Kapil Bhalla, Parveen Bhardwaj, Ashish Gupta, Shuchi Mehra, Deepak Nehra, Sanjiv NandaJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3130-3135 Background and Aims: Antibiotics are frequently prescribed for sore throat in developing countries, that in turn leads to huge healthcare expenditure and their irrational use may lead to antimicrobial resistance in the community. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of environmental factors on the frequency of occurrence of group A...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Surya Bali, Kriti Yadav, Yash AlokJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3297-3302 Context: India has the second-largest population in the world with a significant growth rate that adversely affects the quality of life (QoL). Sterilisation is one of the main methods of female contraception in the country. Meeting the sterilisation services' numerical demand and quality requirements have remained a challenge. Aims: This study was done to assess the infrastructural component of...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Praveen Suthar, Nitin Kumar Joshi, Vibha JoshiJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3136-3139 Context: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) is an ambitious project and has been successful in bringing a difference at the facility and infrastructure level, and the objectives of this programme can be achieved if people are aware of this mission and basic sanitation and waste management practices. Aims: To assess awareness and perception of SBA and attitude towards cleanliness among the residents...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Anu Anna John, Naresh C Kumar, V Ranganath, Subramaniam M Rao, Abhilasha S Patil, Puneet N JumaniJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3325-3333 Background: Chronic periodontitis might be associated with oral premalignant lesions, tongue cancers, and other oral neoplasms, which is a foremost public health problem throughout the world. The nutritional status of the patient with cancer becomes very important for tolerating the treatment course as most of the newly diagnosed patients...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Marwan Al-Hajeili, Hassan K Abdulwassi, Faisal Alshadadi, Lujain Alqurashi, Mohmmad Idriss, Lamis HalawaniJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3140-3146 Context: According to the Saudi Cancer Registry's 2014 Cancer Incidence Report, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the leading form of malignant cancer among Saudi men and ranks third among women. Raising awareness about CRC risk factors could lead to a significant decline in incidence of disease. Aims: To assess CRC awareness and evaluate...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Vineet Kaur Ahuja, Siriesha Patnaik, Gurchandandeep , Yogita Lugani, Nidhi Sharma, Sandeep Goyal, Gunbir SinghJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3350-3355 Introduction: Conceptually and by the outlook, the reproductive and sexual health needs of adolescents differ from those of adults. Adolescent girls are coerced into unwanted sex or marriage, putting them at risk of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and dangerous...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Hamad A Algaeed, Mohammed I AlJaber, Abdullah I Alwehaibi, Lubna I AlJaber, Abdulrahman M Arafah, Mohammed A Aloyayri, Omar A Binsebayel, Sultan A Alotaiq, Musaab A Alfozan, Ibrahim Bin AhmedJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3147-3154 Context: Dietary supplements is a growing industry, pharmaceuticals are having several types of similar supplements and multivitamins as over-the-counter products, a complete diet is necessary for a healthy body which leads to the usage of supplements...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Mohammad M Gharibvand, Azar Ahmadzadeh, Fariba Asadi, Zahra FazelinejadJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3372-3378 Objective: The present study aimed to extract apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values from the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence of endometrial lesions and compare them with tissue specimen results in order to determine the precision of ADC values in grading of malignant endometrial lesions. Methods: The present prospective study was conducted on...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Bhupendra Verma, Avinash K SinghJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3155-3159 Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a lethal clinical condition requiring immediate systemic thrombolysis to decrease mortality. Reteplase has been extensively used in acute myocardial infarction but studies in massive PE are rare. We have presented here efficacy and safety of reteplase in patients with high risk PE diagnosed on basis of bedside transthoracic echocardiography. Methods: This was...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Sufia Naseem, Ummul BaneenJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3393-3398 Context: India has 18% of the global population and an increasing burden of chronic respiratory diseases. The prevalence of Metabolic syndrome (MS) was found to be as high as 39.7% among Indian population. Metabolic syndrome is found to be more common in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) when compared to the general population. This study was done to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Zeinab Rahimi, Sanaz Aazami, Mosayeb MozafariJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3160-3165 Introduction: Nowadays, nurses play a key role in all health-care systems in the world. To improve the professional conditions and increase the quality of care, nurses' career development should be fulfilled in a specific and targeted way. