Analysis of disease types of outpatients with intestinal diseases from two grade-three general hospitals in Beijing

To understand the spectrum of diseases and epidemiological characteristics of outpatients at Entric Disease Clinic, with a focus on analysis of the distribution of infectious diarrheal diseases in different populations and to explore disease control strategies on Enteric Infectious Diseases for foca...

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Published inBeijing da xue xue bao. Journal of Peking University. Yi xue ban Vol. 42; no. 3; p. 308
Main Authors Kadeerbai, Hai Shan, Liu, Min, Dai, Xiao-qiu, Li, Xiao-guang, Li, Yu-ling, Yang, Xue-song, Lu, Bing-huai, Wang, Zheng-hui, Zhu, Feng-xia, Wu, Hua, Zhao, Xu, Xu, Jie, Ning, Yong-zhong
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 18.06.2010
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
China - epidemiology
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Dysentery - epidemiology
Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outpatients
Prevalence
Seasons
Young Adult
China
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Summary:To understand the spectrum of diseases and epidemiological characteristics of outpatients at Entric Disease Clinic, with a focus on analysis of the distribution of infectious diarrheal diseases in different populations and to explore disease control strategies on Enteric Infectious Diseases for focal groups. A census on outpatients at Entric Disease Clinics was conducted in two class Three comprehensive hospitals in Beijing from April 1 to October 31, 2009 based on a descriptive study using diarrhea-syndrome surveillance system set in the two clinics, thus to depict the spectrum of diseases and epidemiological characteristics of outpatients, and analyze the proportion of infectious diarrhea in diarrheal diseases specifically and the rate changes of infectious diarrhea in different months, age groups and occupational groups. Diseases are varied at the two enteric diseases clinics among the patients and there are mainly 10 kinds of diseases, "non-infectious diarrhea" accounted for the highest percentage (77.4%)
ISSN:1671-167X