Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: Global pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in a nationwide lockdown which affected the migrants in terms of healthcare service accessibility. This led to an increase in the prevalence of various morbidity. The objective of this study was to assess the morbidity profile of camp attendees in...
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Introduction: Global pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in a nationwide lockdown which affected the migrants in terms of healthcare service accessibility. This led to an increase in the prevalence of various morbidity. The objective of this study was to assess the morbidity profile of camp attendees in Bangalore urban conducted during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: During the pandemic lockdown, health camps were conducted in selected urban underprivileged areas of Bangalore city targeting the migrant workers and these records were reviewed and relevant data were analyzed. Variables included age, gender, residential address, occupation, and morbidity.
Results: Among the 484 participants who had attended the medical camp, the youngest patient was 1 year old and the oldest was 75 years with a median age of 27 years (IQR: 20 – 35). The majority of the camp attendees were males (78%) and migrants (77%). Common morbidities noted were hypertension (5%) followed by musculoskeletal pain (4%). The other illnesses were anemia (3%), gastritis (2.5%), pre-diabetes (1.7%) and combined diabetes and hypertension (1.5%). There was no significant relationship between migrant status and the presence of any morbidity.
Conclusion: Hypertension and musculoskeletal pain are the most common morbidity among camp attendees.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5fe3b508aa14e16b4a6301b01b948952023-01-03T09:54:55ZengOccupational Health and Safety Society of NepalInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Health2738-97072091-08782023-01-0113110.3126/ijosh.v13i1.43081Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemicSoumya Chippagiri0Sakthi Arasu1Naveen Ramesh2Ramakrishna Goud3Bobby Joseph4St John's Medical College, Bangalore, IndiaSt John's Medical CollegeSt John's Medical College, Bangalore, IndiaSt John's Medical College, Bangalore, IndiaSt John's Medical College, Bangalore, India Introduction: Global pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in a nationwide lockdown which affected the migrants in terms of healthcare service accessibility. This led to an increase in the prevalence of various morbidity. The objective of this study was to assess the morbidity profile of camp attendees in Bangalore urban conducted during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: During the pandemic lockdown, health camps were conducted in selected urban underprivileged areas of Bangalore city targeting the migrant workers and these records were reviewed and relevant data were analyzed. Variables included age, gender, residential address, occupation, and morbidity. Results: Among the 484 participants who had attended the medical camp, the youngest patient was 1 year old and the oldest was 75 years with a median age of 27 years (IQR: 20 – 35). The majority of the camp attendees were males (78%) and migrants (77%). Common morbidities noted were hypertension (5%) followed by musculoskeletal pain (4%). The other illnesses were anemia (3%), gastritis (2.5%), pre-diabetes (1.7%) and combined diabetes and hypertension (1.5%). There was no significant relationship between migrant status and the presence of any morbidity. Conclusion: Hypertension and musculoskeletal pain are the most common morbidity among camp attendees. https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJOSH/article/view/43081Health camplockdownmigrantsurban underprivileged area |
| spellingShingle | Soumya Chippagiri Sakthi Arasu Naveen Ramesh Ramakrishna Goud Bobby Joseph Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health Health camp lockdown migrants urban underprivileged area |
| title | Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in Bangalore urban during the Covid-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | morbidity profile of migrant workers attending health camps in bangalore urban during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Health camp lockdown migrants urban underprivileged area |
| url | https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJOSH/article/view/43081 |
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