FREQUENCY OF DISEASES IN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUTH TREATED IN HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS OF GENERAL MEDICINE

Edita Etemi, Sani Bajrami, Sherif Shaqiri

Abstract

Adolescence is a key stage during human life and development, including a stage of reproductive, musculoskeletal, neurodevelopmental, endocrine, metabolic, immune, and cardio metabolic systems in adulthood. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of diseases through retrospective data from clinical examinations of school children and youth according to: gender the type of disease and age group For this purpose, retrospective data were used for the period October 01, 2021 – December 31, 2021, for patients examined in the health organization "Dr. Sani” in Tetova where out of the total number of examined (217), 91 of them were males while 126 were females. The obtained data were entered into patient records using the WHO modified human health assessment form, adapted, and modified to the nature of our study. The results of graph 1 show that 68.67% of the treated patients belong to school children and youth, while 31.33% belong to the group of adult patients. The results of graph 2 show a higher presence of diseases in females with 53.02% compared to males in 46.97%. From the total number of pathologies that have affected our patients, according to the results of table 1, acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis dominate with 28.48% of cases. Regarding age groups, the results of table 2 show the dominance of the age group 7-9 years with 51.0% of cases. School children and youth are not immune to a variety of diseases and are affected by them without exception. The higher percentage of female patients affected by these diseases is attributed to weaker immunity. Timely, accurate and comprehensive assessment of diseases in children and adolescents provides information that is essential for health policy decision-making. The difference in the percentage of the results of different authors regarding the diseases of school children and youth can be explained by the different standards that exist in different countries where the authors and studies come from.

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