Based on the standard OGTT results, the crude prevalence of GDM at Homagama DDHS
area was 8.4 that 86 of the women who were diagnosed as having GDM belonged to the
asymptomatic impaired glucose tolerance category, results ...
In the present study, phase I and phase II surveys jointly covered all 21 foci which represent
the areas in which brugian filariasis existed in the past. However, an account of the ethnic
problems which surfaced during ...
This quasi-experimental type of comparative study was carried out in ward no. 3 and 5 at
Castle Street Hospital for Women (teaching), Colombo-08. Participants were the pregnant
mothers presenting to the ward no. 3 5 of ...
More people have died of suicide than the ongoing ethnic war in the last fifteen years (2).
The real suicide figures are likely to be much higher. The reasons for the high suicide rate
are not very clear. Agrochemical ...
This descriptive cross-sectional study is carried out to evaluate the programme’s effect on
the primary health care of the area, as well as assess the extent of community participation
gained through the programme . The ...
The level of job satisfaction and its selected correlates of Public Health Midwives who are
working in .District of Ratnapura. Three hundred and twenty six (326) Public Health
Midwives who are working in District of ...
Squamous cell papiloma in a child, A case of ; oral lichen planus and its management, A case of ; Maxillary canine, A case of replantation of an impacted ; Ulcer on the labial vestibule, A case of a chronic traumatic ; ...
This study was under taken with the objective of assessing the quality of ICD coding and to
identify some factors influencing. Out of all the hospitals in Colombo district (n=24), only
TH and special hospitals were found ...
Objective of the study was to assess the feasibility and usefulness of five second
fractionated intermittent auscultation and to compare it with the conventional fifteen minute
interval continuous auscultation over one ...
Oral cancer is a public health problem in the South Asian region, including Sri Lanka,
because of its high prevalence. Usually oral cancer does not appear "de novo" and it is
preceded by a precancerous lesion or condition. ...
A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out in Kelaniya MOH area to assess the
family and community participation for the well being of elders. Majority of the elders in
the sample were Buddhists (84.9 percent) ...
This study was carried out to determine the distribution of chloroquine resistant P.
falciparum malaria in Sri Lanka to evaluate a health education intervention to improve
revisits of P.falciparum malaria patients, and ...
This study was designed to detect the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis as a cause of
non-gonococcal arthritis (NGU) in patients who presented at the central STD clinic of the
STD/AIDS control programme. Both symptomatic ...
This study investigated some important aspects of quality and coverage of death
certification in a predominantly rural district. Another objective of the study was to test the
effectiveness of an intervention program ...
A matched analysis identified several risk factors which had a statistically significant
relationship with emotional abuse. Findings of the study show that the indicators of close
contact of the mother with the child ...
Prevalence of anaemia was determined as 14.4 per cent at a cut off point of 11g/dl of
haemoglobin. The cyanmethaemoglobin method was used to determine the haemoglobin
levels. A POA of more than 20 weeks at first visit ...
The study revealed that mean age at menarche was 13 years, which is compatible with other
studies done in Sri Lanka. The prior awareness about menstruation was not adequate and
there was a strong association of mother ...