A CASE CONTROL RESEARCH ON MEASLES INFECTION WITH ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THREE EPIDEMIC OUTBREAKS IN CONGESTED LIVING COMMUNITIES
| Main Author: | Dr. Ali Hassan Rao, Dr. Afshan Riaz, Sara Ahmad Qureshi |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1298660 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objectives: Our research aimed at the measles associated risks specifically linked with the three back to back epidemics that affected Lahore city affecting children. Methods: Our research was based on the case-control design with a proportion of one to one with purposive sampling technique held at Services Hospital, Lahore (September, 2015 to February, 2017). Results: We divided total sample of one hundred patients in to cases and controls having fifty patients each with description of the demographic features. We also estimated the risk factors with confidence interval (CI) as 95% and odds ratio (OR). Application of logistic regression analysis was made at significant (alpha 0.05). In the cases group children (above nine months) were (89%) including males as (57%) and females as (43%). These cases were selected on the basis of non-availability of vaccine, socio-economic status and educational level respectively observed as 75%, 83% and 63%. Hospitals and dispensaries vaccinated 55% of the total population and remaining were vaccinated by mobile teams. Breastfeeding and epidemic area travel history was observed in 66% and 79% respectively. Vit-A deficiency and coexisting illness was observed in 28% and 30% cases. Confidence lack was observed in 24% of the parents about immunization program. Sick mothers were observed as 19%. Significant lack of cold chain, awareness and malnutrition were also observed. Conclusion: There was a significant lack about the expanded immunization program, surroundings transmission and coexisting illness were significant in the epidemic of measles in the given population. Key words: Risk Factors, Measles, Contagious, Immunization, Preventable Disease and Transmission.