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- The study aimed to assess the causes and prevalence of tremors in patients attending secondary care over a seven-year period.
- Out of 403 patients, 61.5% were male, with an average age of 55.9 years, and enhanced physiological tremors were the most frequently diagnosed.
- The findings indicate that essential tremors are more common in males and primarily diagnosed through exclusion, with orthostatic tremors being rare.
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Objective: To evaluate the cause, frequency and determinants of tremors at secondary care settings.
Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study for seven years (2002-2009) was carried out at Sindh Govt. Hospital (SGH) Liaqatabad No.10, Karachi. Sample size was 403 and sampling technique was Convenience sampling. A data collection form was designed and all essential variables were recorded regarding age, gender, residence, complaints and their duration, education status, profession, co-morbid and investigations performed. The results were analyzed using SPSS 16.0.
Results: Out of 403 patients 247 (61.5%) were males and 156 (38.5 %) were females. The mean age of the patients was 55.9 +/- 14.2 years. The male to female ratio was 2: 1.6. Enhanced physiological tremor was the most frequent diagnosis. Among whom, females of 40-60 years were mostly affected. Essential tremors were mainly coarse in amplitude, whereas commonest fine tremors were diagnosed as Enhanced Physiological tremor.
Conclusion: Evaluation of patients with tremors showed males to be more affected with essential tremors being the commonest encountered. Orthostatic tremor was rare. Essential tremors were diagnosed by exclusion.
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