Publications by authors named "Shanmugavinayagam A"

Background: Breast and cervical cancers pose significant health challenges for Indian women, impacting their psychological well-being and quality of life.

Aim: To compare psychiatric morbidity, explore coping strategies, and evaluate quality of life among women with these cancers.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional observational study among women aged 18 years and above attending a tertiary care hospital Oncology unit diagnosed first time with breast or cervical cancer, providing informed consent, were recruited by purposive sampling between September 2019 and August 2020.

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Background: Endophenotypes aid in studying the complex genetic basis of bipolar disorder. We aimed to compare first-degree relatives of patients with bipolar I disorder in a hospital in India with unrelated healthy controls in terms of neurocognition and affective temperament METHODS. This cross-sectional study was conducted between August and November 2012 at a tertiary hospital in India.

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Background: Over the years, there is an increase in the prevalence of single-child families due to the declining fertility rate, to improve socioeconomic status, and promotion of family planning policies. Studies from other countries revealed psychological issues in the single child; this study aims to determine the differences in personality, coping strategies, and quality of life (QOL) of single child and one among siblings group among undergraduate health professional students of an educational group in Tamil Nadu.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design with universal sampling was used to collect data from 890 consenting undergraduate students.

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