COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Research Projects
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Project |
Principal Investigator |
Guide |
Co-guide |
Date of Commencement |
Completed / Ongoing |
Funded Y / N |
Collaborative Y / N |
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Covid-19 Vaccination Awareness and Perception amοng Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Hospital In Thiruvananthapuram During Its Initial Phase |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Laparoscopic versus open ventral hernia repair - A comparison of short-term post-operative complications |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Occurrence And Pattern of Illness Anxiety Disorder Among Medical Students of Kerala |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Comparison of prognostic indicator of acute Pancreatitis Ranson's Score with serum albumin |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence And Determinants of Malnutrition Among School Going Children Aged 13-17 Years in Southern District of Kerala |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Herd Immunity: The Ultimate Measure to Focus in Control of Covid-19 Pandemic |
Dr Benny P V |
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Post-Covid Fatigue a Way Forward |
Dr Benny P V |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Global Trends |
Dr Regi Jose |
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Completed |
Y
ASCO Foundation Conquer cancer int innovation grant award |
Y
SNEHITHA |
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Recurrence of SARS-COV-2: Facts and Myths |
Dr Regi Jose |
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Completed |
N |
Y
RCC, Govt medical college TVM |
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“Validation of the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool Made for Indian Women |
Dr Regi Jose |
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Completed |
Y The ASCO Foundation International Innovation Grant Award 2022. (2022IIG-5659421598: 2022-2023) |
SNEHITHA |
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Development and Validation of the Snehita BRISK Model: A Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool for Risk Stratification in Women of the Indian Subcontinent |
Dr Regi Jose |
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Completed |
N |
Regional Cancer Cancer,Govt medical college TVM |
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Improving Cervical Cancer Prevention: A Mixed-Methods Study on HPV Vaccination and Screening Uptake in Kerala, India. |
Dr Anil Bindu |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Knowledge and practices on cervical cancer prevention, HPV vaccination and current screening methods among young people
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Dr Anil Bindu |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Hiv-And Tuberculosis: A Qualitative Study on Challenges in Treatment Faced by Health Care Providers” |
Dr Anil Bindu |
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Completed |
Y The Tuberculosis Association Of India, New Delhi |
Y |
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Clinicosocial profile of patients diagnosed with leptospirosis in a private medical college of Thiruvananthapuram district – 2025 |
Dr Divija |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Depression Among Patients with COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study Integrating Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches
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Dr Manju L |
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Ongoing |
N |
Y |
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Perceptions and Attitudes of Medical Students Toward Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: A Mixed-Method Approach
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Dr Manju L |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice and Diagnostics: Exploring Medical Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions
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Dr Manju L |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Socio cultural beliefs and practices during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum among tribal women in Kerala: A Qualitative Study
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Dr Manju L |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Exponentiated Gamma Generalized Logistic Distribution: Properties and Applications |
Dr Manju L |
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Ongoing |
N |
Y |
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding hepatitis B among medical students in a private medical college in Kochi. |
Dr Harsha Lais |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Nutritional assessment of tribal women in Kainatty, Wayanad: A cross -sectional study. |
Dr Harsha Lais |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Outbreak investigation of acid fly attack among residential students in a tertiary care centre in South India.
