Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 11

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and risk factors in non-smokers at a tertiary care teaching hospital of eastern India

  • Author:
  • Banani Jena1, Rabi Narayan Mania1,, Pritam Chhotray2, Syed Umer Ahmed2, Mahesh Chandra Sahu3
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 100 to 104

1Assosiate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, IMS and SUM Hospital Siksha “O” Anusandhan University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2Postgraduate student, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, IMS and SUM Hospital Siksha “O” Anusandhan University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

3Assistant Professor, Directorate of Medical Research, IMS and SUM Hospital Siksha “O” Anusandhan University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Rabi Narayan Mania, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O ”Anusandhan University, K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar-751003, Email: rabinarayanmania@soa.ac.in

Online published on 7 December, 2018.

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primarily affect the lungs and are major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The most widely recognized risk factor for COPD is smoking, but non-smoking factors include biomass fuel, occupational exposure to dusts and gases were studied.

A prospective study was conducted on patients attending pulmonary medicine OPD and IPD in IMS AND SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar. Diagnosis of COPD was made by history, clinical examination, spirometric criteria and other investigations as per GOLD guidelines. Risk factors of COPD among non smoker COPD patients were identified by intensive questioning through preformed questionnaires.

In this study 7 groups, 60 patients individual are participated in each group to know the prevalence of COPD and it was revealed that House wife (History of Biomass exposure) and teachers are most susceptible to COPD. In BMI study, it was revealed that 7 patients were under weight. On chest X-ray PA view revealed that Hyperinflation was 47.17%, Flatting of hemidiaphrgam 33.96% and Tubular heart was 18.87%. The prevalence of nonsmoker COPD was more in history of biomass fuel exposures 54.71% (more in female housewife and daily labors).

Biomass fuel exposure in house wife females and teachers exposures to chalk dust are very much prone to COPD.

Keywords

Biomass, Chalk dust, COPD, Prevalence and non-smokers