Does Vitamin D3 Supplementation Improve Depression Scores among Rural Adolescents? A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Contemporary evidence has been established demonstrating that stunted vitamin D levels are associated with depression, poor mood, and other mental disorders. Individuals with normal vitamin D levels have a much lower probability of developing depression. Improving vitamin D levels by supplementation has shown betterment in depressive patients among different age groups.

Development and validation of interprofessional health education module for the management of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a glucose intolerance that shows its first onset during pregnancy. In India, GDM affects as many as 5 million women annually. The interprofessional collaborative educational intervention is crucial for GDM management.

Multivariate associations between cognition and neighborhood geospatial characteristics in schizophrenia.

Cognitive impairment contributes to functional impairment in schizophrenia. Yet, little is known about how environmental characteristics are related to cognition in schizophrenia. By examining how cognition and the environment are intertwined, it may be possible to identify modifiable risk and protective factors that can improve cognitive outcomes in schizophrenia.

Prevalence and factors associated with utilization of ayurvedic drugs during COVID-19. A community-based cross-sectional study.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency. Ayurvedic medicines are not generally considered as conventional medicine. Hence, we aimed to assess the prevalence of utilization of Ayurveda as prophylaxis for COVID-19 during the pandemic, factors associated with utilization, and willingness to use Ayurvedic medicines in future prospects.

Vaccine hesitancy towards COVID vaccine among unvaccinated frontline health care workers working in a designated COVID care center: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Frontline health care workers (FLHCW) like doctors and nurses are bound to treat COVID patients being themselves not immune to disease are at a greater risk of COVID infection than the general population. The study was started with objectives to find out the vaccine hesitancy towards the COVID vaccine and to find out the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy among FLHCW working in a designated COVID care center.

Materials And Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study carried out for a period of 6 months from Jan 2021 to June 2021 at a designated COVID care center.