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Indian Journal of Community Health, 2021
Background: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the community can determine progress from locali... more Background: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the community can determine progress from localized to community transmission of COVID-19 in India. Aims and Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice levels of the general population during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A rapid cross-sectional survey was conducted among hospital visitors of a lead tertiary care hospital. Realtime data collection from 223 respondents was done and analyzed using Stata 12.1 SE. Results: Mean age was 38.2 ±13.5 years, 68.2% were males, mean education was 12.1 ± 3.7 years and 45.3% were gainfully employed. Almost all had heard about CORONA (221, 99.1%). Adequate knowledge was present on: a) mode of spread (48.0%); b) preventive measures (70.9%). Television (77.1%), social media (60.5%) and WhatsApp (44.0%) were sources of information. Positive attitude was seen for: a) wearing a mask (83.9%); b) health-seeking (85%) on presenting with symptoms; c) Self-isola...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
Introduction: Ophthalmic Ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye an... more Introduction: Ophthalmic Ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and orbit. It can categorise, predict location and diagnose posterior segment pathology of the eye very well and is usually used in preoperative evaluation. However, the diagnostic accuracy, in terms of predicting probability of Posterior Segment Disease (PSD) post-USG, has usually not been studied, that too in Indian set-up. Hence, this study was conducted. Aim: To find out the prevalence and pattern of PSD among patients referred to radiology department using B-scan USG, and to find out the diagnostic accuracy of B-scan USG in such cases. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional in nature conducted over a period of two years (2007-09) and conducted in the Department of Radiodiagnosis and Ophthalmology of a tertiary care centre of Eastern India. Patients were referred to the Radiology department for ruling out intraocular pathology using B-scan ophthalmic USG were included in ...
This work is an original research work carried out in the rural area of Jagatsinghpur district of... more This work is an original research work carried out in the rural area of Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa(India). VHND program incorporates services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, children under 5 years of age along with adolescent girls. Ante-natal and post-natal services, growth monitoring of children under five years, etc. are the various types of services given to the beneficiaries. Health education according to a health calendar is also provided. Distribution of deworming and iron tablets as prophylaxis for anemia prevention is also provided to the adolescent girls. This work has made an attempt to evaluate the functioning of VHND in a rural district of Orissa, India. Many of the important issues have come up during the evaluation and recommendations for the same have been incorporated in the dissertation.
Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI), a universally acclaimed communit... more Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI), a universally acclaimed community-based child-survival programme was rolled out in Odisha during 2006 and the Anganwadi workers (AWWs) were trained to be the frontline implementers. It was perceived that IMNCI has developed operational weakness that led to the decision of discontinuing its implementation through AWWs, hence, withdrawing state support from their training. Alternatively, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), the village-based health volunteers, was to be engaged through a re-packaged programme – Home-based Newborn Care (HBNC). But, neither HBNC has provision for children beyond 42 days, nor the relatively less-educated ASHAs are trained as intensely. This study aims to assess the influence of IMNCI training on the AWW’s knowledge regarding childhood illnesses. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 districts of Odisha that recruited a probability sample of AWWs (n=443) among both trained and un...
Annals of Community Health, 2014
A Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) is a residential facility located near the delivery point where ‘h... more A Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) is a residential facility located near the delivery point where ‘high risk’ pregnant women can wait for delivery. It is an effective means to ‘bridge the geographical gap’ and reduce Out of Pocket Spending (OOPS). They provide limited accommodation with food to the expecting mothers and attendants. Medical care is provided round the clock with provision of transfer facility to the delivering hospital. It is generally run in partnership mode in vulnerable areas with low institutional deliveries. An analysis shows some important strengths and weakness. The authors conclude that though there are no concrete community trials suggesting the effectiveness of such an initiative, opportunities can be utilised for further improvement of the MWHs keeping aside the hurdles and bottlenecks. External evaluation of the functioning of the Maternity Waiting Homes can also provide evidences. Operational research can provide a good direction to the whole process.
medRxiv, 2020
Background: Insufficient physical activity is considered as one of the leading risk factors for g... more Background: Insufficient physical activity is considered as one of the leading risk factors for global mortality and morbidity. WHO has recommended a cumulative engagement of minimum 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity. Maintaining physical activity throughout life is considered an important public health objective. However, there is a global trend towards engaging in sedentary behaviours. There is no previous work on the physical activity pattern in Eastern India, nor any study to find predictors in terms of non-communicable disease causation. Objectives: To find out the prevalence and patterns of physical activity in urban population. To investigate the relationship of non-communicable disease with physical inactivity. Materials and methods: The study was community based cross-sectional survey and systematic random sampling method was used for arriving at a total sample of 1203 subjects from the 30 clusters selected out of 67 wards in the city. Socio-demographic and...
