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Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of asthma among urban community pharmacists in Selangor, Malaysia. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted at state of Selangor, Malaysia from Jan 2016 to Jul 2016
Material and Methods: One hundred fifty [150] community pharmacists in Selangor, Malaysia, were randomly selected and recruited for this baseline study. Self-administered questionnaires were directly distributed and collected by the investigators themselves. The extracted data from the completed questionnaires was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science [SPSS] version 19 [based on parametric/ non-parametric data]
Results: The mean average score of the pharmacists was 12.93 +/- 3.46 over a maximum possible score of 23 corresponding 56% of which was thought to be moderate performance. Respondents performed best in issues relating to features of asthma while areas of knowledge deficiency included recognizing the main symptoms of asthma, factors that can cause asthmatic attacks and proper mode of delivering asthma medications. The knowledge of asthma was related to age while gender and location of their premises had no influence on their knowledge
Conclusion: The key findings of this study indicated that the knowledge of asthma among community pharmacists surveyed was of average level. These results bring into focus the need for community pharmacists to undergo continuing professional education in order to update their knowledge and skills
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Low back pain [LBP] rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching adult levels at the ageof 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP has least effect. Back pain usually effects females more than males and athletes are more effected by it. Sciatica and Scoliosis are the main causes of back pain. Sciatica might due to sensory deficit while, scoliosis is the abnormal curvature of spine. Disc herniation, degenerative changes, compression are the causes for sciatica while vertebral anomalies, neuromuscularfactors caused scoliosis. As sciatica is not a disease, so diagnosed with nonspecific low back pain which can be treated with acupuncture treatment or spinal infiltration. Lumbar corpectomy, disc replacement and screw usage are the ways of treatment for scoliosis
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Adolescent , Female , Humans , Male , Obesity , Posture , AdolescentABSTRACT
From ancient times, humankind has used self-created traditional methods for handling the illnesses and continues to use them along with modern medicine. Even today, more than 70% of the world's population still depends on the complementary and alternative systems of medicine [CAM]. The objective of this study is to create awareness of health hazards with the use of CAM therapies and to find out its utility among Pakistani population. Comprehensive questionnaire was developed for the study on the use of CAM and was distributed to 470 patients/attendants in different hospitals of Lahore as well as major hospitals and clinical setups in the peripheral regions of Lahore, Pakistan. Over all, the response rate of the study was 81.7% while 78.1 % population found as CAM user. The most common type of alternative medicine used by patients is from Hakeem [Natural Therapist] which is about 17% and the most frequent disease for which patients often go for CAM therapy is liver diseases [19%]. Respondents found inclined towards CAM only due to its marketed false benefits and not because of their dissatisfaction with conventional therapy. A noteworthy population of Pakistan is using CAM therapies from different practitioners, irrespective of any education and awareness about their disease and long-term drawbacks because of improper treatment of the disease. Though adverse events due to the use of CAM therapy are not unusual still a delay in the proper treatment usually ends up in serious consequences and even loss of lives