An Epidemiological Study of Poisoning: A Follow-up Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital

• DOI: 10.4103/jopcs.jopcs_40_23
• Publication Date: 2024-01-30T11:00:29Z
• Authors: Arvind Sharma; Sunita Patel; Arindam Maiti; Ashish Mishra
• Keywords: Accidental; Accidental poisoning

Background: As per systematic review and meta analysis, 63% of poisoning in India were due to pesticides from 2010 2020. Poisoning can be suicidal, homicidal, or accidental. The morbidity complications caused by is still a major public health problem India. Aim: Therefore, this study aimed assess the epidemiological profile different types poison consumed, factors associated, outcomes among victims. Subjects Methods: It was follow-up conducted for 6 months (September 2022 February 2023) 315 victims reported tertiary care hospital Jabalpur. Data collection done interview technique using pretested self-structured questionnaire consisting sociodemographic victim, information regarding poisoning, duration stay hospital, outcome. entered MS-Excel, descriptive inferential statistical analysis performed IBM-SPSS 23.0. Results: In study, it observed that victims, maximum belonged age group 21–45 years (66.67%), with male predominance (65.71%) majority (48.57%), followed tablets overdose (17.78%), then Insecticides (12.06%) Rodenticides (10.16%). noted had suicidal (74.29%) mode accidental (13.97%), homicidal (7.30%), stupefaction (4.44%). Conclusion: tendency pesticides, staying within 3–5 days recovery.