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Consanguinity Among The Risk Factors For Underweight In Children Under Five: A Study From Rural Sindh, S. F. Hasnain, S. K. Hashmi
Consanguinity Among The Risk Factors For Underweight In Children Under Five: A Study From Rural Sindh, S. F. Hasnain, S. K. Hashmi
Community Health Sciences
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a common problem, especially in developing countries. Of the 11 million children under 5 who die each year in the developing countries mainly from preventable causes, the death of about 54% are either directly or indirectly attributable to malnutrition. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence and associated factors for underweight in rural Sindh.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Jhangara Town, located in District Dadu, Sindh. Eight hundred children under 5 years of age were enrolled. A questionnaire was used to elicit required information and anthropometric measurements were made.RESULTS: The overall prevalence for …
Ageing Population: Status, Challenges And Opportunities For Health Care Providers In Pakistan, Waris Qidwai Dr
Ageing Population: Status, Challenges And Opportunities For Health Care Providers In Pakistan, Waris Qidwai Dr
Department of Family Medicine
No abstract provided.
Acetabular Morphometry And Prevalence Of Hip Dysplasia In The South Asian Population, Masood Umer, Yasir J. Sepah, Sharjeel Asif, Iqbal Azam Syed, Muhammad Umar Jawad
Acetabular Morphometry And Prevalence Of Hip Dysplasia In The South Asian Population, Masood Umer, Yasir J. Sepah, Sharjeel Asif, Iqbal Azam Syed, Muhammad Umar Jawad
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
We carried out a cross-sectional study to measure the association of the seven acetabular parameters with pelvic morphometry and prevalence of hip dysplasia in our population. Convenience sampling was carried out and 250 consecutive patients who came to AKUH for intravenous pyelogram and had no complaints in the region of the hip joint were enrolled in the study. Post-micturition standardized plain antero-posterior pelvic radiographs of 250 asymptomatic adults (500 hip joints) was studied. There were 136 males (54.4%) and 114 females (45.6%). Mean age of our study population was 38 years (15-78 years). The average center edge angle was 35.5±6.6° …
Benzodiazepine: Slow Sand Of Addiction, Haider Naqvi, Sajjad Hussan, Fatema Dossa
Benzodiazepine: Slow Sand Of Addiction, Haider Naqvi, Sajjad Hussan, Fatema Dossa
Department of Psychiatry
No abstract provided.
Comparison Of Urdu Version Of Strengths And Difficulties Questionnaire (Sdq) And The Child Behaviour Check List (Cbcl) Amongst Primary School Children In Karachi, Ehsan Ullah Syed, Sajida Abdul Hussein, Syed Iqbal Azam, Abdul Ghani Khan
Comparison Of Urdu Version Of Strengths And Difficulties Questionnaire (Sdq) And The Child Behaviour Check List (Cbcl) Amongst Primary School Children In Karachi, Ehsan Ullah Syed, Sajida Abdul Hussein, Syed Iqbal Azam, Abdul Ghani Khan
Department of Psychiatry
OBJECTIVE: To compare CBCL (Child Behaviour Check Llist) Urdu, with the validated Urdu version of Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) used as "gold standard" among school children in Karachi, Pakistan, and to develop local cutoffs for CBCL using SDQ as a gold standard.
STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study.
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Schools of Karachi metropolitan area from January to December 2006.
METHODOLOGY: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Child Behaviour Check List (CBCL) was completed by parents of 5-11 years old primary school children in Karachi. Appropriate cutoff points for total problem, internalizing and externalizing scales were …