Results: Out of 87 MDR-TB patients, 57 (65.5%) were males and 30 (34.4%) were females. The various treatment outcomes observed were- 30 (34.5%) cured, 19 (21.8%) treatment completed, 18 (20.7%) died, 13 (14.9%) defaulted, 4 (4.6%) shifted to XDR TB regime and 3 (3.4%) failure.Conclusions: On statistical analysis, it was observed that age (p=0.000), marital status (p=0.024), educational status (p=0.011) and occupation (p=0.002) were significan...
Study of Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Infant Feeding Practices in an Urban Area of Punjab
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019
Current Trends in diagnosis & Treatment, 2018
Introduction: Integrated child development services (ICDS) scheme has a focus on the physical hea... more Introduction: Integrated child development services (ICDS) scheme has a focus on the physical health of the beneficiaries, though ideally, all the dimensions of health, be it physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual should be equally addressed. Mental health problems abound, and their timely diagnosis and treatment can drastically cut down the morbidity associated with them. Anganwadi workers (AWWs) can prove to be an asset in this timely diagnosis. However, not much is known about the adequacy of knowledge and level of training of AWWs to recognize the commonly prevalent mental health problems in their wards. Materials and methods: The present study was a crosssectional study conducted from April to June 2014 on 1405 AWWs working in district Amritsar to know about their comprehension of mental health problems. A semi-structured pre-tested performance was used for the purpose. The data so collected were analyzed using SPSS (version 21.0) software. Percentages and chi-squared values were calculated. Results: Majority of the AWWs, i.e, 605 (43.0%) were in the age group of 30 to 39 years, 1124 (80.0%) were educated to matriculation, and above, 723(51.5%) had been serving for 10-20 years. More than half 823 (58.6%) were conversant with mental health problems. Depression was the most commonly cited mental health problem 1342 (95.5%) followed by mental retardation 1293 (92.0%) and antisocial behavior 1185 (84.3%). Conclusion: A strong association between cognition of mental health problems and literacy status of the AWWs (ꭕ 2 = 137.48, p < 0.05), duration of service (ꭕ 2 = 28.18, p < 0.05) and participation in in-service training for the up-gradation of their knowledge (ꭕ 2 = 47.15, p < 0.05) was found.
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2016
Background: Infertility is a global health issue affecting 8 to 12% of couples worldwide. The obj... more Background: Infertility is a global health issue affecting 8 to 12% of couples worldwide. The objective was to study the prevalence and socio-demographic profile of infertility in the study population. Methods: The present cross sectional community based study was conducted in the field practice area of SGRD, Amritsar. The socio-demographic profile of the screened infertile couples was taken by filling up the pre-tested proforma. The data was statistically analysed by using SPSS (20.0 versions) IBM Chicago and valid conclusion drawn. Results: The total number of infertile couples were 291 making the prevalence of infertility 4.57% [N=6373] with primary and secondary infertility were 1.95% and 2.62% respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of infertility in the study population was 4.57% with a primary infertility was 1.95% and secondary was 2.62%. Among the infertile women 115 (39.5%) were from urban and 176 (60.5%) were from the rural area. Secondary infertility cases were higher in women from both urban and rural area.
Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Vaccine Preventable Diseases among Anganwadi Workers in District Amritsar, Punjab
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2016
An Epidemiological Study Analyzing Morbidity Pattern and the Role of Antibiotics in Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (Pneumonia) in Children Under Five Years of Age in the Rural Area of Dist. Amritsar and to Study the Utilization of Public Health Care Utility by the Community
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2015
An Epidemiological Study Analyzing Various Risk Factors Associated with the Morbidity Pattern in Acute Respiratory Infections in Children under 5 Years of Age in a Rural Area of District Amritsar
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2015
A longitudinal community based study was conducted among the population of a rural community in t... more A longitudinal community based study was conducted among the population of a rural community in the Verka block of District Amritsar from December 1998 through February 1999 to determine the incidence, risk factors, morbidity associated with acute respiratory tract infection in children under 5 years of age. Data were obtained from a total of 503 children, who were visited twice weekly for detection of risk factors. The overall incidence of ARI was 4.41 episodes per child. The highest incidence was observed in the age group of 1–2 years (average 1.3) and lowest rates were observed in age group of 0–1 year (avg.1.03) years. The incidence was higher in boys than in girls. Lower socio-economic status, un-immunized, children of parents who smoke, environmental pollution, unfed breast milk children, had the greater risk of ARI episodes. An increase in magnitude of ARI was observed with the decrease of literacy rate.
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