
Kisokanth GnanaselvamUniversity of Colombo · Department of Clinical Nursing Faculty of Nursing
Kisokanth Gnanaselvam
BScN, (RN), PhD
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Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most common health problems worldwide. Diabetic foot is a serious and disabling complication of DM that consists of lesions in the deep tissues resulting in lower extremity amputations. The incidence of diabetic foot ulcers has increased due to poor knowledge and practice of diabetic foot self-care...
Introduction: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is an important and urgent threat to global health. Public awareness on COVID-19 and its prevention is one of the feasible strategies to prevent the spreading of the disease. Objective: To assess the awareness towards COVID-19 emergence and the preventive strategies...
Objective: The study aimed to assess the quality of life and work-life balance (WLB) among Nurse Educators in the Schools of Nursing in Sri Lanka. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 257 Nurse educators in all schools of Nursing in Sri Lanka. Data were collected by using validated and pretested self-adminis...
A below knee amputation is a surgical procedure to remove all or part of a limb that can be lifesaving yet negatively affect the health-related quality of life of the patient. This study was conducted to determine the effects of social and clinical factors on the mental and physical health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in individuals with unilate...
Introduction: The World Health Organization confirmed the COVID-19 epidemic situation as a public health emergency and is an emerging public health problem that has threatened millions of lives worldwide. Since COVID-19 has significantly affected the healthcare system globally, it is essential to update healthcare workers especially frontline nurse...
Introduction: The prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes in Sri Lanka has gradually increased over the last few decades. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of pre-diabetes and diabetes among adults in randomly selected Divisional Secretariat divisions in Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka. Methods: A cross-sectional communit...
Nurse academics have faced many challenges in conducting face-to-face teaching and clinical training in the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to the past, there was increased interest and usage in online education during the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing education. This short communication highlights the important aspects that nurse academics should consi...
“Novel Corona Virus” (COVID-19) is a new infectious disease spreading all around the world which has a significant morbidity and mortality globally at present. Nurses as frontline care provider in hospitals and community are exposed to a major risk. This brief report aims at providing an overview of COVID-19 impacts on Sri Lanka and to highlight ed...
Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pre‐diabetes and diabetes among overweight and obese children in urban schools and factors associated with them, in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Methods: A school based cross‐sectional descriptive study was conducted to collect data on socio-demographic information, eating habits and phy...
Background: Health education on the proper diet is of paramount importance in the management of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of health education on low carbohydrate diet and standard recommended diabetic diet among T2DM patients in the medical clinics of Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa District, Sri...
Introduction: Work-related stress has become a major concern among the nurses over the years. Nurses experience a high level of work-related stress when work demands exceed their ability to cope. The study aimed to assess the perceived work-related stress level and coping strategies among nurses working in Critical Care Units at a Base Hospital in...
Childhood overweight and obesity related insulin resistance can be evaluated with glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) which would be helpful to prevent the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This study was aimed to determine the HbA1c level among urban overweight and obese school students in Batticaloa Dist...
Background
Tea pluckers in Sri Lanka play a prominent role in supplying tea for the local and foreign demand. Long standing, bearing weight on back, repetitive hand movements, slip and falls due to walking on uneven grounds lead to various health problems among them. Thus, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and en...
Background: During pregnancy, mother faces many minor discomforts due to physiological, anatomical, psychological, biochemical and immunological adaptations occurs in their body. The well-being of pregnant mothers is threatened due to these minor discomforts and lead to unnecessary hospitalization. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge and p...
Background: Patient satisfaction was an important indicator of the quality of care during hospital stay and is seen as a key concept for evaluating and improving healthcare. There has been a rapid expansion in the use of the term “patient experience” in the general healthcare vernacular and in the realm of both clinical practice. In the wake of thi...
Introduction and objectives
Human resource management is one of the major concerns in health care all over the world. The major issue of increasing transfers to tertiary care hospitals and reduced number of child delivery in primary and secondary hospitals is improper distribution of Public Health Midwife (PHM). Thus, objective of the study was to...
This study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) in the improvement of glycemic control among patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. The study was a prospective interventional study and conducted as a preliminary study at medical clinic, Base hospital, Kaluwanchi...
The global and national ageing population led to much health, social and economic concerns. Thus, present study aimed at addressing the health care needs of elders and assessing the availability of health, social services in Batticaloa district. This community based cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Batticaloa district with 845 eld...
Ideal dietary practices and diet patterns for the better self-management of diabetes mellitus (DM) remains to be determined. This study was aimed at determining the diet related factors for good glycaemic control among patients with DM attending the Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. A study was conducted among 339 patients with DM in medica...
This study aimed to identify the determinants of good
glycemic control among patients with Diabetes
Mellitus (DM) in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. A case
control study was conducted among 339 patients with
DM in medical clinics, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa.
Cases (n=113) were patients with DM who had fasting
blood glucose equal or less than 110...
Objective
Hypertension is an important public health challenge in both developing and developed countries. It is one of the commonest causes of death in Sri Lanka. The patients’ perception, beliefs and attitudes about management of hypertension have an independent effect on patients’ compliance in adapting their lifestyle behaviors. Thus, the purpo...
Objective: To describe the validation process of an educational material for diabetes self-management education among patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Methods: Methodological study, developed in three phases: construction of the educational material, validation of the educational material by judges, and by patients with T2DM (criterio...
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common non-communicable disease (NCD) with numerous short and long term complications. Treatment of diabetes-related complications is costly to the patient and also to the national health structure. The patients who are aware of its complications are more likely to achieve better glycaemic control and to ha...
Background and objective
Hypertension is an important public health challenge in Sri Lanka and in developing countries and is a major risk factor for many other diseases. Lack of knowledge on the benefits of better controlling and seriousness of untreated hypertension as well as the poor management practices are the barriers for an effective hyper...
The poor lifestyles, rapid urbanization, lack of knowledge, unsatisfactory attitude and practices among patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) have resulted for the steady increase in the prevalence of DM in Asian countries. Thus, this study aimed to explore the experiences of physicians and nutritionists on the attitudes of the patients with DM and...
Purpose: Nurses play a major role in providing support to individual patients with long term illnesses. However, it is notable that the effectiveness of nurses providing care in improving the health outcomes on patients with chronic diseases is scarce. The purpose of this review is to present the findings and appraisal of the evidences for Nurse ca...
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are among the most common causes of illness in the world and remain epidemic in all societies. Numerous social and behavioral factors are involved in the spread of STDs. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of socio demographic and educational related factors in the knowledge of STDs among first year...
Suicidal behavior has increased since the onset of the global recession, a trend that may have long-term health and social implications. A high suicide rate in any society is an index of social disorganization and the awareness of the seriousness of suicide in our society would not be overlooked. Aim of this study was to assess the common risk fact...
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a major health problem worldwide. It is a disease which is not cured once it is developed, but it can be controlled. It causes many complications when uncontrolled but can be prevented with proper control. Overall knowledge on hea complications of DM. complications, prevention of complications and mai...
Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Hypertension are most common disorders in world population. Both are chronic medical conditions that frequently co-exist. It is a cross sectional descriptive study involving simple random sample of hundred diabetic patients who are attending to Diabetic clinics at Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa. Prevalence of hypertension amo...