Title: REPORT OF ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF ACUTE DIARRHEA DISEASE IN AN ARMY UNIT
Abstract: An active surveillance of acute diarrhea disease was conducted in a PLA unit in Guangdong province from June 1991 to May 1992. The annual incidence was 0.64~1.0 episodes/person/year. After multiple regression analysis, the incidence is shown positive correlation with the relative humidity(X_2), the atmospheric temperature(X_3) and especially the rainfall(X_1) y=1.98+0.02x_1+0.02x_2+0.07x_3, r=0.8727, P0.01. The results of case-control study suggested that diarrhea incidence is closely related to some daily habits such as not washing hands before meal or after defecation (OR=3.0~3.7, P0.01). 26.3% of patients had the inducing causes as being drenched in the rain, or having a cold. The average ratio of prescribing antimicrobic drugs for diarrhea cases reached 79%, and it was higher in smaller PLA units. According to the results, tactics and measures for diarrnea control are discussed
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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