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Oral Manifestations among Diabetic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study 糖尿病患者口腔表现:一项横断面研究

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-31 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01493

Preeti Agnihotri, Yashika Sharma

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National Girl Child Day: Guest Comment 全国女童日:嘉宾评论

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01488

Rhythm Kaur

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Assessment of Oral Health Status among Orphanage Children (Underprivileged Population): A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study 孤儿院儿童(弱势群体)口腔健康状况评估:一项描述性横断面研究

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01503

Ram Kumar Singh, R. Thakar, Simple Kaur, Daisy Naidu

{"title":"Assessment of Oral Health Status among Orphanage Children (Underprivileged Population): A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Ram Kumar Singh, R. Thakar, Simple Kaur, Daisy Naidu","doi":"10.26440/ihrj/0510.01503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26440/ihrj/0510.01503","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION: An orphan is a child under 18 year who has lost both parents or has been abandoned by them. Such children are deprived of the parental love and care and get little health care as well as their oral cavity is generally neglected. AIM: To assess the dental caries experience, oral hygiene status and periodontal status among the orphanage children in Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross sectional study among 485 orphan children of various institutes ranged from 12 to 16 years where WHO oral health assessment form 2013 was used and chi- square test and descriptive statistics test were used for statistical analysis by using SPSS 22.0 software. RESULTS: It was seen that 73.4% were having dental caries and the mean DI-S scores, CI-S scores and OHI-S scores were 1.41 ±0.47, 1.07 ±0.47 and 2.48 ±0.92 respectively. The prevalence and severity of gingival bleeding was found to be more i.e.64.7% among them. CONCLUSION: Majority of orphan children were suffering from oral problems. Oral health fraternity should actively involve with other parts of the community in order to maintain oral care of this group.","PeriodicalId":306248,"journal":{"name":"International Healthcare Research Journal","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126924388","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}

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The Toxicity of Corticosteroids 皮质类固醇的毒性

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01498

David Smith, Venu Sen

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Knowledge and Attitude about Radiation Effects on Pregnant Women among Medical Students 医学生对孕妇辐射影响的知识和态度

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01499

Prem Sherpa, Sanyam Mandal, Rakesh Parsi

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Curcumin: A Review of Its’ Effects on Human Health 姜黄素:对人体健康影响的综述

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-29 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0510.01486

S. Seth, Kashmeera Agarwal, Abdul Rahman

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5-HT3 Antagonist for Pregnancy Associated Nausea and Vomiting 5-HT3拮抗剂治疗妊娠相关恶心和呕吐

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0509.12485

Sumit Ghosh, Nirankar Dev, David Matthews

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Green Tobacco Sickness: A Review 绿色烟草病:综述

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0509.12458

Puja Bharti, Prerna, Rahul Rana, Gunjan Saini, Neeraj

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A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Awareness and Practices Related to Prevention of COVID-19 Amongst Local Vendors around Medical and Dental Establishments 一项评估医疗和牙科机构周围当地供应商对预防COVID-19的认识和做法的横断面研究

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-28 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0509.12447

Neil Sharma, Aakriti Bhatnagar, S. Vasudev, Anamika Kohli

{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Awareness and Practices Related to Prevention of COVID-19 Amongst Local Vendors around Medical and Dental Establishments","authors":"Neil Sharma, Aakriti Bhatnagar, S. Vasudev, Anamika Kohli","doi":"10.26440/ihrj/0509.12447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26440/ihrj/0509.12447","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION: Even as the world is returning to normalcy after COVID-19, there is still a need to be cautious and adopt proper hygiene practices and social distance norms. AIM: To assess the awareness and practices related to prevention of Covid-19 amongst local vendors around medical and dental establishments in Northern India. MATERIALS AND METHOD: This cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of one month using a pre-tested and pre-validated questionnaire. Vendors near ten medical and dental establishments in north India were contacted by standardized volunteers to prevent bias. They were located within the range of 250 meters on both sides of these facilities through convenience sampling. Data was coded, entered in MS excel, descriptive statistics were applied. Statistical tests included the student’s independent t-test and multiple logistic regression. P value was kept significant at <0.5 and software used was SPSS version 23.0. RESULTS: Most vendors were males (76.7%), were operating shops on rent (47.7%) and had passed middle school (40.2%). A Majority of them were aware of common symptoms (99.4%), while 90.1% were aware about the mode of transmission. All vendors knew about the availability of the vaccine (100%). and 78.2% of the vendors were fully vaccinated, while 04 (1.3%) were not vaccinated yet. However, only 60% (p=0.03) of the vendors practised hand washing, distancing from sick, no handshake, use a cloth while coughing/sneezing as preventive measures. CONCLUSION: There is still a need for continuous education of the food vendors regarding proper and hygienic practices as well as mask wearing to fight off this dreaded pandemic and return to normalcy as soon as possible.","PeriodicalId":306248,"journal":{"name":"International Healthcare Research Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133386337","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}

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Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Dentistry 公共卫生牙科中的人工智能

International Healthcare Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-12-19 DOI: 10.26440/ihrj/0509.12489

Sahrish Tariq, Nidhi Gupta, Preety Gupta, Aditi Sharma

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