Effectiveness of Bedside Clinical Screening Tools in Predicting Short-Term Neurodevelopmental Delay Among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Pre-terms: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Pre-term births are associated with increased risk of various morbidities, especially neurological. Early detection and early intervention to prevent these morbidities will have immediate and long-term benefits to the individuals and society at large. However, the screening and assessment tools, including both clinical and radiological, are not uniformly available in resource-poor settings.

A Novel Scale for Assessing the Burden of Caregiving for Functionally Compromised Patients: Proposal and Validation.

Background: Disability not only burdens the patient, but also the caregiver. To quantify this caregiving burden, we propose a simple four-part questionnaire tool. Our objective is to validate this questionnaire by administering it to caregivers who oversee patients with low back pain and are functionally compromised.