Background: After schools, colleges and university campuses opened after 290days of restrictions and lockdown imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala colleges opened from Jan 2021.its necessary to understand about the corona disease and it's also essential for controlling the spread of disease knowing students' knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. Materials and Methods: It's a cross-section study done on students after reopening of colleges and online Google questions regarding the KAP of the population about COVID-19 was asked, and participants' demographic characteristics and source of information regarding COVID-19 were recorded and analysed. Results: We studied 1000 students after college reopening, majority are in age group 20-23yrs, 85% as adequate knowledge, 64 had positive attitude and 80% are with safety practices. 95.4% student's knows the spread, signs and symptoms, risk factors, co-morbidity of disease, That have slight negative attitude as more than half 51% as history of group gathering after college reopens 70% Good practices of COVID protective measures 98.7% using N95 mask. Conclusions: Majority of students as good knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice. Suggested for online theory classes and small group practical classes, hostel restriction's for better health of students in college.
Background: After the announcement of vaccine in India for health care worker, medical students is one among them, they are exposed to the COVID-19 patients. Vaccination plays crucial role in controlling the pandemic, study to know the acceptability of vaccine.Methods: Total of 1030 medical students are enrolled in the prospective cross-section study done in Kerala. Online Questionnaire was filled between 1st January 2020 to 28th February 2021 and data collected and analysed.Results: Out of 1030 students we found that high rate of acceptability, 710 (67%) of students willingness to take vaccine if eligible. Females (73%) are more willing to accept vaccine then male (65%), students as good knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19.Conclusions: As these students are come in health care worker we need to cover 100% vaccination in them this will be the direct impact on the general population. Increase awareness of medical college students about current available vaccine to reduce hesitancy.
Background: One of the preventive measures of COVID-19 is to take two dose of COVID-19 vaccine. India now second wave is spreads in community and daily increasing its number in infection and death, our study concentrates on the COVID infection to vaccination completed Health Care worker. Materials and Methods: 195 staff members of secondary medical care centre in rural area are studied, out of which vaccination taken are 182 are included data's are collected by Cross section questionnaire's and data from office these are tabulated and analysed. Results: 82(93.3%) of staffs in secondary centre are taken vaccination against COVID-19.post vaccination COVID infection seen in 6 persons, among 6 one as taken only one dose of vaccine, symptoms are milder and only one requires hospital admission. Conclusions: Milder symptoms are seen in post vaccinated staff, vaccine as to cover larger population to control pandemic infection, study as to do in infectivity of post vaccinated infected people.
Background:The very first piece of information about the Covid positivity causes much impact on the psychological and emotional status of the pregnant woman Aim: The aim of the study is to assesses the psychological and emotional aspects of covid infection on pregnant ladies by observing the prevalence rate of anxiety, depression and mental stress Materials and Method: This is a cross-sectional study with a sample size of 172, conducted at a tertiary covid care centre in Kannur District, for a period of 11 months. A DASS-21 Scoring system is adapted to assess the psychological and emotional status [1] Results: Though 24.42% are asymptomatic among the covid positive cases, most of them are worried about the prospects of the disease 28.1% had depression, 26.4% had anxiety and 11.9% had stress symptoms. The prevalence of these psychological aspects is more among educated and unemployed cases Conclusion: Covid-19 infection has a high implication on the psychological and emotional status of a pregnant lady. Psychological counseling is essential to all pregnant ladies, which should start from the very first instance of covid positivity.
BACKGROUND About 40% cases of infertility are due to failure of ovulation. 1 Ovulation has two major components, folliculogenesis and true ovulation. 2 Many a protocol has been envisaged using a type of permutation and combination mode by various hormones and drugs. A few among them are FSH, clomiphene citrate and letrozole. Aim: In the present study, effect of clomiphene citrate is compared with letrozole for induction of ovulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a non-randomised controlled trial study conducted during a period of over one year from 10 December 2016 to 31 March 2018, where 100 cases of primary infertility with failure of ovulation were selected. Cases were equally divided into two groups. Letrozole (n= 50) and clomiphene (n= 50) were given to each group. Folliculogenesis and ovulation were monitored by ultrasound starting from the eleventh day of the first menstrual date. The sample size estimation was also done at convenience. RESULTS Ovulation rate with letrozole is 64% and that with clomiphene citrate is 46%, which is statistically significant (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Letrozole is superior to clomiphene citrate to affect ovulation in case of primary infertility.
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