Dr. Arittro Biswas (PO)’s Post

My research paper entitled "Impact of COVID-19 post lockdown on eating habits and lifestyle changes among university students in Bangladesh: a web based cross sectional study" is now available on arXiv! (https://lnkd.in/gE78Zdme). This web-based cross-sectional study based on survey data with the multidisciplinary health impact during COVID-19 post lockdown period examined how the pandemic reshaped the dietary habits, physical activity, sleep patterns, internet usage, and mental health of university students. Key Findings: 📊 Weight changes: 21.5% reported weight gain, 23.8% weight loss, and 41.7% maintained their weight. 🍲 Eating habits: Homemade meal consumption dropped, while eating out increased. 🏋️♀️ Physical activity: Exercise levels rose significantly post-lockdown. 😴 Sleep: Hours of sleep decreased, though energy levels improved. 💻 Internet usage: Time spent online surged to 88.3%. 🧠 Mental health: 60.9% felt mentally exhausted post-lockdown. This research highlights the critical need for maintaining a balanced lifestyle during challenging times. Let’s prioritize health, well-being, and self-care in our daily routines. 📰Paper link: https://lnkd.in/gfqPmHcA #arXiv #COVID19 #Research #WorldHealthOrganization #PublicHealth #infectionsDisease #Infectioncontrol #Epidemiology #Virology #Immunology #Microbiology #Healthcareprofessionals #Healthconference #Novelcoronavirus #Pandemic #infectionsdiseaseResearch #Eatinghabits #Lifestylechanges #Postlockdown #Healthscience #Bangladesh

https://lnkd.in/gQ58W_Pj                                            Article title: Factors associated with dementia among elderly people living in Algiers   Author(s): Soreya Belarbi; Meriem Tazir; Samira Makri Mokrane Journal: Annals of Alzheimer's and Dementia Care   Journal ISSN: 2692-448X Abstract: Background: The demographic aging of the Algerian population increases the risk of some age-related pathologies, including dementia. It is one of the most significant public health problems. The prevalence of dementia and risk factors has not been fully investigated in Algeria. This study aims to improve the knowledge of dementia in Algiers by determining its risk factors, allowing to enrich its epidemiology and social aspects. #Dementia #RiskFactors #AlzheimerDisease #PublicHealthProblem #AlzheimersBiomarkers #AlzheimersDisease #AlzheimersDiseaseTreatment #AlzheimersDiseaseAmyloid #OnsetAlzheimers #AlzheimersTherapy #AlzheimersNeuroinflammation #AlzheimersDiabetes #FamilialAlzheimers #MicrogliaAlzheimers #DietAlzheimers #MemantineAlzheimers #AlzheimersDementia #AlzheimersDiseaseTau #AlzheimersDiseaseDiagnosis #AlternativeTreatmentsForAlzheimers #AlzheimersDiseaseRisk #ModelAlzheimersDisease #AlzheimersDiseasePathology #AlzheimersDiseaseDiabetes #AlzheimersDiseasePrevention #StressAlzheimersDisease #AlzheimersSigns #FrontotemporalDementia #VascularDementia #DementiaTherapy #LewyBodyDementia #DementiaCognitive #DementiaMusic #DementiaOccupational #DementiaParkinson #PhysicalDementia #DementiaTreatmentAndCare #DementiaDiagnosis #PrevalenceDementia #DementiaRiskAndPrevention #DementiaSymptoms #DementiaDepression #AdvancedDementia #SemanticDementia #RiskFactors #Age #FamilyHistory #Genetics #Heredity #GenesLinkedToAlzheimers #BrainHealth #HighBloodPressure #HighCholesterol #DamageToBrainCells #Hippocampus #CardiovascularRiskFactors #CoreMentalFunctions #Memory #CommunicationAndLanguage #AbilityToFocus #ReasoningAndJudgment #VisualPerception #DementiaCare #NonDrugTherapies #DementiaCaregiver #DementiaCaregiverBurden #DementiaCareMapping #DementiaCareNursing #DementiaCaregiverEducation #DementiaCareManagement #DementiaCaregiverIntervention #DementiaCaregiverDepression #EarlyOnsetDementiaCaregiver