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 2018
Objective: The objectives of this study is to assess the association of selected risk factors for... more Objective: The objectives of this study is to assess the association of selected risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) with lipid profile. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during May 2013–April 2014 among 350 subjects of 25–64 years selected by systematic random sampling. Data on sociodemographic and medical and personal history along with anthropometric measurements were collected through house-to-house visit. Blood sample was analyzed for fasting blood sugar and lipid profile. Results: In this study, 38.58% belong to the age group of 25–35 years and 58% were female. Majority (45.43%) of the participants belonged to lower socioeconomic status, followed by the middle (40.57%) and upper class (14%). It was observed that total cholesterol was significantly associated with blood sugar (p=0.0008), blood pressure (p=0.001), and body mass index (BMI) (p=0.018). There was no significant association among the risk factors of CHD such as smoking and alcohol with total c...
Clinical Diabetology, 2021
Background. Diabetes and its complications are becoming a major threat to public health. Quality ... more Background. Diabetes and its complications are becoming a major threat to public health. Quality of life among diabetes patients is not optimum. Objective. To know the usefulness of the mobile health application for improvement of QoL and diabetes self-management activities of the type 2 diabetes patients. Methods. The present study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital for 2 years from October 2016 to October 2018. In this study, 66 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients, educated, techno-friendly smart phone users, aged between 18–60 years, were included. They were allocated to intervention and control group by block randomization method. Intervention group was allotted to use the android application and control group was allotted to use the website. The data were imported and analyzed by SPSS v 20. Results. Overall quality of life and general health was 70.26 ± 16.51; for physical health it was 59.52 ± 7.15, for psychological it was 63.38 ± 9.2, for social relations it was ...
Objective: Present study of this research was undertaken to evaluate the antidiabetic activities ... more Objective: Present study of this research was undertaken to evaluate the antidiabetic activities of extracts of aerial parts of Blumea lacera DC. (Asteraceae) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced hyperglycemic rat. Methods: The methanol extracts (MEBL) and aqueous extract (AEBL) of B. lacera DC. were investigated in streptozotocin (STZ) induced hyperglycemic rats at a dose level of 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, in oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), acute and subacute antidiabetic (30 d) models keeping a parallel group of metformin (250 mg/kg body weight) as standard drug. The serum biochemical parameters, histopathology of liver and pancreaswere examined and analyzed statistically. Results: Treatment with methanol extract of B. lacera (MEBL) at a dose of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg body weight, significantly decrease (p<0.05) blood glucose level from 289.83±9.83 and 289.83±2.71 to 201.83±8.87 and 105.00±2.05 respectively with corresponding percentage fall of blood glucose to 30.40±1.79 ...
International Journal of Yoga Therapy
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of yoga practice. This... more The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of yoga practice. This cross-sectional study was conducted as a part of a larger study that included yoga as a form of physical activity. Data were collected during April and August 2019 from the adult urban population of Bhubaneswar, India. This study was conducted using a cluster random sampling method. A representative sample (n = 1,203) of adults aged 18–59 years, irrespective of gender, was interviewed using a questionnaire adapted from the 2012 U.S. National Health Interview Survey, with the Epicollect5 handheld data-collection tool. Predictors of yoga practice were explored using multivariable logistic regression. The mean age of the participants was 35.19 ± 10.67 years, with 55.3% males. The majority were Hindu (93.62%) and belonged to the unre s e rved category (65.60%), people generally of higher relative socioeconomic status. The lifetime prevalence of yoga was 16.9%. Prevalence of any form of yoga...
