Vol 5, No 6 (2018)

June 2018

Table of Contents

Editorial

Beti bachao, beti padhao programme: a right initiative to save the girl child
Ramesh Verma, Rohit Dhaka, Ginni Agrawal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182139
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2153-2155

Review Articles

Malnutrition in elderly and its relation to depression
Rana Al-Rasheed, Radiah Alrasheedi, Razan Al Johani, Hamidah Alrashidi, Bayan Almaimany, Bandar Alshalawi, Abdulhfeez Kelantan, Ghadeer Banjar, Afaf Alzaher, Ahmad Alqadheb
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181974
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2156-2160
Emerging market of tobacco
Dipayan Datta, S. G. Ramesh Kumar, M. B. Aswath Narayanan, A. Leena Selvamary, A. Sujatha
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182140
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2161-2163

Original Research Articles

Short night sleeping is associated with higher risk of diabetes in older adults
Mohammed Atiah Ahmed Bakri, Mohammad Abdullah Tarish Alharbi, Abdulaziz Ahmed Mesfir Alzaher, Alzhrani Mordi A. Alzhrani, Wafaa Ahmed Alkaf, Malak Ahmed Alkaf, Mohammed Saleh Binnwejim, Alwaleed Fahad Altemani, Zainab Yousef Al Rebh, Lulwah Abed Almusallam
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182066
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2164-2169
Knowledge and attitudes about reproductive health and pregnancy preparedness: preliminary study of brides and grooms in Brebes district, Central Java, Indonesia
Sri Achadi Nugraheni, Martini ., Martha Irene Kartasurya, Ike Johan Prihatini, Etik Sulistyowati
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181970
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2170-2176
Job satisfaction among nurse‘s in public and private sector in Dhaka City of Bangladesh: a comparative study
Ratna Khatun, Nahida Akter, Faisal Muhammad, A. B. M. Alauddin Chowdhury
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182141
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2177-2181
Quality of antenatal care services in selected health facilities of Kaski district, Nepal
Pabitra Bastola, Dipendra Kumar Yadav, Himlal Gautam
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182142
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2182-2189
Are older drivers getting the information they need from their health care provider?
Andrea L. Huseth-Zosel
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182143
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2190-2194
Measles vaccination coverage among children aged (12-23) months in Marawi locality - Northern state, Sudan - 2016
Wafaa Mubark Mohamed Osman
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182144
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2195-2198
Relationship between levels of nutrients and habitual coffee consumption and the incidence of anemia in former leprosy patients
Sadar Ginting, Sondang Sidabutar, Eka Saudur Renaldi Sihombing
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182145
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2199-2204
Hand washing knowledge and practices among public primary schools in the Kintampo Municipality of Ghana
Dubik S. Dajaan, Henry O. Addo, Luke Ojo, Kingsley E. Amegah, Fiagbe Loveland, Banewel D. Bechala, Begyele B. Benjamin
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182146
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2205-2216
Laparoscopic versus open cholecystectomy
Norah Ahmed Al Mallohi, Moatez Khalaf Almofarreh, Basil Abdalruhman Alfarrah, Mohammed Basheer Albalbisi, Abdulrahim Mohammed Alamoudi, Mohammed Nasser Sharahili, Hanan Mohammed Alsharif, Rayan Mubarak M. Alomaim, Faris Adnan Mohammed Baawad, Abdulaziz Osama Abukhodair
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182067
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2217-2221
Knowledge and attitude related to medical ethics among medical students
Iswarya S., Bhuvaneshwari S.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182065
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2222-2225
The prevalence of retinopathy in diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors: a community-based cross sectional study in peri urban area
Sanjeev K. Gupta, Anshuman Sharma, Sanjay Agarwal, Sanjay Gupta, Shalini Sarouthia
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181991
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2226-2231
A study on the major risk factors of stillbirth in the rural areas of Dharwad district: a prospective study
Vinolia R., Dattatreya D. Bant
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182061
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2232-2236
Clinical, laboratory and radiological profile of dengue among pediatric patients admitted in tertiary care hospital
Sangeetha Jairaj, Sridhar D., Mettu Pradeep Reddy
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181969
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2237-2242
Investigation of fever in the eastern borders of Kollam district, Kerala, India
Soumya Gopakumar, Sonia Scaria, Achu Thomas, Zinia T. Nujum, Devi Mohan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181971
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2243-2247
Simple and basic yet vital and essential health services: an exploration of perception of junior health care service providers regarding rural health services in India
Sudhir Chandra Joshi, Rita Joshi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181972
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2248-2258
Needs of the caregivers of people requiring palliative care in an urban area of Pondicherry, South India
Praveena Daya A., Sonali Sarkar, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181973
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2259-2265
A community based screening of gestational diabetes mellitus within 16 weeks of pregnancy: a study from Mysuru district, Karnataka
Abhishek Kumar Sinha, Madhu B., Narayana Murthy M. R.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182038
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2266-2270