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting career development of nurses in Iran. Method: This prospective study was conducted using...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Shalu Jain, Sumit Aggarwal, Tanvi Mahajan, Sameep Singh, Vishwas Bansal, Abhishek SinghJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3412-3415 The main aim of orthodontic treatment is to achieve most stable, functional, and esthetic outcome either by conventional, interdisciplinary, or surgical protocol. Treatment modalities differ for growing and nongrowing patients. In nongrowing patients with moderate to severe dental and skeletal deformities, interdisciplinary treatment combined...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Dhirendra K Singh, Gunjan KumarJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3166-3172 Background: To compare the subgingival temperature in healthy and diseased sites of gingiva in smokers and non-smokers using a modified digital thermometer. To also find whether subgingival temperature measurements can be used as reliable indicator of periodontal disease activity. Materials and Methods: Participants for this study comprised 50 males, 25 smokers and 25 non-smokers with mild to moderate...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Manish Kumar, Sangita Kamath, Ashok SunderJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3425-3427 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease that typically occurs following a viral infection or vaccination. The incidence of ADEM following vaccination has fallen since the introduction of non-neural rabies vaccine and very few cases have been reported due to pure chick embryo derived rabies vaccine (PCERV). Here we are reporting a rare case of...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Dwaipayan Sarathi Chakraborty, Avijit Hazra, Amrita Sil, Shantasil PainJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3173-3178 Background and Aims: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic relapsing disorder characterized by abdominal pain-discomfort and altered bowel habits. The IBS-diarrhoea predominant subtype (IBS-D) is defined as >25% of bowel movements representing type 6 or 7 of the Bristol Stool Form Scale. Management of IBS-D is mainly symptomatic, including lifestyle...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Smitesh Gutta, John D Prasad, Karthik Gunasekaran, Ramya IyaduraiJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3437-3439 Fipronil is an N-phenylprazole insecticide which is commonly used pesticide in south India. In animals it has been described to cause toxic manifestations mainly in the Gastro-intestinal (GI) and Central nervous system (CNS) and less commonly in kidney and liver. The available medical literature about toxic effects of Fipronil consumption in humans has been very little...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Faisal Khalid A. Zakri, Hassan Ali Abd El-Wahid, Mubarack Sani, Mohamed Salih MahfouzJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3179-3184 Context: Overweight and obesity are assessed clinically using the body mass index (BMI), but the index is criticized as a crude measure of relative fat-muscle composition. The recently introduced a body shape index (ABSI) is an independent and more accurate predictor of mortality than other anthropometric measures. Aims: Describe ABSI in relation...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Ganesh S Dharmshaktu, Tanuja PangteyJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3450-3451
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Suresh Ravichandran, Shival Srivastav, Prathamesh Haridas Kamble, Shailja Chambial, Ravindra Shukla, Praveen Sharma, Rajesh Kumar SharmaJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3185-3190 Introduction: Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a key complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (Ty2DM). Vascular endothelial-derived growth factor (VEGF-A) plays a key role in diabetic macrovascular and microvascular complications. It is shown to be elevated in diabetic neuropathy and has the...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Raman Kumar, Pratyush KumarJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3077-3082 More than a 1,000 delegates from 40 countries participated in the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, from 26-29th April, 2018. The theme of this conference was “Healing the Heart of Healthcare - Leaving no one behind”. The conference was organized by the Academy of Family Physicians of India in association with WoRSA - WONCA Rural South Asia. WONCA is the...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Jaykaran Charan, Nitish Tank, Tea Reljic, Surjit Singh, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Rimplejeet Kaur, Jagdish P Goyal, Ambuj KumarJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3191-3201 Background: Multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an important public health problem for India but there is a paucity of data related to the prevalence of MDR-TB in India. This systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to synthesize evidence regarding the prevalence of MDR-TB in adult patients in India....