IntroductionOphthalmic ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and ... more IntroductionOphthalmic ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and orbit. It can categorize and predict the location of pathology in the posterior chamber of eye very well. It is useful even in pre-operative evaluation and diagnosing posterior segment eye disorders. However, the diagnostic accuracy has usually not being studied thoroughly, with special emphasis to its probability of predicting posterior-segment eye disorders using B-scan USG.ObjectivesTo find out the prevalence and pattern of posterior segment disorders using B-scan ultrasonography, and to find its diagnostic accuracy.Materials and MethodsThe study was prospective in nature and conducted in the department of radiodiagnosis and ophthalmology of a tertiary care center of Eastern India. Patients referred to the radiology department for ruling out intra-ocular pathology using B-scan ophthalmic ultrasound were included in the study, irrespective of any age and gender. Data were captured on a...
Introduction: Growth and development of a child is largely influenced by feeding behaviour. Feedi... more Introduction: Growth and development of a child is largely influenced by feeding behaviour. Feeding problem in infancy and childhood is an important aspect since this may be associated with under-nutrition or even childhood obesity. Social, environmental and emotional factors, type and taste of food, perceptions and practices of parents, etc. may all determine feeding behaviour of child. This study tries to find out the proportion of normal toddlers presenting with feeding problem, factors associated with feeding behaviour and their association with physical growth among these toddlers. Methods: A total of 100 mothers of 1 to 3 year-old children visiting for immunization were interviewed using systematic sampling method. A tool was developed by modifying existing tools are review of literature, was pre-tested and used. Association of various factors with eating behaviour and body mass index (BMI) were studied. Variables measured included perceived feeding problem, anthropometric mea...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Journal of Dental and Allied Sciences
Background: Assessment of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is gaining importance. How... more Background: Assessment of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is gaining importance. However, there is unavailability of such a tool in the linguistically and culturally different settings such as that of Odisha. The aim of this study was derivation and validation of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) for Odia-speaking adults. Methods: The OHIP-14 questionnaire was translated into the Odia language conforming to the standard cross-cultural translation methodology. The tool was validated and used for estimating the quality of life in 150 dental patients (36.31 ± 11.57 years; 77 males and 73 females). The internal consistency for reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity of the instrument was checked with self-reported oral health and oral hygiene index scores. Results: Cronbach's alpha for the Odia version of the OHIP-14 was 0.862. The corrected item-total correlation coefficients ranged from 0.316 (functional limitation) to 0.674 (handicap). It was observed that patients with good self-perceived oral health had significantly lower OHIP-14od scores and those with poor oral hygiene had significantly greater OHIP-14od scores. Conclusion: Despite cultural variations, the translated Odia version of the OHIP-14 questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the OHRQoL in the Odia-speaking adult population.
Journal of family medicine and primary care
In India, children of upper primary school receive less attention from health-care providers. The... more In India, children of upper primary school receive less attention from health-care providers. The majority of their health problems are preventable through hygienic practices. The aim of this study was to find out the association of personal hygiene with common morbidities among upper primary school children. A cross-sectional study conducted in a rural upper primary school of Odisha. A semi-structured schedule based on the Global School Health Survey Questionnaire and necessary instruments for clinical examination were used. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and analyzed by SPSS version 20 software. Of 90 participants, 58 (64.4%) were girls. The mean age was 11.8 (±1.01) years. The mean body mass index of females was significantly higher than males (16.95 vs. 14.72; = 0.001). More than 90% of children maintained good personal hygiene such as clean tongue, clean hair, handwashing, and using footwear. The most common morbidities found were dental caries (38.9%), history of wo...
Natural Product Research
The GC-MS analysis of fractions of methanol extract of stem of Cuscuta reflexa (Family Convolvula... more The GC-MS analysis of fractions of methanol extract of stem of Cuscuta reflexa (Family Convolvulaceae) was carried out using a THERMO TRACE 1300 Gas Chromatograph equipped and coupled to a mass detector THERMO TSQ 8000 spectrometer with an TG 5MS (30 m × 0.25 mm, 0.25 μm) of capillary column. Database of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library was used to identify the components. GC-MS revealed two known compounds i.e. 2-Methoxy-4-vinyl phenol (6.80%) and Benzofuran-2,3-dihydro (20.89%) and other 12 unknown compounds such as 3,5-di-tert-Butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (35.50%); Hexatriacontane (12.02%); n-Hexadecanoic acid (10.12%); Scoparone (7.97%); Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (5.22%); 1,3-Benzenediamine, N, N, N', N' tetramethyl- (15.43%); Phenol, 4(3-hydroxy1propenyl), 2-methoxy (9.31%); Phenol, 2,4 bis (1,1dimethylethyl); 2,3,5,6-Tetramethyl para phenylene diamine (14.18%); Retinoic acid-5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro (20.46%); 2,4-Dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)furan-3-one (10.13%); 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2-Propyl-tetrahydro-pyran-3-ol (10.13%); Pregn-4-ene-18-oic acid (5.75%) as some of the major compounds in its different fractions. Retinoic acid-5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro found as major compound may be responsible for blood glucose lowering potency.
