scholarly journals A cross sectional observational study of perceived social support, vulnerability to abuse and morale in geriatric patient admitted in tertiary care hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 09-12
Author(s):  
Rajkiran Salunkhe ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Geriatric Patient ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals A cross-sectional observational study of geriatric dermatoses in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reetu Agarwal ◽  
Loknandani Sharma ◽  
Ajay Chopra ◽  
Debdeep Mitra ◽  
Neerja Saraswat
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Northern India

scholarly journals AN AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF DRUGS FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS IN A NORTH INDIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE

2019 ◽  
pp. 308-310
Author(s):  
ASHWANI UMMAT ◽  
RANJODH JEET SINGH ◽  
SONIA KOCHHAR
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Oral Route ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prescription Pattern ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Indian Medical

Objective: The objective of the study is to analyze the prescription pattern of drugs for osteoarthritis (OA) in a north Indian medical college collaborated with a tertiary care hospital. Methods: An observational study was conducted on 300 patients diagnosed with OA in the department of orthopedics in collaboration with the department of pharmacology, and thus, prescription was collected as in a cross-sectional manner for 6 months and the same were analyzed in the Department of Orthopedics in tertiary care hospital collaborated with medical college. Results: The average age of patients participating in this present study was 56.46±7.4 years with affected age group of 46-60 years. 60 % of females were affected by osteoarthritis outnumbering male (40 %) patients in this present study. The most commonly involved joint was knee joint (87.33 %) in patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis followed by back (6.67 %) and hip joint (6%). The combination therapy (90 %) outweighed monotherapy (10 %) with preferred route of drug administration as oral route (90 %) followed by topical route (10 %). The average number of drugs prescribed for patients of osteoarthritis was 2.62±0.76. This present study concludes that NSAIDs (45.8%) were prescribed most commonly. However, the drug paracetamol was lesser prescribed and other drugs such as Diclofenac (27.22 %) and acetaminophen (34.44 %) most of all followed by Nimesulide (16.67 %), ibuprofen (13.33 %) and Rofecoxib/valdecoxib (8.33 %) were prescribed. Conclusion: This present study concludes that NSAIDs were most commonly prescribed as p-drugs while paracetamol was undermined prescribed.

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