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A Study to Assess the Impact of Lockdown on Physical and Psychosocial Health among Senior Citizen in the Selected Areas of Pune City Tejashri Ligade , Deepak Sethi, Priyanka Kadam3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12268

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Over the previous few weeks, the COVID pandemic has impacted lives across the world in unimaginableways, and quite ever at now like this, it’s essential we concentrate to our elderly who are theforemost vulnerable segment of the population. With aging, immunity decreases making elderly more proneto the virus.Additionally, the general public above the age of 60 have some or the opposite medical conditionlike diabetes, hypertension or asthma; all of which are risk factors.1 The demographic pyramid of India isshifting fast with a more number of within the elderly population. It appears that the socio-economic andsocio cultural transformation to higher individual freedom, hedonism, family unit, feminism, materialismetc. is catching older generation unaware. Aims: within the above context, the target of the study was tospot the themes that are related to the standard of life of home-dwelling elderly. In fact, the time of the 2011census there have been around 104 million people above the age of 60, which implies that a staggering9 percent of our population fall within this high risk group. But besides being most in danger, socialdistancing and therefore the nationwide lockdown even have implications on mental state of the elderly,which simply shouldn’t be ignored.2Methods: A non-experimental descriptive survey method was used accustomed assess the impact of lockdownon physical and psychological health of grownup selected by purposive sampling. The information wascomposed by pretested questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out with level of significance.Results: 60 senior citizen participated in the study.58% were not satisfied with lock down as it is affectingtheir physical and mental health. Impact is more on age group of 60 years and above.Conclusions: The present study showed unsatisfied impact of lockdown among senior citizens. Lockdownhas affected them in all physical, social and psychological way. It is necessary to take measures to relievetheir stress due to lockdown.
Quality of Life in Children with Type 1 Diabetic – A Systematic Review Merlin Suji1 , Anita Y. Nawale2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12269

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Background :Quality of life (QOL) is commonly used in the health care industry to assess the general wellbeing of the individual. Assessing QOL among children with diabetes, is completed with a disease specificapproach.1 The main aim of the present study was to systematically review the characteristics of publishedstudies in children with type 1 diabetic Quality of life and examine the quality of their findings.Method and Material: The 141 research articles searched in (PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Scopus,Academia ,open access ) databases using the following search terms: “type 1 diabetic” and “quality of life”. Depending on the inclusion and exclusion criteria studies were filtered and 12 studies were chosen forthe final analysis. This systematic review was designed and conducted with the Published Guidelines forReporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)Result : The studies showed that sampling size differs in each study from 20 till 3005 it selected . butin many studies sample size is below 100. Validity and reliability were not done in many studies. Forreliability al studies who mentioned about validity used Cronbach’s ? coefficient to check the tool efficiency.Studies showed that people with diabetes had lower QoL . however the Quality of Life is directly relatedto the disease condition, HbA1 c and glycaemic control of children . Better control of Diabetic Mellitus isassociated with better health related QoL.
An implementation study on Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) technique in the Critical Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital Rajvinder Kour1 , Ankit Singh2, Neha Ahire2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12270

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In the studied hospital an increased number of adverse events were noted in the critical care unit (CCU)department of the tertiary care hospital in the last three months. Hence, a risk management technique, HazardIdentification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) is applied to identify the hazards and to reduce the risk of theidentified hazards by administering suitable mitigation and the control programs. The study was carriedout for three months i.e from May 2019 to July 2019 and all the staff’s responses of the CCU departmentwere captured to prepare the list of the perceived hazards. Moreover, the risk matrix is prepared for theidentified hazards by the responses of the CCU staff captured under the categories probability and severity.The findings of the study conclude that the risk associated with hazards H12 (Hindrance in the movementof patients, staff and utilities due to obstructed corridors), H2 (Malfunctioning of Life-saving equipmentor patient monitoring Biomedical Equipment) and H3 ( The broken cable of equipment results in powerleakage, short circuit and the trip of electricity supply in the department). The suitable interventions for thesecan be increased frequency of safety rounds, widening of the corridors and restricting access to the patientmovement areas, and buffer stock for the life-saving devices.
