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Assessment of Morbidity Profile in a Slum Community in Kolkata

Background: In cities of India, almost one fifth people live in slums. Still these are the neglected portions of the community. Morbidity survey may give an overall picture of the condition of the population under study Objective: To assess the morbidity profile of the study population and to find out the association between sociodemographic characteristics and morbidity profile of the study population Methodology: It was a community based, observational, descriptive study; cross-sectional in design; conducted in Arpuli Lane, a slum area in ward no.40 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation during February to April of 2016. Slum dwellers of all age groups in the study area constituted the study population. Participants were selected applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was collected by house to house visit and face to face interview of the subjects using a pre-designed, pre-tested, semi-structured interview schedule. Analysis was done in Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19. Chi-square test was done to examine the statistical significance. Result: Overall 51.7% study subjects were either suffering from or had a history of one or more illness in previous one month. Pallor (16.1%), hypertension (14.4%) and arthritis (12.7%) were the three most common morbidities encountered in the study subjects. Age, education and per-capita monthly income had statistically significant influence on the morbidity profile of the study population. Conclusion: Considering the high morbidity of the slum dwellers, special clinics should be arranged for treatment of common morbidities and health promotional activities should be undertaken to improve their health status