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Papers by Nitin Lodha

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Dec 13, 2023

AIP Conference Proceedings, Dec 31, 2022

AIP Conference Proceedings, Dec 31, 2022

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022

2023 International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Computing and Applications (AICAPS), Feb 1, 2023

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH

Introduction: Good quality Antenatal Care (ANC) is not uniformly distributed in the community. A ... more Introduction: Good quality Antenatal Care (ANC) is not uniformly distributed in the community. A better ANC coverage not only ensures a safer outcome from pregnancy but also provides a platform for improving the health status of mother and baby. Aim: To assess the utilisation of ANC services among the pregnant women and to study the associated factors related to utilisation of ANC. Materials and Methods: Present was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted among 250 full term pregnant women. Systemic random sampling technique was adapted to select required participants. Women were interviewed, using predesigned and pretested semi-structured proforma, to assess the ANC received by them. Categorical variables were expressed as frequency and proportions, continuous variables as mean and standard deviation. Chi-square test was used to found association between comprehensive ANC and various determinants affecting it and logistic regressions were applied to find out the predictors...

Background: The major and potentially preventable risk factors of NCDs are associated with lifest... more Background: The major and potentially preventable risk factors of NCDs are associated with lifestyle and behaviour pattern which are largely due to practices adopted in younger age. Knowledge of adolescents about non-communicable diseases and their risk factors are an important part of population-based prevention strategy. Objectives: To assess prevalence of NCDs risk factors among adolescents and to study awareness regarding NCDs and their risk factors. Material & Methods: It was a cross sectional study. 400 students of adolescent age from private school were interviewed over a period of four months. Data was entered and analysed statistically using Excel 2010 and Epi info software. Results: Majority of participants were from age 15-17 years. 7.25% were overweight and only 1% were Obese. Physical inactivity prevalent in 76.75%, Family history in 41.25%, Inadequate sleep in 43.50% and tobacco habit in 21%, Frequent junk food consumption in 75.75%, Lack of yoga meditation in 79.75%. ...

Background: Good menstrual hygiene is essential for the health and dignity of women. Discussions ... more Background: Good menstrual hygiene is essential for the health and dignity of women. Discussions on menstrual hygiene are important for women to clarify existing myths and misconceptions around menstruation. In developing countries it is reported that many women/girls do not follow healthy measures for maintaining the menstrual hygiene. Objectives: To study awareness regarding menstrual hygiene among the women of reproductive age and find out practice related to maintenance of menstrual hygiene. Material & Methods: It was a community based cross sectional study; 200 women of reproductive age were interviewed over a period of four months (March to June 2019). Data obtained was entered and analyzed statistically using Excel Windows 2007 and Epi info version6. Results: 162(81%) had regular menstrual cycle pattern, 14(7%) participant mostly from rural area, believe that menstruation is a disease, 140(70%) get the information regarding menstruation from mother. 188(94%) were aware about ...

National journal of community medicine, Mar 31, 2022

International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2015

Context: Diabetic patients, if undiagnosed or inadequately treated, develop multiple chronic comp... more Context: Diabetic patients, if undiagnosed or inadequately treated, develop multiple chronic complications leading to irreversible disability and death. Indians are susceptible to premature onset of DM which in turn leads to rapid progression of chronic vascular complications, incurring heavy burden on health care systems in India. Aim: 1) to assess the prevalence of various complications of Diabetes Mellitus and 2) its association with various demographic factors Setting and design: A hospital based cross sectional study. Study population: Diabetes Mellitus patients attending OPD at the tertiary care hospital, and Patients attending OPD at sub-district hospital and CHCs of the Jamnagar district were included. Period of study: One year, from January 2012 to December 2012. Methods and material: total 400 patients were selected and interviewed by using pretested semistructured questionnaire. The data entry and analysis were done using Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and Chi-square test us...

Global journal for research analysis, 2016

Of all the complications of diabetes, those that occur in the foot are considered the most preven... more Of all the complications of diabetes, those that occur in the foot are considered the most preventable. People with poor knowledge and practice regarding diabetic foot care are known to have a higher incidence of foot ulcers. Aim is to assess the knowledge of foot-care measures and practices adopted by diabetic patients for foot-care. Total 400 patients were included in study. Only 78.5% patients had awareness regarding importance of inspection and washing of feet daily, 95.5% were aware regarding not walking barefoot, 51% regarding clipping of nails with care and avoid trauma and 54.8% regarding consultation with health care provider. Regarding practice, 65% inspect feet daily, 80.2% not go bare foot out-side, 31.5% clip toe nails with care and 26.75% consult health care when injured.

