Jurnal EduHealth
Vol. 15 No. 03 (2024): Jurnal EduHealt (September), Year 2024

Prevalence & Characteristics Of Inguinal Hernia Patients

Indadzi Arsyi Iwan (Unknown)
Berry Erida Hasbi (Unknown)
Hamzakir, Hamzakir (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jul 2024

Abstract

Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) report, it is stated that between 2005-2010, there were 19,173,279 cases of hernias, and there were 50 million degenerative cases, including hernias, in 2020. The incidence of hernias in developed countries is only 17% per 1000 inhabitants, which is different from what happens in a number of countries on the Asian continent, which reaches 59%.Literature review with narrative review design.A review of 10 pieces of literature showed that inguinal hernia patients mostly suffered from men (95.6%), Spearman's correlation test between age and type of inguinal hernia obtained a p-value = 0.033 (< 0.05) with an average age The highest is 36 -65 years and the lowest is 0-11 years. There is a relationship with the incidence of inguinal hernia with a value of p=0.026, history of chronic cough (68.9%), doing heavy work (82.35%), patients undergoing herniorrhaphy (mesh) surgery. ), Patients with lateral hernia locations dominate cases of hernia recurrence (80%). The time span for most hernia recurrences is <2 years (54%). The prevalence and characteristics of Inguinal Hernia sufferers are mostly men, aged 36-65 years, obesity, history of chronic cough, doing heavy work, undergoing Herniorrhaphy (mesh) surgery with lateral hernia location dominating the majority of hernia recurrences < 2 years.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

healt

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Subject

Health Professions Public Health Veterinary

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The EduHealt journal contains articles based on research results or equivalent in the health field. The research includes research related to the community environment as well as in the general public. Articles published in this journal have never been published/published by other ...