Prevalence of surgical conditions among rural population of Southern Karnataka, India
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Surgical care is increasingly recognised as an important component contributing to global health, yet data for the burden of surgical disease are scarce. Even after half a century of independence, notmore than 20% of the population have any access to basic surgical services. Objectives: To assess theprevalence of common surgical conditions and factors associated among people residing in MugalurSubcentre, Anekal taluk, Bangalore. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 500 individuals aged between 18-70 years using two-staged stratified random sampling technique in 9villages under Mugalur Subcentre, rural Karnataka. Results: Of the 500 study subjects 239 (47.8%) weremales. Majority (59.2%) were in the age group between 21- 40 years and 111(22.2%) had no formaleducation. Also 155(30.9%) were belonging to class III SES, 54(10.8%) are alcoholics, while 52(10.4%) aresmokers. Prevalence of surgical conditions was found to be 34(6.8%). Most common surgical illness wereswelling 14(2.8%), ulcer 11(2.2%) followed by haemorrhoids, hernia, varicose veins and breast lump. Therewas no statistically significant association found prevalence of surgical conditions with age, gender and occupation. We found that among the people who had surgical conditions majority of them seek surgical carefrom Government hospitals. Conclusion: Prevalence of common surgical conditions was 6.8%, with no significant associations. To create awareness about the common surgical conditions among the people and to help them seek treatment from hospital
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Surekha A, Niresh C, Ramakrishna Goud B, Deepthi D
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