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2021

Every minute, one woman dies due to pregnancy or child birth related causes, this translates into... more Every minute, one woman dies due to pregnancy or child birth related causes, this translates into 1,500 women dying every day. According to statistics released by UNICEF and WHO 2006 in India every five minutes a woman dies during child birth. Thus, maternal mortality continues to be a major public health problem. The focus on maternal mortality was sharpened when reduction in maternal mortality became one of the eight goals for development in the Millennium Declaration (Millennium Development Goal 5 or MDG 5). Maternal health care is important for better maternal, perinatal and infant health outcomes. High maternal and neonatal mortality rates are associated with inadequate and poor quality maternal health care, including antenatal care, skilled attendant at birth and postnatal care. Hence achieving MDG goal on maternal health requires providing high quality pregnancy and delivery care, improving sexual and reproductive health care and universal access to all its aspects. Antenatal...

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015

Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2015

Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 2011

Objectives: To assess the immunization status of children in the age group 12-23 months and to kn... more Objectives: To assess the immunization status of children in the age group 12-23 months and to know the reasons for non-immunization of children. Method: - A cross-sectional survey was conducted using WHO’s thirty cluster sampling technique in rural and urban areas of Bareilly district from August 2008 to January 2009. Rural areas were divided into blocks and blocks were divided into villages. Urban areas were divided into wards. Villages and wards were taken as clusters. During the house-to-house survey, a total of 240 children of age 12-23 months were included in the present study. Result: only around 50% of children were fully immunized while 27.5% were partially and 22.5 % were not immunized at all. Immunization coverage was highest for BCG (62.5%) and lowest for measles (39.2%). Dropout rates were 37.3%, 19.7% and 18.2% for BCG to measles, DPT1 to DPT3 and OPV1 to OPV3 respectively. Vitamin A prophylaxis showed a decline from 38.3 % to 16.7%. Amongst the various reasons for n...

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Dec 13, 2023

AIP Conference Proceedings, Dec 31, 2022

AIP Conference Proceedings, Dec 31, 2022

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022

2023 International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Computing and Applications (AICAPS), Feb 1, 2023

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH

Introduction: Good quality Antenatal Care (ANC) is not uniformly distributed in the community. A ... more Introduction: Good quality Antenatal Care (ANC) is not uniformly distributed in the community. A better ANC coverage not only ensures a safer outcome from pregnancy but also provides a platform for improving the health status of mother and baby. Aim: To assess the utilisation of ANC services among the pregnant women and to study the associated factors related to utilisation of ANC. Materials and Methods: Present was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted among 250 full term pregnant women. Systemic random sampling technique was adapted to select required participants. Women were interviewed, using predesigned and pretested semi-structured proforma, to assess the ANC received by them. Categorical variables were expressed as frequency and proportions, continuous variables as mean and standard deviation. Chi-square test was used to found association between comprehensive ANC and various determinants affecting it and logistic regressions were applied to find out the predictors...

Background: The major and potentially preventable risk factors of NCDs are associated with lifest... more Background: The major and potentially preventable risk factors of NCDs are associated with lifestyle and behaviour pattern which are largely due to practices adopted in younger age. Knowledge of adolescents about non-communicable diseases and their risk factors are an important part of population-based prevention strategy. Objectives: To assess prevalence of NCDs risk factors among adolescents and to study awareness regarding NCDs and their risk factors. Material & Methods: It was a cross sectional study. 400 students of adolescent age from private school were interviewed over a period of four months. Data was entered and analysed statistically using Excel 2010 and Epi info software. Results: Majority of participants were from age 15-17 years. 7.25% were overweight and only 1% were Obese. Physical inactivity prevalent in 76.75%, Family history in 41.25%, Inadequate sleep in 43.50% and tobacco habit in 21%, Frequent junk food consumption in 75.75%, Lack of yoga meditation in 79.75%. ...

Background: Good menstrual hygiene is essential for the health and dignity of women. Discussions ... more Background: Good menstrual hygiene is essential for the health and dignity of women. Discussions on menstrual hygiene are important for women to clarify existing myths and misconceptions around menstruation. In developing countries it is reported that many women/girls do not follow healthy measures for maintaining the menstrual hygiene. Objectives: To study awareness regarding menstrual hygiene among the women of reproductive age and find out practice related to maintenance of menstrual hygiene. Material & Methods: It was a community based cross sectional study; 200 women of reproductive age were interviewed over a period of four months (March to June 2019). Data obtained was entered and analyzed statistically using Excel Windows 2007 and Epi info version6. Results: 162(81%) had regular menstrual cycle pattern, 14(7%) participant mostly from rural area, believe that menstruation is a disease, 140(70%) get the information regarding menstruation from mother. 188(94%) were aware about ...

