Tahera Akter, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fahmida Akter, Tridib Roy Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Public health is at risk due to chemical contaminants in drinking water which may have immediate health consequences. Drinking water sources are susceptible to pollutants depending on geological conditions and agricultural, industrial, and other man-made activities. Ensuring the safety o...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Shuby Puthussery
Objective To assess and synthesize the published evidence on risk factors of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence in South Asia. Study design A systematically conducted narrative review. Methods A systematic review was conducted of all primary studies published between January 1990 an...
Uday Narayan Yadav, Binod Rayamajhee, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Shradha S. Parsekar et al.
The global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has greatly affected the lives of people living with non-communicable diseases (PLWNCDs). The health of PLWNCDs worsens when synergistic epidemics or "syndemics" occur due to the interaction between socioecological and biological factors, resulting ...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Rajat Das Gupta, Sabiha Alam, Kuljeet Kaur et al.
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing in developing countries including the South Asian Nations. The current study aimed to examine the association of GDM with adverse pregnancy outcomes from foetal and maternal perspectives in South Asia. METHODS: A syste...
James Rufus John, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Getahun Kebede, Narendar Manohar et al.
BACKGROUND: Timely breastfeeding initiation is a simple but important measure that has protective effects on infants and mothers. This study aims to determine the predictors of early breastfeeding initiation among mothers residing in Ethiopia. METHODS: This study employed the 2016 Ethiopian Demograp...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, ARM Mehrab Ali, Farhana Akther, Uday Narayan Yadav et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to assess the perceived fear of COVID-19 and its associated factors among older adults in Bangladesh. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in October 2020 among 1032 older Bangladeshi adults aged ≥60 years. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to coll...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Md. Belal Hossain, Amit Arora
BACKGROUND: Despite progress, suboptimal feeding practices and undernutrition particularly in the form of stunting still remains a major issue among children aged less than 5 years in Bangladesh. Since mothers are the primary caregivers of young children, maternal nutrition counselling can be effect...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Miranda Shaw, Freya Raffan, George E. Johnson et al.
The objectives of this review were to map and summarize the existing evidence from a global perspective about inequity in access and delivery of virtual care interventions and to identify strategies that may be adopted by virtual care services to address these inequities. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE...
Ateeb Ahmad Parray, Zuhrat Mahfuza Inam, Diego Ramonfaur, Shams Shabab Haider et al.
The advancement of deep learning and artificial intelligence has resulted in the development of state-of-the-art language models, such as ChatGPT. This technology can analyze large amounts of data, identify patterns, and assist in the analysis and understanding of risk factors for diseases. Despite ...
Uday Narayan Yadav, Om Prakash Yadav, Devendra Raj Singh, Saruna Ghimire et al.
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected all age groups worldwide, but older adults have been affected greatly with an increased risk of severe illness and mortality. Nepal is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The normal life of older adults, one of the vulnerable population...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, ARM Mehrab Ali, Uday Narayan Yadav, Saruna Ghimire et al.
BACKGROUND: Burgeoning burden of non-communicable disease among older adults is one of the emerging public health problems. In the COVID-19 pandemic, health services in low- and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, have been disrupted. This may have posed challenges for older adults with n...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Ben Harris‐Roxas, Uday Narayan Yadav, Sadia Shabnam et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most challenging public health issue which not only affected the physical health of the global population but also aggravated the mental health conditions such as stress, anxiety, fear, depression and anger. While mental health services are seriously hampered amid ...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Fatema Tuz Jhohura, Fouzia Khanam, Fahmida Akter et al.
Anemia is a significant wide spread public health threat especially among the adolescent girls who are more vulnerable towards low level of hemoglobin particularly of low and middle income countries (LMICs). We investigated the prevalence of anemia among the adolescent girls (10–19 years) in Banglad...
Sabuj Kanti Mistry, ARM Mehrab Ali, Md. Belal Hossain, Uday Narayan Yadav et al.
Depression, one of the most common mental disorders, is up-surging worldwide amid the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, especially among the older population. This study aims to measure prevalent depressive symptoms and its associates among older adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
Fouzia Khanam, Md. Belal Hossain, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Kaosar Afsana et al.
Ever rising prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) is a major challenge for the health sector in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of CVD and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with it in Bangladesh. The data were collected through a cross-sectional survey fo...