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Inner ear problems of Thai priest at Priest Hospital.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18672595     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The inner ear problems of Thai priest at Priest Hospital had never been reported previously, so Department of Ear Nose Throat try to correlate the metebotic disorder with inner ear problems. OBJECTIVES: 1) To study the fasting blood sugar (FBS), total cholesterol (T. Chol), low density lipoprotein (LDL), and triglyceride (TG), the factors expected to involve in inner ear problems of priests at Priest Hospital. 2) To compare the FBS, T. Chol, HDL, LDL, and TG of priests with inner ear problems at Priest Hospital. 3) To find the percentage of abnormal from FBS, T. Chol, LDL, and TG. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study using 83 sampling of priests with inner ear problems and 107 priests as a controlled group. The research instruments used to collect data was the questionnaire which composed of general information, physical, ear-nose-throat and neurological examination, pure tone audiometry, brainstem evoke response audiometry (BERA) and the blood tests:FBS, T. Chol, TG, and LDL. The inner ear problems were composed of: 1) Dizziness 2) Hearing Loss 3) Tinnitus Aurium. The descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data from questionnaires and utilized frequency, percentage, standard deviation (S.D.) and t-test to achieve desired results. RESULTS: Priest at middle age and elderly with inner ear problems had greater FBS and TG than expected values of the control group. CONCLUSION: The middle age and elderly priests who had greater FBS and TG than expected values were sick with inner ear problems that causing dizziness, hearing loss and tinnitus aurium.
Authors:
Taweporn Karnchanakas; Are Tantanavat; Jamjan Sinsakontavat
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet     Volume:  91 Suppl 1     ISSN:  0125-2208     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Assoc Thai     Publication Date:  2008  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-04     Completed Date:  2008-09-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7507216     Medline TA:  J Med Assoc Thai     Country:  Thailand    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  S63-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Ear Nose Throat, Priest Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. tweporn@yahoo.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Buddhism*
Dizziness
Health Surveys
Hearing Loss
Hospitals, Religious*
Humans
Labyrinth Diseases / diagnosis*,  epidemiology
Lipids / blood
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Thailand / epidemiology
Tinnitus
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Lipids

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