Need of Expansion of Special Adolescent Clinic

A cross sectional study has been done over a period of one year to find out the total number of young people, adolescents and youth attending at general gynaecological OPD and special adolescent clinic and to analyse them in terms of their sex, ethnicity, address, marital status, education, occupat...

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Main Authors: Chandra Karki, NS Shrestha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nepal Medical Association 2008-10-01
Series:Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Online Access:http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/161
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spelling doaj-19f8acfa24724d14a12d2cefe021cc1f2020-11-24T21:35:25ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2008-10-014717210.31729/jnma.161Need of Expansion of Special Adolescent ClinicChandra Karki0NS Shrestha1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Kathmandu Medical College Teaching HospitalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital A cross sectional study has been done over a period of one year to find out the total number of young people, adolescents and youth attending at general gynaecological OPD and special adolescent clinic and to analyse them in terms of their sex, ethnicity, address, marital status, education, occupation and their health problems in a teaching hospital at Kathmandu. Of the total 2480 patients 31.29% were young people, 18.34% of them were adolescents and 30.52% of them were youth. Male attendance was insignificant. Majority (91%) of the young people were Brahmins, Newars and Chhetriyas. Most (91%) of them were from Kathmandu valley, 73% were already married and 60% had experienced pregnancy. Approximately 12% of these people were illiterate, 24.85% of them had not completed the primary level education. Only 19%of them had completed the SLC examination Lack of education, trend of early marriage has been reflected on to their occupation. 64% of them are engaged in routine household work as housewives. Few (4.3%) of these young people were not doing anything at all. Majority (59%) of them presented with pregnancy related problems and rest of them came for problems like Pelvic infection, urinary tract infection, sub fertility, breast problems and others. This study conclude that good number of young people from different parts of the country attend special adolescent clinic with different needs. Therefore adolescent friendly services in the hospital need to be strengthened to provide special care for them. Key words: Young people, adolescents, youth, substance abuse, illiterate http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/161
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description A cross sectional study has been done over a period of one year to find out the total number of young people, adolescents and youth attending at general gynaecological OPD and special adolescent clinic and to analyse them in terms of their sex, ethnicity, address, marital status, education, occupation and their health problems in a teaching hospital at Kathmandu. Of the total 2480 patients 31.29% were young people, 18.34% of them were adolescents and 30.52% of them were youth. Male attendance was insignificant. Majority (91%) of the young people were Brahmins, Newars and Chhetriyas. Most (91%) of them were from Kathmandu valley, 73% were already married and 60% had experienced pregnancy. Approximately 12% of these people were illiterate, 24.85% of them had not completed the primary level education. Only 19%of them had completed the SLC examination Lack of education, trend of early marriage has been reflected on to their occupation. 64% of them are engaged in routine household work as housewives. Few (4.3%) of these young people were not doing anything at all. Majority (59%) of them presented with pregnancy related problems and rest of them came for problems like Pelvic infection, urinary tract infection, sub fertility, breast problems and others. This study conclude that good number of young people from different parts of the country attend special adolescent clinic with different needs. Therefore adolescent friendly services in the hospital need to be strengthened to provide special care for them. Key words: Young people, adolescents, youth, substance abuse, illiterate
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