Outcome of breast lump in females attending surgical outpatient department, Jinnah hospital Lahore

Objective: Main focus of this research was to identify the consequence of breast lump in females attending surgical outpatient department, Jinnah Hospital Lahore

Study Design: Observational / descriptive / cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: that was conducted at the Outdoor of Surgical Units of Jinnah hospital, Lahore dated 15 April 2016 to 15 May 2016

Materials and Methods: All data was collected by patients through a feedback form that was prepared according to the knowledge of patients about breast diseases. Collected data analyses was made by SPSS version 13 and results was presented in different forms like tables, frequencies and percentages of variables

Results: Total sample of 95 patients affected from breast lump taken. All the patients were divided into different age groups. 58 [61.05%] were age group between 16-35 years of age, 31 [32.63%] were between 36-55 years of age and 6[6.31%] patients were between the age group 56 years and above. In our study, 41 % patients had malignant carcinoma of the breast followed by fibroadenoma in 36% and breast accessible 15%. Most common age group suffering from carcinoma was 26-35 years of the age where it was found to be 13 [31.1%] Fibro adenoma was the most common disease of younger age group age 15-25 years of age

Conclusion: Conclusion of this study is the incidence of breast malignancy, fibro adenoma and inflammatory diseases is greater in our setup. However, there should be breast clinics screening programs so that breast cancer diagnosed at early stage. It is recommended now the surgeons managing patient's age 30 years and above with breast lump should be vigillant and cautious so that early diagnosed and management of malignant breast lump should be carried out

Frequency of hypertension among the patients attending medical outdoor at B.V.H, Bahawalpur

Objective: The purpose of the research was to find the incidence of hypertension in the patients visiting Medical OPD at B.V.H, Bahawalpur

Study Design: Observational / descriptive / cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at Medical OPD, B.V.H, and Bahawalpur from 05 January 2016 to 05 April 2016

Materials and Methods: The data was collected through a pre-formed questionnaire about knowledge of patients regarding hypertension. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS 17. All result was presented in percentages, frequencies, and tables

Results: Three hundred and thirty-two patients were examined during the study period with the age of 20 to 60 and above years. Among the study sample, 147[44%] were males and 185[56%] females. Maximum hypertensive patients 54[16.3%] were found among the age group of 41-50 years. Hypertension was found to be present in 57.6% males and 47.6% female having normal BMI. Most common factors associated with the presence of hypertension in our study population were "smoking", "use of ghee" and "lack of exercise". 22.5 percent of our male population smoke regularly and 39.5% female were in habit of using ghee daily. 95 [26.7%] hypertensive females and 61[21%] hypertensive males among our study population were having a family history of hypertension. Out of total type A population, 70[49.3%] were found to be hypertensive

Conclusion: In the present study, the frequency of hypertension in medical OPD patients was very high, [as 47 % of our study population was suffering from it]. Most of the patients were in 41-50 years age group

Level of satisfaction in post-operative patients in surgical wards of Bahawal Victoria Hospital [BVH], Bahawalpur

Objective: To determine the factors that affect patient satisfaction and to explore the aspects of care provided by the doctors in surgical wards of Bahawal Victoria Hospital in order to improve the overall satisfaction level of the patients

Study Design: Descriptive / cross sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur was from March 2016 to June 2016

Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 patients by convenient sampling technique was taken from surgical wards [S1, S2, S3, and S4] of Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. Of 100 participants, 57 were males and 43 were females. Data was analyzed by using software SPSS 15.0 Demographic table frequencies and percentages were constructed

Results: A total of 100 subjects were interviewed. Among them, 24% were highly satisfied, 75% of the subjects were moderately satisfied, and only 1% was not satisfied. A total of 93% of the patients gave positive response about ease of admission into the ward. In domain of Physical Examination, overall 86% people were fully satisfied and 14% were not satisfied

Conclusion: Most of the patients were satisfied regarding ease of admission in the ward, behavior of doctors and nursing staff and their availability during any distress. Domains of sanitary conditions and food availability as well as its quality and hygiene need further attention

Smoking among patients attending chest department Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur

Objectives: Objectives of Our Study were to know the frequency of smokers attending the chest outpatient department and chest ward and determine the reasons of smoking

Study Design: Cross Sectional Study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at Chest Ward and Chest OPD of BV Hospital Bahawalpur from 18[th] May to 5[th] June 2016

Materials and Methods: Sample of 100 patients were taken by using non-probability sampling technique. Patients of all ages and both sexes were included and Unwilling patients were not included. It was descriptive cross sectional epidemiological study. Data Collection Procedure: The data was collected by means of a preformed questionnaire. The Patients were interviewed by the researchers themselves. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20 and frequencies were calculated and presented in the form of Tables

Results: In the study it was found that the frequency of smokers attending the chest outdoor and chest O.P.D was 59%. This study showed that 30% of smokers had been smoking for more than 30 years while almost 7% were smoker for more than 40 years. This study showed that 20.3 % of smokers started smoking to relieve depression, 28% due to peer pressure another 19% for fashion, 12 % for copying elders and 21% gave other reasons

Conclusion: It was concluded that smoking was quite prevalent in the patients attending the chest OPD and chest ward. Efforts should be made at community level as well as individual level to control and prevent smoking