scholarly journals Relationship of combined frequency of hypertension and diabetes mellitus to socioeconomic status: A comparative study in Anambra State of Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 90-96
Author(s):  
Onyekwelu Jide
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Relationship Of

scholarly journals Wealth Differentials in Prevalence of Self- Reported Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladeshi Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
M Mostafa Zaman ◽  
Ferdous Hakim ◽  
Md Rijwan Bhuiyan ◽  
Md Mujibur Rahman ◽  
HAM Nazmul Ahsan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Household Asset ◽  
Steps Survey ◽  
Secondary Objective ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Relationship Of

Background: We report relationship of wealth indices with self-reported diabetes data in Bangladeshi people. As a secondary objective we examine whether educational achievement can be used as a proxy of wealth indices. Methods: We have analyzed data of a nationally representative STEPS survey (STEPwise Surveillance of NCD risk factors) done in 2010 in 8808 adults selected at their households using a multistage cluster sampling approach to describe association of socioeconomic status with diabetes mellitus. We created wealth indices using principal component analysis based on a 20-item household asset items; and then divided subjects in to quartiles. Results: Prevalence of documented diabetes was 3.9% but it was more than 11 times (9.3%) in the fourth quartile (richest) compared to the first quartile (0.8%). This may either mean that the detection rate is higher among the higher socioeconomic group or there are some intervening factors accompanied by the economic achievements that favors occurrence or detection of diabetes in Bangladeshi adults. Conclusion: Future studies need to identify the factor(s) that provides such a putative effect. Educational achievement also has shown similar trend. Therefore, education might be a proxy variable to determine socioeconomic status instead of a long list of household asset items. Cardiovasc. j. 2020; 13(1): 52-55

Epidemiologic study of the appearance of diabetes mellitus in correlation with the patient's socioeconomic status

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Akritopoulou ◽  
E Fotiadis ◽  
P Akritopoulos ◽  
S Patiakas ◽  
I Kontogiannis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Epidemiologic Study

scholarly journals Sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among selected secondary school students in rural Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chioma N. P Mbachu ◽  
Joy C. Ebenebe ◽  
Ikechukwu I. Mbachu ◽  
Chizalu I. Ndukwu ◽  
Jacinta C. Elo-Ilo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Intravenous Drug Use ◽  
Psychoactive Substance ◽  
Psychoactive Substances ◽  
School Students ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile

AbstractObjectivesUse of Psychoactive substances by young people poses an important public health threat despite mass campaigns and education. There have been documentations of rise in prevalence and use of psychoactive substances by Nigerian adolescents in urban areas of Nigeria. Few reports exist on in-school adolescents in rural areas, and differences in their sociodemographic profile such as public/private school attendance, day/boarding status and socioeconomic status of students. The study determined the rate and sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among secondary school students in selected rural communities in Anambra state, Nigeria.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study in which multistage sampling was used to select 494 students from selected secondary schools in Anambra state. Data on age, gender, socioeconomic status, student status, school category, alcohol, tobacco and intravenous drug use were obtained using pretested semi-structured questionnaires. Analysis of data was done using IBM SPSS statistics software version 20.0, frequency, percentages and means were calculated, with cross-tabulation done for variables (Chi-square and Fishers exact test where applicable). Level of significance for tests of association set at 5%.ResultsA total of 494 participants were studied of which 48.8% (n=241) were males. The mean age was 14.5 ± 1.8 years. The prevalence of lifetime use of psychoactive substance was 22.5%. Prevalence for individual substances were 21.9% (n=108), 1.8% (n=9) and 0.8% (n=4) respectively for alcohol, tobacco and illicit intravenous drugs. Neither gender {6 males (2.5%), 3 females (1.2%), p=0.890}, age {10–13 years (1.3%), 14–16 years (2.1%), >16 years (1.7%), p=0.329}, student status {day (2.6%), boarding (1.2%), p=0.320}, social class {upper (0.9%), middle (0.6%), lower (3.1%), p=0.208 } nor school category {private (1.5%), public (2.1%), p=0.742} of students was significantly associated with smoking and respectively. More males (73/241=30.3%, p<0.001) took alcohol than females (35/253 = 13.8%) and this was statistically significant. Participants from the lower socioeconomic class (30.3%, p<0.001) had a significantly higher rate of alcohol consumption than those from the upper (11.8%) and middle classes (16.7%) respectively. Higher rate was noted among those who attended public schools (30.8%, p<0.001) compared to those who attended private schools (13.8%). Day students (30.2%, p<0.001) indulged more in alcohol than boarding students (14.3%). There was no association between either the class (junior=22.5%, senior=21.3%, p=0.759) or age of participants (10–13 years=20.7%, 14–16 years=20.1%, >16 years=33.3%, p=0.071) and alcohol consumption. No association was found between age (0.7%, 1.1%, p=1.000), gender (male=1.2%, female=0.4%, p=0.362), social class (lower=1.3%, upper=0.9%, p=0.443), student status (day=0.9%, boarding=0.8%, p=1.000), school category (junior=0.8%, senior=0.8%, p=1.000) and intravenous drug use.ConclusionsThe rate of about 22% alcohol use by secondary school students in rural south eastern Nigeria, which is strongly associated with male gender, low socioeconomic status, day student status and public school attendance is high.

Dipeptidyl peptidase‐4 inhibitor‐related bullous pemphigoid: A comparative study of 100 patients with bullous pemphigoid and diabetes mellitus

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumutnart Chanprapaph ◽  
Nathathai Pratumchart ◽  
Preeyachat Limtong ◽  
Suthinee Rutnin ◽  
Chonlaphat Sukasem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Bullous Pemphigoid ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitor

Study of graduate attributes of the university of Sydney and implications for building Chinese world-class universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092098431
Author(s):  
Rui Zhao ◽  
Wan-Bing Shi
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
High Position ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
World Class ◽  
World Class Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of

The graduate attributes of the University of Sydney innovatively include the enabling conceptions and the translation conceptions of attributes and ensure that they are specifically oriented, reasonably structured and comprehensively designed. These scientifically constructed graduate attributes of the University of Sydney prove strong efficiency by the university taking up a high position in QS Graduate Employability Rankings in recent years. Chinese top-level universities, in the process of building world-class universities, also face the task of revising the graduate attributes and substantially enhancing the quality of talents cultivation, and can, therefore, learn the successful experience to revise their own graduate attributes on the basis of universities’ history, vision and specialty, on the premise of a sound cognition of the connotation, levels, and relationship of graduate attributes, and by means of System Theory, Phenomenography and comparative study.

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