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Knowledge and its complications of Diabetes Amongst the known Diabetic Patients – A Hospital Based Study.

Vijaya Sorganvi, SS Devarmani MM Angadi Rekha Udgiri (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013)

At present India is considered as the diabetic capital of the world. There are approximately 3.5 crore diabetics in India. This is expected to increase up to 5.2 crore by 2025. Keeping in view the alarming increase in the ...

Study on HIV/ AIDS infection amongst commercial sex workers.

Vijaya Sorganvi, MM Angadi UC Nuchhi Rekha Udgiri (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-07)

A study on HIV/AIDS infection amongst commercial sex workers

Epidemiological correlates of unmet need for family planning among aligible couples – a cross sectional study.

Santosh M Biradar. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-01)

Unmet need reflects the extent of discrepancy between women’s fertility intensions and observed contraception usage behavior. This study was done to assess the epidemiological correlates of unmet need for family planning. ...

Survey of knowledge and perceptions towards emergency contraceptives among women of Bijapur, South India.

Santosh M Biradar. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-01)

Emergency contraceptives (EC) give woman a second chance to prevent unwanted pregnancy from unprotected intercourse. The importance of EC becomes even more in India with high prevalence of unmet need for family planning. ...

Perception among women about involving men in family planning.

Santosh M Biradar, Ravi A Bhovi (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-04)

The family planning has always been a female domain. Gender issues, lack of awareness, misconceptions about male methods compounded by programmatic factors with excessive weightage to female methods has led to reduced ...

Nutritional status of under five children in an urban slum.

Mallikarjun K Biradar. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-04)

Nutrition is the cornerstone of socioeconomic development of a country. Malnutrition is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in children. The objective was to determine the nutritional status of under ...

Epidemiological factors contributing to acute respiratory infection in under five children in an urban slum.

Mallikarjun K Biradar (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-01)

Acute respiratory tract infection is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children below five years of age. Identification of risk factors for ARI will help in reducing the burden of disease. Objective of the ...

Uses of logistic Regression to predict the prognosis in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).

Sorganvi VM, Rekha Udgiri Deepak Kadeli (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-03-17)

Logistic Regression is one of the important methods to perform the statistical model (s) in epidemiological & medical research. It allows the investigators to examine the relationship between binary dependent variable ...

Knowledge About Lactational Amenorrhea as a Natural Family Planning Method among Nursing Students.

Rekha Udgiri, Vijaya Sorganvi Arun (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-02-20)

Breast milk is amrit for babies and is vital for child survival, maternal health and child spacing. [1]Breast milk and breastfeeding provide physiological and psychological benefits birth for baby as well as the lactating ...

Epidemiological Study of Malnutrition among under Five Children in a Section of Rural Area.

Rekha Udgiri, Saravanan E MM Angadi (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2013-06)

Malnutrition is one of the important causes of mortality and morbidity among under five children. Globally each year, malnutrition is implicated in about 40 per cent of the 11 million deaths of under five children in ...

Coverage And Compliance Of Mass Drug Administration For Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis In Endemic Areas Of Bagalkot District, Karnataka.

MM Angadi, Shashank K J, Rohith M. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2015-03)

Mass d-rug administration (MDA), for control of filariasis was launched by government of India in 1996. Under this programme, all the beneficiaries in the age group of 2 to 60 years (excluding pregnant mothers, people above ...

Morbidity Pattern and Health Care Seeking Behaviour of Rural Geriatric Population: A Cross Sectional Study.

Santosh D Patil, Saravanan E Shannawaz M (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-12)

“Population ageing” was one of the most distinctive demographic events of the twentieth century. Health status of older people possesses unique challenges because of the multiple dimensions that influence with passing the ...

Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Self Medication among College Students.

Prashant Wajantri, MM Angadi KA Masali Shashank KJ Sowmya Bhat Arun P Jose (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-07)

Self-medication is defined as obtaining and consuming drugs without the advice of a physician either for diagnosis, prescription or surveillance of treatment. Self-medication is widely practiced due to easy availability ...

Study on diagnosis and management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Private Practitioners in Bijapur City.

Sowmya Bhat, MM Angadi, KA Masali Arun P Jose KJ Shashank Prashant Wajantri (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-01)

Tuberculosis is an important public health problem in our country. In our country more than 50% of tubercular cases are treated by private practitioners. This study has been taken to assess knowledge, attitude and practice ...

Study of Factors associated with Health seeking behaviour of elderly in rural field practice area of Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur.

Santosh D Patil, MM Angadi Ramesh Mayappanavar Saravanan E (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-01)

“Population ageing” was one of the most distinctive demographic events of the twentieth century. It will surely remain important throughout the twenty-first century. Today 60% of those aged above 60 years live in developing ...

Risk Factors for Stroke: A Case Control Study.

Vijaya Sorganvi, MS Kulkarni, Deepak Kadeli, Suhasini Atharga (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-02)

Stroke is global health problem and is a leading cause of disability. It is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In rapid increase in burden of stroke in coming years and limited availability of ...

Use of electronic gadgets among medical students in western Maharashtra.

Praveen Ganganahalli, Mahesh B Tondare, Durgawale PM. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-09)

Electronic gadget or mobile phone is useful and attractive as a tool for communication and interpersonal interaction, but there exists the risk of its problematic or addictive use. It has been found in various studies that ...

Dealing with Ebola.

Mohd Shannawaz. (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014)

Dealing with Ebola.

Food consumption of Indian adolescents in a globalizing world.

Shailaja Patil, Nida Shaikh Usha Ramakrishnan Solveig Cunningham (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2014-04)

Aim: Describe the patterns of food consumption among adolescents in urbanizing environment in Bijapur city, India. Methods: A cross-sectional, cluster design study of 399 school-going adolescents, ages 12-16 years, ...

Social Science is the backbone of medical eduction.

Algur VS (BLDE(Deemed to be University), 2015-08)

India is known for its unique features like large populous country with burning issues viz poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, unemployment, underemployment maximum rural number of dwellers, unplanned urbanization, slums, ...

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