Tubayesha Hassan, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Abrar Wahab, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
BACKGROUND: In the last decades, the use of internet has increased many folds, and internet addiction has become a severe public health issue around the world. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of internet addiction among young adults (19-35 years) in Bangladesh and to identify factors as...
Mohammad Ali Hossain, Md. Utba Rashid, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan, Sabrina Sayeed et al.
PURPOSE: Adequate knowledge, positive attitude, and proper practice of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers are necessary to get protection from COVID-19 infection. But this area is yet to be explored. Hence, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding per...
Sultan Ahmed, Sophie E. Moore, Maria Kippler, Renee M. Gardner et al.
Prenatal arsenic exposure has been associated with reduced thymic index and increased morbidity in infants, indicating arsenic-related impaired immune function. We aimed at elucidating potential effects of pre- and postnatal arsenic exposure on cell-mediated immune function in pre-school aged childr...
Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman, Anum Nazir, Tasnim Ara et al.
OBJECTIVES: With COVID-19 vaccination underway, this study aimed to understand belief, attitude and intention of the people in the South Asia region towards the vaccine. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using semi-structured questionnaires among 18201 individuals in four South Asian cou...
Mohammad Morshad Alam, Tania Rahman, Zinia Afroz, Promit Ananyo Chakraborty et al.
BACKGROUND: Quality of Life (QoL), for long, has been a multifactorial concerning issue in oncology. The aim of this study was to determine QoL of cancer patients and its association with nutrition, and performance status. METHODOLOGY: This was a hospital based cross-sectional study carried out at 2...
Miah Md. Akiful Haque, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman, Mosharop Hossian, Kazi Farhana Matin et al.
AIM: Our study aimed to understand the acceptance level of the COVID-19 vaccine and its determinants among the adult Bangladeshi population. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted in all eight divisions of Bangladesh. Data from 7,357 adult respondents were collected between January 17...
Yeasin Arafat, Sanjana Zaman, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
Telemedicine can produce clinical benefits similar to clinician-guided treatments with enhanced engagement features particularly in treating mental health problems.
Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Md. Utba Rashid, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan, Tasnim Ara et al.
Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) quickly surged the whole world and affected people's physical, mental, and social health thereby upsetting their quality of life. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the quality of life (QoL) of COVID-19 positive patients after recovery in Bangladesh. This was a st...
Mohammad Morshad Alam, Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Shakil Ahmed et al.
ABSTRACT Introduction: Multidrug resistance (MDR) is threatening the adequate coverage of antibiotics. This study aimed to analyze the antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from wound infection and the scenario of multidrug resistance. Methods: Microbiological culture results script...
Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Ali Hossain, Sreshtha Chowdhury, Pranta Das et al.
OBJECTIVE: The recent increasing incidence of human monkeypox cases highlights the necessity of early detection, prompt response and preventive management to stop it in its tracks, and healthcare workers play the most crucial role here. This study aims at assessing the preparedness of Bangladeshi me...
Md. Utba Rashid, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan, Koustuv Dalal, Soumik Kha Sagar et al.
BACKGROUND: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has taken the lives of more than 100,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) so far. Those who survived continuously work under immense physical and psychological pressure, and their quality of life (QoL) is impacted. The study...
Sophie Hawkesworth, Yukiko Wagatsuma, A Kahn, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader et al.
Observational evidence suggests nutritional exposures during in utero development may have long-lasting consequences for health; data from interventions are scarce. Here, we present a trial follow-up study to assess the association between prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation and childhoo...
Mohammad Morshad Alam, Shakil Ahmed, Rukhsana Kalim Dipti, Risal-E-Jamil Siddiquee et al.
BACKGROUND Depression is a serious mental health issue and a major concern among middle-aged women, especially during the menopause transition time. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of depression among the middle-aged women of the menopause transition in Dhaka. MET...
Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Enbo Ma, Emiko Noguchi, Makoto Itoh et al.
Controversy persists as to whether helminth infections cause or protect against asthma and atopy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of helminth infection on asthma and atopy among Bangladeshi children. A total of 912 children aged 4.5 years (mean = 54.4, range = 53.5-60.8 months) ...
Md. Shahjalal, Jeff Gow, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Tanvir Ahmed et al.
Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of workplace violence (WPV), its associated factors and explore the experiences of healthcare workers. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study design used a nationally representative sample of 1,081 healthcare worke...