Development and Validation of a Novel Tool to Measure Medication Adherence for Noncommunicable Diseases in India: Protocol for an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Multicentric Study.

Background: In high-income countries, only 50% of patients treated for chronic diseases adhere to the prescribed treatment. This issue is even more pronounced in resource-limited countries. Medication adherence scales are simple, low-cost approaches to identify nonadherence in clinical practice.

Mapping the Consequences - An Exploratory Study on the Use of Body Mapping Technique to Assess Perceptions of Health-care Workers on the Effects of Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension.

Knowledge of the consequences of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension on various body organs among health workers is necessary to educate patients. Body mapping is a tool used for exploring perceptions as a part of qualitative research. This study assesses the perceptions of health-care workers on the effects of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension on the human body using the body mapping technique.

Diabetes, hypertension, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in an urban underprivileged community in Bangalore city, India.

Aim: Diabetes and hypertension are major risk factors of cardiovascular disease, which is known to be the leading cause of global mortality in the world today. Studies have shown that the prevalence of these risk factors is on the rise, with the burden of diabetes alone increasing by 80% in the last two decades. Complications of diabetes and hypertension result in huge public health challenges for the country and catastrophic medical expenditures for families among the urban poor.

The impact of health education intervention on perceptions of menstrual cup among college going female students in peri-urban Bangalore.

Objectives: To assess the impact of health educational intervention on perceptions of menstrual cup usage among female students enrolled in a degree college in Bangalore district.

Methods: An interventional study was conducted among female students studying in a degree college in peri-urban Bangalore. Universal sampling was followed and a prior face validated questionnaire was administered to the students after to assess their perceptions, followed by a health education intervention.

No Child's Play: Under-five Child Feces Management in a Rural Area of Bengaluru Urban District, India.

Background: Inappropriate feces disposal leads to environmental contamination, and increases the risk of exposure to children. We aimed to estimate the proportion of rural households with knowledge and practice of safe management of feces (SMoF) among under-five children and to identify associated factors.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in eight villages in Bengaluru Urban district over 2 months, using a face-validated semi-structured interview schedule.

Effect of collaborative care intervention on productivity losses among people with comorbid common mental disorders and cardiovascular disease in rural Karnataka.

Introduction: Common mental disorders (CMD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), common health problems among patients seeking primary healthcare, contribute to high economic productivity losses. Collaborative care programs for CMDs and CVDs have shown improvement in clinical outcomes for both conditions; however, data on productivity outcomes are scarce. Objective: Effect of integrated collaborative care on productivity among people with comorbid CMD and CVD in rural Karnataka primary health clinics.

Determinants of Childhood Asthma: A Case Control Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bengaluru, South India.

Background: Childhood asthma is a common, and often serious, chronic disease with episodic exacerbations in infants and children. There is an increasing trend in the prevalence of childhood asthma in developing countries. Objectives: To identify the determinants of childhood asthma.

Sleep Quality of Undergraduate Medical Students during and Post-Lockdown: A Cross-Sectional Research.

Background: The COVID-19 and associated lockdowns have significantly impacted the lives of undergraduate medical students, including their sleep quality. This study attempts to investigate how sleep patterns, sleep quality, and associated factors altered during and post-lockdown.

Material And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 171 medical students from colleges registered under the National Medical Council participated.

Social Impact of End-Stage Renal Disease Requiring Hemodialysis among Patients with Type-2 Diabetes and Their Caregivers in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis. The social impact of a chronic disease like this is far reaching and often difficult to quantify.

Objectives: To assess the social impact of ESRD among type 2 diabetics requiring hemodialysis and their caregivers.

Impact of a Residential Rural Community-Based Training Program for Medical Students on Cognitive and Affective Domains of Learning in Community Medicine: A Mixed Methods Study.

Introduction: As part of undergraduate training in community medicine, students of 1-year MBBS at our medical college in South India undergo rural residential community-based training called Rural Orientation Program (ROP).

Objective: The objective was to study the impact of ROP at a medical college in South India.

Methodology: Short-term impact was studied immediately before and after ROP using a 30-item questionnaire administered to 142 students.

Secondhand Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy and its Effect on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from a Retrospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bengaluru.

Context: The effect of maternal smoking on birth outcomes is well-established, but the effect of maternal secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is less clear, especially among Indian women.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of SHS exposure during pregnancy on birth outcomes such as gestational age at birth, neonatal anthropometry, and Apgar score.

Setting And Design: Retrospective cohort study at a tertiary hospital in Bengaluru.

Challenges and coping strategies faced by female scientists-A multicentric cross sectional study.

Women can play a pivotal role in the progress and sustainability of the world if they are empowered through education and employment opportunities in Science, technology, innovation and through changing the social stereotypes that restrain them in certain workplaces. In the literature, few recently published studies exist that document the challenges faced by female scientists in their workplaces. The purpose of this study was to understand the challenges and coping strategies faced by female scientists around the world today, in order to contribute to their improved performance.

