Introduction: Across the world the prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases are increasing at an alarming rate. These diseases also affect the young age and medical students are no exception. In this study, ECG variables like R-R interval, QRS Axis of the medical students along with their Blood pressure were recorded and the relationship between ECG variables and Blood pressure was studied. Materials and methods: The study was done in Dept. of Physiology, Jorhat Medical College. Sample size was calculated as 160 using EpiTools Software. Recording of Electrocardiogram and Blood pressure of 160 students were done. P values were calculated by Anova test in case of > two variables. Tukey HSD test was used for Post hoc analysis. Scatter diagrams were used to see relationship between study variables. P value <0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Comparison of ECG Variables between hypotensive, normotensive and hypertensive students showed that R-R Interval decreased significantly from 21.37 ± 4.24 in hypotensives to 19.74 ± 3.39 in normotensives and 18.27 ± 4.07 in hypertensive students. QRS Axis decreased from 75.35 ± 10.99 degrees in hypotensives to 54.80 ± 34.94 degrees in normotensives and 50.43 ± 25.59 degrees in hypertensive students. Conclusion: Changing of life style that includes reduced consumption of fat rich diets, fast foods, red meat and salt, performing regular physical exercises, and regular health check up in the form of Blood pressure and Electrocardiogram recording could be beneficial for the students to identify and take preventive measures against any cardiovascular ailments..
INTRODUCTION: Obesity, a chronic non-communicable disease, as indicated by the World Health Organization (WHO), is one of the most rapidly growing health problems worldwide. Obesity affects the respiratory functions and impairs the gas exchange, leading to alterations in pulmonary function tests (PFT).Younger generation and medical students are no exception in regards to the detrimental effects of obesity.Forced vital capacity (FVC),Forced Expiratory st Volume in 1 second (FEV ), Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) are reliable pulmonary function tests to diagnose any 1 respiratory disorder.In this study,FVC,FEV ,PEFR of medical students were assessed to find their relationship with Body 1 Mass Index (BMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A institution based cross-sectional observational study was done in Dept.of Physiology,Jorhat Medical College including the undergraduate medical students.Sample size was calculated as 160 using EpiTools Software.Height in centimeters,weight in kilograms and digital spirometry of 160 students were recorded. In case of more than two variables, P values were calculated using Anova Test and p value < 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: FVC,FEV ,PEFR all were decreased in overweight and obese students compared to 1 normal weight students and our observation was statistically significant in case of FEV and PEFR by Anova test (p value: 1 0.0335 and 0.0428 respectively. CONCLUSION: Changing of life style that includes performing regular physical exercises,yoga,meditation,sticking to a routine time table for sports,study and sleeping hours and regular health check up in the form of Height,Weight, Spirometry could be beneficial for the students to prevent obesity related pulmonary ailments.
Introduction: In order to write MCQs students need to use high order thinking skills. In a question generating process as a learning exercise students are required to process, organize, integrate and reconstruct knowledge which improves meta cognitive development and encourages higher order thinking. The current study has been conducted in Jorhat medical college, Department of Physiology. 125 students of rstMethod: year MBBS were instructed to write twenty multiple choice questions on respiratory system after conducting a pretest based on same topic. The MCQs were analyzed by expert faculties and some best quality questions were picked up from them and one post test was conducted using those MCQs. The individual score of the students in both pretest and posttest were compared statistically. In addition feedback from the students about their experience was collected by distributing a questionnaire. The performance of the students in the posttest was better than the pretest.Result: Majority of students found the task helpful as it helped them in deeper learning of the content. The better performance in posttest andConclusion: the feedback obtained from the participant students has reected that this type of educational variations can be introduced in the learning process of the healthcare education.
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