https://lnkd.in/gc3BsYVn Article title: A Switch to the Duodenal Switch   Author(s): Aniceto Baltasar*; Nieves Pérez; Rafael Bou; Marcelo Bengochea; Carlos Serra   Journal: Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome   Journal ISSN: 2455-8583 Abstract: Background: Duodenal Switch (DS) is a procedure that combines a Sleeve-Forming Gastrectomy (SFG) plus a biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for the treatment of morbid obesity (MO) with a higher weight loss and resolution of comorbidities. Objectives: Report our experience with 950 consecutive DS operations performed from 1994 to 2016. Setting: Mix of teaching and private institution in a county hospital of Spain. #MorbidObesity #DuodenalSwitch #BariatricSurgery #SleeveFormingGastrectomy #BiliaryPancreaticDiversion #WeightLoss #Diabetes #LipidDisorders #MetabolicDisorders #Osteoporosis #InterdisciplinaryPracticesInEndocrinology #CardiovascularRisk #MetabolicRisk #AgingResearch #Obesity #TraditionalMedicine #PsychosomaticResearch #BehavioralMedicine #Ethics #EvidenceBasedPractices #MorphologicalAspects #BiochemicalAspects #PhysiologicalAspects #ClinicalAspects #DiabetesResearch #DiabetesTherapy #DiabeticMedicine #DiabetesComplications #DiabetesEducation #DiabetesNursing #DiabetesTherapies #PancreaticIsletFunction #IntermediaryMetabolism #Peertechz #PeertechzPublications #OpenAccess #ScientificJournals #PeerReviewedJournals #OpenAccessPublishers #PharmacologicalMechanisms #ObesityResearch #ObesityPrevention #MetabolicSyndrome #PathologyOfDiabetes #Type1Diabetes #Type2Diabetes #PediatricDiabetes #PrimaryCareDiabetes #DiabeticComplications #BariatricSurgery #MetabolicDisorders #EpidemiologicalAspects #ObesityPrevention #Stress #Overweight #SedentaryLifestyle #CoronaryHeartDisease #Lipodystrophy #Schizophrenia #PsychiatricIllnesses #RheumaticDiseases

Please share and check out Susie Bingyu Deng new article published in July this year with Clive Sabel Malcolm Campbell Phoebe Eggleton Geraldine McLeod Ph.D Dr. Matthew Hobbs It is available open access as part of a special issue of Health and Place focusing on longitudinal analyses in geospatial health applications with guest editors Michael Desjardins, Ph.D. and Tiina Rinne (nee Laatikainen) The impact of area-level socioeconomic status in childhood on mental health in adolescence and adulthood: a prospective birth cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand Mental health conditions pose a significant public health challenge, and low area-level socioeconomic status (SES) is a potentially important upstream determinant. Childhood exposure might have influences on later-life mental health. This study, utilises data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study birth cohort, examining the impact of area-level SES trajectories in childhood (from birth to age 16) on mental health at age 16 and from age 18–40 years. Findings revealed some associations between distinct SES trajectories and mental health. The study underscores the importance of using a spatial lifecourse epidemiology framework to understand long-term environmental impacts on later-life health. See more here: https://lnkd.in/g9YU58QN

Hello Dear Folks and LinkedIn Family, Here is an interesting research activity and a news to which I wanted to bring your attention ! Randomization, allocation concealment and blinding are the key pillars for the RCT. These methodological aspects make an RCT a Gold standard research study. I am immensely pleased to express my happiness that I am the research coordinator for three RCTs. Collaborative projects from our organization @coGuide. I thank the leadership of @coGuide for delegating me to this fabulous task of Randomization and Allocation concealment. Performed randomization through Computer generated random numbers & R statistics Allocation concealment is done by the @SNOSE method (Sequentially numbered, opaque sealed envelopes) I express my gratitude to Dr Murali Mohan Reddy CEO & Global lead evidence & Impact,  coGuide Research Simplified, @Dr. Arvind BA, Additional Professor @Dept of Epidemiology National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), India, Ananta Ghimire, Team lead Statistics, Special thanks to Parthi K , Publication and Project Manager, for completing the meticulous process and making it foolproof. Here are some resources to follow : 1.      https://lnkd.in/ghD4_8yi 2.      https://lnkd.in/guZbhkpN. 3.      https://lnkd.in/gd-2Jc9A 4.       https://lnkd.in/gJRMhNmP 😁

