Objective: This study aimed to report the incidence of dental caries among deaf students of primary school in Lahore Method: This descriptive crossectional study was conducted at 2 private primary schools for deaf students in Lahore. Sample of the study was 150 students who were completely deaf. Data was collected by screening of oral health maintenance of students by two dentists. Chi Square test was used to explore the age wise difference in occurrence of dental caries among deaf students of primary school in Lahore Results: Overall incidence of dental caries is quite high among deaf students of primary school in Lahore (112(74.67%). Results of chi square test revealed no significant difference of incidence of dental caries in terms of age (X2=4.597, P=.204). Conclusion: In Lahore, incidence of dental caries among primary school deaf students is quite high which need to be address. Moreover, age has no significant effect on the incidence of dental caries among primary school deaf students. Keywords: Dental caries, Deaf students, Primary school, Oral health maintenance
Objective: The study aimed to explore the association of parental education with frequency of dental caries in mal-occluded teeth among 3- 11 years old children Method: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at Dental hospital of Institute of dentistry of a tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Data was collected from 250 patients having dental caries with mal-occluded teeth using purposive sampling technique. For data analysis SPSS version 25.0 was used. For gender and educational categories, frequency and percentages were calculated whereas to explore the impact of parental education on the occurrence of dental caries among children of 3-11years with dental malocclusion, chi-square was used. Result: Results of chi-square revealed that parental education has a significant impact on dental caries occurrence among children having maloccluded teeth (P=0.037). 30(71.43%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries parents of whom were having post-graduation degree. 68(66.67%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries parents of whom were having graduation degree. 28(70%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries parents of whom were diploma holders. 6(50%) of children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries parents of whom were having high school education. Only 37(75%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries whose parents had education till middle school. 1(11.11%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries whose parents had education till primary school whereas 10(100%) children with maloccluded teeth has dental caries whose parents were illiterate. Conclusion: Oral health of children needs additional attention by introducing more programs dealing with oral health preventive measures which will be helpful in reducing the prevalence of dental caries. Keywords: Dental caries, Malocclusion, School children, Parental education
Aim: To assess the parental self-management of epileptic pediatric in terms of adherence of antiepileptic drugs Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Children Complex Hospital of Multan. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data from included population, care giver of epilepticus children. Reliability checked by Cronbach alpha which was 0.71. Data was analyzed in SPSS 25, to get percentage and frequency. Results: The majority of the responses were agree 86(81.9%) on the doctors/nurses fully explained seizures/epilepsy (diagnosis). 10(9.5%) were strongly agree that doctors and nurses fully explained seizures to them. What side effects they have to look for while they are in treatment, was reported in positive by 73(69.5%) participants. 63(60%) were agree about whom to contact for questions or problems. The results show that the 71(67.6%) were agree about the confidence with which they can in partnership with the health care team can manage side effects if occur. Conclusion: Parental self-management was found higher in epileptic pediatrics in Multan Keywords: Epileptic drugs, Pediatrics, self-management, nurses
Aim: To explore the level of anxiety among married and unmarried health workers in Pakistan Method: This crossectional survey was conducted to explore the level of anxiety among married and unmarried health workers in Pakistan. After receiving the approval of the study from the institutional ethical review committee, data was collected online google forms from the entire Pakistan. . 592 dully filled forms were included in the study. Gender and marital status were taken as demographic variables. A Chi-square test was used to explore the difference in anxiety levels among married and unmarried health workers. Results: The results of the chi-square test revealed that there was a significant difference found between the level of anxiety among married, unmarried, and divorced health workers (X2=21.514, P<.001). Conclusion: Mild level of anxiety was observed in unmarried health workers (73.9%), Moderate level of anxiety was observed in married health care workers (60.2%). A severe level of anxiety was also observed among married health workers (57.6%) due to COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, Anxiety, Health workers, Married
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