Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and it's risk factors among medical students of Peshawar, Pakistan

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder of gastrointestinal tract that is related to psychological dysfunction and is effected by the social, environmental and psychological factors. This study focuses on the various aspects of prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of the irritable bowel syndrome in medical college students

Objectives: To study the prevalence and risk factors of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students of Peshawar, Pakistan

Study design, settings and duration: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Khyber Medical College, Khyber Girls Medical College, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar from January 2017 to June 2017

Subjects and Methods: A sample size of about 552 medical students were taken by using WHO sample size calculator using 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error through simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by administering a semi structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20

Results: The prevalence of IBS was 13.4% in males and 17.5% in females. IBS was positively associated with factors like stress and sleep disturbance and negatively associated with risk factors like exercise, smoking, living standards, household income and spicy food

Conclusion: Keeping in view of high occurrence of IBS among medical colleges and university students, there is need to aware the students from the possible negative outcomes of this condition

Patterns of partial edentulism among armed forces personnel reporting at armed forces institute of dentistry Pakistan

Aim of this study was to determine the frequency of occurrence of various patterns of partial edentulism in armed forces personnel seen at the department of Prosthodontics, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry [AFID]. Utilizing convenience sampling 1000 patients were selected. Kennedy's Classification was utilized after applying Applegate's rules to record the patterns of partial edentulism. Partial edentulism in maxillary arch, was found in 32.6% patients, while 36.8% personnel had partial edentulism in mandibular arch. The remaining 30.6% of samples had missing teeth in both arches. Kennedy's Class III was found to be the most prevalent pattern in both maxilla and mandible. Kennedy's Class III modification 1 was the most common modification encountered in both arches. Highest percentage of combination pattern found was maxillary Class III opposing mandibular Class III. A higher frequency of partial edentulism among the younger age groups found in this study was alarming and is suggestive of the need to create awareness among armed forces health care system for timely prevention of diseases causing tooth loss