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Secondly, we have initially tried to find the independent variables which can be effective for de... more Secondly, we have initially tried to find the independent variables which can be effective for dependent variable via univariate analysis. Then we have developed a risk stratification model, and significant independent variables of univariate analyses were put to multivariate logistic regression analysis. By the way, we can understand the relationships between these effective variables and their relevance to the actual problem being studied. We believe that use of significant independent variables can supply more precise results for urogynaecological practice. Lastly, our study is not a big epidemiologic study. Because of retrospective design of study, we did not calculate the sample size. We agree that this might be limitation for our study which we have mentioned in the manuscript.
Global Pediatric Health, 2017
Orogastric tube (OGT) procedures are done in 20% of newborn unit cases. This study was contemplat... more Orogastric tube (OGT) procedures are done in 20% of newborn unit cases. This study was contemplated to work out a formula to predict OGT length in terms of femur length in neonates and its agreement to existing standards. In this observational study, OGT length was estimated using NEMU (nose-ear-mid umbilicus) in 53 consecutive newborns. Their anterior superior iliac spine to tibial tuberosity length (AS-TT) was measured and equated using linear regression analysis in Stata. We further verified the accuracy of the new formula and comparison of time taken by both the methods. Strong positive correlation was seen between OGT and AS-TT (r = .88). OGT length was 10.14 + 0.88 AS-TT, which can be used in neonatal intensive care unit newborns with greater accuracy and with lesser time than the classical method. Strong agreement levels were seen. AS-TT closely relates to the femur length and can be chosen as a guide as it is faster when compared to other methods.
Indian Journal of Community Health, 2021
Background: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the community can determine progress from locali... more Background: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of the community can determine progress from localized to community transmission of COVID-19 in India. Aims and Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice levels of the general population during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A rapid cross-sectional survey was conducted among hospital visitors of a lead tertiary care hospital. Realtime data collection from 223 respondents was done and analyzed using Stata 12.1 SE. Results: Mean age was 38.2 ±13.5 years, 68.2% were males, mean education was 12.1 ± 3.7 years and 45.3% were gainfully employed. Almost all had heard about CORONA (221, 99.1%). Adequate knowledge was present on: a) mode of spread (48.0%); b) preventive measures (70.9%). Television (77.1%), social media (60.5%) and WhatsApp (44.0%) were sources of information. Positive attitude was seen for: a) wearing a mask (83.9%); b) health-seeking (85%) on presenting with symptoms; c) Self-isola...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
Introduction: Ophthalmic Ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye an... more Introduction: Ophthalmic Ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and orbit. It can categorise, predict location and diagnose posterior segment pathology of the eye very well and is usually used in preoperative evaluation. However, the diagnostic accuracy, in terms of predicting probability of Posterior Segment Disease (PSD) post-USG, has usually not been studied, that too in Indian set-up. Hence, this study was conducted. Aim: To find out the prevalence and pattern of PSD among patients referred to radiology department using B-scan USG, and to find out the diagnostic accuracy of B-scan USG in such cases. Materials and Methods: The study was cross-sectional in nature conducted over a period of two years (2007-09) and conducted in the Department of Radiodiagnosis and Ophthalmology of a tertiary care centre of Eastern India. Patients were referred to the Radiology department for ruling out intraocular pathology using B-scan ophthalmic USG were included in ...
This work is an original research work carried out in the rural area of Jagatsinghpur district of... more This work is an original research work carried out in the rural area of Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa(India). VHND program incorporates services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, children under 5 years of age along with adolescent girls. Ante-natal and post-natal services, growth monitoring of children under five years, etc. are the various types of services given to the beneficiaries. Health education according to a health calendar is also provided. Distribution of deworming and iron tablets as prophylaxis for anemia prevention is also provided to the adolescent girls. This work has made an attempt to evaluate the functioning of VHND in a rural district of Orissa, India. Many of the important issues have come up during the evaluation and recommendations for the same have been incorporated in the dissertation.
Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI), a universally acclaimed communit... more Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI), a universally acclaimed community-based child-survival programme was rolled out in Odisha during 2006 and the Anganwadi workers (AWWs) were trained to be the frontline implementers. It was perceived that IMNCI has developed operational weakness that led to the decision of discontinuing its implementation through AWWs, hence, withdrawing state support from their training. Alternatively, Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), the village-based health volunteers, was to be engaged through a re-packaged programme – Home-based Newborn Care (HBNC). But, neither HBNC has provision for children beyond 42 days, nor the relatively less-educated ASHAs are trained as intensely. This study aims to assess the influence of IMNCI training on the AWW’s knowledge regarding childhood illnesses. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 districts of Odisha that recruited a probability sample of AWWs (n=443) among both trained and un...
Annals of Community Health, 2014
A Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) is a residential facility located near the delivery point where ‘h... more A Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) is a residential facility located near the delivery point where ‘high risk’ pregnant women can wait for delivery. It is an effective means to ‘bridge the geographical gap’ and reduce Out of Pocket Spending (OOPS). They provide limited accommodation with food to the expecting mothers and attendants. Medical care is provided round the clock with provision of transfer facility to the delivering hospital. It is generally run in partnership mode in vulnerable areas with low institutional deliveries. An analysis shows some important strengths and weakness. The authors conclude that though there are no concrete community trials suggesting the effectiveness of such an initiative, opportunities can be utilised for further improvement of the MWHs keeping aside the hurdles and bottlenecks. External evaluation of the functioning of the Maternity Waiting Homes can also provide evidences. Operational research can provide a good direction to the whole process.
medRxiv, 2020
Background: Insufficient physical activity is considered as one of the leading risk factors for g... more Background: Insufficient physical activity is considered as one of the leading risk factors for global mortality and morbidity. WHO has recommended a cumulative engagement of minimum 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity. Maintaining physical activity throughout life is considered an important public health objective. However, there is a global trend towards engaging in sedentary behaviours. There is no previous work on the physical activity pattern in Eastern India, nor any study to find predictors in terms of non-communicable disease causation. Objectives: To find out the prevalence and patterns of physical activity in urban population. To investigate the relationship of non-communicable disease with physical inactivity. Materials and methods: The study was community based cross-sectional survey and systematic random sampling method was used for arriving at a total sample of 1203 subjects from the 30 clusters selected out of 67 wards in the city. Socio-demographic and...
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 2018
Objective: The objectives of this study is to assess the association of selected risk factors for... more Objective: The objectives of this study is to assess the association of selected risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) with lipid profile. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during May 2013–April 2014 among 350 subjects of 25–64 years selected by systematic random sampling. Data on sociodemographic and medical and personal history along with anthropometric measurements were collected through house-to-house visit. Blood sample was analyzed for fasting blood sugar and lipid profile. Results: In this study, 38.58% belong to the age group of 25–35 years and 58% were female. Majority (45.43%) of the participants belonged to lower socioeconomic status, followed by the middle (40.57%) and upper class (14%). It was observed that total cholesterol was significantly associated with blood sugar (p=0.0008), blood pressure (p=0.001), and body mass index (BMI) (p=0.018). There was no significant association among the risk factors of CHD such as smoking and alcohol with total c...
Clinical Diabetology, 2021
Background. Diabetes and its complications are becoming a major threat to public health. Quality ... more Background. Diabetes and its complications are becoming a major threat to public health. Quality of life among diabetes patients is not optimum. Objective. To know the usefulness of the mobile health application for improvement of QoL and diabetes self-management activities of the type 2 diabetes patients. Methods. The present study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital for 2 years from October 2016 to October 2018. In this study, 66 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients, educated, techno-friendly smart phone users, aged between 18–60 years, were included. They were allocated to intervention and control group by block randomization method. Intervention group was allotted to use the android application and control group was allotted to use the website. The data were imported and analyzed by SPSS v 20. Results. Overall quality of life and general health was 70.26 ± 16.51; for physical health it was 59.52 ± 7.15, for psychological it was 63.38 ± 9.2, for social relations it was ...
