Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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India is now believed to have a high burden of tobacco and its related morbidity and mortality. The goal of present study was to determine the presence of oro‐respiratory symptoms in smokers and to compare them with non‐smokers as well as determine the relationship between quality of life with the frequency of oro‐respiratory symptoms. Present study was institution‐based case control study. The study was conducted on a sample of 300 subjects, who were divided into four groups. The first group consists of regular Tobacco smokers (75 subjects), second group consists of regular tobacco chewers (75 subjects), regular tobacco smokers and tobacco chewers (75 subjects) and control as individuals whom neither tobacco smokers nor tobacco chewers in their lifetime (75 subjects). Oral symptoms were maximum in tobacco chewers compared to the other type of participants. The symptoms of cough, phlegm, breathlessness and wheezing were more common in smokers and those who used both the forms. There is a significant association between the quality‐of‐life index and the type of participant indicating that the quality of life is relatively poorer in those who use both the forms of tobacco compared to the other type of participants. There was a negative correlation between the quality‐of‐life index and the oro‐respiratory symptoms. There is a strong association between oro‐respiratory symptoms and quality of life, number of years of tobacco usage, tobacco per day and total tobacco consumption. Oro‐respiratory symptoms are higher in both (tobacco chewers, tobacco smokers) as compared to tobacco smokers, tobacco chewers and control respectively. Our study shows that, as oro‐respiratory symptoms increases, quality of life index decreases.
How to cite this article:
Roopakala , Radha , Lakshmi Devi and Arshiya Taranum. Study of Relationship Between Quality of Life with The Frequency of Oro‐Respiratory Symptoms
Among Patients Attending A Tertiary Hospital.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.9.246.251
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