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Research paper thumbnail of Periocular anthropometric study among adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females

Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 2014

Received 24 November 2013 Accepted 22 January 2014 Early online 25 February 2014 Print 28 Februar... more Received 24 November 2013 Accepted 22 January 2014 Early online 25 February 2014 Print 28 February 2014 The dimensions of the human body are affected by geographical, racial, ethnic, gender and age factors. So, a normative data of periocular measurements based on above factors are indispensable to identify any ocular pathology and to precise determination of the degree of deviations from the normal. The study was descriptive, observational and cross-sectional in nature with some analytical components. The study group consisted of a convenient sample of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females aged between 25 and 45 years. Eleven variables were analyzed using photographic procedures and nine indices were calculated from photographically measured variables. Regression analyses showed that interpupillary distance has significant positive correlation with each of the orbital measurements except for right and left eye fissure height. Regression equations were calculated from those o...

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Jaw and Orolabial Analysis in Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Craniofacial Anthropometric Profile of Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

Journal of Anthropology, 2013

The present descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study was designed to establish the b... more The present descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study was designed to establish the baseline measurements of the craniofacial anthropometrical parameters and indices of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females aged between 25 and 45 years, residing at different locations of Chittagong and Rangamati cities. A total of ten craniofacial variables were measured using physical and photographic procedures. Craniofacial indices were calculated from those craniofacial variables. The craniofacial indices showed that Chakma females are mostly hyperbrachycephalic, hypereuryprosopic, and mesorrhine, with intermediate eyes and long narrow ears.

Research paper thumbnail of Student-Based Analysis of Perception Regarding the Educational Environment Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Questionnaire at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Florence Nightingale journal of nursing, Oct 2, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Research Article Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

Copyright © 2014 Asma Mostafa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creativ... more Copyright © 2014 Asma Mostafa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to measure and examine empathy among a sample of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study and all the medical students of first through fifth year enrolled at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College during the study period of 2014 were surveyed. Participants anonymously completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Medical Student version translated into Bengali language, a valid and reliable 20-item self-administered questionnaire. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were calculated to check validity and reliabi...

Research paper thumbnail of Current Status of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting by the Physicians in A Medical College Hospital

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2021

Background: In order to improve the spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting practice by... more Background: In order to improve the spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting practice by the physicians, there is an obligatory need to investigate the current situation of ADR reporting by them. The study was conducted to observe the ADR reporting pattern among physicians in a tertiary medical college hospital. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out in a tertiary medical college hospital during the study period of March 2020 to October 2020. Data were collected from 100 physicians working on different departments using self designed pretested questionnaire by convenient sampling technique. Results: Among the 100 respondents 70 provided response to questionnaire giving a response rate 70%. Most of the respondents (61.43%) had adequate knowledge on ADR reporting. A good number of respondents showed positive attitude but there is no practice of ADR reporting though most of the respondents (84.3%) had experienced it in last 1 year. Most...

Research paper thumbnail of Library Usage by the Medical Students of a Tertiary Medical College in Chattogram

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2020

Background: The medical college library plays an important role in enhancing theacademic achievem... more Background: The medical college library plays an important role in enhancing theacademic achievements of medical students. In order to improve the quality oflibrary services this study provided an assessment of the impact of the libraryservices on undergraduate medical student learning behavior. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive type of study. Thestudy used a self-designed questionnaire. The study sample was 200 undergraduatemedical students. The questionnaire was administered to them at the end of theirlecture class. Results: The primary reason for going to the library was self study (68%) refer text(37%) and group study (36%). Only 38.55% of the respondents visited the library ona daily basis, 50.5% students visit library when necessary and 10.5% student uselibrary 2-3 times a week. All students (100%) are aware about availability of textbooks in the library. 60.5% students know that journals are available in their library,52% know about dictionaries, 5...

Research paper thumbnail of Student-Based Analysis of Perception Regarding the Educational Environment Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Questionnaire at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern at Outpatient Department of A Tertiary Medical College Hospital

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2019

Background: In order to improve the prescription quality and promoting rational prescription patt... more Background: In order to improve the prescription quality and promoting rational prescription pattern, there is an obligatory need to investigate the factors that affect doctors' prescription patterns. The study was conducted to observe the antibiotics prescribing pattern at outpatient department of a tertiary medical college hospital. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study in a tertiary medical college hospital during the period of January 2018 to June 2018 which was conducted on 300 prescriptions collected from different outpatient department. Results: Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 3.70 (Optimal value 1.6–1.8). Antibiotics (Oral, injectable and topical) were prescribed 46% (Optimal value 20.0–26.8%) and antibiotic as only injected form 19.71% (Optimal value 13.4–24.1% of total injectable drug). Drugs prescribed from the Essential Drugs List( EDL) equated to 52.90% (Optimal value 100%). The antibiotics given in most of the patients ( 91%) we...

