ISSN 2756-3340
African Journal of Infectious Diseases Research Vol. 1 (1), pp. 001-015, September, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
A study on the prevalence of infectious disease amongst patients in Bangladesh
Muhammad Mujibur Bihari
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 15 August, 2014
Abstract
A survey on infectious disease is a qualitative study that used framework study to examine comprehensive interviews amongst patients. A pre-coded survey was developed to obtain relevant information regarding socio-demographic status such as age, weight, family size, income per month, education, disease, health condition, dietary pattern, housing etc. The questionnaire was pre-tested before finalization. We visited hospitals, which are located in the Jhenaidah and Kushtia district in Bangladesh for the collection of data from the patient. We used statistical program for social science (SPSS) software for data analysis. During the recruitment period (from February to March, 2009), there were 540 individuals in the hospital studied both indoor and outdoor. Among them 364 were infectious disease patients. The subjects were randomly chosen. All participants were interviewed by using standard questionnaires that evaluated infectious disease. Among the infectious disease, 11.3% were pneumonia and 6.9% asthma. Among the gastrointestinal infections, 2.7% were diarrhea not otherwise specified and 2.7% jaundice. We can also determine correlations between two variables, such as age and disease, income and disease, weight and disease, education and disease etc. From this study, it is concluded that the people of Kushtia and Jhenaidah suffering from some infectious disease such as asthma, pneumonia, diarrhea etc., suffer from heart disease, fever, jaundice and skin disease. We have found injury, delivery patients and also suicide patients (psychiatric). Data shows that there is not much difference in food habit among the patients. We have found in our study that the occurrence of disease is less frequent in male than the female. However, the prevalence of food and water born disease is grater among the patients in Bangladesh.
Key words: Infectious disease, systolic blood pressure, waist to hip ratio, body mass index.