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Introduction: To assess the quality of life among geriatric population covered under urban health training center of a tertiary care hospital in Kancheepuram and to find out if there are any associated factors affecting them. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Saveetha Medical College, Chennai, India. It comprised geriatric population of males and females aged above 60 and 58 respectively. A pre tested semi structured questionnaire was used for collecting socio demographic data, whereas a WHO standard questionnaire was used to assess the QOL. Analysis was done using SPSS software. Objectives: To assess the quality of life among the geriatric age group and to assess the factors affecting the quality of life among the geriatric population. Results: Out of the 228 geriatrics interviewed, females (68.66) were found to have a better QOL when compared to males (67.85). The p values obtained from the chi square tests were found to be significant for age (0.056), marital status (0.004), family type (0.002), co morbid factors (0.001), alcoholics (0.00). Conclusion: From the study we could infer that co morbidity, marital status, type of family have a significant association with QOL.
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Background: To assess the perception and social attitude among doctors towards child adoption and to find out if there are any associated factors affecting them. Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken of sample of 258 volunteers .It comprised of doctors who volunteered for the research. A pre tested semi structured questionnaire was used for collecting socio demographic data and questions pertaining to attitude and perception toward child adoption. Analysis was done using SPSS software. Results: Out of the 258 volunteers interviewed, there was a positive association between age and perception and attitude toward child adoption (Chi square value -0.00). Sex and marital status were also analysed but no association was found (Chi square is 0.108 for sex and 0.916 for marital status). Conclusion: From the study we could infer that age has a significant association with perception and attitude toward child adoption among doctors
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Abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a zoonotic disease with complex transmission cycle. Some environmental and socioeconomic factors are known to be the major determinants of the transmission process, which are involved in configuring the spatiotemporal patterns and thus can be delimiting. However, the relevance of these socioeconomic and environmental determinants is still not well understood. In this study, we aimed to identify the major environmental and socioeconomic determinants of CL in Brazil by articulating a systematic literature review of studies that are based on this subject. The methodology included a search for studies according to a structured protocol using the scientific platforms, such as Scielo and PubMed. The references of each identified article were who referred to CL determinants were further screened, and so on. We extracted information from 41 articles and the determinants were grouped accordingly. Two measures were evaluated as follows: a) the frequency of citations of the determinants; and b) the proportion of determinants identified as having "significant association in analytical studies" with respect to the total number of determinants analyzed in other analytical studies using the same concept. The analyzed articles covered most of the regions of Brazil and 7 other countries bordering Brazil. We found 43 concepts of determinants. However, the final selection resulted in the identification of 14 major determinants. These results therefore contribute in the identification of major CL determinants and this information can be used to establish strategies for identifying risk prone areas for disease surveillance.