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Community based comparative study on disability, psychosocial aspects , healthcare seeking behaviour and morbidity control of people with chronic filarial lymphoedema in Colombo District

Samarasekara, S.D (2009)

Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease, can lead to lymphoedema and elephantiasis, is a major contributor to disability in the developing world. Information on the disability and psychological impact ...
Study of some aspects of adolescent pregnency at Dankotuwa Medical Officer of health area

Samarasekera, S.D (2002)

Adolescent pregnency affects the socio-economic status of the family the pregnency wastage and the pesentage of chilren with low birth weight were high among adollescent mothers.age apprpriate weights of the children ...
Comparison of Slit Skin Smear (SSS) Examination and Clinical Criteria for Staging of Leprosy and Audit of the Process of SSS Examination in the Central Leprosy Clinic,Colombo.

Samarasekara, H.T (2004)

Accurate diagnosis and classification of leprosy patients into multibacillary (MB) and paucibacillary (PB) groups is critical in deciding the treatment regime for leprosy. Many leprosy endemic countries classify patients ...
Food habits among adolescents in the Colombo District

Samaranayake, T.S.P (2007)

Five focus group discussions were carried out with mothers of adolescents andm based on the data gathered, a questionnaire was formulated to use as the study instrument. Eight hundred ( 600 urban, 200 rural) adolescents ...
Study of the risk factors and trigger factors of childhood asthma and the economic implications of asthma management in a family practice

Samaranayake, S.W.W (2006)

This research project was undertaken to establish (a) To identify Risk/trigger factors and socio-demographic characteristics in childhood wheezing in children who presents to a family practice (b) Effectiveness of ICS ...
Effects of an intervention to promote competence in the provision of quality care during labour.

Samaranayake, M.D.A (2007)

Based on the findings of the baseline assessment, an intervention was carried out to I improve knowledge, attitudes and skills of the nurses and midwives in providing intrapartum care. A before-and-after study design was ...
knowledge and attitude about rubella among female garment factory employees in a selected MOH area- Mahara

Samaranayake, M.D.A (2000)

A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out to ascertain the knowledge and attitude about rubella infection and vaccination among female grament factory employees within medical officer of health area Mahara,in ...
Adequacy of cervical cytology sampling with the cytobrush and the aylesbury spatula

Samarannyake, K.U (2010)

The objective of cervical cancer screenll1g IS to reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality by detecting and treating precancerous lesions. Conventional cytology is the most widely used cervical cancer screening ...
Burnout among nursing officers prevalence, correlates and association with nursing performance

Samaranayake, D.B.D.L (2010)

To determine the prevalence of burnout and to assess nursing performance, the Maslach Burnout inventory human services survey ( MBI-HSS) and the six dimension scale of nursing performance (61) scale) were validated to ...
Small scale factories in the Kotte Medical Officer of health area: Occupational hazards and health problems of workers.

Samaranayake, D.B.D.L (2005)

A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in MOH area Kotte. The entire population of factories with less than 50 workers in the area was selected for the study. The sample of workers was selected by stratified ...
Epidemiology of infertility in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Samarakoon, S (1994)

The objectives of the study were to assess the point prevalence of primary and secondary infertility,identify risk factors associated with primary infertility and describe causes of primary infertility in the district ...
Sexually transmitted diseases among female prostitutes attending the Central Venereal Diseases Clinic, Colombo.

Samarakoon, S (1991)

This study was carried out to assess the socio-demographic profile, sexual behaviour, disease pattern, contraceptive practices and treatment seeking behaviour among 253 prostitutes attending the central venereal disease ...
Study of utilization of medical care services and morbidity pattern for selected non communicable diseases in Police Hospital Colombo in year 2004.

Samarakoon, M.A.S.C (2004)

Descriptive cross sectional study was performed at Police Hospital Colombo with the objective of assessing the morbidity pattern and utilization of medical clinic facilities among clinic usera of the Police Hospital. A ...
Effects of a low cost levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system on the bleeding pattern of women having menorrhagia: a phase two clinical trial.

Samarakoon, A (2008)

Women over the age of 40 years, presenting with menorrhagia without any uterine pathology were selected for the study. They underwent dilation and curettage as a mode of endometrial sampling under general anaesthesia and ...
Study on distribution and contributory factors of behavioural abnormalites among children aged 4-6 years in the District of Gampaha.

Samarakkody, D.C (2007)

During the Phase 1 of the study, a screening instrument was developed following perusal of literature, conducting formal and in formal discussions and employing Delphi technique. The developed instrument was named as ...
Some epideamiological aspects of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in a defined population in the Kalutara district of Sri Lanka

Samarage, S.M (1999)

The age standardised prevalence of NIDDM was significantly greater in men (9.4 per cent,CI 6.6- 12.2) than in women (7.2 per cent,CI 5.7-8.7).By contrast the prevalence IGI was significantly higher in women (14.5 per ...
Study on the utilization of patient care services of a General Hospital by diabetics.

Samarage, S.M (1992)

A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in October 1992, with the objective of studying the utilization of patient care services of the general hospital Kalutara by diabetics, with a view to recommending measures ...
Knowledge attitudes and practices of nursing services staff Colombo South General Hospital on HIV infection / AIDS.

Sabaratnam, S. D (1995)

240 staff nurses from the Colombo south general hospital were interviewed to assess whether they have adequate knowledge,positive attitudes and good practices to care for HIV infection/AIDS patients without fear and ...
Parent's knowledge and practices on selected aspects of Thalassaemia and factors related to defaulting treatment in relation to selected socio-demographic characteristics at National Thalassaemia Centre in Teaching Hospital Kurunegala

Ruwanpatbirana, T (2007)

Sri Lanka does not have a National preventive programme for Thalassaemia . Nevertheless, the government spends 5 percent of total health budget (which is a huge amount for a single disease) for the management of thalassaemics ...
Prevalence, incidence and correlates of postpartum depression in the Puttalam District

Rowel, D.D.S (2004)

The EPDS was considered a reliable and valid instrument to determine postpartum depression and the cut off scores were identified as 9/10 for antenatal and postnatal mothers. Prevalance and incidence of postpartum ...

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