ABSTRACT
The investigators studied mouth-to-anus transit-time (MATT) and duration of diarrhoea (DD) in 40 infants, aged 2 to 24 months, who presented with acute diarrhoea with moderate to severe dehydration. Each patient was put either into Group I, II, III or IV. AII groups received ORS as a rehydrating solution (with carmine red in the first dose of ORS ). Groups II, III and IV were given lacteol fort, smectite and kaloin-pectin, respectively, in addition to ORS. The investigators found no significant difference among the four groups in terms of MATT and DD. It is concluded that the addition of anti-diarrhoeal drugs to ORS in infants with diarrhoea had no significant difference in terms of MATT and DD.
ABSTRACT
The relationship between basic conditioning factors and spouse support was studied in 100 COPD patients (81 males, 19 females) who attended the COPD clinic at Siriraj Hospital. The questionnaire used was modified from Robert House by Supaporn Duang-Pang with confident equal to 0.81. The date was analysed with the SPSS/PC program for Pearson’s correlation coefficient and t-test. Sixty-six per cent of COPD patients received moderate support from their spouses, 32 percent received good support and 12 per cent were give poor support. Factors that received good support include concern for patient’s symptoms after receiving medical attention and financial support for medical expenses. Factors that received poor support were the inability of the spouse to acknowledge any mental feeling of ill-health, and support in daily activities. There was no significant correlation between age, sex, education level, duration of the illness, occupation, income and spouse support.