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Background: Adolescent’s psychosocial disorders exhibit as iceberg phenomenon and are one of the hidden health problems in population. Adolescents suffer from psychosocial problems at one or the other time during their development. Aim of study was to study the prevalence of psychosocial problems among adolescent. Methods: A community based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in urban field practice area of govt. medical college, Nagpur in Maharashtra. House to house survey was conducted and face to face interview was taken among 330 adolescents out of which 214 (64.84%) were male and 116 (35.16%) were female. Peadiatric Symptom Checklist Youth version (PSC-Y) was used as a tool to study the psychosocial problem. Results: In present study, overall prevalence of psychosocial problem was found to be 33.03%. Prevalence of psychosocial problem in male and female was 34.11% and 31.03% respectively. Psychosocial problems were more in age group of 14-16 years (39.69%) followed by 10-13 years 34 (31.48%) and 17-19 years age group 23 (25.27%). Conclusions: On basis of findings using PSC-Y, it is concluded that, a sizeable population (about one third of the adolescents) were suffered from psychosocial problem and the attention problem was most commonly found using PSC-Y subscales.
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Background: Disability is not just a health problem or attribute of individuals, but it reflects difficulties that individuals may experience in physical movements and interaction with society. Studies have indicated that persons with disabilities may experience a poorer health and quality of life than the general population. Inmates most commonly suffer from mental disorders with/without multiple disabilities. Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries were the most common morbidities identified. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study to assess health status was conducted in various homes for persons with disabilities in Central India in 130 subjects out of which 64.62% were male and 35.38% were female. Results: In present study, maximum i.e., 18 (13.85%) of study subjects were having fatigue followed by cold 15 (11.54%), throat pain 13 (10%), Generalized pain (not otherwise specified) 12 (9.23%), pain in abdomen 7 (5.38%) at the time of examination. Health status reveals that maximum number 49 (37.69%) of study subjects were having anaemia followed by 15 (11.54%) rhinitis. Conclusions: Predominant morbidities observed in study subjects are underweight, anemia, and hypertension while refractive error, diabetes mellitus these were present in few study subjects. Regular health check-ups or camps should be organized for diagnosis and management of health problems of persons with disabilities.
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Background: Adolescence is defined by WHO as the age group of 10-19 years. In India, adolescents (10-19 years) constitute about 21.4 percent of the population, comprising one fifth of the total population. Adolescents are apparently healthy people but they may also have various kinds of problems. If they are to reach adulthood in a healthy state, then it’s necessary to analyze the common health problems prevalent in this age-group so that targeted and concerted services could be provided to them. Objective of current study was to assess the health status of adolescents in urban field practice area of tertiary care hospital in Central India. Methods: A community based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in urban field practice area of Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur. House to house survey was conducted among 330 adolescents out of which 214 (64.84%) were male and 116 (35.16%) were female. Results: In present study most common morbidity found was dandruff in 127 (38.48%) adolescents followed by acne vulgaris in 102 (30.90%). Anemia was present in 52 (15.75%) of study subjects. Out of 237 morbid study subject, 114 (48.10%) study subjects had single morbidity followed by 2 and 3 morbidities in 52 (21.94%) and 63 (26.59%) respectively. About 8 (3.37%) study subjects had more than 3 morbidities. Conclusions: The present study shows that adolescents experience various health problems. Predominant morbidities observed in study subjects are dandruff (pityriasis capitis), acne vulgaris, anaemia, dental carries.