Pattern of illnesses among the tribal communities of Jumla, Nepal: Hospital based Study.

Abstract

The communicable diseases still hold a greater position, while non-communicable diseases are main reasons for admission to the medical wards in developed countries. The morbidity pattern shows mostly the communicable and respiratory diseases especially Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease being the main cause for the hospital admission. This retrospective study was done in Karnali Academy of Health Sciences over the period of 3 years. The record of 877 hospitalized patients in medical ward was analyzed from April 2014 till March 2017. Patient’s medical records were retrieved and data analysis was done to obtain age, sex, common diagnosis, the affected system and the duration of the hospital stay. The data was analyzed by using Microsoft excel. After reviewing the data the most common age of patients being admitted was between 51-70 years followed by more than 75 years (<1%). Among the admitted patients females were more than the males. The most affected system was infectious system then respiratory system, and the most common diagnosis was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in all years (30.8% in year 2072).