- CODEN : IAJPBB
- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
ASSESSMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE IN NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AMONG PATIENTS DWELLING IN SOUTH INDIAN DISTRICT
AUTHORS:
Poornachand Tadisetti*, Hari Kumar Cheedella, Vutla Venkata Rao
ABSTRACT:
In the present situation, the incidence of non-communicable diseases was ubiquitous, so to assess the usage of medical devices for disease management in the urban and rural settings of a south Indian district.A study was carried out for 1.6 years. 1024 subjects had been recruited, fifty-four percent had been male and forty-five percent had been girl; seventy-three percent of topics were literates (who had completed their matriculation) and twenty-six percent had been illiterates.Subjects occupation demonstrated 82.03% (n = 840) of subjects were daily wage labors and 17.96% (n = 184) of subjects were salaried. Various diseases among them are diabetes and hypertension, constituting70.70%. Medical devices usage was assessedamong 520 subjects and 327 (68.65%) and 193 (37.11%) subjects of urban and rural areas, respectively were found. Commonly used devices among them areglucometers, digital BP apparatus, thermometer, pulse oximeter, and inhaler machine constituted about 35.96, 15.76, 34.42, 4.80, and 9.03%, respectively.The overall incidence of medical device usage among masses was 50.78% and with a slightly higher percentage in urban areas as compared to rural. Thus, this sort of novel study should be conducted in this jetage, as this was the need of the hour, so to meet the galloping speeds of technology. Keywords: Non-Communicable Diseases, South India, Medical Device, Disease Management
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