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Mohammed Albarakat, Ali GuzuJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3303-3312 Introduction: The diabetes mellitus type 2 is a result of hyperglycemia due to insulin resistance caused by insufficient secretion of insulin from the beta cells of pancreas. The detection and controlling of diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) at primary health-care centers in Saudi Arabia is well justified and widely practiced. The knowledge and awareness of DMT2 patients should be increased through the...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Harish Chandra Tiwari, Reena Srivastav, Saim Mohd KhanJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3202-3206 Introduction: To improve the quality of MCH services in high priority districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Regional Resource Training Center (RRTC) has been established in BRD Medical College Gorakhpur. Medical College faculties empanelled at RRTC Gorakhpur carried out the training and mentoring of medical officers of public health facilities. Aims and Objectives: To study the...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Hanin Saleh AlOwaini, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Qusay Fahad Almahmoud, Abdulaziz Eyad Alqudaimi, Raneem Saied Al-Ghamdi, Wateen Ahmed Alhamoud, Hasan KeririJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3318-3324 Background: Infected travelers returning from malaria endemic countries pose the threat of local outbreaks in nonendemic countries. Such outbreaks are becoming potential public health threats with increasing volume of international travels. Aims: This study aimed to assess...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Avneet Randhawa, Neha Chaudhary, BS Gill, Amarjit Singh, Vibhor Garg, RS BalgirJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3207-3213 Introduction: The present study was undertaken to study the breastfeeding practices and the influence of literacy and prevailing cultural factors on different aspects of breastfeeding. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Badungar, a semi-urban area in Patiala city including a total of 370 mothers. Mothers were...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Kholoud A Althakafi, Abdulaziz A Alrashed, Khalid I Aljammaz, Ihdaa J Abdulwahab, Raghad Hamza, Asalah F Hamad, Khalid S AlhejailiJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3334-3339 Background: Sleep is crucial to human's health and essential for a person's wellbeing. It is involved in multiple physiological mechanisms, such as metabolism, appetite regulation, immune and hormone function, and cardiovascular systems. The National Sleep Foundation recommends 7–9 h of sleep each night...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Sajitha M. F. Rahman, Evelyn Vingilis, Saadia HameedJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3214-3219 Objective: To explore the experiences and perceptions of physicians involved in establishing a department of Family Medicine in South India. Methods: In this study, descriptive qualitative methodology was used. Nine family physicians and one community medicine physician were interviewed. The data were subjected to thematic analysis. Findings: The establishment of a department of...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Nitin Raisinghani, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya, Aditi Gadegone, Vinay PaiJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3345-3349 Background: The prevalence of anemia increases with age. Some serious underlying conditions may lead to anemia in the old age. The present study was undertaken to detect and do morphological typing of anemia and further delineate etiological factors in elderly patients. Methods: In this hospital-based prevalence study carried out a tertiary care center over...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Waheed Atilade Adegbiji, Toye Gabriel Olajide, Olawale Olubi, Oyebanji Anthony Olajuyin, Adebayo AbdulAkeem AlukoJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3220-3224 Objective: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is poorly reported in developing countries. This study aimed at determining the prevalence, aetiology, and comorbid illnesses of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in our center. Materials and Methods: This was a prevalence hospital-based study of all patients with...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Sangeeta Rai, Ashish , Preeti Kumari, Anup Singh, Royana SinghJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3356-3361 Background and Aims: Female infertility is a complex multifactorial, and polygenic disease associated with genetic factors plays an essential role in its formation and follicle development, oocyte maturation, and steroidogenesis regulation in the ovary. The aim here is too study the genetic association between follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) Asn680Ser; (rs6166)...