A study to Assess the Awareness And Practice of Fast Food Consumption and Hazards on Health among Adolescents in Urban Community Area of Pune City Ranjana Chavan1 , Sharadha Ramesh2 , Mangesh Jabade3
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12271

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Introduction:Food is something everyone needs, every day. Life can be sustained only with adequatenourishment and it requires for growth, development and to lead an active and healthy life. Fast food refersto fast foods which are easy to make, and easy to consume. They have only fats lying in it causing ill effectson the health of the adolescents. The present study was done to assess the knowledge and practice of fastfood consumption and hazards on health among adolescents.Materials and methods: The study design adopted was descriptive in the colleges of urban area, where100 college students were participated through convenience sampling technique. Semi-structured selfadministered questionnaire were used to collect the data.Result:The findings revealed that10 % of the participants had inadequate knowledge, 28% of the participantshad moderate knowledge and 62% of the participants had adequate knowledge about fast food consumption.Respondents stated that that majority of participants (85%) eat restaurant fast food regularly and 51 % ofsubjects frequently eat fast food. The main reason for having fast food was its Flavourful taste, as per 64%respondents had replied.Conclusion: Though fast foods are tasty they have low nutritive value and high calories. Awarenessregarding the significance of a balanced diet and harmful effects of fast foods may help to reduce the fastfood addiction.
An Exploratory Study on Opinion of Tracking System For Patient With Dementia among Mental Health Team Member of Pune City Pravesh Shukla1 , Sheela Upendra2 , Sharadha Ramesh3
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Introduction and objective: Patient with dementia who wander are at high risk of harm self and posethreat to self and stress and worry for care givers too. Care givers feel under stress and worry dueto this symptoms. The objective of this study was to to determine the opinion from mental health careteam member or tracking system for patient with Dementia and to find association between opinions ofmental health team members and selected demographic variable. Material and Method: Quantitative NonExperimental research approach was used and research design was Descriptive Exploratory Research Designto explore on opinion of tracking system for patient with dementia among mental health team member ofPune city. Sample size was 30 and non-probability convenience sampling technique. Tool had two sections.Part A involved the demographic variables age, gender, marital status, designation, and years of experienceand part B was structured opinionnair 0 to 2 numerical rating scale which is further divided into 3 categoriesYes, No, Don’t Know. Result: Mental health team members is in opine for demand of tracking system forpatient with dementia. ANOVA test used to check the association between opinion of mental health teammember and selected demographic variable. The p-values are less than 0.05, there is a significant associationbetween opinion of mental health team member and years of experience of mental health team members andwith other demographic variables there is no any significant association.
Knowledge Assessment on Hazards of Plastic Use among Residents of Selected Urban Community of Pune City Sheela Upendra1, Shital Waghmare2 , Mangesh Jabade3 , Diana Prasad3 , Jennifer W Anthony3, Stephina
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Introduction: Plastic products have become integral part of our daily lives. Due to which the production ofPlastic have gone up worldwide. Plastic consumption in India increased from 61 thousand tons in 1996 to1.78 million tons in 2017, which is a huge increase. Objective of the study is to assess the knowledge abouthazards of Plastic use among selected areas of Pune city. Methods: Non experimental descriptive surveyresearch design for the study. Sample comprised of 400 residents of selected urban community of Punecity. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used for the study. A self-administered structuredknowledge questionnaire on hazards of Plastic use was used. The tool is divided in two sections. Section Iis dealt with demographic proforma of the sample. Section II was self-administered structured knowledgequestionnaire comprised of thirty questions (Multiple choice questions) in four domains on knowledgeof hazards of plastic use, after permission from the concerned authority and informed consent from eachsample, the investigator has administered the tool. Result: Majority of respondents have average knowledge(46.75%) and 3.5% respondents had poor knowledge on hazards of Plastic use. Conclusion: The presentstudy revealed the residents had considerable average knowledge regarding hazards of plastic use. Theenhancement in knowledge is greatly required on all aspects of hazards of plastic use.
Molecular Mechanism of Caffeine-Aspirin Interaction in Kopi Balur 1 as Anti-Inflammatory Agent: A Computational Study Viol Dhea Kharisma1,2, Arif Nur Muhammad Ansori2,3, Amaq Fadholly3 , Teguh Hari Sucipto4
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Balur treatment (BT) is a method that works to remove toxins in the form of free radicals released via theskin. One of the remedies used is Kopi Balur 1 (KB1) which contains aspirin and caffeine used duringthe BT, so that KB1 is believed to have the potential to reduce or inhibit the occurrence of inflammatoryprocesses in the body. Therefore, we investigate the interactions that occur between ligands and proteins,predict the action mode of caffeine-aspirin contained in KB1 as an anti-inflammatory agent, and modelingthe 3D structure of pro-inflammatory proteins in the human body. The target compound, aspirin-caffein,was obtained from a database, then used to identify the pathway on the STITCH webserver, then the targetprotein was obtained and modeled in 3D using the SWISS-MODEL webserver, and the structures obtainedwere represented in PyMol software. In sum, the aspirin-caffeine ligand complex contained in KB1 has thepotential as an anti-inflammatory agent in the human body via the molecular mechanism of binding andinhibiting the biological activity of proinflammatory proteins, i.e. PTGS1, PTGS2, and ADOR2A.
