A TRANSVERSE STUDY TO ASSESS THE HEPATITIS B & C VIRUS (HBV & HCV) BURDEN IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE PATIENTS
| Main Author: | Dr. Beenish Malik, Dr. Aimen Mahmood, Dr. Noreen Fatima |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/2228947 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective: The main aim of this research work is to conclude the burden of infection of HBV & HCV in accordance with the social & economic condition. Methodology: This transverse research work carried out at Medicine Department of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad from November 2016 to October 2017. All patients with infection of HBV & HCV from every age group and gender were the part of this research work. The interview of all the patients carried out to know about the previous history of operations, history of needle pricking, shaving from barbers & history of birth to check the risk factors transmission. The patients also told about their social and economic condition. A special organized Performa was in use to record the gathered information. Results: Two hundred patients were the part of this case study. A large quantity of the patients (110) belonged to the age group of thirty-one to forty-five year of age. Male patients were dominant in this case study and constituting sixty percent of the whole amount. All the male patients had a previous history of having shaved from barbers as well as extra utilization of the needles were frequent in both genders constituting 125 of the total patients. Infection of HCV was very common with a seventy-one percentage of the patients. Most of the patients of these infections were poor people of the communities (forty-eight percent). Patients of low social and economic status were more prone to the infection of HCV. There was no significant disparity in the infection of HBV in accordance with the social and economic condition. Conclusion: Conclusions displayed that low economic and social condition had an association with the infection of HCV. The socioeconomic condition is not a direct factor of risk for HCV & HBV but it is the cause of the creation of many other risk aspects. Keywords: Hepatitis, Impact, Economic, Patient, Performa, Aspect, Transmission, Needle.