Assessment of Risk Factors of Acute Gastroenteritis and its Management in a Tertiary Care Hospital

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS is an inflammation of stomach, small intestine, or large intestine, resulting in symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea this study assess the risk factor related to acute gastroenteritis. It mainly aims to decrease the risk factor and improve its management hence improving Quality of life of patients. The objective of the study was to assess the risk factor of Acute Gastroenteritis. The study also aimed to assess the management of Acute gastroenteritis in tertiary care hospital. An Observational study was carried out among 100 samples in the General Medicine department of ESIC PGIMSR Model Hospital Bengaluru to assess the risk factors of AGE. The data was collected by using self- designed validated data collection form. The collected data were entered in Microsoft excel and appropriate descriptive and statistical analysis was performed. Out of the 100 subjects included in the study, majority where the female (76%) and male (24%) Using the case definition for Acute Gastroenteritis 48 females and 9 males were considered as AGE patients. Chi square test showed association between Gender and AGE (p=0.026) and for Risk factors & AGE (p=0.000014). This study helped in analyzing the prevalence of acute gastroenteritis based on various demographic factors of subjects enrolled in the study. The risk factors that cause the disease was also analyzed and the major risk factors that causes AGE was found to be Travelling. The Vesikari score used to check the severity of the disease showed that most of the cases were of Mild Severity. Proper education regarding consumption of food will help in prevention of AGE.