The study revealed that the prevalence of abdominal obesity in the district of Colombo was 34.9 per 100 population ( 95 CI : 32.5-37.4) . Age specific prevalence was higher among females and was seen to increase progressively ...

The study was undertaken to evaluate patient characteristics, (age and sex distribution) long term sequelae of CNS prophylaxis (growth retardation) and the treatment outcome in these 66 paediatric patients who were treated ...

To determine the pattern of admission and the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of patients seeking in-patient services for alcohol related illnesses in medical wards and psychiatric ward of a General Hospital, ...

Nearly 70 percent of mothers had a good basic knowledge on vaccine preventable diseases and nearly 90 percent had a good basic knowledge on age appropriate immunization. However, only 50 percent of mothers had a good ...

The objective of this study was to identify the aetiological factors of low birth weight in this context.For this study an up-country plantation population in Nuwara Eliya was selected.Following measures have been ...

Aim of this study is to analyses the data available at cancer unit Anuradhapura in relation to patient and tumors characteristics and review our clinical experience of this disease with a view to improving quality of ...

The aim of this study were to describe some of the patient characteristics at presentation, some of them being prognostic indicators of ALL and to determine the ability of these children with ALL to complete each phase ...

An attempt was made to evaluate the efficiency of the present notification system and it was found that only 38 per cent of cases had been reported by the lady ridgeway hospital and of that only 12 per cent had been ...

Patient demographic data and clinical data were collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Faecal toxin detection for both Clostridium difficile toxin A and B was performed using an Enzyme linked immuno ...

Objectives of the study were to determine the socio-economic and demography factors influencing the level of client satisfaction,to assess the client satisfaction on antenatal care service in the ward,in relation to ...