National journal of community medicine, Mar 31, 2022

International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2015

Context: Diabetic patients, if undiagnosed or inadequately treated, develop multiple chronic comp... more Context: Diabetic patients, if undiagnosed or inadequately treated, develop multiple chronic complications leading to irreversible disability and death. Indians are susceptible to premature onset of DM which in turn leads to rapid progression of chronic vascular complications, incurring heavy burden on health care systems in India. Aim: 1) to assess the prevalence of various complications of Diabetes Mellitus and 2) its association with various demographic factors Setting and design: A hospital based cross sectional study. Study population: Diabetes Mellitus patients attending OPD at the tertiary care hospital, and Patients attending OPD at sub-district hospital and CHCs of the Jamnagar district were included. Period of study: One year, from January 2012 to December 2012. Methods and material: total 400 patients were selected and interviewed by using pretested semistructured questionnaire. The data entry and analysis were done using Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and Chi-square test us...

Global journal for research analysis, 2016

Of all the complications of diabetes, those that occur in the foot are considered the most preven... more Of all the complications of diabetes, those that occur in the foot are considered the most preventable. People with poor knowledge and practice regarding diabetic foot care are known to have a higher incidence of foot ulcers. Aim is to assess the knowledge of foot-care measures and practices adopted by diabetic patients for foot-care. Total 400 patients were included in study. Only 78.5% patients had awareness regarding importance of inspection and washing of feet daily, 95.5% were aware regarding not walking barefoot, 51% regarding clipping of nails with care and avoid trauma and 54.8% regarding consultation with health care provider. Regarding practice, 65% inspect feet daily, 80.2% not go bare foot out-side, 31.5% clip toe nails with care and 26.75% consult health care when injured.

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2021

Every minute, one woman dies due to pregnancy or child birth related causes, this translates into... more Every minute, one woman dies due to pregnancy or child birth related causes, this translates into 1,500 women dying every day. According to statistics released by UNICEF and WHO 2006 in India every five minutes a woman dies during child birth. Thus, maternal mortality continues to be a major public health problem. The focus on maternal mortality was sharpened when reduction in maternal mortality became one of the eight goals for development in the Millennium Declaration (Millennium Development Goal 5 or MDG 5). Maternal health care is important for better maternal, perinatal and infant health outcomes. High maternal and neonatal mortality rates are associated with inadequate and poor quality maternal health care, including antenatal care, skilled attendant at birth and postnatal care. Hence achieving MDG goal on maternal health requires providing high quality pregnancy and delivery care, improving sexual and reproductive health care and universal access to all its aspects. Antenatal...

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015

Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2015

Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 2011

Objectives: To assess the immunization status of children in the age group 12-23 months and to kn... more Objectives: To assess the immunization status of children in the age group 12-23 months and to know the reasons for non-immunization of children. Method: - A cross-sectional survey was conducted using WHO’s thirty cluster sampling technique in rural and urban areas of Bareilly district from August 2008 to January 2009. Rural areas were divided into blocks and blocks were divided into villages. Urban areas were divided into wards. Villages and wards were taken as clusters. During the house-to-house survey, a total of 240 children of age 12-23 months were included in the present study. Result: only around 50% of children were fully immunized while 27.5% were partially and 22.5 % were not immunized at all. Immunization coverage was highest for BCG (62.5%) and lowest for measles (39.2%). Dropout rates were 37.3%, 19.7% and 18.2% for BCG to measles, DPT1 to DPT3 and OPV1 to OPV3 respectively. Vitamin A prophylaxis showed a decline from 38.3 % to 16.7%. Amongst the various reasons for n...

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012

Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2014

Chitrangana.com , 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a vital tool in the field of eCommerce marketing, with th... more Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a vital tool in the field of eCommerce marketing, with the ability to quickly analyze large volumes of data and provide insights into consumer behavior. One of the main advantages of using AI in eCommerce marketing is its potential to automate many processes that are currently done manually, such as data collection and analysis, trend identification, and campaign optimization. The leading eCommerce consultancy firm, Chitrangana.com research says; AI can also be used to tailor marketing messages and campaigns to specific consumer preferences and behaviors, resulting in more relevant and successful marketing efforts. In addition, AI can help businesses increase their targeting and reach by identifying the most effective channels and techniques for reaching their target audience. While AI has many benefits in eCommerce marketing, it is important to consider the potential challenges and ethical considerations of using AI in this context. For example, there may be concerns around privacy and data security, as well as the potential for AI to perpetuate biases present in the data it is trained on. It is crucial for businesses to carefully consider these issues and develop appropriate strategies to mitigate any potential negative impacts. Overall, the use of AI in eCommerce marketing has the potential to greatly improve efficiency and effectiveness, but it is important for businesses to carefully plan and implement their AI strategies in order to maximize the benefits and minimize any potential risks.