A5061022118- Health and Well-being Studies
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
University of Peradeniya
2016-2024
University of Malaya
2018
Malnutrition in older persons is a public health concern. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among community-dwelling Sri Lanka.A cross-sectional was conducted Kandy district, Lanka. The nutritional status assessed using Mini Nutritional Assessment -Short Form (MNA-SF). A standardised questionnaire used record with malnutrition: demographic characteristics, financial food appetite, lifestyle, psychological physical disease care, oral...
People with end stage renal disease and undergoing hemodialysis experience a high symptom burden that impairs quality of life. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, dynamicity determinants among middle-aged older adult patients. A descriptive cross-sectional together longitudinal assessment was used. total 118 102 patients were assessed at baseline 6-month follow-up. Validated questionnaires used burden, stress, illness perception social support. Multiple linear regression analysis...
PurposeLow muscle strength is central to geriatric physical disabilities and mortality. The purpose of the present study was examine handgrip (HGS) its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Sri Lanka.MethodsA cross-sectional conducted Kandy district using multistage sampling. A total 999 were recruited, with a female preponderance. Data collected interviewer-administered questionnaires on demographic characteristics, depression, activity. Anthropometric measurements...
Cytotoxicity is a key disadvantage of using chemotherapeutic drugs to treat cancer. This can be overcome by encapsulating in suitable carriers for targeted delivery, allowing them released only at the cancerous sites. Herein, we aim review recent scientific developments utilization nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems treating oral malignancies that lead further improvements clinical practice.
Background: Students are the key assets of any educational institute including universities. The students’ performance plays an important role in producing best quality graduates and is directly linked with social economic development country. Nursing programs across world use a variety measures to determine academic nursing students grade point average. Empirical studies have proven that numerous factors affected students. Objectives: To non-academic related undergraduates selected...
Abstract Chronic kidney disease has now attained epidemic proportions, placing a significant strain on Sri Lanka's healthcare system. The North Central Province of Lanka been afflicted by this for decades, confronting multiple challenges. Hemodialysis is the primary form renal replacement therapy available to end‐stage patients in Lanka. Providing hemodialysis sessions free cost government health sector comes with major costs As country low‐to‐middle income status undergoing through reeling...
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