Prevalence of rifampicin resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis and associated factors among presumptive tuberculosis patients in eastern Uttar Pradesh: a cross sectional study
Praveen B. Gautam, Ashwini Mishra, Santosh Kumar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182039
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2271-2276
Low birth weight and premature births and their associated maternal factors
Mithila Dayanithi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182086
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2277-2285
Is internet hampering mental health of medical students: a cross sectional study
Rupesh D. Shinde, Shekhar S. Rajderkar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182147
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2286-2290
Possible causes for delay in diagnosis and treatment in head and neck cancer: an institutional study
Nikesh Agarwal, Daulat Singh, Manoj Verma, Shantunu Sharma, R. K. Spartacus, Manish Chaturvedi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182068
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2291-2295
Patterns of physical activity and its correlation with gender, body mass index among medical students
Chetana P. Hadimani, Shruti S. Kulkarni, Avinash K. Math, Shivalingappa B. Javali
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182003
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2296-2300
Study of the knowledge regarding reproductive health among the second PUC students from the colleges of Bangalore city
Margaret Menzil, Deepa L. N.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182050
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2301-2307
Study of substance use in teenage students in Miraj Town: a cross sectional descriptive study
Ganesh S. Lokhande, Shekhar S. Rajderkar, Sachin B. Jadhav, Ujwala U. Ukey
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182148
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2308-2312
Microbial contamination of mobile phones in a teritary care hospital
A. Anupriya, K. Puhalenthi, Jeya Keerthi S., Prethi R., Hemasri V.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182149
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2313-2316
An epidemiological study of asthma and its risk factors in school going children in Bhavnagar city, Gujarat, India
Mohnish N. Tundia, Dhara V. Thakrar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182150
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2317-2322
Knowledge and perception of hypertension among hypertensive patients attending rural health and training centre, department of community medicine, SRMC & RI
Puveearasan Kongarasan, Pankaj B. Shah
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182151
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2323-2326
Satisfaction among the patients attending the health centres attached to a tertiary care hospital in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Pranay A. Jadav
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182152
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2327-2330
Study to assess internet usage patterns and prevalence of internet addiction among medical and engineering students of Bengaluru city
Sunil Kumar D. R., Ipsita Debata
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182153
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2331-2337
A study of micro vascular complications and associated risk factors in newly diagnosed patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Bharti Prakash, Laxmi K. Yadav
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182154
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2338-2343
Creating awareness of rabies in pupil of Z.P. High School in Kallur (V), Kurnool (Dist), Andhra Pradesh
Thalikota Srigouri, Kotina Shridevi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182155
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2344-2348
Donor and tissue profiling at the time of eye donation at a tertiary care hospital in western India
Devdatta J. Gohel, Atul Kamath M., Dhananjay A. Bhosale, Binita N. Gadhavi
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182156
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2349-2351
Evaluation of health safety of direct biomedical waste handlers in a Government Medical College, Himachal Pradesh
Rashmi Kashyap, Salig Ram Mazta
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182157
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2352-2356
A study on injuries of road traffic accident victims attending a tertiary care hospital, Tirupathi
Shakeer Kahn P., Bayapa Reddy N., Chandrasekhar C., R. Altaf Hussain, K. Reddy Jawahar Basha
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182158
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2357-2360
Evaluation of husband–wife communication regarding family planning among the couple of reproductive age group in the field practice area of Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar
Dasari Gayathry, M. Ramsagar Reddy, B. V. Rammana
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182159
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2361-2367
Assessment of prevalence of hypertension in an urban population: a cross sectional study in Indore city
Ashfaq Modiwala, Ajit Deshpande, R. R. Wavare, S. L. Kantharia
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182160
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2368-2372
A cross sectional study to assess the satisfaction level among people living with HIV/AIDS in a hilly state of northern India
Sunita ., D. S. Dhadwal, Anmol Gupta, Anjali Mahajan, Amit Sachdeva
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182161
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2373-2379
Assessment of role of burden in caregivers of substance abusers: a study done at Swami Vivekananda Drug De-addiction Centre, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar
Arshdeep Kaur, Sanjeev Mahajan, Shyam Sunder Deepti, Tejbir Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182162
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2380-2383
