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Objectives: In this study our main aim is to evaluate the effectof anaemia on PMS patients.Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was donein the department of Physiology, Chittagong Medical College,over one-year period from July, 2015 to June, 2016. Total 90subjects between 18-22 years were selected by purposivesampling according to inclusion and exclusion criteria from the1st year female medical students. They were divided inanaemic (Group A) and non anaemic (Group B) on the basis ofhaemoglobin concentration.Result: Mean (±SD) haemoglobin of the subjects were 11.70± 0.26 gm/dl and 14.26 ± 1.31 gm/dl in anaemic and nonanaemic group respectively. Mean (±SD) PMS score of thesubjects was 7.59 ± 3.6 and 7.08 ± 2.9 in anaemic and nonanaemic group respectively. Anaemic subjects showed morePMS score than non anaemic subjects though it wasinsignificant. On Pearson’s correlation, PMS score showedvery weak positive correlation with haemoglobin and nocorrelation with BMI.Conclusion: From our study we can conclude that, theanaemic subjects had higher PMS scores than non anaemicsubjects. There was a weak positive correlation betweenanaemia and PMS. Further study is needed for better outcome.
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Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate thehearing level among the workers of cement industry.Methodology: This Cross-sectional observational study wasconducted at Department of Physiology, Chittagong MedicalCollege, Chittagong and Heidelbargh Cement Bangladesh Ltd.East Halishar, Chittagong, One year (January 2011 toDecember 2011). Where total number of 800 (Eight hundred)subjects were included. During the study, all subjects wereselected purposively on the basis of noise exposure studyprocedure. After selection and proper counseling, the aim,objective and procedure of the study was explained in detailsto all subjects, in the cement industry.Results: During the study highest frequency of hearing losswas found in 30-40 years age group. Most of the patientsworked in production area for 5-10 years. most of the patientsexposed to 70-80dB, 41.4%.51.6% patients exposed >8 hoursdaily and 65.5% patients exposed 42-48 hours weekly.Conclusion: From our study we can conclude that the studyclearly demonstrated that noise is a serious health hazard inthe cement industry. Hearing threshold for the subjectsexposed to noise increase with the progress of age andduration of employment. Further study is needed for betteroutcome.