Kaniz Fatema, Sharmin Hossain, Khurshid Natasha, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Increased awareness amongst large population groups is a major determinant for the prevention of diabetes and its complications as well as related metabolic disorders. Knowledge and attitude are the principal markers of awareness that need to be studied in various population groups in sp...
Khurshid Natasha, Akhtar Hussain, A. K. Azad Khan
BACKGROUND: Data on association between depression and diabetes during the pregnancy period in Asia, specifically in Bangladesh are scarce. The study was designed to measure the prevalence of depression during pregnancy with or without Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). METHODS: Seven hundred and ...
Kaniz Fatema, Khurshid Natasha, Liaquat Ali
To estimate the prevalence and identify correlates of anthropometry and clinical risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among ready-made garment (RMG) of workers, majority are females, come from low-socioeconomics conditions. Population-based cross-sectional study with 614 individuals aged ...
Khurshid Natasha, Akhtar Hussain, Abul Kalam Azad Khan, Bishwajit Bhowmik
BACKGROUND: Depression and glucose abnormality are increasing in Bangladesh including its rural area. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of depression in an urbanizing rural population of Bangladesh with or without glucose abnormality (including diabetes mellitus [DM], and pre-diabe...
Parikshit Debnath, Khurshid Natasha, Liaquat Ali, Tapas Bhaduri et al.
Older Indian diabetics lack proper health literacy making them vulnerable to complications. Assessment of health literacy was done by hospital-based cross-sectional study. Face-to-face interview was conducted by pretested structured questionnaires. Diabetes patients aged ≥60 years consisted of 56.22...
Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Kaniz Fatema, Sharmin Hossain, Khurshid Natasha et al.
Khurshid Natasha, AK Azad Khan
Khurshid Natasha, Liaquat Ali
Background and aims: Local context of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) is of central importance to reduce the public health concerns like metabolic syndrome and thus designing of proper strategies to improve health in a population requires sufficient data which are scanty in Bangladesh. Theref...
Khurshid Natasha, Akhtar Hussain, A. K. Azad Khan, Bishwajit Bhowmik
We appreciate your Interest and comments on our article entitled Prevalence of Depression and Glucose Abnormality in an Urbanizing Rural Population of Bangladesh which was published in Diabetes Metab J [1]. First, it is a very different finding to get a high prevalence of depression among our rur...
Khurshid Natasha, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Akhtar Hussain, AK Azad
Data regarding depression among rural subjects with diabetes in Bangladesh is scarce. Researchers involved with Diabetic Association of Bangladesh have been working in this field for the last two decades. In reference to a previous study in that paticular area, whether the situation has changed, a s...
Prof. Dr. ASM Giasuddin, Dr. Natasha Khurshid, Ms. Nuhad Raisa Seoty
All healthcare and service provider including corporate hospital generate healthcare/medical waste during their activities, although 75-90% of the wastes. The remaining 10-26% healthcare waste are considered/regarded as hazardous and may create a variety of health risk for the healthcare workers as ...