Publications by authors named "Ranjini Ambigapathy"
Article Synopsis
- - Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) presents significant challenges in social, communication, and behavior, and the M-CHAT is a screening tool for parents to identify potential signs of ASD in toddlers at 18 and 36 months of age.
- - A study in northeast Penang assessed children who failed M-CHAT screenings from 2017 to 2021, finding that out of 82 children screened, only 32 received a final diagnosis, and of these, 25 (78.1%) were diagnosed with ASD.
- - The results indicate that more than half of the children who failed the M-CHAT screening did not end up with a final diagnosis, and there is a positive correlation between older age and being diagnosed with ASD
Background: The low detection rate of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Malaysia remains a challenge in the effort to end TB by 2030. The collaboration between private and public health care facilities is essential in addressing this issue. As of now, no private-public health care collaborative program in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) screening exists in Malaysia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Shared decision-making has been advocated as a useful model for patient management. In developing Asian countries such as Malaysia, there is a common belief that patients prefer a passive role in clinical consultation. As such, the objective of this study was to determine Malaysian patients' role preference in decision-making and the associated factors.
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