The burden of dengue and force of infection among children in Kerala, India; seroprevalence estimates from Government of Kerala-WHO Dengue study.

Background: Dengue shows high geographic heterogeneity within and across endemic countries. In the context of increasing burden and predicted outbreaks due to climate change, understanding the heterogeneity will enable us to develop region specific targeted interventions, including vaccination. World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests standard methodologies to study the burden and heterogeneity at national and subnational levels.

Pediatric Autoimmune Pancreatitis: A Single-Center Retrospective Case Series.

Objectives: Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a rare form of a chronic, immune-mediated, inflammatory pancreatic condition. There is limited data regarding presentation and outcome in the pediatric population. We described a single-center case series of 4 pediatric patients with AIP to better understand the presentation, symptoms, and outcomes of this rare condition.

Obesity Burden and Physical Activity Pattern Among Doctors in South India.

Context: A career as a doctor makes him prone to develop health issues like obesity and obesity-related noncommunicable diseases.

Aims: This study aims to find the burden and determinants of obesity among Modern Medicine doctors in Kerala.

Settings And Design: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 240 doctors working in South Kerala from 2018 to 2019.

Doctors Attitude towards Sexual Health Problems - A Practise Survey.

Background: Sexual problems are common in the society. But the medical professionals are reluctant to address sexual health issues. In this study we are assessing the attitude of medical practitioners towards various sexual health issues.

Impediments to Optimal Health-care Utilization of a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in Wayanad: A Qualitative Study.

Introduction: The pathways and mechanisms through which constraints that impede optimal utilization of the government health-care service provisions translate into health inequities among Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups seem to be an area that warrants research.

Objective: The objective is to explore and understand the mechanisms/pathways through which various factors result in health care inequity among the Kattunayakan tribe in Wayanad.

Materials And Methods: Designed as a qualitative case study, using observations and interviews with mothers, community members, and frontline health-care personnel, the study was conducted in a Kattunayakan hamlet in Wayanad.

Quality of life and sociodemographic factors associated with poor quality of life in elderly women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Background: India is going through a phase of demographic transition leading to population aging and feminization of aging resulting in increased proportion of elderly women than men. Problems faced by the elderly women are more critical than men due to family and social conditions prevailing in India.

Objective: The study made an attempt to assess the quality of life (QOL) using the World Health Organization QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) scale and sociodemographic factors affecting QOL of elderly women residing in a community setting in South Kerala.

Analysis of psychological characteristics impacting spinal cord stimulation treatment outcomes: a prospective assessment.

Background: Psychological factors are recognised as influencing the outcome of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) although there is currently no consensus as to which factors impact upon SCS efficacy.

Objective: To identify psychological characteristics that may impact the efficacy of SCS.

Study Design: Prospective evaluation.

Determinants of childhood tuberculosis--a case control study among children registered under revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in a district of South India.

Aim: To study the determinants of Tuberculosis (TB) in children between the age group of 0-14 years receiving treatment under Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP).

Methods: A case (registered under RNTCP) control study was undertaken with 41 cases and 82 controls.

Results: Factors found to have significance according to binary logistic regression were low-birth weight (LBW) [Odd's ratio = 3.

Clinical Profile of Chikungunya Patients during the Epidemic of 2007 in Kerala, India.

Background: The association of the present Chikungunya pandemic with a mutation in the Chik virus is already established in many parts of the world, including Kerala. Kerala was one of the worst-affected states of India in the Chikungunya epidemic of 2006-2007. It is important to discuss the clinical features of patients affected by Chikungunya fever in the context of this change in the epidemiology of the disease.