bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
IJCM_310A: Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in outreach centres of a medical college in Puducherry, India: A Mixed Methods Study on Outcomes and Implementation Challenges
Authors: Navilson Binoth E , Konduru Rajesh Kumar 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a curable infectious disease and is responsible for 9.9 million new cases and 1.3 million deaths. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. The WHO TB statistics for India for 2021 give an estimated incidence figure of 2,590,000 million cases. In Puducherry, 4500 cases were notified in the same year, with a TB notification rate of 226 per lakh population. ACF has potential benefits but also challenges, which need to be carefully assessed when developing and implementing ACF policies.

Objectives:
1) To understand the experiences of healthcare workers during the implementation of Active Case Finding (ACF) activities 2) To assess the implementation of ACF using the feasibility indicators.

Methodology:
Qualitative interviews (IDI & FGD) were conducted among healthcare workers (Nodal Officers, Medical Officers, and Medical Interns) involved in the ACF to enumerate their experiences during the survey and the implementation challenges they faced. Additionally, a set of feasibility indicators from the literature (Hemant et al.2023) was identified to assess the implementation of ACF in outreach centres of a medical college in Puducherry.

Results:
Three overarching themes emerged through qualitative interviews: awareness of ACF and TB, implementation challenges, and mechanisms to overcome the challenges. Feasibility indicators will be elicited upon completion of data curation and analysis.

Conclusion:
The intricate details involved in the implementation of ACF would be understood through the experiences of Health Care Workers as well as quantitative estimation of ACF implementation.
IJCM_312A: Awareness regarding Mosquito-borne Diseases among Women residing in the Field Practice Area of a Medical College, Bengaluru, India – A community- based study
Authors: Renjini P S , Reddy Raveendra H R 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Vector-borne diseases, especially the mosquito-borne diseases (MBD) continued to pose a serious threat in tropical and sub- tropical countries including India. They have large impact on morbidity and mortality in the country and pose economic burden on public health system. As success of Integrated Vector Management depends on adequate community participation, awareness among public is crucial.

Objectives:
To assess the knowledge regarding mosquito borne diseases among women of field practice area and its association with socio-demographic factors.

Methodology:
A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 120 women, residing in the field practice area of a medical college in Bengaluru, from September to December 2023. After obtaining the ethical clearance and written informed consent, data was collected using a semi-structed, pre-tested questionnaire. Data was entered and analysed using Epi Info version 7.2.6.0

Results:
Majority of the women were in 18-30 years age group (43.33%), 56.7% had completed secondary education and above, 43.3% belonged upper middle class. Overall, 45.8% had sufficient knowledge regarding MBDs; 81.6% were aware on mosquito bite as mechanism of transmission. Friends (90%) and television (68.33%) were the major sources of their knowledge. Education, occupation, socioeconomic status, and family type were significantly associated with the awareness (P<0.05).

Conclusion:
Overall awareness level on mosquito borne diseases among rural women was inadequate and there was a significant association between major sociodemographic factors and awareness level. There is a need to develop appropriate educational strategies to increase awareness.
IJCM_313A: Assessment of the health-related quality of life among ex-mine workers of Kolar gold fields, Kolar, Karnataka
Authors: George Jobin , Sachin KV , Joy George , Joseph Bobby , Ramesh Naveen 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Karnataka ranks third with regards the number of mines in India and Kolar, at one time, had the world’s deepest and most productive gold mines. Miners are exposed to hazardous agents like silica, coal and asbestos which adversely impact health.

Objectives:
To assess the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of ex-mine workers at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), Kolar, Karnataka.

Methodology:
An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among 240 (estimated 196 with 50% prevalence) male ex-mine workers of KGF. An interview scheduled, consisting of socio-demographic factors, COPD Assessment Test (CAT) and Kings Brief Interstitial Lung Disease (KBILD) was administered. Lower CAT score and higher KBILD score indicate better HRQOL.

Results:
The mean age of the participants was 69.71±8.56 years. Participants were previously involved in drilling (113-47%) and blasting (127-53%) activities in the mines, with a mean of 14.68±6.46 years of work exposure. The mean scores for CAT and KBILD were 15.80±7.42 and 52.83±8.77 respectively. Based on CAT scores, half (51%) of participants reported medium impact of COPD on their health. Participants with longer duration of work experience had significantly higher CAT scores [OR-36.64 (12.14-110.6)]. KBILD score was significantly higher among those who worked in blasting (M=113. SD=52.14) than those involved in drilling (M=127, SD=53.43). Lower duration of work was significantly associated with higher KBILD scores (p<0.01). Adjusted logistic regression showed higher education and income had a positive impact on HRQL and an increase in age and longer work experience adversely affected HRQL.

