Prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases among school going children

This study was aimed to assess the social concerns of parents on healthcare of their children and the prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases in children from private or public schools. This was a retrospective study. The study site comprises of public and private schools of Okara district. Those people who had the selected diseases were included in the study while others were excluded. The study duration was 1 year. A questionire based performa was designed to collect information from different schools of Okara district. The prevalence of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases was assessed. Descriptive statistics was applied through Minitab (V9). The significance (p< 0.05) was measured through one-way ANOVA and the difference of data distribution was analyzed by using Chi-square test. A total of 962 individuals were surveyed. Out of 962 (n=156, 16.21%) have communicable diseases and (n=213, 22.14%) have non-communicable diseases. The age group 6-12 years mostly affected from communicable diseases and non-communicable shows significant impact on the prevalence. The children with good hygienic conditions were less affected from communicable diseases and those with physically more active were less affective from non-communicable diseases. To conclude, the prevalence rate of non-communicable diseases was high in school going children than communicable diseases. Influenza in communicable diseases and cough in non-communicable diseases shows high prevalence. Tension, sleep disorder, headache and fatigue were associated with both diseases. It is necessary to spread the knowledge about diseases to children.