Dost Muhammad Khan, Naseem Asghar, Ishfaq Ali, Waqar Ali Khan.
The frequency of various diseases among patients attending Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Khwazakela, Swat.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;69(9):1368-70.

This hospital-based study was conducted in THQ (Tehsil Headquarter) Hospital Khwazakhela, district Swat in April 2018, to determine the incidence of various diseases among patients in general and the cases attended in the OPD (out patients department) in particular. One year of data was taken from April 2017 to March 2018, of all the patients who attended the THQ Hospital to check the frequency of individual diseases, month wise, gender wise, age wise as well as, case wise. Information on patients attending OPD with respiratory, gastro intestinal, urinary tract diseases and other communicable diseases were compiled. A total of 219,056 patients attended Civil Hospital Khwazakhela during that period, with an average of 18,254.66 patients per month. This comprised 104,349 (47.63%) males and 114,707 (52.36%) females. Most patients were in the age group of 15 to 59 years which comprised a total of 109,217 (49.85%) patients. In this age group 42,713 (39.10%) were males and 66,504 (60.89%) were females. A total of 77,286 patients attended OPD having respiratory, gastro intestinal, urinary tract diseases and communicable diseases. Among these patients, about 28,115 (36.37%) had respiratory diseases, 23,045 (29.81%) had gastro intestinal diseases, 18,060 (23.36%) had urinary tract diseases and 8,066 (10.43%) had other communicable diseases. Respiratory diseases were the most common in our study. The ratio of female cases was higher than males. Most of the patients were in the age group of 15-59 years. The emerging challenges for health practitioners are to prevent respiratory diseases that pose a major healthcare burden in the region.

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