Conclusion:
This study reveals the hazardous impact of drilling and blasting work on the health-related quality of life of ex-mine workers. Understanding this, for the future, it is important to educate workers, improve financial stability and minimize hazard exposure to enhance the quality of life of miners amidst the challenges of mining operations.
IJCM_314A: Risk perceptions of heat related illnesses, assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity of brick- kiln workers in a rural Puducherry: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Iswarya R. , Rajini S. , Premnath D. , Pravinraj S. 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Heat is one of the physical hazards that can cause health problems in the workplace, Brick field workers are widely exposed to risk factors for heat-related illnesses. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) are three of the most important means of preventing such illnesses.

Objectives:
To determine the predictors of risk perception and to assess the vulnerability and adaptive capacity regarding heat-related illness among brick field workers in Rural Puducherry.

Methodology:
A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June (2023). A total of 280 Brickfield workers were recruited from five rural commune areas of Puducherry, using the Multistage random sampling method. The data was collected on demographic characteristics, risk perception and spontaneous adaptation behaviours through KAP scores using structured questionnaires. Chi-square tests, correlation matrix and Linear Multiple regression models were employed to analyze the data.

Results:
15.4% of the subjects suffered from HRIs, and 68.2% never received health education about HRIs. The mean for knowledge (K-score) was 13.5 (SD = 6.008) for attitudes (A-score) 4.21 (SD = 2.167) for practices (P-score) 4.23 (SD = 1.988). There were noticeable differences in KAP-score with respect to educational level (P < 0.05), income level (P < 0.05) and work relevant experience (P < 0.05). Eventually, higher educational achievements, higher income status and relevant years of work experience were positive predictors for higher risk perception.

Conclusion:
There is a large room for improving health risk perception and adaptation capacity to heat waves among the brickfield workers. It will be very important to develop health educational programmes and enrich systematic educational resources to raise awareness.
IJCM_32A: Attitude of Medical Students Regarding Empathy towards Patients in a Medical College in Mangalore
Authors: Milhan Shazeena , Chaudhary Ambika , Nomani Samrah , Coelho Steffi , Okeukwu Amaka , Singhal Piyush , Kumar Nithin , Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran , Rekha T , Mithra Prasanna , Holla Ramesh 
Published: April 2024

Background:
The incorporation of medical humanities, an interdisciplinary field of medicine, in medical education may offer significant benefits to the medical community. This study was done to assess the attitude of medical students regarding empathy towards patients and to find out the perception of students about the inclusion of humanity studies to their undergraduate medical curriculum.

Methodology:
It was a Cross-sectional study done among Final Year MBBS Part One and Part Two, Post Graduate Students of Clinical Specialities and Interns of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and its associated teaching hospitals. Data was collected using semi-structured questionnaire which consisted of three sections including Participant information, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy – Student’s Version (JSPE-S) which will be used to measure empathy towards patients among medical students and questions on assessing the perception of students regarding the introduction of humanity studies in the medical curriculum. The collected data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 11.5. Likert scale was analysed using median (±2SD). For qualitative data statistical test Chi-square was used

Results:
The mean age of the 410 students who were surveyed was 22.11 with a standard deviation of ± 2.136. 41% of the respondents were male and 59% were female. The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy is measured on a scale of 20-140. Among the participants, 167 (40.7%) students scored between 46-90, categorized according to the Jefferson Scale as moderately empathetic. 243 students scored between 91-140 - categorized as high empathetic. None of the students scored between 20-45 (least empathetic category)

Conclusion:
Our study found that all the respondents were either moderately or highly empathetic according to the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. A majority of respondents felt that it is important to understand the feelings and body language of the patient and that the emotions of the patient and family are important in the physician-patient relationship.
IJCM_322A: A Study on Nutritional Status and its Determinants among Under-Five Children in Brick-kilns of a Rural Area of Hooghly District, West Bengal
Authors: Chaudhari Ankur , Bandyopadhyay Lina 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Brick-kiln workers’ children face elevated malnutrition risk from limited healthcare, poor facilities, poverty, infections, nutritional deficits, and awareness gaps, complicating intervention efforts due to their migratory work.

Objectives:
1. To assess the nutritional status of under-5 children in brick kilns of a rural area of Hooghly district, West Bengal 2. To find out the factors associated with the nutritional status of the study participants.

