Publications by authors named "Lingala Kalyan Viswanath Reddy"
Objective: This research aimed to study the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward physical activity (PA) of healthcare students at King Khalid University in Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A prospective web-based cross-sectional study was carried out among healthcare students of King Khalid University from March to May 2024. The questionnaire contained questions on sociodemographic details, five questions about knowledge, eight questions about attitudes, and seven practice-related questions.
Examining the Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in Newborns: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Children (Basel)
February 2024
Congenital anomalies, representing structural or functional abnormalities present at birth, pose a substantial global health challenge, affecting 8 million newborns annually. With 3.3 million succumbing before age five and 3.
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- Migraine is common in both genders, but 50-60% of women with migraines experience menstrual headaches, which can range from mild to severe, affecting their daily lives significantly.
- A study in Saudi Arabia found that 18.6% of surveyed women had migraines, with 57.9% of these cases categorized as menstrual migraine (MM), correlating higher BMI with increased MM incidence.
- The findings highlight that menstrual migraines can lead to moderate disability and substantial work absenteeism, emphasizing the need for improved healthcare support for women experiencing these issues.*
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is one of the most common conditions resulting in disability, particularly in the elderly population. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common articular disease and the leading cause of chronic disability in the developed world.
Objective: This study was carried out to evaluate knee pain in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia.
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- The study aimed to assess the effects of various factors on the perceived usefulness and ease of use of e-learning among higher education academicians in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 crisis, using the technology acceptance model (TAM).
- Data was collected from 263 academicians through an online survey and analyzed with SPSS and Smart PLS software, revealing key relationships between self-efficacy, system accessibility, and perceptions of e-learning.
- The findings highlighted that perceived ease of use significantly influences attitudes toward e-learning, with system accessibility being a stronger factor for perceived usefulness and ease of use than self-efficacy.
Introduction: In developing countries, neonatal mortality is the most neglected health issue by the health system, leading to its emergence as a public health problem. A study was undertaken to assess the influence of factors and newborn care practices influencing newborn health in the rural area of Bareilly district.
Methodology: The descriptive cross-sectional study was organized in the rural areas of Bareilly.
Background: The use of health applications (apps) in smartphones increased exponentially during COVID-19. This study was conducted the with the aim to understand the factors that determine the consumer's perception of health apps in smartphones towards telemedicine during COVID-19 and to test any relation between these factors and consumers towards Telemedicine in India.
Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2021 to December 2021 in India.
Food safety is a rising challenge worldwide due to the expanding population and the need to produce food to feed the growing population. At the same time, pesticide residues found in high concentrations in fresh agriculture pose a significant threat to food safety. Presently, crop output is being increased by applying herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, pesticides, fertilizers, nematicides, and soil amendments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization. Control of COVID-19 depends on the potential vaccine and its successful delivery to a large portion of the population to develop herd immunity. All the governments have made a robust plan to distribute the vaccine to their people, but many countries could not achieve adequate vaccination coverage.
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