laporan tahunan hospital selayang.indd - CRC

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PRELIMINARY REPORT: APRIL 2009 - AUGUST 2010
National Infl ammatory Arthritis Registry (NIAR)
Comparing professionals and non-professionals, it would appear that more
professionals are diagnosed earlier, that is less than 6 months from disease
onset. However, even amongst the professionals, about 40% were diagnosed
more than a year from the onset of symptoms.
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
N=102
40.2
15.59
44.11
N=898
49.67
13.81
36.52
Professional Non-Professional
Figure 11: Dura on of disease before diagnosis comparing
professionals and non-professionals
3.3 ASSOCIATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS
3.3.1 MEDICAL CO-MORBIDITIES
> 12 months
6 to 12 months
< 6 months
Among the medical condi ons, hypertension was the commonest comorbidity
with a prevalence of 36.2%. This is slightly lower than the
na onal prevalence of 42.6% of hypertension in adults above 30 years
of age (5). Next was hyperlipidaemia at 25.5% followed by diabetes at
16.1%. The Na onal Health and Morbidity Survey in 2006 found that the
prevalence of diabetes is 12% (6). 6.1% of pa ents had been diagnosed
to have osteoporosis. Pep c ulcer disease and ischaemic heart disease
were each reported in 3.9% of the pa ents.
The other medical condi ons with the reported fi gures are listed in
Table 4.