Methodology:
A setting based cross-sectional study was conducted with simple two-stage cluster sampling in selected brick kilns of a rural area of Singur, Hooghly district, West Bengal from June to December 2023 among 162 participants. Participants were interviewed after obtaining informed consent about socio demography, Immunisation, WASH practices (WHO/ UNICEF JMP), dietary diversity (IDDS) and Household Food insecurity (HFIAS). Quantitative analysis was done using SPSS v16. Thematic analysis was done for qualitative strand and is still under process. Ethical approval was taken from Institutional Ethics Committee of AIIH&PH, Kolkata.

Results:
One-third of the children were more than 2 years old while male: female ratio was 1:1. 60% caregivers were illiterate. Stunting, underweight and Wasting was found to be 64%, 45%, 26% respectively. WASH practices were found inadequate for water practices (20%), sanitary practices (41%) & hygiene (50%). Still one-fourth of the participants were not fully immunised. Food diversity was absent in half of the participants while two-third participants were found to be food insecure. Maternal malnutrition, unimproved sanitary & hygiene practices, incomplete immunization, dietary diversity and household food insecurity were found to be significant (p value <0.05).

Conclusion:
The study revealed poor immunization status, malnutrition in children of Brick kiln workers. There is an urgent need for strengthening the health and nutritional interventional programmes for children of migratory population.
IJCM_325A: A Study on Relationship of Working Status of Rural Adult Women with Their Mental Health in a Rural Block of West-Bengal
Authors: Sur Aditi , Paul Bobby , Bandyopadhyay Lina , Sahu Monalisha , Basu Rivu 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Mental health is a major public health concern worldwide. Studies showed that women are impacted at a higher rate than men. There is definite scarcity of studies in public health domain, which reflect the mental health and its correlates among rural women specially in relation to their working status.

Objectives:
Present study envisages to assess and compare the mental health status of working and non-working adult rural women and find out the factors associated with the mental health status of the study participants.

Methodology:
A community based; cross-sectional study was done between August 2023 to November 2023 in a rural area of Hooghly district. The sample consists of 394 women (197 working women and 197 non-working women) were selected using Multistage random sampling from 3 villages. Using the predesigned, pretested interview schedule and self-reporting questionnaire, all relevant information was collected. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS 16 version. Institutional Ethics Committee clearance was obtained.

Results:
The mean age of the study participants was 37 (± 10.09) years. Most of them belonged to socio-economic class IV. Majority of them were currently married. Around 22.33% of working women and 28.40% of non- working women had poor mental health. The factors associated with poor mental health among working women were work place atmosphere (p<0.01), attitude of colleagues (p=0.01), attitude of family members (p=0.01), social support satisfaction (p<0.01) and the factors associated with poor mental health among non-working women were satisfaction status of getting financial aid from family members (p=0.016), domestic violence (p<0.01).

Conclusion:
Awareness program regarding various aspects of mental health for both working and non-working women at family level, community level as well as at workplace could be a useful strategy in reducing this public health problem.
IJCM_332A: Factors affecting quality of life among antenatal women seeking health care in tertiary care hospitals of Mangaluru
Authors: Mithra Prasanna , Bhat Mayur K , Priyanka N P , Bavihalli Rohit S , Yatheesh  , Ayesha  
Published: April 2024

Background:
QOL is defined as “individuals’ perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns.” Pregnancy is a physiological state associated with several emotional and physical changes, and the antenatal period is the moment of preparation of the woman for the childbirth and maternity. Thus, poor quality of life can have adverse effects on mother and the fetus. In order to develop methods to improve the quality of life of pregnant women, the factors affecting it should be understood; and our study aims at providing such understanding.

Methodology:
A hospital based Cross-sectional study of the pregnant women seeking antenatal health care in Government Lady Goschen Hospital and KMC, Attavar. The data collection was done from 14-03-16 to 31-03-16 using a questionnaire consisting of 4 parts-participant details, WHO QOL- BREF, QIDS and modified Kuppuswamy scale.

Results:
The study was done among 195 pregnant women, and the mean QOL-BREF score was found to be 73.60. 60.5% participants belonged to lower socioeconomic status, and had a lower QOL in physical, psychological and environmental domains. 54.6% participants showed symptoms of depression and had a lower QOL in physical domain. Other factors like parity, history of abortion and complications in the current pregnancy did not show a significant association with QOL score.