Research paper thumbnail of Study of Nasal Parameters Between Bengali and Chakma School Going Children of Bangladesh

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2017

Background : Anthropometry is the study of human morphology. Physical variation between the peopl... more Background : Anthropometry is the study of human morphology. Physical variation between the people of different ethnic groups can be recorded by anthropometry. This study was done to establish the anthropometric difference by measuring the nasal parameters among Bengali and Chakma School Going Children. The data of nasal parameters provide important information in plastic surgery, aesthetics and, nationality study and medical jurisprudence.Methods : It was an observational and cross sectional study, convenient sampling was done to select the 50 Bengali and 50 Chakma School Going Children, age ranging from 5-16 yrs old. Data were collected by using standard anthropometric methods with a sliding caliper. Values were expressed as mean ± Standard Deviation (SD).Student T test was used to compare the results.Results : In both sex, among the two ethnic groups, the mean total length and protrusion of nose in the Bengali group was significantly (<0.001) higher than the Chakma ethnicity (...

Research paper thumbnail of Perception of tomorrow’s Health-Care connoisseur and front-runners of their educational environment utilizing DREEM inventory in Bahasa Melayu version, the native language of Malaysia

Australasian Medical Journal, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Insight of Medical Students of Clinical Years to Antimicrobials Prescribing and Resistance in Private Medical School, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Journal of Young Pharmacists, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

ISRN Psychiatry, 2014

Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical... more Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to measure and examine empathy among a sample of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study and all the medical students of first through fifth year enrolled at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College during the study period of 2014 were surveyed. Participants anonymously completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Medical Student version translated into Bengali language, a valid and reliable 20-item self-administered questionnaire. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were calculated to check validity and reliability of the scale. ANOVA was used to examine the differences in empathy between gender, academic years, and specialty preferences. The mean empathy score was 110.41 ± 13.59. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.88. There were significant associations bet...

Research paper thumbnail of Intern doctors’ views on the current and future antibiotic resistance situation of Chattagram Maa O Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Periocular anthropometric study among adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females

Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, 2014

Received 24 November 2013 Accepted 22 January 2014 Early online 25 February 2014 Print 28 Februar... more Received 24 November 2013 Accepted 22 January 2014 Early online 25 February 2014 Print 28 February 2014 The dimensions of the human body are affected by geographical, racial, ethnic, gender and age factors. So, a normative data of periocular measurements based on above factors are indispensable to identify any ocular pathology and to precise determination of the degree of deviations from the normal. The study was descriptive, observational and cross-sectional in nature with some analytical components. The study group consisted of a convenient sample of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females aged between 25 and 45 years. Eleven variables were analyzed using photographic procedures and nine indices were calculated from photographically measured variables. Regression analyses showed that interpupillary distance has significant positive correlation with each of the orbital measurements except for right and left eye fissure height. Regression equations were calculated from those o...

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Jaw and Orolabial Analysis in Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Craniofacial Anthropometric Profile of Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

Journal of Anthropology, 2013

The present descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study was designed to establish the b... more The present descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study was designed to establish the baseline measurements of the craniofacial anthropometrical parameters and indices of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females aged between 25 and 45 years, residing at different locations of Chittagong and Rangamati cities. A total of ten craniofacial variables were measured using physical and photographic procedures. Craniofacial indices were calculated from those craniofacial variables. The craniofacial indices showed that Chakma females are mostly hyperbrachycephalic, hypereuryprosopic, and mesorrhine, with intermediate eyes and long narrow ears.

Research paper thumbnail of Student-Based Analysis of Perception Regarding the Educational Environment Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Questionnaire at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Florence Nightingale journal of nursing, Oct 2, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Research Article Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

Copyright © 2014 Asma Mostafa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creativ... more Copyright © 2014 Asma Mostafa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to measure and examine empathy among a sample of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study and all the medical students of first through fifth year enrolled at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College during the study period of 2014 were surveyed. Participants anonymously completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Medical Student version translated into Bengali language, a valid and reliable 20-item self-administered questionnaire. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were calculated to check validity and reliabi...

