An investigation on the prevalence and patterns of multi-morbidity among a group of slum-dwelling older women of Kolkata, India.

Background: Multi-morbidity is a pervasive and growing issue worldwide. The prevalence of multi-morbidity varies across different populations and settings, but it is particularly common among older adults. It poses substantial physical, psychological, and socio-economic burdens on individuals, caregivers and healthcare systems.

Understanding Frailty: Perspectives and Experiences of Rural Older Adults in India.

Objectives: In India, frailty has been predominantly studied as a physiological aspect, overlooking the subjective perceptions of community-dwelling older adults, which holds global significance. This study aims to explore frailty perceptions among community-dwelling older adults, comparing those enrolled in a geriatric welfare program facility to those not-enrolled.

Methods: A cross-sectional design with a qualitative descriptive framework was employed, using focus group methodology.

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia and caregivers' burden: a study among Indian caregivers.

Unlabelled: Dementia is considered a most serious and disabling condition, affecting both the individual suffering from it and their caregiver.

Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between neuropsychiatric problems of dementia and caregiver burden.

Methods: A total of 138 caregivers of people with dementia participated in this cross-sectional study.

VEGF Expression to Support Targeted Therapy in Ovarian Surface Epithelial Neoplasms.

Introduction: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), a promoter of angiogenesis, is a promising target for anti-angiogenic therapy in ovarian cancer. In our study, we examined the expression of VEGF in the spectrum of epithelial ovarian neoplasms (benign, borderline and malignant) by Immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Aim: Diagnosing ovarian epithelial neoplasms, examining the expression of VEGF in benign, borderline and malignant neoplasms and correlating it with histological grade and stage of malignant cases.

Eating attitudes and its relationship with nutritional status: a micro level study on a group of adolescent girls in the city of Howrah, West Bengal.

Background: To assess the relationship between eating attitudes and nutritional status.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 adolescent girls (258 aged 14-17 years and 142 aged 18-21 years) from the city of Howrah, West Bengal. Eating attitude was measured using eating distress syndrome (EDS) questionnaire.

Weight concerns and food habits of adolescent girls in two contrasting ecological regions: A comparative study in India.

Objective: To compare the incidence of weight concerns and food habits between two ethnically different groups of adolescent girls residing in two distinct ecological settings: the plains of Kolkata and the mountains of Sikkim.

Methods: Two separate cross-sectional studies were conducted within a period of five years in urban hilly areas of Sikkim and the city of Kolkata, India. A total of 506 girls aged 14-19 years were selected from the study areas of Sikkim (n=224) and Kolkata (n=282).

Body weight and body shape concerns and related behaviours among Indian urban adolescent girls.

Objective: To assess the associations of body weight and body shape concerns and related behaviours with actual weight status among urban adolescent girls.

Design: In the present cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on body weight and body shape concerns and related behaviours. Sociodemographic information was collected using a pre-tested schedule.

Efficacy of Baptisia tinctoria in the treatment of typhoid: its possible role in inducing antibody formation.

Typhoid is one of the most serious infectious bacterial diseases in third world countries. It is usually treated by traditional antibiotics but due to the appearance of antibiotic resistant strains physicians opt for phyto products and other alternative medicines for the treatment of typhoid. Baptisia, an extract from indigo plant root, has been proved to be highly effective ultradilute medicine for the treatment of typhoid; however, the mode of action of the ultradilute extract is uncertain.

Reproductive health and its bio-cultural correlates among Rai and Bhutia women of rural Sikkim: a micro level study.

This study addresses the relationship between utilization of maternal health services in terms of antenatal care, delivery care, and contraceptive use, and current prevalence of gynecological problems mediated through socioeconomic, demographic and biological correlates, in two ethnic communities of Sikkim. Study participants included 506 parous, nonpregnant women of Rai and Bhutia communities. Information on morbidity status and utilization of maternal health care facilities were collected using appropriate pretested questionnaires.

Socioeconomic correlates of reproductive morbidity among adolescent girls in Sikkim, India.

Unlabelled: The present study investigates the prevalence of reproductive health morbidities, treatment-seeking behavior, and its association with sociodemographic correlates among unmarried and married adolescent girls of Sikkim. The study sample includes 1250 adolescent girls randomly selected from both urban and rural blocks of the State. Information on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, prevalence of reproductive health morbidities, and treatment-seeking behavior was collected using standard pretested questionnaires.

Eating and weight concerns among Sikkimese adolescent girls and their biocultural correlates: an exploratory study.

Objectives: Growing concern about ideal body image among adolescent girls in developing countries has led them to follow dietary modifications. In general, the ideal body image is perceived as a 'thin body' and now tagged with the concept of being physically fit. The present study evaluates the prevalence of weight concerns, and subsequent eating behaviour modifications among a group of adolescent girls in Sikkim.

Hypertension and its correlates in two communities of dissimilar genetic ancestry in Sikkim, India.

Background: Hypertension has emerged as a major health risk among adults and the elderly in India. In spite of sharing similar physical and cultural environments, group level cultural variability and distinct genetic ancestry may result in differences in patterns of hypertension prevalence.

Aim: The present study investigates the relationships between socio-economic, lifestyle and anthropometric variables and hypertension in two communities (Rai and Bhutia) of Sikkim.

Pregnancy-related food habits among women of rural Sikkim, India.

Objective: Every society follows its own traditional health-care beliefs and practices during and after pregnancy, which is intimately linked to its socio-cultural environment. The objective of the present study was to document pregnancy-related food practices and the social-cultural factors linked with them.

Design: The present study was a cross-sectional one conducted among a group of women residing in five villages in east Sikkim, India.