IDENTIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS AND EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES TO CONTROL TYPHOID FEVER IN LAHORE: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.

JPUMHS;2023:13:04,135-143. http://doi.org/10.46536/jpumhs/2023/13.04.484

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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To identification of risk factors and evidence-based strategies to control typhoid fever in Lahore. METHODOLOGY: The cross - sectional study is conducted in General hospital and Gulab Devi hospital Lahore Pakistan, from April to June 2023. A total 76 patients with the history of continuous history of fever, headache, abdominal pain and discomforts will be included in the study. The data about demographic, hygiene practices, and illness characteristic, treatment, and biochemical parameters, including serum electrolyte, CBC blood culture will be assessed. RESULTS: Results have been evaluated on the basis of the responses and feedback as the result of the survey. There were 76 patients included in this study. Among these patients 45 were female and the remaining were male who responded to the questionnaire. The results of different nutritional indices like BMI, socio economic status and education of patients, their hygiene practices, water and food sanitation, food handling, symptoms, effects and biochemical tests including serum creatinine, RBC and vaccination in these patients. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that personal hygiene, good sanitation, clean water and food, proper food processing, and clean environment can control the spread of typhoid and other fatal diseases. Less educated people should be given the necessary information and measures to defeat the typhoid epidemic. It also needs to be provided to the lower middle class, who have little or no access to clean water.