Influence of literacy on health status in the population of Faisalabad Tehsil

A household survey was conducted to study the influence of literacy on mode of treatment adopted by individuals during morbidity period in urban and rural population of Faisalabad Tehsil. Comparative association of educational level with other parameters was found to be highly significant [P<0.001]. Differences found in urban/rural and male/female were also significant

Disease pattern and fatality among patients treated at DHQ hospital, Faisalabad

A pilot study was undertaken to assess the pattern of diseases, fatality and some other ratios among the patients treated at District Headquarters Hospital, Faisalabad during 1984. Out of 4,506 in-patients, maximum admissions 1,196 [26.54%] were of gastrointestinal diseases followed by 795 [17.64%] cases of injuries. Overall fatality was found to be 6.35%. The highest case fatality was found in the infectious diseases group, while maximum of the total deaths [20.98%] occurred due to injuries. Consistency in provisional and final diagnosis was found in 86.20% of total cases. The annual turnover was 41 patients per bed per year

Compliance in tubercular patients at Faisalabad

A total of 1345 patients [498 at PMC hospital, 568 at first author's private clinic, 150 at PESSI hospital and 129 at Islamic hospital, Chiniot]; 777 males and S68 females, were documented for 12 months in order to study compliance in relation to different socio-demographic parameters and different chemotherapeutic regimens. Overall compliance at 12 months was found to be 29.67%. The compliance was significantlyl higher in PMC hospital patients [39.96%] as compared to [21.83%] at private clinic, [29.33%] at PESSI hospital and [24.81%] at Islamia hospital. Compliance was significantly higher i.e. P<0.01 in non-rifampicin containing regimens [36.54%] compared to rifampicin containing regimens [22.76%]. Socio-economic status repealed direct association with level of compliance. The effect of educational status and distance travelled was insignificant to the level of compliance

Morbidity in urban and rural areas of Faisalabad Tehsil

A survey of 1600 households, 900 households from urban and 700 from rural areas, covering a total bubo/ 11395 individuals, was conducted to find out the morbid condition in urban and rural population of Faisalabad Tehsil during the reference period of one month. The average household size was found 7.1 while the sex ratio and literacy ratio were found 116 and 40.89% respectively. Overall morbidity rate per 1000 persons was 229.64. It was higher in rural areas [304.51] as compared to urban areas [175.73]. The morbidity rate was 239.62 for males against for females. The highest morbidity rate [591.55] was determined in the age group 70-74 years, while the lowest morbidity rate [123.31] was found for 10-14 years age group. Occupation wise the highest morbidity rate [419.81] was found for the population constituting major occupation group "Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Worker". The morbidity rates for population with housing units having good facilities were found comparatively low. Upper respiratory fevers and masculo-skeletal diseases were found to be the most prevalent

Population, nationality and mortality in Faisalabad Tehsil

A household survey was carried out to collect data on various population characteristics, births and deaths during 1986 to study natality and mortality in urban and rural areas of Faisalabad Tehsil. The variation in age strcutures of urban and rural population was noteworthy. However the distribtions by sex in respective age groups were similar. The overall crude birth rate was estimated as 39.8 per 1000 population while crude death rate and rate of natural increase were found to be 14.0 and 25.8 per 1000 population respectively All the crude rates were higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Maximum percentage of the total deaths occurred between 0-14 years [46.2%]. Within this age group, the percentage of female deaths [51.2%] was higher than the male deaths [41.0%]

Risk of diabetes mellitus in offspring of diabetic parents

Diabetes Mellitus is believed to be genetically transmitted in families and, hence, termed as a hereditary disease. The sufferings of the disease with succeeding periods of time is a grave experience. The present study was, therefore, aimed at determining potential for the disease in families [offspring] with single/both parents diabetic [confirmed in the laboratory] so as to make them cautious of the disease inflictions before hand. The results reveal that greater the potential for diabetes from the parents, more of their offspring were found to have been affected. That is more offspring in both parents diabetic families appeared to be diabetic or inclined to become diabetic [abnormal] in future, than those in single parent diabeticjnan-diabetic parents families. Furthermore, normal offspring is diabetic parents[s] families also showed a positive trend to become abltnormal / diabetic sometimes in future. The results are alarming and, therefore, offspring with family history of diabetes must be cautioned at an earlier age so that they may adopt prophylactic measures against the disease

Two dose glucose tolerance test

A non-conventional method for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, namely two dose glucose tolerance test has been evaluated to assess its significance and diagnostic value, particularly in detection of potential diabetics. Besides indicating age and sex distribution of cases studied, this article also discussed criteria of differentiation between diabetic, abnormal and normal subjects. The results reveal that there are more female diabetics than males. Likewise, the percentage of females showing abnormal glucose tolerance response [potential diabetics] is than that of males. The data relating the age factor to prevalence of diabetes indicate that more and more persons develop diabetes as age advances, upto the age group of 40-59 years. Potential diabetics [abnormal groups] also follows the same pattern of age distribution. The results also furnish the pattern of glucose tolerance curves for different groups of individuals, which evidently means that the two dose GTT is useful in sorting out potential diabetics from apparently normal individuals