Conclusion:
The QOL of antenatal women seeking health care in tertiary health care setup was found to be good. The factors that significantly affected the quality of life were depression and lower socio-economic status. They had a negative impact on the quality of life.
IJCM_340A: Eating Disorders And Its Associated Factors Among Medical Students Of A Government Medical College In Karnataka- A Cross Sectional Study
Authors: Anjali  , Ranganath T S 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Eating disorders are behavioral conditions characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and associated distressing thoughts and emotions affecting physical, psychological, and social function. The high levels of stress affecting medical students predispose them to developing burnout and mental health problems, including eating disorders. Research and awareness efforts are crucial to understand and support the specific challenges faced by these students.

Objective:
To assess the prevalence of eating disorder and its associated factors among medical students a government medical college, Bengaluru.

Methodology:
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 students at a government medical college in Bengaluru. A stratified random sampling did from first year to fourth year medical students to select the study participants. The data was collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire, The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), perceived stress scale (PSS) and Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ-16B). We also calculated body mass index (BMI) for all the participants

Results:
15% (30/200) of medical students were found to be at high risk for eating disorders. The prevalence of body shape concerns among the participants were found to be 28% (56/200). Eating disorders had statistically significant associations with female gender, severe body shape concerns and higher BMI (p value <0.05).

Conclusion:
Eating disorders and body shape concerns are an emerging area of concern among medical students. The implementation of stress reduction and eating disorders preventive program during medical schools may be beneficial for the future physicians.
IJCM_343A: Mindful Beginnings: Evaluating the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Mental Health and Academic Performance in First-Year Medical Students- A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Karthikeyan A S , Vijayalakshmi S 
Published: April 2024

Background:
The demanding nature of medical education poses unique challenges to the mental health and academic performance of first-year medical students. The transition into the rigorous medical curriculum, coupled with the high-stakes environment of healthcare, often leads to increased stress levels and potential negative impacts on well-being. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has emerged as a promising intervention to address these challenges.

Objective:
To evaluate the effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Mental health and Academic performance of first-year medical students in a teaching medical institute by randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Methodology:
An RCT was conducted from May 2023 to July 2023, involving first-year medical students in a self-financing medical college. A total of 227 students participated, randomly assigned to either the intervention group, which underwent an eight-week MBSR program incorporating mindfulness meditation and stress reduction techniques, or the control group, receiving conventional medical education without mindfulness training. Data collection for both pre-and post-tests utilized a comprehensive questionnaire-based interview, incorporating validated instruments such as the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The collected data will be analyzed using SPSS version 26. Descriptive and Inferential statistics will be applied to compare outcomes between the intervention and control groups, with statistical significance set at p < 0.05.

Results:
A total of 227 students participated, with 110 in the control arm and 117 in the intervention arm. Further data analysis is currently in progress and will be presented during the upcoming presentation.

Conclusion:
Stress is prevalent in medical students and has adverse effects on students mental health. Mindfulness practice has wide-ranging positive effects and would be beneficial as a stress reduction and preventative mental health intervention.
IJCM_352A: Effects of usage of Portable Listening Devices among Medical Students of SBKS MIRC Sumandeep Vidyapeeth
Authors: Patel Maharshi , Rathod Vivek , Jain Rishabh K 
Published: April 2024

Background:
Over 1 billion young people globally are at risk of hearing loss and road traffic accidents due to unsafe listening practices while using portable listening devices (PLDs). Rapid proliferation of mobile phones with built-in music playback facility has rendered nearly universal PLD access.

Objective:
1. To find prevalence of usage of PLD among the medical students. 2. To make students aware about the various harmful effects of long term use of PLD

Methodology:
A Cross sectional study was conducted among students of 2nd, 3rd year part 1 and 3rd year part 2 MBBS of SBKS MI RC Sumandeep Vidyapeeth. After obtaining permission from ethics committee data was collected with the help of pre tested, pre formed questionnaire.

Results:
Study demonstrates the usage of portable listening devices among 380 medical students. The average number of days with PLD usage in a typical week was reported nearly equal in both male and female students. Nearly two-third (61.31%) of the students restricting listening to music on their PLDs on a typical day to1-3hrs, while more than one-fourth (32.89%) listened between 3-7 hrs. However, 22 (5.8%) students reported time spent listening to music on their PLD exceeding 7hrs daily. Self-reported hearing loss and ringing in ears (tinnitus) which persisted for at least 3 days within the previous 6 months were reported by 173 students in total.

Conclusion:
The probable association between long-term PLD usage and the risks of developing hearing loss and ringing in ears was considered to be unlikely by students. Significantly higher proportion of male compared to female students did not perceive any risks associated with PLD use.