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{"title":"A Cross Sectional Study to Assess the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among the Construction Workers of Gadag, North Karnataka","authors":"Jannatbi L. Iti, Rekha Sonavane, Kirankumar V. Gude","doi":"10.37506/3q18qj78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/3q18qj78","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The construction workers all over the world faces health related concerns due to high job demand, long working hours, and unrealistic deadlines. The mental health problems of construction workers cause productivity losses and also raises safety concerns and the construction industry reports higher levels of mental health issues than other industries in general. Methods: A Cross-Sectional study was conducted for three months from April 2022 to June 2022 among Construction workers of construction site of Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences, Gadag, Karnataka, India. Conclusion: The study concluded that the proportion of depression, anxiety and stress among construction workers were 49.3% (101), 73.2% (150) and 25.4% (52) respectively. It shows that depression, anxiety and stress was more common in age group between 31 to 40 years, male, laborer, completed high school education and belonging to socio-economic status Class IV.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development","volume":"8 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140737945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Add-on Vitamin E in Improving Treatment Outcomes in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Prospective Interventional Study","authors":"Rudra Paul, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Sharmistha Basu, Nilanjan Sengupta","doi":"10.37506/z8mscq23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/z8mscq23","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Neuropathy is one of the most common long-standing complications of diabetes, affecting over 50% of the diabetic individuals. Managing DPN and its complications involves comprehensive care and a multidisciplinary approach. Besides pharmacological treatments, botanicals and dietary supplements that have also been found to improve symptoms of DPN without affecting glucose control. The possible role of vitamin E in the management of DPN have been postulated in various studies. The present study thus aimed to prospectively assess whether add-on treatment with vitamin E can improve treatment outcomes in diabetic peripheral neuropathy.Methods: The study included newly diagnosed patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy for a period of initial two months. Patients were randomly allocated to either standard treatment Group (Group A) or the interventionGroup (Group B). As a part of intervention, patients received vitamin E 400mg once daily in addition to thestandard of care. Efficacy Parameters measured at baseline, 6 months and 12 months included changes in visual analog scoring, mean pain score, brief pain inventory and patient’s global impression of change. Treatment safety, quality of life and treatment adherence was assessed. Data was statistically analysed.Result: The study included a total of 100 patients, 50 patients in each Group. Significantly higher decrease of glycaemic measures was noted for Group B compared to Group A in terms of PPPG and serum creatinine, however, there was comparable change in HbA1c and FPG for both Groups. There was comparable significant reduction in mean VAS scoring at 6 and 12 months for Group B. Considering all the efficacy measures, there was highest reduction for the pain interference in the intervention arm (Group B), in comparison to Group A. (p<0.001). Quality of life measures and mean adherence scoring significantly increased for treatment group B as compared to A at both 6 months and 12 months of study assessments. No major safety concerns were reported during the study period.Conclusion: Our study noted that addition of vitamin E as an added supplementation to the standard of careshowed benefits in terms of patient reported reduced pain interference and pain perception, which also significantly improved overall quality of life in these patients.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140738485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Study on Impact of Smoking on Semen Parameters","authors":"Veena Lakshmi.P, Sumana.R, P. Praveena","doi":"10.37506/rcbzhp11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/rcbzhp11","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Infertility approximately affects 15% of couple in India, among which male factor infertility isassociated as contributing factor causing infertility in 40- 50% of cases and sole cause in 15 -20% of cases. Semen analysis is a standard investigating tool in evaluating male infertility. Lifestyle factors namely diet, obesity, smoking, alcohol, stress, play a major role in health. Among these factors smoking is inevitable, causing detrimental effects on semen parameters and associated with lower fertility rates.Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 295 male partners of women with infertility,attending the fertility Clinic, in reproductive medicine department over 10 months. Two hundred andninety five men satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected by simple random sampling technique. The semen parameters of the participants were analysed, entire socio-demographic profile and detailed history was obtained using structured questionnaire and confidentiality was maintained. The results were ascertained using SPSS.Results: Among 295 participants, total 99 (33.55%) men had abnormal semen parameters. Nearly half of thestudy subjects (i.e.) 148 (50%) among 295 subjects were found to be smokers. Among 99 male with abnormalsemen parameters, 60 (61%) men who had abnormal semen parameters were smokers. This study proves a strong association between smoking on male fertility (1.9 times greater risk among smokers). Significant association (x 2 = 6.492, p = 0.0108) was found between smoking, reduced semen parameters and quality.Conclusion: Lifestyle modifications such as cessation of smoking, premarital and pre-conception health checkups, counselling, voluntary fertility testing by male partners, early detection and appropriate intervention the saves the reproductive potential. Men must be health educated for developing knowledge on ill effects of smoking, positive attitude, behavioural change and accept his responsibility for strengthening and caring his female partner amidst the societal pressures. Thus the present study substantiates more evidence to the existing literature.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"3 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140737098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health Gadgets usage among Healthcare Personnel in the Perambalur Municipality area of Tamilnadu, India","authors":"Tamilarasan Muniyapillai, Karthikeyan Kulothungan, Nawin Jai Vignesh, Harini Meera Vignesh, Hari Haran, Harihara Sudhan, Hariharan Vinayagamurthy","doi":"10.37506/hcvy4s03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/hcvy4s03","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Health gadgets are worn 24/7 to capture biometric data. However, there is limited data on the use of wearable devices in India. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the attitudinal and behavioral predictors of use of health apps and to determine the association between the use of health-related apps and various sociodemographic factors.Materials and Methods: We carried out the cross-sectional study among 601 medical professionals using a semistructured questionnaire from November 2021–May 2022. The questionnaire contained six parts: demographic details; knowledge about health gadgets; types of health gadgets; and practice of health gadgets. We analyzed the collected data using SPSS version 21 software.Results: This survey included 340 health gadget users (56.6 percent). Nearly 226 (66.9%) healthcare personnel said the apps were easy and good, and 194 (57.4%) thought the time spent using them was appropriate. Nearly 38.7%of participants had never heard of health applications, and 10.3% have no health apps or gadgets.Conclusion: Using health gadgets or wearable devices was significantly high among healthcare personnel, and the level of satisfaction was also high among them. The influence of social factors like gender and education was also significant for the use of wearable devices.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140740800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health Profile of Working Fishermen in Coastal City: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Hemagiri. K, Karthik R Chandra, Abhishek Prayag, Akshay G L, Nithin Ganesh","doi":"10.37506/naw8k473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/naw8k473","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Fishing community is one of the unique, traditional and endemic community. Fishing is one themajor occupation of Uttara Kannada district. Fishermen are a vulnerable group with some unfavourable life styles and vulnerable for injuries, skin and respiratory allergic manifestations and certain other diseases. Local surveys need to be conducted to understand the extent of morbidity patterns among fishermen and thereby devising a policy approach to suit the local needsMethodology: This study was done as a population based cross – sectional study among the fishing community in Karwar which is located at coastal boundary of Uttarkannada district, Karnataka. The study was conducted for a period of 6 months from June to December 2019. All the families of Fishermen community coming under field practice area of Chittakula UHC of the Govt medical college of the district were constituted as a part of our study. A total of 472 families resided in the area constituting of 1419 population of which 724 working members in the occupation of fishing.Result: Among them Percentage of male working members 33.1% (470) and 17.9% (254) were female working members. It was seen that 79.1% of males and 23.3% of females were literates. 