Sri Lanka

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Novel Adaptation of the HOME Inventory for Elders: The Importance of the Home Environment Across the Life Course. 
  • A multistate model of fecundability and sterility. 
  • A preliminary study on efficacy of rupatadine for the treatment of acute dengue infection. 
  • An under-recognized influenza epidemic identified by rapid influenza testing, southern Sri Lanka, 2013. 
  • Analysis of Dengue Serotype 4 in Sri Lanka during the 2012-2013 Dengue Epidemic. 
  • Antenatal depression in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of public health midwives' views and practices. 
  • Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians. 
  • Applicability of Novel Urinary Biomarkers for the Assessment of Renal Injury in Selected Occupational Groups in Sri Lanka: A Comparative Study with Conventional Markers. 
  • Barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in three low- and middle-income country tertiary care settings: findings from a multi-site qualitative study. 
  • Budget impact and cost-effectiveness analyses of the COBRA-BPS multicomponent hypertension management programme in rural communities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 
  • Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Cause Unknown, Treatment Uncertain, Outcome Poor: An Encounter With Kidney Failure in the Developing World. 
  • Chikungunya as a cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Chymase Level Is a Predictive Biomarker of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Pediatric and Adult Patients. 
  • Colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among infants: an observational study in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Contribution of generative leisure activities to cognitive function in elderly Sri Lankan adults. 
  • Control of blood pressure and risk attenuation: a public health intervention in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: feasibility trial results. 
  • Correlates of handgrip strength and activities of daily living in elderly Sri Lankans. 
  • Determinants of Uncontrolled Hypertension in Rural Communities in South Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 
  • Development of the Sri Lankan early teenagers' violence inventory: an instrument to measure peer violence in schools. 
  • Direct and indirect costs for hospitalized patients with dengue in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • Evaluation of the WHO 2009 classification for diagnosis of acute dengue in a large cohort of adults and children in Sri Lanka during a dengue-1 epidemic. 
  • Factors associated with caregiver burden among caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Sri Lanka. 
  • Foreword. After the tsunami: mental health challenges to the community for today and tomorrow. 
  • Geospatial analysis of dengue emergence in rural areas in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • HLA-DQA1 and PLCG2 Are Candidate Risk Loci for Childhood-Onset Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • High road utilizers surveys compared to police data for road traffic crash hotspot localization in Rwanda and Sri Lanka. 
  • Improvement in quality of life among Sri Lankan patients with haemorrhoids after invasive treatment: a longitudinal observational study. 
  • Improvement in quality of life with treatment of chronic venous disease: A longitudinal observational study in Kandy, Sri Lanka. 
  • Kidney developmental effects of metal-herbicide mixtures: Implications for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology. 
  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices relating to Leprosy among Public Health Care Providers in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
  • Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights from Patients in Sri Lanka. 
  • Leptospirosis as frequent cause of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Mental well-being in Sri Lankan medical students: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among female garment factory workers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Neighborhood environment and self-rated health among adults in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. 
  • Occupational Paraquat and Glyphosate Exposure May Decline Renal Functions among Rural Farming Communities in Sri Lanka. 
  • Occupational risk factors for low back pain among drivers of three-wheelers in Sri Lanka. 
  • Outbreak of severe acute respiratory infection in Southern Province, Sri Lanka in 2018: a cross-sectional study. 
  • Outcomes among children and adults at risk of severe dengue in Sri Lanka: Opportunity for outpatient case management in countries with high disease burden. 
  • Patient perspectives on hypertension management in health system of Sri Lanka: a qualitative study. 
  • Patients' experiences on accessing health care services for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: A qualitative study. 
  • Point-prevalence study of antimicrobial use in public hospitals in southern Sri Lanka identifies opportunities for improving prescribing practices. 
  • Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses. 
  • Predictors and occurrence of antenatal depressive symptoms in Galle, Sri Lanka: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study. 
  • Predictors of ambulance transport to first health facility among injured patients in southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and Correlates of Leprosy in a High-Risk Community Setting in Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of cardiometabolic multimorbidity among hypertensive individuals: a cross-sectional study in rural South Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of clinically significant depressive symptoms among elderly people in Sri Lanka: findings from a national survey. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of physical and emotional abuse among late adolescents. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of sexual abuse reported by late adolescent school children in Sri Lanka. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors for postpartum depression in Sri Lanka: A population-based study. 
  • Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders among Sri Lankan rubber tappers. 
  • Prevalence of occupational injury and its contributing factors among rubber tappers in Galle, Sri Lanka. 
  • Regional Variation in Comorbid Prediabetes and Diabetes and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Individuals in Rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. 
  • Regional variation in chronic kidney disease and associated factors in hypertensive individuals in rural South Asia: findings from control of blood pressure and risk attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 
  • Respiratory Viral Infection: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Febrile Illness Admissions in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Road traffic crashes and built environment analysis of crash hotspots based on local police data in Galle, Sri Lanka. 
  • Serum chymase levels correlate with severe dengue warning signs and clinical fluid accumulation in hospitalized pediatric patients. 
  • Statistical analysis plan for the control of blood pressure and risk attenuation-rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (COBRA-BPS) trial: a cluster randomized trial for a multicomponent intervention versus usual care in hypertensive patients. 
  • The Utility of Novel Renal Biomarkers in Assessment of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu): A Review. 
  • The assistant medical officer in Sri Lanka: mid-level health worker in decline. 
  • The impact of the Tsunami on hospitalizations at the tertiary care hospital in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
  • The reappearance hypothesis revisited: recurrent involuntary memories after traumatic events and in everyday life. 
  • Thirteen dimensions of health in elderly Sri Lankans: results from a National Sri Lanka Aging Survey. 
  • Unsuspected dengue and acute febrile illness in rural and semi-urban southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Unsuspected rickettsioses among patients with acute febrile illness, Sri Lanka, 2007. 
  • Urinary biomarkers indicate pediatric renal injury among rural farming communities in Sri Lanka. 
  • Urinary cystatin C: pediatric reference intervals and comparative assessment as a biomarker of renal injury among children in the regions with high burden of CKDu in Sri Lanka. 
  • Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka. 
  • Use of and attitudes toward tobacco and alcohol among adults in southern Sri Lanka. 
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  • Ostbye, Truls, Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health