@article {39, title = {Quality of Life among Geriatric Population: A Community-based Study in the Rural Field Practice Areas of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mangalore}, journal = {Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine}, volume = {6}, year = {2020}, month = {October 2020}, pages = {31-34}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {31}, abstract = {

Background: Quality of life among elderly needs assessment as they are the growing population nowadays and also are more vulnerable to many morbid conditions. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess different domains of quality of life and its relationship with socio-demographic factors. Methods: A Community based study was done among 153 persons aged 60 years and above from 13.06.2018 to 20.06.2018 in the rural field practice areas of Department of Community Medicine, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore Karnataka. The World Health Organisation, Quality of life-BREF Questionnaire was used and analysis done using SPSS version 23.0. Results: The mean Quality of life score was maximum in social health domain (72.90 {\textpm}1.63) followed by environmental health domain (63.10 {\textpm}3.71) and physical health domain (61.60 {\textpm} 2.96). The lowest was in psychological health domain (57.90 {\textpm} 2.61). Better scores of physical health domain, Psychological health domain and social health domain was seen among the elderly who had easy contacts with other people in the community. Environmental health domain score was better among the elderly people belonging to the Christian religion. Conclusion: In our present study, social relationship domain had higher mean Quality of life score when compared to other domains; where as psychological domain was affected badly among the elderly population. Further counselling and research can be done to explore the factors affecting the psychological domain.

}, keywords = {Geriatric, Health status, India, Quality of life}, doi = {10.5530/jppcm.2020.3.11}, author = {Narayana V and Saurabh Kumar and Sudhir Prabhu and Sowmya Bhat and Oliver Dsouza and Nishanth Krishna and Achal shetty and Moira D{\textquoteright}souza and Anissa Thomas and Sucharitha Suresh} } @article {15, title = {Pharmacotherapeutic Consideration of Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease among Geriatric Type 2 Diabetic Patients}, journal = {Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine}, volume = {5}, year = {2019}, month = {December 2019}, pages = {69-74}, type = {Research Article}, chapter = {69}, abstract = {

Background: Gastro-esophageal Reflux disorder is return of the stomach{\textquoteright}s contents back up into the esophagus. Whereas diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which there is either no production of insulin or there is resistance to insulin being produced by body. Objectives: The aim of the systematic review is to study the pharmacotherapeutic consideration of GERD among elderly type 2 diabetes patients. Methods: This study analyzed 15 articles identified and selected according to the study criteria. PRISMA guidelines were used for identification and screening of literature. Data search covered several primary databases, including PubMed/MedLine, Wiley library, Scopus, Clinical Trial Registry, etc. Result and Findings: The data shows obese patients with BMI \> 30kg/m2 with type 2 diabetes have higher chances of GERD. The findings also suggested increase in socioeconomic status shows increase incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus with time and it also plays vital role to lifestyle modifications such as physical exercise e and dietary habits. The prevalence values of GERD by skipping breakfast, snacking during bedtime, late night eating and eating fast were 32.0\%, 13.7\%, 27.1\%, 28.8\% and 44.4\%, respectively. Late night eating was independently positively associated with GERD in patients with type 2 diabetes; the adjusted odds ratio was 1.46 (95\% CI 1.03 to 2.05). No relationships were found between not eating breakfast, snacking at bedtime or eating fast and GERD. Conclusion: The review findings suggested that patients with type 2 diabetes are at double risk of GERD as the metabolic disorder are making it worst. GERD can be avoided by minimizing the risk of type 2 diabetes either by controlling obesity by bariatric surgery or by exercise and more active lifestyle. There are some important considerations to decrease the incidence of GERD by evaluation and treatment in the older patients.

}, keywords = {Diabetes Mellitus, Diet, Gastroenterology, GERD, Geriatric}, doi = {10.5530/jppcm.2019.4.18}, author = {Mahin Gulzar Ahmed and Syed Wasif Gillani and Issam Haddad and Khawla Mohamad Karim Ahmad and Rukkaya Musa Abdullahi and Fatima Danlami Bello and Nastaran Mohamadi} }