A study on implementation of national programme for prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke in Udupi district, Karnataka
Kantinath Ainapure, Kumar Sumit, Sanjay M. Pattanshetty
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182163
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2384-2387
Depression and its determinants among hypertensive subjects from the primary health care centres at Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
Dhandayuthapani ., Sunitha ., Rathinavel ., Prakash M., Muthappan Sendhilkumar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182164
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2388-2393
Extent and pattern of paracetamol usage for children and knowledge and attitude towards its usage among parents attending an outpatient clinic in Warangal district of Telangana
Thatikonda Nithisha, Sarita K. Sharma
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182165
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2394-2399
Health problems and risk factors prevailing among garment workers in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
Sreesupria P. Ravichandran, Pankaj B. Shah
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182166
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2400-2405
A cross sectional study of knowledge, attitude and practice on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among anganwadi workers of Cuddalore district
Gopal Muthukrishnan, Christa Kingston, Arunmozhi Ravikumar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182167
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2406-2410
Evidence based practice: knowledge, attitude and practice among undergraduate and postgraduate medical students of a medical college in North Karnataka, India
Manjula R., Anjani Kumar Srivastava, Ashok S. Dorle
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182168
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2411-2415
Clinico-epidemiological profile of eclampsia patients admitted in an urban tertiary care hospital of West Bengal: a record based study
Baisakhi Maji, Sumana Samanta, Sreetama Banerjee, Tanjib Hassan Mullick, Sudhanshu Saharay, Debjit Sarkar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182169
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2416-2420
School health performance score: a comparative study between rural and urban school performance
Vishwajeet Manohar Chavan, Girish Manohar Chavan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182170
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2421-2424
Correlates of type-2 diabetes mellitus in urban slums population Moradabad
Shiv Prasad Bahal, Sumit Saxena, Anurag Srivastava
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182171
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2425-2430
Change in body weight and treatment outcome in sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated under directly observed treatment short-course
Malangori A. Parande, Pradip S. Borle, Vinay S. Tapare, Sudhakar W. More, Susmita S. Bhattacharya
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182172
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2431-2436
Impact of pedestrian crossing behavior at intersections on road traffic accidents in Shivamogga, Karnataka: an observational study
Praveen Kumar N., Nandini C., R. Saranya, Sridevi N. H.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182173
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2437-2441
A study to assess the degree of nomophobia among the undergraduate students of a medical college in Bhopal
Soumitra Sethia, Veena Melwani, Satish Melwani, Angelin Priya, Mahesh Gupta, Amreen Khan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182174
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2442-2445
A cross sectional study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards road traffic safety among adolescent students of a selected Pre-University college in Raichur city
Din Prakash Ranjan, M. A. Fahim, Rahul C. Kirte
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182175
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2446-2452
Seroprevalence and trends of transfusion transmitted infections in blood donors of rural tertiary care hospital blood bank: a 3 year retrospective study in Chamba (HP)
Ishan Arora, Shairoly Singh, Shireen Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182176
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2453-2457
Reforming the perceptions about reproductive health amongst adolescents in urban slums
Monika S. Masare, Sachin S. Divekar, Sandeep M. Bhelkar, Prabhakar A. Hiwarkar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182177
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2458-2463
A cross sectional study of hypertension and their risk factors in fishermen of Chennai district
Gopal Muthukrishnan, Suresh Balan Kumaraswamy Pillai Uma, Anantharaman V. V.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182178
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2464-2470
Knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at rural health training centre of a medical college in Hyderabad
Manoj Aravind Bhumi, Sunil Pal Singh Chajhlana
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182179
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2471-2475
Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors among office employees working at BSNL and LIC offices of Bhopal city
Manju Dubey, Yachana Choudhary, Padma Bhatia, G. P. Naik
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182180
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2476-2479
Level of awareness about pregnancy danger signs among pregnant women attending antenatal care, Chidambaram
John William Felix A., Devi R., Manobharathi M.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182181
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2480-2485
Factors influencing perception and knowledge of exclusive breast feeding practices among nursing mothers in rural area of Thane district of Mumbai
Abhay S. Srivastava, Kanchan B. Gawande
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182182
