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- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON THE INGUINAL HERNIA WITH HEAVY WEIGHT LIFTING, COPD AND DIFFERENT RISK FACTORS
AUTHORS:
Dr Ahmed Raza, Dr Toqeer Abbas, Dr Hafiz Muhammad Umer Farooq
ABSTRACT:
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of different risk factors in patients of inguinal hernia and to determine the association of main risk factors with inguinal hernia Material and Methods: It is a cross-sectional Study comprised on 71 patients came to outdoor surgical rooms and also on those who got admission to surgical wards of Services Hospital Lahore and the duration of this study was from January 2020 to July 2020. All the patients were clinically diagnosed to be suffering from inguinal hernia. Prevalence and association were evaluated by calculating the percentages and by applying chi-square test, respectively. Results: Out of total 71 Patients with inguinal hernia 30.99% were having heavy weight lifting as a major risk factor and 29.57% were having COPD or smoking as main risk factor. Heavy weight lifting was most common among younger age groups i.e., from 20-50 years, 43.75% patients in these age groups were having heavy weight lifting as a risk factor and Smoking or COPD was main risk factor for older age groups i.e., from 51-65 years, 43.47% patients in these age groups were having smoking or COPD as a major risk factor. For age groups between 20-50 years Correlation co-efficient for Heavy weight lifting turned out to be; Correlation coefficient=r= 0.958, this shows that inguinal hernia patients in age group 20-50 years were 95.8% correlated to heavy weight lifting risk factor alone. For age groups between 51-65 years Correlation co-efficient for COPD or Smoking turned out to be; Correlation coefficient=r=0.94, this shows that inguinal hernia patients in age group between 51-65 years were 94% correlated to COPD or Smoking risk factor alone. Conclusion: There is a need to take necessary measures to create awareness for smoking cessation as it is strongly associated with inguinal hernia in elderly patients. There is also a need to implement laws for the rights of laborers and factory workers as they are involved in jobs comprised of heavy weight lifting and are composing a major portion of patients with hernia. Keywords: Smoking, Inguinal hernia, Risk factors for Hernia, abdominal
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