Makasa, Emmanuel Malabo (2010) Patterns of Paediatric Orthopaedic Pathology in Zambian Children Seen at the UTH, ZIOH & the FLYSPEC Project. Masters thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
Background: Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of long-term pain and physical disability affecting many people worldwide. Additionally, these conditions have an enormous economic and social impact on the individual, society and national health systems. Although the burden of disease due to musculoskeletal conditions is said to be on the rise in the developing world, the full extent of this burden remains unknown. Objectives: To describe the patterns of musculoskeletal conditions seen in Zambian children aged less than 15 years and to asses limitations of access to orthopaedic services by estimating timing from onset to presentation and distance covered. The type of initial care at site of presentation will also be determined. Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study done between April 2005 and May 2006. Relevant data on patient demographics, presenting musculoskeletal condition and treatment received was collected from medical records of 1246 patients at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Zambian-Italian Orthopaedic Hospital (ZIOH) and the Flying-Specialist (FLYSPEC) nationwide orthopaedic outreach. Included were patients aged less than 15 years who had a history being attended to by orthopaedic surgeons for a musculoskeletal condition. Those aged fifteen and above and those not attended to by orthopaedic surgeons despite them being aged less than fifteen and having a musculoskeletal condition were excluded from the study. Also excluded from analysis were patients that had two thirds of the key data missing from their medical record. From spreadsheets the data was imported into SPSS for analysis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2017 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2017 13:46 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/2864 |
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