Dr. Manju L

Professor

MSc, MPhil, PhD, PGDEPI

Area of Interest

  • Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Additional Responsibilities

  • Statistician -  Statistical Unit
  • Joint Secretary – Mortality & Audit Committee
  • Faculty - Sree Gokulam Nursing College,
  •  Faculty - Sree Gokulam College of Allied Medical Sciences & Research
  • Member-IRC, SGMC
  • Member- IRC, SGNC
  • Member - NMC core committee

Achievements, Memberships, Awards

  • Governing Council Member of the International Statistical Fraternity (ISF) 

Publications

Title

Journal / Book

Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.)

Authorship

1st / 2nd / Other

State /Reg / Nat / Int

Indexed in

Mohandas D. Physical activity pattern among young adults with newly detected type 2 diabetes mellitus...

Journal

2019; 4(4): 81- 90

2nd

State

·  Index Copernicus (ICV 2024: 100.00) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI

 Public perception and preparedness for the pandemic COVID 19: A Health Belief Model approach. 

Journal

2020;41-46

Other

Int

·  Scopus 

·  Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 

·  Embase

Validation of kidney disease quality of life short form 36 (KDQOL-SF™) in malayalam among patients undergoing haemodialysis in South Kerala. Indian J Nephrol 

Journal

2020;30:316-20

1st 

Int

·  PubMed / PubMed Central 

·  Scopus 

·  Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 

·  EMBASE 

·  DOAJ 

·  IndMed / MedInd

Protective Behaviour against COVID 19 and Telemedicine Use among the Pregnant Women during Pandemic Period: A Cross Sectional Study. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 

Journal

2020, 41(17), 44-52

2nd

Int

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  PKP Index 

·  ROAD 

·  Academic Resource Index 

·  ResearchBib 

·  CNKI Scholar 

·  WorldCat 

·  Dimensions

Pandemic anxiety stress scale for pregnant women (PASSP): Development and validation,  Innovative Journal of Medical and Health Science 

Journal

Vol 10 No 12 (2020):

1st

Nat

·  Index Medicus / NLM Catalog 

·  Publons / Web of Science reviewer platform 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI

Application of smartphones in dermatology practice: a cross-sectional survey. Int J Res Dermatol 

Journal

2021;7:

2nd

Int

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  J-Gate 

·  Scilit (MDPI) 

·  WorldCat (OCLC) 

·  JournalTOCs 

·  ResearchBib

Psychological Response of Healthcare Workers and Stigma Experienced During Early Covid 19 Pandemic Period in Kerala. Int J Med Public Health. 

Journal

2021;11(1): 33-37

2nd

Intl

·  Scopus 

·  EMBASE/Excerpta Medica 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  Chemical Abstracts 

·  EBSCO databases 

·  Genamics JournalSeek

Prevalence of domestic violence among married women doing unskilled manual work in a rural area of Trivandrum district. Int J Community Med Public Health 

Journal

2021;8:1350-4.

Other

Nat

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  J-Gate 

·  ResearchBib

Attitude towards childhood vaccination among parents in a rural area of Trivandrum district. Int J Community Med Public Health 

Journal

2021;8:1247-51.

other

Natl

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  J-Gate 

·  ResearchBib 

·  ROAD 

·  Scilit

Chronic morbidity, self-perceived health, and its impact on stress among elderly persons in Kerala ,Int J Med Sci Public Health 

Journal

2021;10(1):31-35.

other

Natl

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  DOAJ (earlier listing/history) 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Indian Science Abstracts 

·  J-Gate 

·  ResearchBib

Mental health problems among health care workers during the COVID 19 pandemic. Indian J Community Fam Med.

Journal

2021;7:31-6

2nd

Nat

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Indian Citation Index (ICI) (reported/listed) 

·  OCLC/WorldCat 

·  ROAD

. Attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination among the public in Kerala: A cross sectional study. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 

Journal

2021 Nov 1;10(11):4147-52 

1st

Intl

·  PubMed / MEDLINE 

·  PubMed Central (PMC) 

·  Scopus 

·  EMBASE 

·  DOAJ 

·  EBSCO 

·  Index Copernicus

Perceived Anxiety and Stress among Pregnant Women during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Journal

. 2022 Mar, Vol-16(3): LC20-LC25

1st

Intl

·  DOAJ 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  EBSCO 

·  Chemical Abstracts 

·  CrossRef DOI

Awareness and Skills of Modern Telemedicine Practice among Doctors in Kerala-A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 

Journal

2022 Apr 1;16(4).

2nd

Intl

·  Scopus 

·  PubMed Central (PMC) 

·  DOAJ 

·  EBSCO 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Chemical Abstracts

Gamma Generalized Logistic Distribution: Properties and Applications. Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications. 

Journal

2022 Aug 5:1-20

2nd 

Intl

·  Scopus 

·  Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI

Breast Cancer Risk Stratification and Screening Practices of Women in South Kerala, India: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research. 

Journal

2023 Dec 1;17(12).

Other

Intl

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  EBSCO 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Chemical Abstracts

Health-related quality of life among patients undergoing hemodialysis in a tertiary center in South Kerala. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 

Journal

2024 Mar 1;26:101547.

1st 

Intl

·  Scopus 

·  Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 

·  Embase 

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI

The mean postpartum drop in the hemoglobin levels in a patient after delivery in the population attending a tertiary hospital in south Kerala. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol 

Journal

2025;14:1511-5.