Two linked preprints out this week on #risperidone use in #dementia, both connected to our NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) funded mixed methods study. 1) 'Risk of stroke associated with risperidone in dementia with and without comorbid cardiovascular disease: population-based matched cohort study' An analysis of >160k electronic primary care records to determine stroke risk associated with the #antipsychotic risperidone in subgroups of patients defined by their prior cardiovascular disease history : https://lnkd.in/eDwAvPbn 2) 'Risperidone prescription and use for people with dementia in care homes: A qualitative study exploring perceptions of residents, relatives and health and social care professionals' Acomplementary qualitative study where we contextualise current prescribing practice by analysing the views of people with dementia, relatives, social care staff and clinians: https://lnkd.in/enbAKBwq Credit to Nalamotse Joshua Choma, Ph.D and Douglas Macfarlane (M.A. (SocSci), MSc) for leading a lot of the analysis and drafting, and thanks to John Dennis and Alys Griffiths for their specialist epidemiology and qualitative lead roles in this multidisciplinary effort! Finally, really pleased to have as co-authors placement students from Brunel University of London Psychology and Medicine UG programmes on #2.

Just published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (2022 Impact Factor 7.3)! We examined the relationship of physical activity (accelerometer-measured) and fitness with 7 conventional markers of cardio-metabolic risk in a rural birth cohort from south-east Bangladesh. The findings reaffirm the beneficial role of physical activity and fitness for a healthful cardio-metabolic profile at mid-adolescence. The protective impact of vigorous-intensity activity on cardio-metabolic risk appeared remarkably stronger than that of total physical activity or activities of lighter intensity. This supports the emerging understanding that among adolescents - unlike among adults in third, fourth or fifth decade of life - health benefits are mostly derived from high-intensity activities. Handgrip strength also showed distinctly strong, negative associations with the markers. Notably, this is the first study that employed accelerometers for assessing physical activity in rural Bangladesh. Check out the full study to dive deeper into our findings and their implications! #Bangladesh #Accelerometry #Cardiometabolicrisk #Adolescents

Have We Reached Peak Human Life Span?: The oldest human on record, Jeanne Calment of France, lived to the age of 122. What are the odds that the rest of us get there, too? Not high, barring a transformative medical breakthrough, according to research published this week in the journal Nature Aging. From a report: The study looked at data on life expectancy at birth collected between 1990 and 2019 from some of the places where people typically live the longest: Australia, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Data from the United States was also included, though the country's life expectancy is lower. The researchers found that while average life expectancies increased during that time in all of the locations, the rates at which they rose slowed down. The one exception was Hong Kong, where life expectancy did not decelerate. The data suggests that after decades of life expectancy marching upward thanks to medical and technological advancements, humans could be closing in on the limits of what's possible for average life span. "We're basically suggesting that as long as we live now is about as long as we're going to live," said S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago, who led the study. He predicted maximum life expectancy will end up around 87 years -- approximately 84 for men, and 90 for women -- an average age that several countries are already close to achieving. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Have We Reached Peak Human Life Span?: The oldest human on record, Jeanne Calment of France, lived to the age of 122. What are the odds that the rest of us get there, too? Not high, barring a transformative medical breakthrough, according to research published this week in the journal Nature Aging. From a report: The study looked at data on life expectancy at birth collected between 1990 and 2019 from some of the places where people typically live the longest: Australia, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Data from the United States was also included, though the country's life expectancy is lower. The researchers found that while average life expectancies increased during that time in all of the locations, the rates at which they rose slowed down. The one exception was Hong Kong, where life expectancy did not decelerate. The data suggests that after decades of life expectancy marching upward thanks to medical and technological advancements, humans could be closing in on the limits of what's possible for average life span. "We're basically suggesting that as long as we live now is about as long as we're going to live," said S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago, who led the study. He predicted maximum life expectancy will end up around 87 years -- approximately 84 for men, and 90 for women -- an average age that several countries are already close to achieving. Read more of this story at Slashdot.