32.1% were below the age of 20 years, 37.6% were between 21-40 years ang 30.3% constituted above 40 years. It was found that 64.08% (464) of the working people in fishing sector had one or the other morbidity.Conclusion: There is a high presence of musculoskeletal disorders, respiratory diseases, skin problems, noncommunicable and communicable diseases in the fishermen community.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"52 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140736507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Humanizing Pandemics by Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Societal Response to Pandemics: The case of Bengal (aka West Bengal)","authors":"Parama Bannerji, Pradip Chauhan, Rohit Bannerji, Uday Chatterjee","doi":"10.37506/6757mv53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/6757mv53","url":null,"abstract":"This study is interdisciplinary in nature and brings in its fold dissemination of social science research on health. In the light of the recent Covid 19 crisis, there has been an increasing interest towards epidemiology and to understand the concept of epidemics or pandemics. Intermittent outbreaks of infectious diseases have had profound effect on societies throughout history. Historical perspective helps in understanding the extent to which panic, connected with social stigma, threat, prejudice, frustrated public health efforts can control the spread of disease. The intensity of the spread of a pandemic and the number of people affected in country and specific regions depend a lot on the measures of state control at the local and centre-level. However, the severity of an epidemic which slowly pervades into a pandemic depends on the spatio-temporal frame of a region. The research poses a basic question, how do members of the society respond to the threat of pandemic and to the hygiene, social isolation and other measures proposed by public health, over time and selects the case of Bengal which has witnessed three pandemics since the 18thcentury.. The study follows a mixed-method approach and the discussion provided a few general observations which however are not exhaustive to pandemic reaction, for the study area like threat Perception, emergence of leadership, science communication etc.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"41 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140737444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of Thoracic Analgesia with Epidural Fentanyl and Transdermal Fentanyl Patch: A Comparitive Prospective Randomized Study","authors":"Ayushi Vashisht, Kumar Parag, Robina Makker, Nishith Govil, Arvind Makker","doi":"10.37506/tp26af26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/tp26af26","url":null,"abstract":" Background: Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is used for analgesia following lower abdomen or orthopaedic surgeries. The aim of study was To compare the effects of 0.125% Bupivacaine with 2mcg/ml of Fentanyl infusion (group A) and 0.125% Bupivacaine with fentanyl patch (group B). Methods: Patients undergoing elective surgery were randomized in a non-blinded fashion to receive postoperative analgesia at a single teaching hospital. A nested qualitative study (reported elsewhere) explored the dual primary outcome of patient experience and acceptability. Secondary outcome measures included rest and movement pain scores over 72 h, functional analgesia, analgesia satisfaction, opiate consumption, functional recovery, morbidity, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Results: A total of 40 patients were randomized. The median (interquartile range; i.q.r.) dynamic pain score at 24 h was significantly lower after TEA than RSCA (33 (11–60) versus 50.5 (24.50–77.25); P = 0.018). Resting pain score at 72 h was significantly lower (4.5 (0.25–13.75) versus 12.5 (2–13); P = 0.019). Opiate consumption on postoperative day 3 (median (i.q.r.) morphine equivalent 17 (10–30) mg versus 40 (13.25–88.50) mg; P = 0.038), hypotension, or vasopressor dependency (29.7 versus 49.2 per cent; P = 0.023) and weight gain to day 3 (median (i.q.r.) 0 (−1–2) kg versus 1 (0–3) kg; P = 0.046) were all significantly greater after TEA. Conclusions: TEA provided superior initial postoperative analgesia but only for the first 24 h. By 72 hours and provides superior analgesia, is associated with a lower incidence of unwanted effects, and may be more costeffective.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"53 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140735777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heterotopic Ossification at Uncommon Sites: A Case Series of 4 Rare Cases","authors":"Rajashree Pradhan, Sajeeb Mondal, Bidisha Chakraborty, Madhumita Paul","doi":"10.37506/r4ard424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/r4ard424","url":null,"abstract":"Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a condition of formation of mature lamellar bone in the extra skeletal soft tissue where bone does not usually exist. It is most commonly seen in muscle tissue and central nervous system following trauma. In this case series, we have reported 4 rare cases of heterotopic bone formations at uncommon sites. One case of HO in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, one case of HO in tendoachilles, one case of HO in intramuscular vascular malformation and one case HO in abdominal incision scar. HO is a rare entity. In most of the cases exact etiology is unknown. Further studies needed for more conclusive information regarding the clinical significance of heterotopic ossification.