Other

Natl

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  J-Gate 

·  ROAD

Some Properties of Exponentiated-Exponential Logistic Distribution and its Related Regression Model. Statistica. 

Journal

2024;84(1):27-61.

2nd

Intl

·  Scopus 

·  Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) 

·  MathSciNet 

·  zbMATH Open 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI

Prevalence of Depression among Adults Residing in a Coastal Area of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala,  

Journal

2019; 10(6), 331-336.

other

Ntl

·  Scopus 

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  Index Copernicus 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Indian Citation Index (ICI) 

·  J-Gate

Neck circumference as a measure of obesity among 

newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in young adults

Journal

2019; 6(36),     

      2426-2432

2nd

Nat

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  J-Gate 

·  ResearchBib 

·  ROAD

Snacking 

Behavior and Obesity among Students in Medical College. IMA Kerala Medical Journal. 

Journal

2020;13(3):107–11.

other

Nat

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI (for recent articles where assigned) 

·  Indian medical journal directories/local databases

Impact of socioeconomic factors onNutritional status of school       agedChildren residing in an urban slum inIndia, Paripex - Indian journal of research. 

Journal
  1. 2020; 9  (1) DOI : 10.36106/paripex

2nd

Nat

·  Index Copernicus 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  Indian journal directories/databases

Functional Impairment and Quality of Life of patients with Major Depressive Disorder inEuthymia

Journal

2023;6(2):301-312

Other

Nat

·  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 

·  Google Scholar 

·  CrossRef DOI 

·  EBSCO databases 

·  Index Copernicus

Presentations

Topic Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop Name of the event Conference / CME / Workshop Venue Date Level
Exponentiated Gamma Generalised Logistic Regression Model: Proiperties and
Applications”		 Oral Eleventh international conference on “statistics for twenty-first century-
2025(ICSTC-2025),		 Conference University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram December 16-19, 2025 Int
Exponentiated Gamma Generalised Logistic Distribution: Proiperties and
Applications		 Oral Tenth international conference on “statistics for twenty-first century-
2024(ICSTC-2024),		 Conference University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram December 13-16, 2024 Int
On skew logistic model and applications Oral Sixth international webinar on Recent Trends in Statistical Theory and Applications -2022, Webinar
, June 29-July 2, 2022. Int
Logistic Mixture regression models and its Applications: Oral International conference on Statistics for the twenty-first century-2019 (ICSTC-2019), Conference University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram December 18-20, 2019. Int
On a Generalized logistic regression Model and its applications oral National Seminar on Recent Tends in Statistical Theory and Applications Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum March 7-9, 2019 Nat
Gamma generalized logistic distribution : Properties and Applications oral International conference on Statistics for the twenty-first century-2018 (ICSTC-2018) Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum December 13-15, 2018. Int
A Note on Logistic Mixture distributions oral National Seminar on Recent Tends in Statistical Theory and Applications- 2018, Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum June 28-30, 2018. Nat
Alpha generalized logistic distribution and its application oral Int conference on Statistics for the twenty-first century-2017 (ICSTC-2017) Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum December 14-16, 2017. Int
Exponentiated Logistic distribution and related regression model oral International conference on Statistics for the twenty-first century-2016 (ICSTC-2016) Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum December 21-23,2016 Int
A flexible class of skew logistic distribution oral International conference on Statistics for the twenty-first century-2015 (ICSTC-2015 Conference Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum December 17-19, 2015. Int
Bladder cancer risk among tobacco and alcohol users oral International conference on epidemiology(ICE 2012) Conference Department of Statistics & Biostatistics, St. Thomas College, Pala August 16-18, 2012 Int
Conditional and unconditional logistic regression estimates for an individual matched case-control study on bladder cancer oral National conference on Statistics for twenty-first century [NCSTC],
Department of Statistics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum -. March 17-19, 2011 Nat
Bladder cancer risk among motor vehicle drivers: A meta analysis of the evidence, 1977-2008 oral ICMR Centenary celebrations & XXIX annual Conference of Indian Society for Medical Statistics,
National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, ICMR, Chennai, November 3-5, 2011 Nat
Risk factors of bladder cancer – A case control study- oral Indian Society for Medical Statistics, Silver Jubilee National Conference-2007
Manipal University, Manipal, November 30th to December 2nd , 2007. Nat

Research Projects

Project Completed / Ongoing Funded
Y / N		 Collaborated
Y / N		 Published
Y / N
On some applications of logistic mixture regression models Ongoing N N N
Quality of life of patients undergoing haemodialysis Completed N N N
Half logistic exponentiated logistic type II regression model Ongoing N Y N
Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Depression Among Patients with COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study Integrating Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches Ongoing N Y N
Perceptions and Attitudes of Medical Students Toward Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education: A Mixed-Method Approach Ongoing N N N
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice and Diagnostics: Exploring Medical Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions Ongoing N N N
Socio cultural beliefs and practices during pregnancy, childbirth and post partum among tribal women in Kerala: A Qualitative Study Ongoing N N N
Exponentiated Gamma Generalised Logistic
Distribution: Properties and Applications		 Ongoing N Y N