Frequency of Goiter in Hospitalized Patients of District Headquarters Hospital, Timergara

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of goiter among the population of Timergara, Lower Dir. METHODOLOGY A retrospective study was carried out at the district headquarters hospital Timergara hospital of district lower dir. The study duration was one year from January 2018 to December 2018. The data were collected from 205 patients in the district headquarters hospital Timergara district lower dir. the clinical data of patients were collected through proforma. It was approved by the research committee of the Department of the surgical, institute of paramedical sciences, Khyber medical university Peshawar Duranpur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Percentage and frequencies have been used to determine the frequency of goiter at district lower dir. SPSS version 22 was used for data analysis. RESULTS This study shows that goiter is most frequently occurring in females as compared to males. out of 205 patients with goiter 58 patients were male and 147 were female. Female frequency was higher than male. Secondly, it was observed that goiter is more frequent in people aged 35 -44. i.e., out of 205 patients, 37.1% were in this age group. patients having goiter were mostly from hilly areas (61.5%). It was also observed in this study large number of patients were having visible goiter of grade two. CONCLUSION It was concluded that goiter most of the females and older population are suffering from the goiter.