Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 263-272
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221134
Epidemiological Profiles of 10 Most Frequent Otorhinolaryngology Diseases on Outpatient Department of Bali Mandara General Hospital
I.A. Ide Larassanthi Pratiwi1, A.A. Gede Bawa Negara2
1,2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Bali Mandara General Hospital, Badung, Bali, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: I.A. Ide Larassanthi Pratiwi
ABSTRACT
Background: Ear, Nose, and Throat diseases are one of the most common health problems in the community and is very important because of its morbidity that can cause physiological function disorders. The pattern of disease in patients with ear, nose and throat complaints varies, depending on each region, patient characteristics such as gender, age, and the underlying etiology or pathological process of the disease.
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the 10 most common ENT diseases on the Outpatient Department of ENT at Bali Mandara General Hospital over two-years period. As well as studying variations in disease patterns based on gender and age group of the patient in Badung region, Bali. So that future treatments and disease trends can be studied and managed better. It will also assist in the further reconstruction of the health care system.
Method: This study was taken retrospectively based on medical record from the last two years during the period of January 2020 to September 2022, with the research subjects being outpatients who visited and checked themselves at the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, Bali Mandara General Hospital.
Result: Total of ENT patients from 2020-2022 is 1,517. Which in 2020, the most frequently reported ENT disease was Coronavirus Infection 220 patients (31.34%) with male and female gender in the same ratio. This disease is most often experienced by the age group of 21-30 years. In 2021, the most frequently reported ENT disease was otitis externa with 104 patients (25.55%) followed by impacted cerumen 69 patients (16.95%) with male more frequent than female. This disease is most often experienced by the age group of 21-30 years. Meanwhile, impaction of cerumen 109 (26.72%) followed by otitis externa 95 (23.28%) was the most common disease found in the period of January - September 2022. It was more common in male than female, and at age group > 51 year.
Conclusion: From 2020 to 2022 the most common diseases experienced by patients with ENT complaints were otitis externa and impacted cerumen. Coronavirus infection, acute nasopharyngitis, hypertrophy of nasal turbinates, and chronic tonsillitis only appeared once as diseases that were included in the top 10 most common diseases in 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Key words: Epidemiological Profiles, Otorhinolaryngology, ENT diseases, Outpatient Department