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Analysis of nutritional status and factors associated with undernutrition in children aged 6-59 months in a rural area of Sri Lanka

Samarasekara, G.S.; Mettananda, S.; Punchihewa, P. (Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 2019)

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition in children aged 6-59 months in a rural area of Sri Lanka. METHOD: A community-based, cross-sectional study was carried out among children ...
Assessment of anxiety, depression, stress, and associated psychological morbidities among patients receiving ayurvedic treatment for different health Issues: first study from Sri Lanka.

Gunathilaka, H.J.; Vitharana, P.; Udayanga, L.; Gunathilaka, N. (Hindawi Pub. Co., 2019)

BACKGROUND:Good mental condition is a vital part of health. Physical impairments would potentially have psychiatric manifestations during the course of a disease that could cause patients to experience a wide range of ...
Association between frailty and disability among rural community-dwelling older adults in Sri Lanka: A Cross-sectional study.

Siriwardhana, D.D.; Weerasinghe, M.C.; Rait, G.; Scholes, S.; Walters, K.R. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2020)

OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between frailty and disability in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka. DESIGN: A population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of ...
Association between functional abdominal pain disorders and asthma in adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Kumari, M.V.; Devanarayana, N.M.; Amarasiri, L.; Rajindrajith, S. (Baishideng Publishing Group, 2018)

AIM: To find the association between asthma and different types of functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) among teenagers. METHOD : A cross-sectional study was conducted among 13 to 15-year-old children from six ...
An Audit on completeness of reporting Whipple's specimens

Pelzom, T.; Tillakaratne, M.S.B.; Jaleel, M.S.A.; Pathirana, A.; Siriwardana, R.C. (College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka, 2020)

INTRODUCTION: This Audit is focused on assessing the completeness of vital information in traditional reports of Whipple's procedure, using the Royal College of Pathologists data sets for pancreatic cancer reporting as the ...
Breeding habitat distribution of medically important mosquitoes in Kurunegala, Gampaha, Kegalle, and Kandy districts of Sri Lanka and potential risk for disease transmission: A Cross-sectional study

Ranasinghe, K.; Gunathilaka, N.; Amarasinghe, D.; Udayanga, L. (Hindawi Pub. Corp., 2020)

ABSTRACT: Some arbovirus infections, especially dengue, have increased rapidly over the last few decades in Sri Lanka. Prevalence and distribution of different mosquito species have been limitedly documented, which remains ...
Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka: is cadmium a likely cause?

Wanigasuriya, K.P.; Peiris-John, R.J.; Wickremasinghe, R. (Biomed Central, 2011)

BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and subsequent end stage renal failure necessitating renal replacement therapy has profound consequences for affected individuals and health care resources. ...
Cognitive performance at school entry of children living in malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka

Fernando, D.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Mendis, K.N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Oxford University Press, 2003)

In a cross-sectional study, carried out in January 1997 at the beginning of the school year, the impact of repeated attacks of malarial infection on the cognitive performance of children at school entry in moderate ...
Comprehensive evaluation of demographic, socio-economic and other associated risk factors affecting the occurrence of dengue incidence among Colombo and Kandy Districts of Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study

Udayanga, L.; Gunathilaka, N.; Iqbal, M.C.M.; Lakmal, K.; Amarasinghe, U.S.; Abeyewickreme, W. (BioMed Central, 2018)

BACKGROUND: Comprehensive understanding of risk factors related to socio-economic and demographic status and knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of local communities play a key role in the design and implementation ...
A Cross sectional survey of adherence, perceived efficacy and side effects of methylphenidate among children at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka

Jayamaha, G.; Perera, W.M.T.M.; Herath, T.A.; Rodrigo, A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2018)

INTRODUCTION:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric condition in childhood, which if untreated may have a negative effect on education, peer relationships and family ...
Descriptive study of chronic calcific pancreatitis in Sri Lanka

de Silva, M.; Selliah, S.; Thabrew, I. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2005)

OBJECTIVES: To describe the potential risk factors, clinical features, biochemical and radiological features, and management of chronic calcific pancreatitis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING: Tertiary ...
Effect of mebendazole therapy in pregnancy on birth outcome

de Silva, N.R.; Sirisena, J.; Gunasekera, D.P.S.; Ismail, M.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Lancet Publishing Group, 1999)

BACKGROUND: In areas endemic for hookworm, routine antenatal mebendazole therapy could greatly reduce the prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy. At present, however, this is not a widely accepted control strategy because of ...
Effect of pollution on health of residents in an industrial area in Sri Lanka

Premaratna, R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Chandrasekara, B.; Dissanayake, A.S.; de Silva, H.J. (American Medical Association, 2002)

The authors conducted a cross-sectional comparative prevalence study to evaluate the effect of pollution on individuals who lived in an industrial zone in Sri Lanka. In this study, 81 male and female children who were 1-12 ...
Epidemiology of goiters in Sri Lanka with Geographic Information System Mapping: population-based cross-sectional study [Author Reply]

Fernando, R. (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2016)

Author Reply to comments by Mayilvaganan, S. Chekavar, A. Agarwal, A. on “Epidemiology of Goiters in Sri Lanka with Geographic Information System Mapping: Population-based Cross-sectional Study, Fernando, R. et. al.” ...
Epidemiology of goitres in Sri Lanka with Geographic Information System Mapping: a population based cross sectional study

Fernando, R.; Chandrasinghe, P.C.; Nandasena, S.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Jaypee Publishers, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka is considered an endemic region for goiter. Early researchers have suggested the existence of a goiter belt based on rainfall pattern. Subsequent studies done in school children have challenged this ...
Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Sri Lanka: First evidence of bla KPC harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Kumudunie, W.G.M.; Wijesooriya, L.I.; Namalie, K.D.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Wijayasinghe, Y.S. (Elsevier., 2020)

BACKGROUND: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are disseminated worldwide posing a serious public health concern. Although, the presence ...
The epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths in Bihar state, India.

Greenland, K.; Dixon, R.; Khan, S. A.; Gunawardena, K.; Kihara, J. H.; Smith, J. L.; Drake, L.; Makkar, P.; Raman, S.; Singh, S.; Kumar, S. (Public Library of Science, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over a billion individuals worldwide. In India, 241 million children are estimated to need deworming to avert the negative consequences STH infections can have on child ...
The establishment of a population-specific reference value for the ruler drop test for the clinical assessment of reaction time

Rajapaksha, S.; Kitulwatte, I.; Senarathne, U.; Edirisinghe, A.; Perera, P. (Elsevier, 2023)

BACKGROUND: Reaction time (RT) is the interval between a stimulus and an appropriate voluntary response in an individual. Alcohol is known to result in delayed RT. In Sri Lanka, an alleged drunken driver is legally subjected ...
Evaluation of teaching and learning in family medicine by students: a Sri Lankan experience

Ramanayake, R.P.J.C.; de Silva, A.H.W.; Perera, D.P.; Sumanasekera, R.D.N.; Gunasekara, R.; Chandrasiri, P. (Medknow, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Family Medicine occupies a prominent place in the undergraduate curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, SriLanka. The one month clinical attachment during the fourth year utilizes a variety ...
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the national vitamin A supplementation programme among school children in Sri Lanka

Madatuwa, T.M.; Mahawithanage, S.T.C.; Chandrika, U.G.; Jansz, E.R.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka commenced a vitamin A supplementation programme of school children with a megadose of 105 micromol (100,000 IU) vitamin A in school years 1, 4 and 7 (approximately 5-, 9- and 12-year-olds, ...

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