forum of medial student for discussion

hey,
it has been a while that i have visited my blog. due to my busy shedule since my clinicals began last year, and due to certain other major developments in my life, i had to be away from the blog.
during recent times i always found how difficult it was to use the internet in certain aspects of my clinicals. especially if i search for a disease condition , what normally appears are the sites that gives information of the particular disease,to laymen. Or high advanced researches done by various people, of which we can only read the abstract. Since im full time in to medicine now, i thought of devoting my blog, in the cause of trying to find a solution.

so, the basic aim is to produce patient histories of importance here, and trying to generate a discussion on my blog. so i would be puting up important cases here in my blog,that i would be meeting here in Galle,and along with it a brief discussion.

I would love if my friends in the medical faculties here in galle, srilanka or elsewhere in the world would gather around me in generating a good discussion on the certain aspects of these cases.

if they could help me with the following i would be more than grateful

1. generate a discussion on the particlar patient management with relevant investigations.
2. point out differences in patient management adopted by different consultants and institutions and the logical explanation behind them
3. point out lacks in my history taking and examination
4. also provide similar case histories

so, are you with me in this?

Habits Among School Children in Consuming Food and Water Rural research data presentation

o Rationale

Recent outbreaks of Gastrointestinal diseases among school children all over the island.

Several observations made in the pediatric wards in Akuressa DH

o Most number of school children who got admitted was complaining of gastrointestinal symptoms.

o Objective

To inquire in to the basic healthy habits and practices among school children regarding Consumption of food and water.

o Target population:

Grade 11 students -

Godapitiya National College

Akuressa

o Date of data collection:

6^th of May 2009

Methodology

• Preparation of questionnaire regarding,

Ø Food and water sources

Ø Practices in consumption of food and water (expiring date, packing)

Ø history of diahorreal diseases in reason past.

2. 100 students were selected randomly from the target population & given the questionnaire.

Observed Data Presentation

o Male 42

o Female 58

o Male: female ratio = 0.72

o Buddhist – 100 = 100%

o Sinhala – 100 = 100%

o All in the age of 16.

Q1) Source of food taken during the interval

o A - home made

o B - from school canteen

o C - out side

o D - others

Q2) Food taken in the home

Q3) The food from out side

o A- Packed or bottle

o B- Covered

o C- Without any covering

Q4) Awareness about the quality of the package in food

Q5) Concern regarding the expiry date

o A - Concerned

o B - Not Concerned

Q6) Washing hand with soap &
water before each meal

Q7) Water sources used by the children

Q8) Drinking Water

o A - Boiled cooled water only.

o B - Boiled cooled water sometimes.

o C - Never drink boiled cooled water.

DATA ANALYSIS

A marking scheme was formulated for the questionnaire and marks were allocated to each person participated

o Best acceptable answer - 2 marks.

o Next best answer - 1 mark.

o Unacceptable answer - 0 marks.

Marks obtained plotted against number of students

o Range = 9 - 16

o Mean = 14.01

o Mode = 15

o Median = 14

o Standard deviation = 1.685

Marks plotted against Male and Female student samples

o Male

Mean = 14.52

Standard deviation = 1.22

o Female

Mean = 13.64

Standard deviation = 1.86

o Next using statistical methods we inquired whether the observed difference among male and female was statistically significant or just due to chance.

o A null hypothesis was formed

There is no difference between the male and the female samples regarding mean value obtained in the questionnaire, on healthy practices in food and water consumption

Z= X1 – X2

s1² + s2²

n1 n2

Z = 2.8701

Chi square test were applied to certain aspects of the study

o Null hypothesis-

there is no difference between male and female students on the practice of washing hands with soap and water before each meal

o Chi square value obtained = 0.2151

o 0.05 confidence interval = 3.84

o Null hypothesis

–There is no significant difference between male and female students in consumption of boiled water for drinking purposes

o Chi square value obtained = 0.326

o 0.05 confidence interval value for a 3×2 contingency table = 5.99

CONCLUSIONS

o The study was associated with two samples in the population, Male students and Female students.

o In overall healthy practices in consumption of food and water, a statistically significant difference between males and females were observed.

o In certain aspects of the study it was observed that there was no significant difference among males and females

Usage of boiled water for drinking purposes

Washing hands with soap and water before meals

THANK YOU!