Strengthening facility-based integrated emergency care services for time sensitive emergencies at all levels of healthcare in India: An implementation research study protocol.

Background: The healthcare system in India is tiered and has primary, secondary and tertiary levels of facilities depending on the complexity and severity of health challenges at these facilities. Evidence suggests that emergency services in the country is fragmented. This study aims to identify the barriers and facilitators of emergency care delivery for patients with time-sensitive conditions, and develop and implement a contextually relevant model, and measure its impact using implementation research outcomes.

Effects of perceived vs actual frequency of rewards on orthodontic patient attitudes and compliance.

Objectives: To examine the longitudinal association of different reward schedules on patient compliance (as measured by oral hygiene assessments). The cross-sectional associations of actual vs perceived rewards frequency on patient attitudes were also examined.

Materials And Methods: 138 patients undergoing treatment at a university orthodontic clinic were surveyed to collect information on perceived frequency of rewards, likelihood of making patient referrals, and attitudes toward reward programs and orthodontic treatment.

An overview of orthodontic malpractice liability based on a survey and case assessment review.

Background: The purpose of this survey study and case review was to identify 1) the common causes related to filing a malpractice claim against an orthodontist and, 2) the factors mitigating against a potential malpractice claim in the United States (U.S). The objectives of the case review were to examine the current state of orthodontic malpractice litigation from a cause and mitigating point of view.

Extent and determinants of burden of care in Indian families: a comparison between obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia.

Background: Limited data is available for family burden in anxiety disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), particularly from the developing world where families are the primary source of support for patients.

Aim: To compare family burden in patients with OCD and schizophrenia in an Indian setting and to examine the influence of caregivers' demographics, patients' illness severity and disability on family burden.

Method: This comparative cross-sectional study assessed family burden in key relatives of patients with OCD (n = 50) and schizophrenia (n = 30) respectively.

Neurocognition in first-degree healthy relatives (siblings) of bipolar affective disorder patients.

Aim: Cognitive deficits have been presupposed to be endophenotypic markers in bipolar disorder, but few studies have ascertained the cognitive deficits in healthy relatives of bipolar disorder patients. The aim of the present study was to assess the cognitive functions of first-degree relatives of patients with bipolar disorder and compare them with healthy controls.

Methods: Ten first-degree apparently healthy relatives of patients with bipolar disorder were compared with 10 age- and education-matched control subjects on computer-based cognitive tests.

Uncomplicated and complicated obsessive-compulsive disorder: an exploratory study from India.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is frequently associated with comorbid Axis I disorders. Little data are available from the Indian subcontinent. Recent studies have raised the possibility of different characteristics of Indian patients with OCD.

Transition of molar relationships in different skeletal growth patterns.

This study investigated maxillary and mandibular growth differences and their effect on the changes in molar relationships from early transitional dentition to adult permanent dentition. Various landmarks were identified and measurements made on the longitudinal cephalometric radiographs of 40 people. The subjects were classified into 3 groups based on the amount of sagittal skeletal growth difference between the jaws.