Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about tuberculosis and choice of communication channels in Thailand.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitudes, and practices in both the general population and risk groups in Thailand.

Methodology: In a cross-sectional survey, a general population (n = 3,074) and family members of a TB patient (n = 559) were randomly selected, using stratified multistage sampling, and interviewed.

Results: The average TB knowledge score was 5.

Comparison of Prevalence of Nutritional Status of Thai Children in the First 2 Years of Life Using National and International Growth Charts.

Objective: Identify the difference of the nutritional status of Thai children from birth to 24 months of age using the national and international growth charts.

Material And Method: The analytic sample was of 4,224 children from the Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children (PCTC). Age-specific prevalence of malnutrition was estimated using the NCHS, WHO, and Thai growth charts.

Determinants of cervical cancer screening adherence in urban areas of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Cervical cancer is the most common disease among Thai women. The cervical cancer mortality rate has increased in the previous decade. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the factors associated with cervical cancer screening adherence.

Knowledge, attitudes and preventive behaviors related to dengue vector breeding control measures among adults in communities of Vientiane, capital of the Lao PDR.

This research aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and preventive behaviors (KAP) of adults in relation to dengue vector control measures in the communities of Vientiane, the capital of the Lao PDR. A total of 207 respondents were actively participating in this cross-sectional descriptive study in 2011. Representatives of households were interviewed face-to-face by six trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire.

Sharps injuries among nurses in a Thai regional hospital: prevalence and risk factors.

Background: Sharps injuries (SIs) are one of the most serious occupational accidents among nurses due to the possible severe consequences, such as the transmission of infectious diseases and inducing of mental impairment.

Objective: To discover the prevalence of SIs among nurses in a regional hospital in Thailand and to identify factors associated with SIs.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011.

Emotional development and nutritional status of HIV/AIDS orphaned children aged 6-12 years old in Thailand.

Objective: To explore the emotional development and nutritional status of HIV/AIDS orphans by their infection status.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted during January and December 2005 in four provinces and Bangkok Metropolis where the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among pregnant women was high. The study population consisted of 388 HIV/AIDS orphans who were maternal or paternal or double orphans aged 6-12 years old.

Implications of family protective-risk index for screening cognitive development of children aged 13-15 years.

Background: A simple screening tool is essential for priority setting and operating activities in communities.

Objective: The present study aimed to identify the implications of a family protective-risk index (FPRI) for screening cognitive development of children aged 13-15 years.

Material And Method: The cross-sectional survey among 319 children aged 13-15 years old was conducted in one district.

Talked and deteriorated head injury patients: how many poor outcomes can be avoided?

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of head injury management on the incidence and outcome of talked and deteriorated patients. Of 337 severe head injury patients admitted to Songklanagarind Hospital during 1994 to 1997, 30 were identified as 'talked and deteriorated'. Most deterioration was due to intracranial haematomas.

Prognosis of severe head injury: an experience in Thailand.

This study of 300 patients with severe head injury evaluated the clinical predictors determined after admission and associated with significant increase of poor outcome. The overall poor outcome was 58%. Logistic regression showed that age, status of basal cisterns on initial CT, Glasgow Coma Scale score (GCS) at 24 h after injury and electrolyte derangement occurring during admission strongly correlated with the outcome.

Effects of piped water supply on the incidence of diarrheal diseases in children in southern Thailand.

Simple piped water supply (PWS) is increasingly popular in rural areas of southern Thailand where diarrheal diseases are quite common. The current study was carried out in 1990 in the southern part of Thailand to determine whether the use of PWS could significantly reduce the incidence rate of diarrheal diseases among the children under two years of age. A dynamic cohort study started in January 1990 in seven Muslim villages where PWS was installed for some time and there was a mixture of PWS users and non-users in each village.

Treatment of severely head injured patients with absence of basal cisterns on initial CT scans.

Sixty-four severely head injured patients with absence of basal cisterns on initial CT scan were studied from January 1986 to March 1989. None had good recovery at 6 months follow-up period. The result from logistic regression analysis pointed to the GCS at 24 hours following injury as an independent, significant outcome predictor.