Background: With the growth of early intervention services for psychosis worldwide, it is imperative to understand the current knowledge on first-episode psychosis (FEP) from Indian context. Hence, the purpose of this review is to comprehensively examine the research studies on FEP from India. This would help to compare and contrast with other countries, develop specialist early intervention services and enlist research priorities pertaining to FEP. Methods: A Boolean search of articles published from January 1990 to March 2018 in electronic database of PubMed and Google Scholar was carried out and original research studies done on first-episode psychosis in India were incorporated in the current review. Case reports and review articles were excluded. Results: A total of 31 research studies were included for the review and classified into different subheadings of convenience. Conclusion: Even though the number of studies in Indian context pertaining to FEP is comparatively less than other western literature, the available results indicate certain characteristic similarities and differences in FEP from other parts of the world. We have also discussed on the importance of early intervention in FEP and the necessity for the creation of specialist early intervention services for mental health disorders.
Background : Chronic Kidney Disease is a silent epidemic of the 21st century and in India its incidence continues to at an alarming rate. Nutritional assessment of chronic kidney disease patients may help in improving the health status and better life quality of CKD patients. Objective : Present study was conducted in 2 hospitals of Lucknow city (U.P.) to assess the nutritional status of CKD patients. Methods : One hundred chronic kidney disease patients were selected randomly, fifty from indoor patient department and fifty from outdoor patient department, more than fifteen years of age, belonging to different socioeconomic status and surveyed. A questionnaire-cum-interview schedule method was used to know the demographic profile, dietary, biochemical and clinical profile of patients and other factors related to disease. Results : The findings revealed that dietary intake of OPD patients were better than that of IPD. IPD patients showed poor biochemical and clinical profile than OPD. BMI of the subjects decreased with decrease in GFR in both groups. Conclusion : Malnutrition was common in IPD group. Insufficient food intake associates with malnutrition. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to assess nutritional status of CKD patients to improve their health conditions.
The health care burden due to chronic kidney disease has increased worldwide in past decade. Elucidating the spectrum of chronic kidney disease may help in identifying strategies for prevention of chronic kidney disease. So the present study was conducted in 2 tertiary care centers of Lucknow to analyze the spectrum of chronic kidney disease in IPD and OPD renal patients. 100 chronic kidney disease patients (50 from indoor patient department and 50 from outdoor patient department) of more than 15 years of age, belonging to different socioeconomic status were selected and surveyed. A questionnaire-cum-interview schedule method was used which included demographic profile of patients, risk factors, severity of disease etc. The findings concluded diabetes as a most prevalent risk factor among patients of both groups, followed by hypertension and other glomerular diseases. Other diseases like urinary tract infections, chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis and CVD cause greater levels of morbidity and mortality among the population as a whole and kidney disease is important in large part because of its relationship with more common diseases. Early treatment can reduce the risk of developing more serious disease or can at least slow the rate at which the disease progresses.
Background: With the growth of early intervention services for psychosis worldwide, it is imperative to understand the current knowledge on first-episode psychosis (FEP) from Indian context. Hence, the purpose of this review is to comprehensively examine the research studies on FEP from India. This would help to compare and contrast with other countries, develop specialist early intervention services and enlist research priorities pertaining to FEP. Methods: A Boolean search of articles published from January 1990 to March 2018 in electronic database of PubMed and Google Scholar was carried out and original research studies done on first-episode psychosis in India were incorporated in the current review. Case reports and review articles were excluded. Results: A total of 31 research studies were included for the review and classified into different subheadings of convenience. Conclusion: Even though the number of studies in Indian context pertaining to FEP is comparatively less than other western literature, the available results indicate certain characteristic similarities and differences in FEP from other parts of the world. We have also discussed on the importance of early intervention in FEP and the necessity for the creation of specialist early intervention services for mental health disorders.
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