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"55 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140739503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess the Physical Activity, Eating Behaviour and Correlation of Overweight and Obesity among College Students of Various Colleges in Indore District","authors":"Muhammed Riyas S, Sanjeev Kumar Dwivedi, Deepa Raghunath, Shivam Dixit, Pragati Gautam","doi":"10.37506/b988jh75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/b988jh75","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Overweight and obesity are the fifth greatest risk of global deaths. Over 1.9 billion persons aged 18 and older were overweight in 2016. Over 650 million of these men and women were obese. Instead of changes in dietary intake or other causes, it has been suggested that the increase in body weight in industrialized nations is mostly the result of decreased levels of physical activity.Aim and Objectives: To assess the eating behaviour/pattern and type of physical activity/duration of physicalactivity among college students in Indore city, and to determine correlation of eating behaviour & physical activity with overweight /obesity.Materials and Methods: A cross–sectional study conducted between January to June 2023 among 200 randomly selected students of age 17 to 25 years of various colleges of Central India in Indore district who gave consent, using a pre-designed, semi-structured, pre-tested questionnaire. Data entered in Microsoft excel was analysed using SPSS software25.0 (trial version).Results: 46% had Body Mass Index (BMI) in normal range and 42.5% were overweight. 60% male participantshad their BMI in normal range and 30.4% were overweight whereas 58.8% female participants were overweight.Majority (75.3%) of female participants had low Metabolic Equivalent of Task(MET) score whereas only 48.7% of male participants had low MET score. Both the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) Scores and International Physical Activity Questionnaire(IPAQ) Scores were found to be statistically significant (p-value <0.05) among BMI categories.100% of obese participants, 91.8% of overweight participants and 32.6% of participants with BMI in normal range had low MET score, found to be statistically significant (p-value<0.001). \u0000Conclusion: TFEQ and MET scores were found to be statistically significant (p-value<0.001) among BMI categories suggesting that, both eating behaviour and physical activity were associated with overweight and obesity.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140738759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Observational Study on Clinical Profile and Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis Patients Admitted in the Department of Medicine of a Tertiary Care Hospital of North Bank of Assam, India","authors":"Bhaskar Brahma, Dwijen Das, Arup Choudhury, Rimli Kaushik Barua","doi":"10.37506/26j0p608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37506/26j0p608","url":null,"abstract":" Background: A significant public health issue in India is Japanese encephalitis (JE), which has a high fatality rate and causes residual neurological damage in survivors. The goal of the current study was to examine JE positive among patients who had been admitted with acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and to analyse the differences in clinical profile, disease severity, neurological consequences, and mortality rate in Tezpur Medical College and Hospital. Methods: This study is a retrospective observational study in a patients who were diagnosed as Japanese encephalitis on the basis of JEV-specific IgM antibodies in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. The study included 32 Japanese Encephalitis positive patients admitted in Tezpur Medical College and Hospital (who met the clinical case definition of AES) and thus, their clinical profile and outcome were analysed. Result: A total 32 JE cases were enrolled in the study diagnosed with CSF and Serum IgM ELISA antibody test. All of them were Serum IgM ELISA antibody positive, 9(28%) cases were both Serum and CSF IgM antibody positive. Most common age group affected was 12-20 years(31%). 59.37% cases recovered completely, 21.87% had neurological sequelae at the time of discharge and 18.75% died at ward. Conclusion: Japanese Encephalitis is one of the leading cause of AES in India. In our study it has been seen that GCS score on presentation and CSF cell counts has positive association with mortality and disease sequale. Adequate care and treatment should be provided in order to avoid subsequent complications/sequale. Proper vaccination and vector control can prevent or mitigate this disease.","PeriodicalId":302882,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Public Health Research &amp; Development","volume":"40 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140738552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}