Literacy Level on Dental and Oral Health in Health Students (Non Dentisty) Widya Cahyati Puteri1 , Ayu Nur Aisyah Ruata1 , Ghinalya Chalbi Ananda1 , Mochamad Ghoza Satur Panam
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Background: Dental and oral disease is one of the most common health problems in Indonesia with aprevalence of 57.6% and only 10.2% who receive treatment. The level of oral health literacy in healthstudents needs to be known to carry out this role based on interprofessional education (IPE) in improvingdental and oral health services to the community. Purpose: To determine the level of dental and oral healthliteracy in health students (fields other than dental health) in Surabaya. Methods: Using a research designis an observational analytic conducted on health (non-dentistry) students at universities in Surabaya. Usingthe questionnaire there were 7 questions answered on a scale of 0-4 (very not-very agree), categorizationusing a score of T. Where T> 50 is a good category, and T <50 is a poor category and then analyzed the datausing the Chi-square method. Results: 51.32% of non health students were categorized as having dentalhealth literacy levels. Based on the study program group, 58.2% of the students of the Faculty of Medicineand 47.54% of the students of health (non-dentistry) were categorized as good. Based on sex 44.12% malehealth students and 52.9% female health students were categorized as good. Conclusion: The level of dentaland oral health literacy in health students (non dentistry) in Surabaya as a whole does not show a significantcomparison with the level of literacy in medicine students better than health students (non dentistry).
Assessments Self –Care of Sickle- Cell Patients at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals Saud. Jassim.Mohammed
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Sickle-cell disease (SCD)) is a group of genetic disorders that is characterized by the development ofabnormal hemoglobin (Hgb S), abnormal red blood cells, and the resultant complications include vasoocclusive pain crises, acute chest syndrome, acute splenic sequestration& pneumococcal disease.Objectives of the study: To assess the self efficacy of patients with sickle – cell anemia at blood diseaseward in Baghdad Teaching hospital and to find out the association of some demographical characteristicsof the sample such as ( age , gender, level of education & years of disease affected) with self efficacy.Methodology: A descriptive design of study was carried out, for the period 1st Oct, 2017 – 15th of May,2018, to identify the self – efficacy of sickle cell patients, A 40 patients was participate at the study. Thesetting was Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Ghazi –Al Hariri Teaching Hospital IBN-Al Belady teachinghospital. Results: Most of study participants are females (60.0%) , More than a third are within the agegroup of (22-25) years-old (35.0%),they were at high school graduate (27.0%), followed by those who aremiddle school graduates (25.0%), those who are both elementary school graduate and hold a bachelor’sdegree (15.0%), and those who are unable to read and write (7.5%). More than a half are married (55.0%),followed by those who are married (30.0%), those who are divorced (12.5%). Less than a third are students(n = 12; 30.0%), followed by those who are self-employed (27.5%), those who are out of work (20.0%),those who are officers (12.5%), and those who are housewives .Less than a half reported that their fatheris the affected person (45.0%), followed by mothers (27.5%), relatives (15.0%), and both parents (12.5%).Regarding health status, the health of the majority are fair (80.0%), followed by those who have poorhealth (n = 6; 15.0%), and those who have good health (5.0%). More than two-fifth reported that they arehospitalized (4-6) times per year. All patients reported that they have been treated for more than 10 years(100.0%). Conclusions: findings of study shows that ,male participants have a better self-efficacy of activityof daily living than female participants of activity of daily living, level of education, age, family ranking &financial social status.
Adverse Effects of Mercury Exposure in DDW Strain Mice during Organogenesis Win Darmanto1 , Saikhu Akhmad Husen2 , Arif Abu Hasan3 , Raden Joko Kuncoroningrat Susilo4, Suhailah
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Mercury (Hg) was known as a teratogenic which is distributed in tissue. This study aims to determine theretention and embryotoxicity of Hg-exposed pregnant mice. Thirty female mice was treated with HgCl2(mercuric chloride). HgCl2 (5 and 6 kg/mg BW) was inducted in pregnant mice at 9 and 11 gestational days.Hg levels were measured in hair, uterus, liver, kidney, brain, blood, placenta, visceral fetus, and fetus brain onthe 18th day of gestation using the atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) method. Embryotoxicity teston the fetus was carried out after the surgery took place. Scales and calipers are used to calculate fetal weightand crown rump length. Statistical tests were analyzed using the SPSS 21 program. The results showed thatthe liver, kidney, brain, visceral fetal, and fetal brain were significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the treatmentgroup at pregnant mice. Hg also produced a significant difference (P < 0.05) on the decrease in live fetuses,fetuses, body weight, and crown rump length and an increase in resorbed fetuses. Hg accumulation in thebody apparently can cause adverse effects in pregnant mice.