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Dehghan A, Sadeghi F, Afzali F. A Survey of Alcohol Poisoning and Disinfectants Cases in Patients Referred to Hospitals in Yazd Province during the Covid-19 Epidemic (First Wave of the Disease). JSSU 2022; 29 (11) :4290-4298
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Introduction: Alcohol and beverages are one of the challenges in the field of hygiene and health today. By increasing the number of people suffering from covid-19 cases of alcohol and disinfectant poisoning increase and the reason was rumors spreading all over the country at the beginning of covid-19 prevalence. The aim of this study was to survey of alcohol poisoning and disinfectants cases in the patients referred to hospitals in Yazd Province during the Covid-19 epidemic.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 101 patients with alcohol poisoning who were admitted to hospitals affiliated to Yazd University of Medical Sciences during the prevalence of covid-19. Sampling was completed by census and information using the standard questionnaire of the Passive Defense Department of the Ministry of Health. Data analysis was performed using independent t-test and Chi-square and also with SPSS 16 software. The significance level was 0.05.
Results: The mean age of 101 patients was 26.07± 7.33 years. 88.1% of patients were male, 58.4% were single and 42.6% had a diploma. 88.51% of the patients obtained their alcohol through peddlers and 47.5% of patients used alcohol to achieve happiness. 59.4% of the patients had no complication-free recovery, 12.9% had improvement with vision problems and 22.8% had other cases.
Conclusion: Given that the covid-19 pandemic will continue, the most important action is to educate families and society about the dangers of alcohol poisoning its long-term effects and mortality, as well as the wrong misconception about effectiveness of alcohol in prevention and the last word in to authorities to pay more attention to public health and strategic planning to prevent It is from the prevalence of methanol.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 101 patients with alcohol poisoning who were admitted to hospitals affiliated to Yazd University of Medical Sciences during the prevalence of covid-19. Sampling was completed by census and information using the standard questionnaire of the Passive Defense Department of the Ministry of Health. Data analysis was performed using independent t-test and Chi-square and also with SPSS 16 software. The significance level was 0.05.
Results: The mean age of 101 patients was 26.07± 7.33 years. 88.1% of patients were male, 58.4% were single and 42.6% had a diploma. 88.51% of the patients obtained their alcohol through peddlers and 47.5% of patients used alcohol to achieve happiness. 59.4% of the patients had no complication-free recovery, 12.9% had improvement with vision problems and 22.8% had other cases.
Conclusion: Given that the covid-19 pandemic will continue, the most important action is to educate families and society about the dangers of alcohol poisoning its long-term effects and mortality, as well as the wrong misconception about effectiveness of alcohol in prevention and the last word in to authorities to pay more attention to public health and strategic planning to prevent It is from the prevalence of methanol.
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Received: 2021/05/25 | Accepted: 2021/06/28 | Published: 2022/02/4
Received: 2021/05/25 | Accepted: 2021/06/28 | Published: 2022/02/4
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