Research paper thumbnail of Current Status of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting by the Physicians in A Medical College Hospital

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2021

Background: In order to improve the spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting practice by... more Background: In order to improve the spontaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting practice by the physicians, there is an obligatory need to investigate the current situation of ADR reporting by them. The study was conducted to observe the ADR reporting pattern among physicians in a tertiary medical college hospital. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study carried out in a tertiary medical college hospital during the study period of March 2020 to October 2020. Data were collected from 100 physicians working on different departments using self designed pretested questionnaire by convenient sampling technique. Results: Among the 100 respondents 70 provided response to questionnaire giving a response rate 70%. Most of the respondents (61.43%) had adequate knowledge on ADR reporting. A good number of respondents showed positive attitude but there is no practice of ADR reporting though most of the respondents (84.3%) had experienced it in last 1 year. Most...

Research paper thumbnail of Library Usage by the Medical Students of a Tertiary Medical College in Chattogram

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2020

Background: The medical college library plays an important role in enhancing theacademic achievem... more Background: The medical college library plays an important role in enhancing theacademic achievements of medical students. In order to improve the quality oflibrary services this study provided an assessment of the impact of the libraryservices on undergraduate medical student learning behavior. Materials and methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive type of study. Thestudy used a self-designed questionnaire. The study sample was 200 undergraduatemedical students. The questionnaire was administered to them at the end of theirlecture class. Results: The primary reason for going to the library was self study (68%) refer text(37%) and group study (36%). Only 38.55% of the respondents visited the library ona daily basis, 50.5% students visit library when necessary and 10.5% student uselibrary 2-3 times a week. All students (100%) are aware about availability of textbooks in the library. 60.5% students know that journals are available in their library,52% know about dictionaries, 5...

Research paper thumbnail of Student-Based Analysis of Perception Regarding the Educational Environment Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Questionnaire at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern at Outpatient Department of A Tertiary Medical College Hospital

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2019

Background: In order to improve the prescription quality and promoting rational prescription patt... more Background: In order to improve the prescription quality and promoting rational prescription pattern, there is an obligatory need to investigate the factors that affect doctors' prescription patterns. The study was conducted to observe the antibiotics prescribing pattern at outpatient department of a tertiary medical college hospital. Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study in a tertiary medical college hospital during the period of January 2018 to June 2018 which was conducted on 300 prescriptions collected from different outpatient department. Results: Average number of drugs prescribed per encounter was 3.70 (Optimal value 1.6–1.8). Antibiotics (Oral, injectable and topical) were prescribed 46% (Optimal value 20.0–26.8%) and antibiotic as only injected form 19.71% (Optimal value 13.4–24.1% of total injectable drug). Drugs prescribed from the Essential Drugs List( EDL) equated to 52.90% (Optimal value 100%). The antibiotics given in most of the patients ( 91%) we...

Research paper thumbnail of Study of Nasal Parameters Between Bengali and Chakma School Going Children of Bangladesh

Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal, 2017

Background : Anthropometry is the study of human morphology. Physical variation between the peopl... more Background : Anthropometry is the study of human morphology. Physical variation between the people of different ethnic groups can be recorded by anthropometry. This study was done to establish the anthropometric difference by measuring the nasal parameters among Bengali and Chakma School Going Children. The data of nasal parameters provide important information in plastic surgery, aesthetics and, nationality study and medical jurisprudence.Methods : It was an observational and cross sectional study, convenient sampling was done to select the 50 Bengali and 50 Chakma School Going Children, age ranging from 5-16 yrs old. Data were collected by using standard anthropometric methods with a sliding caliper. Values were expressed as mean ± Standard Deviation (SD).Student T test was used to compare the results.Results : In both sex, among the two ethnic groups, the mean total length and protrusion of nose in the Bengali group was significantly (<0.001) higher than the Chakma ethnicity (...

Research paper thumbnail of Perception of tomorrow’s Health-Care connoisseur and front-runners of their educational environment utilizing DREEM inventory in Bahasa Melayu version, the native language of Malaysia

Australasian Medical Journal, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Insight of Medical Students of Clinical Years to Antimicrobials Prescribing and Resistance in Private Medical School, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Journal of Young Pharmacists, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Empathy in Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh: Psychometric Analysis and Differences by Gender, Academic Year, and Specialty Preferences

ISRN Psychiatry, 2014

Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical... more Empathy is considered to be associated with better patient compliance, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. The aim of the study is to measure and examine empathy among a sample of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. It was a cross-sectional study and all the medical students of first through fifth year enrolled at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College during the study period of 2014 were surveyed. Participants anonymously completed the Jefferson Scale of Empathy Medical Student version translated into Bengali language, a valid and reliable 20-item self-administered questionnaire. Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were calculated to check validity and reliability of the scale. ANOVA was used to examine the differences in empathy between gender, academic years, and specialty preferences. The mean empathy score was 110.41 ± 13.59. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.88. There were significant associations bet...

Research paper thumbnail of Intern doctors’ views on the current and future antibiotic resistance situation of Chattagram Maa O Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2015