Objective: Present study of this research was undertaken to evaluate the antidiabetic activities ... more Objective: Present study of this research was undertaken to evaluate the antidiabetic activities of extracts of aerial parts of Blumea lacera DC. (Asteraceae) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced hyperglycemic rat. Methods: The methanol extracts (MEBL) and aqueous extract (AEBL) of B. lacera DC. were investigated in streptozotocin (STZ) induced hyperglycemic rats at a dose level of 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, in oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), acute and subacute antidiabetic (30 d) models keeping a parallel group of metformin (250 mg/kg body weight) as standard drug. The serum biochemical parameters, histopathology of liver and pancreaswere examined and analyzed statistically. Results: Treatment with methanol extract of B. lacera (MEBL) at a dose of 200 mg/kg and 400 mg/kg body weight, significantly decrease (p<0.05) blood glucose level from 289.83±9.83 and 289.83±2.71 to 201.83±8.87 and 105.00±2.05 respectively with corresponding percentage fall of blood glucose to 30.40±1.79 ...
International Journal of Yoga Therapy
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of yoga practice. This... more The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of yoga practice. This cross-sectional study was conducted as a part of a larger study that included yoga as a form of physical activity. Data were collected during April and August 2019 from the adult urban population of Bhubaneswar, India. This study was conducted using a cluster random sampling method. A representative sample (n = 1,203) of adults aged 18–59 years, irrespective of gender, was interviewed using a questionnaire adapted from the 2012 U.S. National Health Interview Survey, with the Epicollect5 handheld data-collection tool. Predictors of yoga practice were explored using multivariable logistic regression. The mean age of the participants was 35.19 ± 10.67 years, with 55.3% males. The majority were Hindu (93.62%) and belonged to the unre s e rved category (65.60%), people generally of higher relative socioeconomic status. The lifetime prevalence of yoga was 16.9%. Prevalence of any form of yoga...
IntroductionOphthalmic ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and ... more IntroductionOphthalmic ultrasound (USG) produces real time high resolution images of the eye and orbit. It can categorize and predict the location of pathology in the posterior chamber of eye very well. It is useful even in pre-operative evaluation and diagnosing posterior segment eye disorders. However, the diagnostic accuracy has usually not being studied thoroughly, with special emphasis to its probability of predicting posterior-segment eye disorders using B-scan USG.ObjectivesTo find out the prevalence and pattern of posterior segment disorders using B-scan ultrasonography, and to find its diagnostic accuracy.Materials and MethodsThe study was prospective in nature and conducted in the department of radiodiagnosis and ophthalmology of a tertiary care center of Eastern India. Patients referred to the radiology department for ruling out intra-ocular pathology using B-scan ophthalmic ultrasound were included in the study, irrespective of any age and gender. Data were captured on a...
Introduction: Growth and development of a child is largely influenced by feeding behaviour. Feedi... more Introduction: Growth and development of a child is largely influenced by feeding behaviour. Feeding problem in infancy and childhood is an important aspect since this may be associated with under-nutrition or even childhood obesity. Social, environmental and emotional factors, type and taste of food, perceptions and practices of parents, etc. may all determine feeding behaviour of child. This study tries to find out the proportion of normal toddlers presenting with feeding problem, factors associated with feeding behaviour and their association with physical growth among these toddlers. Methods: A total of 100 mothers of 1 to 3 year-old children visiting for immunization were interviewed using systematic sampling method. A tool was developed by modifying existing tools are review of literature, was pre-tested and used. Association of various factors with eating behaviour and body mass index (BMI) were studied. Variables measured included perceived feeding problem, anthropometric mea...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH
International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Journal of Dental and Allied Sciences
Background: Assessment of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is gaining importance. How... more Background: Assessment of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is gaining importance. However, there is unavailability of such a tool in the linguistically and culturally different settings such as that of Odisha. The aim of this study was derivation and validation of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) for Odia-speaking adults. Methods: The OHIP-14 questionnaire was translated into the Odia language conforming to the standard cross-cultural translation methodology. The tool was validated and used for estimating the quality of life in 150 dental patients (36.31 ± 11.57 years; 77 males and 73 females). The internal consistency for reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity of the instrument was checked with self-reported oral health and oral hygiene index scores. Results: Cronbach's alpha for the Odia version of the OHIP-14 was 0.862. The corrected item-total correlation coefficients ranged from 0.316 (functional limitation) to 0.674 (handicap). It was observed that patients with good self-perceived oral health had significantly lower OHIP-14od scores and those with poor oral hygiene had significantly greater OHIP-14od scores. Conclusion: Despite cultural variations, the translated Odia version of the OHIP-14 questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the OHRQoL in the Odia-speaking adult population.