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2486-2490
A community based study of neonatal mortality in Aligarh by using verbal autopsy
Ambren Chauhan, M. Salman Shah, Najam Khalique, Uzma Eram
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182183
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2491-2494
A study to assess feedback of patients who received benefit of Rajeev Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojana during first year of phase I in a private tertiary care network hospital in Maharashtra
Praveen H. Katke, Rishikesh A. Wadke, Prasad J. Waigankar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182184
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2495-2499
Antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care: a tertiary centre study of North India
Anjali Gupta, Anish Khanna, Rekha Sachan, V. K. Singh, O. P. Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182185
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2500-2505
Availability and utilization of sanitation facilities amongst the tea garden population of Jorhat district, Assam
Parash Jyoti Bora, Bishnu Ram Das, Netri Das
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182186
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2506-2511
Correlation of smartphone use addiction with text neck syndrome and SMS thumb in physiotherapy students
Priyal P. Shah, Megha S. Sheth
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182187
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2512-2516
Risk factors for dietary deficiency and their probable role in elderly morbidities: a cross sectional study among elderly residing in rural field practice areas of S.N. Medical College, Bagalkot, North Karnataka
Sachin Desai, Sidharth Agarwal, B. S. Mannapur, A. S. Dorle
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182188
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2517-2521
Exploring the determinants of catastrophic health expenditure and socioeconomic horizontal equity in relation to it: a rural community based longitudinal study in West Bengal
Abhishek Paul, Suresh Chandra Malick, Shatanik Mondal, Saibendu Kumar Lahiri
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182189
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2522-2528
Reasons for delay of surgical treatment among patients with senile mature cataract in Goa
Vishaka Devidas Naik, Ugam P. S. Usgaonkar, Vedvati Hemant Albal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182190
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2529-2535
A cross sectional study on cervical cancer and its prevention among women of age group 25- 50 years in a rural area of south Tamilnadu, India.
Sudhir B. Nelson, Naveenkumar Viswanathan, Nisha A. Jenifer, Priyanka B.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182191
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2536-2541
Assessment of breastfeeding practices among lactating mothers: a cross-sectional study
Shweta Goswami, Pardeep Khanna, Ramesh Verma, Vinod Chayal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182192
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2542-2547
A comparative study of menstrual hygiene management among rural and urban adolescent girls in Mangaluru, Karnataka
Pradeep Senapathi, Hemant Kumar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182193
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2548-2556
Awareness about rabies among general population and treatment seeking behaviour following dog-bite in rural Puducherry: a community based cross-sectional study
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Vijayageetha M., Sonali Sarkar
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182194
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2557-2563
Patient satisfaction with ART centre services among people living with HIV: a cross sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Chhattisgarh, India
Srishti Dixit, Nirmal Verma, Neha Shrivastava, Mini Sharma, Somen Kumar Pradhan, Shailendra Agarwal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182195
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2564-2571
Prevalence of anemia in blood donors: a retrospective study in rural tertiary care centre (Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India)
Shairoly Singh, Ishan Arora, Shireen Singh
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182196
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2572-2574
Educating undergraduate students on malaria: results from a pragmatic pre-test post-test intervention study
Sanjay Kini, Akshay Nabar, Muthukumar R., Nishanth Krishna K.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182197
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2575-2579
Assessment of deworming practice among mothers of under five children in Kancheepuram district
Dhanuraja V., Vijayakarthikeyan M., Krishnakumar J.
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182198
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2580-2584
Prevalence of intestinal parasites among urban and rural population in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu
N. Mareeswaran, A. K. Savitha, S. Gopalakrishnan
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182199
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2585-2589
A study of effectiveness of nutritional interventions on children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in nutrition rehabilitation centers of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
D. M. Saxena, Akshat Pathak, Ganga Ram Mahor, Ramniwas Mahor, Anil Agarwal
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182200
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2590-2595

Short Communication

Are patients satisfied with accessibility and services provided at siddha hospitals? Findings of patient satisfaction survey from a district of South India
Venkatachalam D., Kalaiselvi Selvaraj, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Veerakumar A., Palanivel Chinnakali, Ganesh Kumar Saya
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20182201
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2596-2599