Ashma Monteiro

Manipal Academy of Higher Education | MAHE · Department of Statistics

Background: Due to the rapid expansion of technology, internet has become the most vital part of human life and youth are found to be more dependent on it for various purposes. Aim: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of internet addiction and identify its associated factors among undergraduate college students. Materials and Methods: A cros...

Identification and description of variables used in any study is a necessary component in biomedical research. Statistical analyses rely on the type of variables that are involved in the study. In this short article, we introduce the different types of biological variables. A researcher has to be familiar with the type of variable he/she is dealing...

Background: Prediabetes is a strong risk factor for the development of Type2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Modification in lifestyle plays an important role to avoid the prognosis of T2DM and its complications in future. The aim of our study was to focus on the effectiveness of physical activity (PA) intervention program on different outcome measures...

Background Diabetes mellitus patients are at increased risk of developing diabetic foot with peripheral neuropathy, vascular and musculoskeletal complications. Therefore they are prone to develop frequent and often foot problems with a relative high risk of infection, gangrene and amputation. In addition, altered plantar pressure distribution is an...

There has been a profound increase in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus especially among the Asian The biomechanical alteration in the foot structure and function are an important predictive risk factor for development of foot complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The routine biomechanical analysis using advanced motion analysis software in...

Objectives: 1) To measure the different domains of quality of life in post-treatment head and neck cancer patients and 2) To find associations between the type of treatment and the quality of life in the patients. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2015 among 144 radically treated head and neck cancer...

AIM: This study was to evaluate saliva parameters of identical and non identical twins with their dental caries and oral hygiene status. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the oral health status and investigate the salivary parameters of identical and non–identical twins in Kodhini Village, Kerala. The WHO Oral He...

ABSTRACT Background Non-communicable diseases are diseases of longer period and are increasing. This study was intended to find out the proportion of adolescents having modifiable life style associated risk factors. Materials and methods A cross sectional study was carried out in 15 pre-university colleges (PUC) of Udupi taluk, which were rando...

Background National Family Health Survey conducted in the year 2005-6 reported that only 43.5 % of under five year old children are fully immunized in India. Various studies have shown that coverage of immunization among under five year old children living in urban slums is lesser then the national average which makes them susceptible to the variou...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in India. Several studies carried out in India have shown alcoholism as a risk factor for tuberculosis mortality, factor for default in TB and reason for non-compliance under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, pattern and a...

With the opening up the generic drug store by the government of Karnataka, India, to provide drugs at subsidized prices the study wanted to find the difference in chemical and microbial analysis between the generic drug and other marketed brands. One generic drug and 11 marketed brands were selected for the study. Chemical stability, analytical met...