Journal of family medicine and primary care
In India, children of upper primary school receive less attention from health-care providers. The... more In India, children of upper primary school receive less attention from health-care providers. The majority of their health problems are preventable through hygienic practices. The aim of this study was to find out the association of personal hygiene with common morbidities among upper primary school children. A cross-sectional study conducted in a rural upper primary school of Odisha. A semi-structured schedule based on the Global School Health Survey Questionnaire and necessary instruments for clinical examination were used. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 and analyzed by SPSS version 20 software. Of 90 participants, 58 (64.4%) were girls. The mean age was 11.8 (±1.01) years. The mean body mass index of females was significantly higher than males (16.95 vs. 14.72; = 0.001). More than 90% of children maintained good personal hygiene such as clean tongue, clean hair, handwashing, and using footwear. The most common morbidities found were dental caries (38.9%), history of wo...
Natural Product Research
The GC-MS analysis of fractions of methanol extract of stem of Cuscuta reflexa (Family Convolvula... more The GC-MS analysis of fractions of methanol extract of stem of Cuscuta reflexa (Family Convolvulaceae) was carried out using a THERMO TRACE 1300 Gas Chromatograph equipped and coupled to a mass detector THERMO TSQ 8000 spectrometer with an TG 5MS (30 m × 0.25 mm, 0.25 μm) of capillary column. Database of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) library was used to identify the components. GC-MS revealed two known compounds i.e. 2-Methoxy-4-vinyl phenol (6.80%) and Benzofuran-2,3-dihydro (20.89%) and other 12 unknown compounds such as 3,5-di-tert-Butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (35.50%); Hexatriacontane (12.02%); n-Hexadecanoic acid (10.12%); Scoparone (7.97%); Hexadecanoic acid methyl ester (5.22%); 1,3-Benzenediamine, N, N, N', N' tetramethyl- (15.43%); Phenol, 4(3-hydroxy1propenyl), 2-methoxy (9.31%); Phenol, 2,4 bis (1,1dimethylethyl); 2,3,5,6-Tetramethyl para phenylene diamine (14.18%); Retinoic acid-5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro (20.46%); 2,4-Dihydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)furan-3-one (10.13%); 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-2-Propyl-tetrahydro-pyran-3-ol (10.13%); Pregn-4-ene-18-oic acid (5.75%) as some of the major compounds in its different fractions. Retinoic acid-5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro found as major compound may be responsible for blood glucose lowering potency.
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Secondly, we have initially tried to find the independent variables which can be effective for de... more Secondly, we have initially tried to find the independent variables which can be effective for dependent variable via univariate analysis. Then we have developed a risk stratification model, and significant independent variables of univariate analyses were put to multivariate logistic regression analysis. By the way, we can understand the relationships between these effective variables and their relevance to the actual problem being studied. We believe that use of significant independent variables can supply more precise results for urogynaecological practice. Lastly, our study is not a big epidemiologic study. Because of retrospective design of study, we did not calculate the sample size. We agree that this might be limitation for our study which we have mentioned in the manuscript.
Global Pediatric Health, 2017
Orogastric tube (OGT) procedures are done in 20% of newborn unit cases. This study was contemplat... more Orogastric tube (OGT) procedures are done in 20% of newborn unit cases. This study was contemplated to work out a formula to predict OGT length in terms of femur length in neonates and its agreement to existing standards. In this observational study, OGT length was estimated using NEMU (nose-ear-mid umbilicus) in 53 consecutive newborns. Their anterior superior iliac spine to tibial tuberosity length (AS-TT) was measured and equated using linear regression analysis in Stata. We further verified the accuracy of the new formula and comparison of time taken by both the methods. Strong positive correlation was seen between OGT and AS-TT (r = .88). OGT length was 10.14 + 0.88 AS-TT, which can be used in neonatal intensive care unit newborns with greater accuracy and with lesser time than the classical method. Strong agreement levels were seen. AS-TT closely relates to the femur length and can be chosen as a guide as it is faster when compared to other methods.