Role of information sources in carrying government reproductive health scheme to tribal women in India: A case study among women belonging to Koraga community.

Context: To improve the health status of its people irrespective of their socio and economic status, the government will design various schemes. In taking the government schemes effectively to the target group, the role of information sources is crucial. For the study purpose, community residing in and around Udupi-a district of Karnataka State, which has earned a name not only for its mythological significance but also for its culture of having their women empowered is considered.

Correlation of serum HDL level with HRV indices using multiple linear regression analysis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims/objectives: To determine the correlation between serum HDL levels with HRV indices in patients with T2DM.

Materials And Methods: The study included 120 type 2 DM patients aged 35-65 years of either sex by simple random sampling. One-minute HRV was analyzed during deep breathing and fasting serum HDL levels was estimated in all patients.

Effectiveness of the game-based learning over traditional teaching-learning strategy to instruct pharmacology for Phase II medical students.

Background: Game-based education is fast becoming an innovative teaching approach in the field of medical education. Traditional review sessions (tutorials) are mainly focused on instructor-based learning and they help to review concepts previously taught in the lecture class. The primary objective was to evaluate the cognitive learning of students in game based learning (GBL) as compared to the conventional review sessions.

Sensitivity towards patient's presence to avoid violent situations in hospitals: An observatory study.

Context: The process of communication includes intense observation based on which opinions are formed or situations are created. A patient whose is in state of panic due to the health conditions feels neglected and becomes skeptical about the treatment hi/she is going to receive.

Aims: The aim of the study is to understand the need for being sensitive towards patient's presence while communicating.

Inferior Turbinate Reduction: Diode LASER or Conventional Partial Turbinectomy?

Hypertrophy of inferior nasal turbinate is one of the most common causes for nasal obstruction (NO). As diode laser has proven to be as effective as any other lasers, our objective was to study various primary outcomes of its use of diode laser like improvement in NO, intraoperative bleeding, postoperative pain, and rapidity of healing. The study was undertaken to compare the various outcomes by diode laser turbinate reduction (LTR) and conventional partial inferior turbinectomy (PIT).

Inferior turbinate reduction: Diode laser or conventional partial turbinectomy?

Hypertrophy of the inferior nasal turbinate is one of the most common causes of nasal obstruction. The diode laser has proven to be as effective as other lasers for this indication. Our objective was to study various outcomes associated with the use of the diode laser, such as improvements in nasal obstruction and postoperative pain, reduction in intraoperative bleeding, and rapidity of healing.

Health sciences students' perception of the educational environment of KLE University, India as measured with the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM).

This study aimed to evaluate the educational environment of the health sciences programs of KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and to suggest strategies to improve the educational environment to be on par with global standards. A cross-sectional study was conducted using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, filled out by 914 of the 1,004 students (91.0%) who were majoring in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, and public health.

School teachers' knowledge of oral disease prevention: a survey from Dharwad, India.

Aim: To assess knowledge and the associated factors among Indian school teachers towards oral disease.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was employed using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 215 school teachers were selected, with a response rate of 95.

A comparison of ordinal regression models in an analysis of factors associated with periodontal disease.

Aim: The study aimed to determine the factors associated with periodontal disease (different levels of severity) by using different regression models for ordinal data.

Design: A cross-sectional design was employed using clinical examination and 'questionnaire with interview' method.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted during June 2008 to October 2008 in Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

Removal of dental plaque from different regions of the mouth after a 1-minute episode of mechanical oral hygiene.

Purpose: To assess dental plaque on different regions of the dentition prior to and immediately after toothbrushing.

Methods: Subjects refrained from oral hygiene for 22-26 hours prior to baseline whole mouth plaque assessments by the Turesky modification of the Quigley-Hein Index (TMQH). All subjects brushed with a marketed soft-bristled toothbrush and a fluoride dentifrice for 1 minute prior to post-brushing plaque assessments similar to baseline.

Using zero inflated models to analyze dental caries with many zeroes.

Aim: The study aimed to analyze and determine the factors associated with dental caries experience contains many zeros by zero inflated models.

Design: A cross sectional design was employed using clinical examination and questionnaire with interview method.

Materials And Methods: A study was conducted during March-August 2007 in Dharwad, Karnataka, India, involved a systematic random samples of 1760 individuals aged 18-40 years.