Productivity losses among individuals with common mental illness and comorbid cardiovascular disease in rural Karnataka, India.

Context: Common mental disorders (CMD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) frequently co-occur. Productivity losses due to these diseases are substantial in high-income countries. Similar data from the developing world are lacking.

Barriers to Healthy Lifestyle among College-Going Students in a Selected College in Bengaluru Urban District.

Context: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are influenced by factors acting at all stages of life. Healthy lifestyle practices among adolescents and youth are crucial in preventing CVDs in the later years. Many barriers prevent young people from practicing healthy lifestyles.

Nutritional Status, Hygiene Level, Morbidity Profile, and Their Effect on Scholastic Performance among School Children in Two Subcenter Areas of a PHC in Anekal Taluk, Karnataka, India.

Background: Various factors such as age, sex, nutrition, hygiene, and morbidity impact the scholastic performance of schoolchildren.

Objectives: (1) The objective of the study is to assess the hygiene level, nutritional status, morbidity profile, and scholastic performance of children attending government schools in two select subcenter areas of Karnataka and (2) to study the association of hygiene level, nutritional status, and morbidity profile with scholastic performance.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done from July to August 2017 among children studying in the government schools of Mugalur and Kuthganahalli subcenters under Sarjapur PHC, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru urban district.

"DIABETIC TAX" - Cost of Care among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Underprivileged Area of Bengaluru.

Background: Diabetes mellitus drains a significant percent of the health budget by cost toward direct diabetes care and diabetes-related disabilities.

Objectives: The aim of the study is to assess the annual costs incurred by patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study was undertaken among 153 diabetic people in an urban underprivileged area of Bengaluru from January 2013 to January 2014.

Effectiveness of Color Coded Diabetic Control Monitoring Charts among Elderly Diabetics Attending Outreach Primary Care Geriatric Clinics in Rural Karnataka: An Open Label Randomized Control Trial.

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus problem is progressively rising every day. The adherence to the treatment approaches and health-seeking make major difference in case of diabetics particularly elderly. Visual tools improve the involvement of patients in their care, especially among populations with low health literacy.

Effort-Reward Imbalance and its Association with Health among Pluckers in a Tea Plantation in South India.

Context: Work-related stress is associated with cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, psychological ailments, and work-related injuries. Imbalance between high effort and low reward at work can lead to work stress among plantation workers.

Aims: To assess the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) among pluckers in tea plantations in South India and its association on chronic health problems, substance abuses, and workplace injuries.

Effectiveness of yoga program in the management of diabetes using community health workers in the urban slums of Bangalore city: A non-randomized controlled trial.

Trial Design: Nonrandomized controlled trial.

Methods: Nonrandomized controlled trial. This was an interventional study that was conducted in 4 slums of Bengaluru.

Estimation of work capacity and work ability among plantation workers in South India.

Background: Work capacity is the ability to perform real physical work, and work ability is a result of interaction of worker to his or her work that is how good a worker is at present, in near future, and how able is he or she to do his or her work with respect to work demands and health and mental resources.

Objective: To assess the work capacity and work ability and to study the factors associated with work capacity and work ability of workers at a tea plantation in South India.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tea plantation in Annamalai, South India, from March to May 2015.

Prevalence, pattern, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pluckers in a tea plantation in Tamil Nadu, India.

Context: Musculoskeletal pain is common among tea leaf pluckers and is attributed to the load they carry, long working hours, the terrain, and insufficient job rotations. As a result of this, their health and work capacity are affected.

Aims: To assess the prevalence, patterns, and factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) among pluckers in a tea plantation in Annamalai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Adherence to prescribed medications for chronic illnesses among older adults in a rural community, Karnataka, India.

Aim: To assess adherence to prescribed medications for chronic illnesses and to identify factors associated with it among rural older adults.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from September to November 2011 in three subcenters in Lakkur PHC, Kolar District, India. All older adults were listed, and those suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases were included in the study.

Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and assessments of their risk factors in urban slums of Bangalore.

Background: To determine the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and to assess the risk factors associated with diabetes and pre-diabetes in the urban slums of Bangalore.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in four slums of Bangalore in the age group of 35 years and above comprising of total 2013 subjects. Risk factors like age, sex, family history, behavior, physical activity, BMI, waist hip ration, diet habits were assessed to find their association with diabetes.

Assessment of 'accredited social health activists'-a national community health volunteer scheme in Karnataka State, India.

About 700,000 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) have been deployed as community health volunteers throughout India over the last few years. The objective of our study was to assess adherence to selection criteria in the recruitment of ASHA workers and to assess their performance against their job descriptions in Karnataka state, India. A cross-sectional survey, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, was undertaken in 2012.