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Dr Harsha Lais (Investigator) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Motivators and barriers for physical activity among health-care professionals: A qualitative study |
Dr Harsha Lais (Co- PI) |
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Completed |
Y
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Sciences studies |
N |
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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis Among Veterinary Health Personnel in Ernakulam District: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Dr Harsha Lais |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Elderly Friendliness of Hospitals in the Ernakulam District of Kerala, India: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Dr Harsha Lais |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure, Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Health insurance coverage Among Households in Kochi Municipal Corporation, Kerala, India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study |
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Dr Harsha Lais |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors among Bus Workers of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation |
Dr Harsha Lais (Investigator) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Awareness and Skills of Modern Telemedicine Practice among Doctors in Kerala- A Cross-sectional Study |
Dr Himiki S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Effectiveness of Recorded Video Lectures vs Live Online Lectures as Teaching Tools among Phase 1 Medical Students- A Prospective Study |
Dr Himiki S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Performance Characteristics of Percentage of Hypochromic Red Cells in the Detection of Latent Iron Deficiency in Women with Menometrorrhagia |
Dr Himiki S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence and determinants of obesity among adolescents in Nellanadu Panchayat of Thiruvananthapuram District |
Dr Himiki S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence Of Illness Anxiety Disorder Among Medical Students |
Dr Devi Vidhyadaran |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Regarding Nutrition Among Mothers of Primary School Going Children in a Rural Area in Thiruvananthapuram |
Dr Devi Vidhyadaran |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Development And Validation of a Stress Assessment Tool (IT-SAT) for Software Professionals |
Dr Devi Vidhyadaran |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Awareness of sexual and reproductive health among adolescents of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
Dr Rahul Suresh |
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Completed |
Y Indian Council of Medical Research-Vector Control Research Centre |
Y
ICMR- Vector Control Research Centre |
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Serotype shift and clinical features of dengue in South Kerala, India: findings from test-negative case-control study |
Dr Rahul Suresh (Co-PI) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Antibody response following rabies vaccination: a retrospective cohort study from a tertiary centre in Kerala, India |
Dr Rahul Suresh (Co-PI) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Assessment of PEFR and respiratory morbidity among auto rickshaw drivers in Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr Rahul Suresh |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Development and Validation of a scale to assess the travel preparedness among the international travellers
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Dr Uma R Nair |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Study to assess the Awareness and Utilization of Social Welfare Services by Senior Citizens in an urban slum |
Dr Uma R Nair |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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A Cross-sectional study to assess the epidemiology of Mucormycosis during COVID-19 Pandemic |
Dr Uma R Nair |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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A Study to assess Breakthrough Infection of COVID-19 after complete vaccination among Health care workers in a Tertiary-care institute |
Dr Uma R Nair |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence of Sleep Disorders among Adults in Kottayam |
Dr Uma R Nair |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Decadal Trends and Associated Factors of Colorectal Cancer in Kerala Between 2010 and 2021 Among Patients in a Tertiary Hospital-Based Cancer Registry |
Dr Vishakan A. S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Benchmarking Point-of-Care Glucometers: A Comparative Study Using the Hexokinase Test and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standards |
Dr Vishakan A. S (Investigator) |
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Completed |
Y
Reach Sci, University of Cambridge |
Y
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Tribal Communities: A Study on Parents of children under 5 years of age |
Dr Vishakan A. S
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Prevalence of probable depression and Internalized stigma among People Living with HIV in Central Kerala |
Dr Jyothilakshmi R |
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Completed |
Y
ICMR MD Thesis Grant |
N |
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Awareness of colorectal cancer among adults in rural area of central Kerala |
Dr Jyothilakshmi R |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Exploring stakeholder perspectives on the Multidimensional influences of Medication Adherence to Non-Communicable Diseases (ICMR-SRUM Project) |
Dr Jyothilakshmi R (Investigator) |
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Ongoing |
Y
Indian Council of Medical Research |
Y
ICMR |
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Assessment of PEFR and respiratory morbidity among auto rickshaw drivers in Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr Jyothilakshmi R
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Polypharmacy and Medication Adherence Among Elderly Population in a Rural Area of Ernakulam District, Kerala |
Dr Amina Rasheed |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Cervical Cancer Screening Among Rural Women in Ernakulam District, Kerala: A Cross-Sectional Study |
Dr Amina Rasheed (Co-PI) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Adherence to Anti-hypertensive medications and its determinants among adults with Hypertension in Ernakulam district, Kerala- A mixed method study |
Dr Amina Rasheed
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Age of Menarche and its associated metabolic factors among young female adults in Kerala |
Dr Anjali Lakshmanan |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Knowledge and practices of road traffic rules and regulations among under-graduate medical students of KMCT medical college |
Dr Anjali Lakshmanan
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Incidence of morbidity and out of pocket expenditure among rural population of Kozhikode district |
Dr Anjali Lakshmanan |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Behavioural risk factors of NCD among undergraduate medical students in North Kerala |
Dr Anjali Lakshmanan (Co-PI) |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Evaluation of the Diabetes component in the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) in Thiruvananthapuram District |
Dr Sithara Appukuttan |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Obesity, Diabetes, and Depression: Exploring Shared Mechanisms, Inflammatory Pathways, and Integrated Management Strategies |
Dr Sithara Appukuttan |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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The Development and Validation of a Loneliness Scale among Indian Population |
Dr Sreedevi V S |
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Completed |
N |
N |
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Foot Health Status, Awareness and Practice of Foot Care Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Nedumangad Taluk |
Dr Aswathy S |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |
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Patient’s Perspectives on Doctor-Patient Communication in Diabetes Mellitus And or Hypertension: A Mixed-Method Exploration of Gaps, Factors and Barriers |
Dr Anupama Vinod |
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Ongoing |
N |
N |