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Akshay Raj Goyal, Rahul Puri Goswami, Sai Kumar Ganapathy, Rashmi Ojha, Kanica Singhal, Yuvika AhluwaliaJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3225-3229 Background: Regenerative methods, which regenerate the damaged structures, are one of the treatment methods in endodntics. This conservative approach helps to generate cells that may produce the lost structure. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitude, and practice among dental practitioners toward regenerative...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Gowhar Wani, Ayesha Imran, Neeraj Dhawan, Anumodhan Gupta, Javed I GiriJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3367-3371 Background: To compare the efficacy and safety of intravenous levetiracetam and phenytoin in status epilepticus. Methodology: A prospective, randomized controlled, nonblinded study was conducted in children 1 month to 12 years of age with active seizure and with status epilepticus. A total of 104 children were randomly allocated to either group 1 (levetiracetam)...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Ankur Sharma, Meena Jain, Shilpi Singh, Nisha Rani Yadav, Puneet Chahar, Akanksha Monga, Vishal JainJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3230-3235 Background: A multidisciplinary approach involving healthcare students for health promotion has been recommended. With this view, the primary phase of the integrated health promotion program (IHPP) was designed and pilot tested. Methods: A pre-post-intervention study was conducted among 55 housewives of two self-help groups in India....
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Azim Motamedfar, Mohammad M Gharibvand, Asadollah JalilJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3379-3382 Introduction: Central venous catheter (CVC) is an essential part of modern medical care that delivers the drugs, intravenous fluids, and intravenous feeding to the vein. So far, limited studies have been carried out on the brachiocephalic vein (BCV) in adults. This study aimed to compare the CVC in the internal jugular vein (IJV) and BCV in order to ease of access and incidence...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Alex Joseph, Anil Kumar Indira Krishnan, Aiswarya AnilkumarJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3236-3241 Background and Objective: Tuberculosis is a highly contagious bacterial infection. It is a major public health issue with India being the highest prevalent country in the world. The nation has a large and heterogeneous tribal population of approximately 104 million people which accounts for 8.6% of the total population. This study focuses on assessing the tuberculosis scenario...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Priyanka Sharma, Madhur Verma, Meenakshi Bhilwar, Himanshu Shekhar, Neelam Roy, Anita Verma, Geeta PardeshiJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3388-3392 Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has been a public health menace for decades. India harbors its highest burden globally. The present study was conducted to study the epidemiological profile of patients taking treatment from a directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) center in Delhi, India. Method: Retrospective analysis...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Banuru M Prasad, Jhimly Baruah, Padam KhannaJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3242-3246 Background: The mandate to ensure the availability of doctors under Universal Health Coverage has been one of the most difficult issues to address in India. It is believed that the geographic location of health facilities has influenced the availability of doctors in rural areas, which may have resulted in long-standing vacancies. There was a need to classify facilities based on location...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Shuaib Kayode AremuJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3399-3403 Background: Fiber-optic nasopahryngolaryngoscopy is a visual examination of the larynx and its related structures. It is an effective procedure for ascertaining the causes of laryngeal disorders, pain in the throat, and difficulty in swallowing and hence should be used in all ENT clinics routinely. This study established the diagnostic effectiveness of fiber-optic nasoparyngolaryngoscopy in our clinics in Federal...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Puneeta Vohra, Kahamnuk Jamatia, B Subhada, Rahul Vinay Chandra Tiwari, M S Nabeel Althaf, Chayan JainJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2019 8(10):3247-3252 Aim: Aim of the study was to correlate CD4 counts with oral and systemic manifestations in HIV patients. Materials and Methods: Study population comprised of newly diagnosed 100 confirmed seropositive patients, before starting any antiretroviral therapy, were included. The oral lesions were diagnosed based on clinical manifestation...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 00:00
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου