Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 103-108
Socio-demographic Characteristics of Teachers Supported at LOMO Medical Center in Limete from 2015 to 2019 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Evelyne Lukoki Luila1, Aliocha Nkodila Natuhoyila1,2, Christophe Mambueni Thamba1, Gedeon Longo Longo1, Hervé Alex Tukadila Kabangi1,2, Benjamin Longo Mbenza1,3
1Lomo University Research, DR Congo
2Centre Médical Cité des Aveugle, DR Congo
3University of Kinshasa, DR Congo
Corresponding Author: Aliocha Nkodila Natuhoyila
ABSTRACT
Background and objective: Organism is an important part of global morbidity. In developing countries, in absence of morbidity data in population, hospital statistics may be of interest. The objective of study is to analyze sociodemographic typologies of the teachers supported at the LOMO Medical Center in Limete in the DRC.
Methods: The study was carried out with teaching professionals supported by LOMO Medical Center in Limete between 2015 and 2019. We included patients who consulted this Center during the study period. The sociodemographic data were collected on standardized sheets.
Results: In field covered by the study, 8.195 patient files (62.6% men and 37.4% women) were analyzed. The mean age of patients was 53.2 ± 17.3 years. Outpatient care was the most frequently encountered mode 80.6%. For hospitalized patients, the average length of stay was 20.94 ± 17.45 days with extremes ranging from 1 to 183 days. Teachers were more represented with a frequency of 85.6% and their children represented 7.5% of consultations.
Conclusion: In current state of socioeconomic and cultural development in the DRC, we note that only a minority of teachers are supported by the mutual health insurance. Hence the interest in assessing the care needs of teachers in the DRC.
Key words: Sociodemographic characteristics; care, Lomo Médical, Mutual health insurance.