Educational Research-iPad System vs Textbook System

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that results in weakening of bones and breakage of bones in severe cases. It means porous bone. It is most commonly seen in elderly people of both the sexes. In the early stages of bone loss, there are no symptoms. But once the bone gets weakened symptoms such as back pain, stooped posture, loss of height over time and easy breakage of bones can be seen. Age, sex, family history, sex hormones, thyroid problems are the risk factors of osteoporosis. Dietary factors such as low calcium intake and eating disorders are also the risk factor in osteoporosis. Sedentary lifestyle, excessive alcohol consumption and tobacco use can increase the risk of osteoporosis: good nutrition and regular exercise help to keep our bones healthy throughout our life. A self-administered questionnaire containing about 15 questions were prepared and circulated through online survey Google forms link. About 100 middle-aged and old-aged male and female people responded to the survey. The responses were collected, tabulated and statistically analyzed using SPSS software. 54% of the total population was male. 53% of the participants have responded that they have back pain. 38% of people responded that their parents or siblings suffer from osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is more common among elderly people and in postmenopausal women. Also, not only women but men also suffer from osteoporosis. A proper healthy diet and weight-bearing exercises can prevent osteoporosis. Prevention from fractures is the primary goal in osteoporosis.

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Association between osteoporosis and gender, age, hypothyroidism, sex hormones among the middle-aged and old-aged population - A survey-based analysis

K¹,

Mohanraj²,

Priya³

2020

“…From the analyzed survey data it was found that 34% of participants belonging to the age group 25-45 years agreed that obesity was a factor for osteoarthritis and the chi square analysis between age and relation of obesity and osteoarthritis was statistically signi icant as p=0.000 which was less than 0.05 ( Figure 17) (Thejeswar and Thenmozhi, 2015). Chi-square test showing p= 0.000 (p<0.05) indicating statistically signi icant.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Association between increasing age, obesity and heredity with osteoarthritis of knee joint among middle aged and old aged population

Ravikumar

Mohanraj

2020

Osteoarthritis is one of the major problems that are faced by the people in developed countries but also present all over the world. There are so many factors that affect the cause of osteoarthritis, majorly it is found to be age, sex, occupation and much more. The increase in BMI can increase the probability of development of osteoarthritis. The study has been conducted among the Chennai population involving 100 participants. Self-administered questionnaire is circulated through online mode and the responses have been collected. It was observed that the majority of the people participated were aware of osteoarthritis and that obesity, heredity and age are the major cause of osteoarthritis of the knee joint. It is concluded that people though have awareness of osteoarthritis, the knowledge about the risk factors, the effects and future problems caused by knee joint osteoarthritis remains sparse among the population. the probable risk factors of knee osteoarthritis such as age, sedentary lifestyle and obesity, unhealthy diet and heredity seems to play a key role in knee OA and has to be considered seriously for the prevention and management of this disease. Upon considering these aspects people can have a good approach towards the disease and its management which serves as the basic requirement of proper lifestyle for betterment of life.

“…Over the past years various research done by our team was on Osteology (Choudhari and Thenmozhi, 2016), foramens in middle cranial fossa (Hafeez and Thenmozhi, 2016), styloid pro-cess (Kannan and Thenmozhi, 2016), foramen of Huschke (Keerthana and Thenmozhi, 2016), foramen meningo-orbitale (Pratha and Thenmozhi, 2016), girdy's tubercle (Nandhini et al, 2018), Occipital emissary formanen (Subashri and Thenmozhi, 2016), stature estimation, (Krishna and Babu, 2016), radiation effects of mobile phone (Sriram et al, 2015), use of i-pads in education (Thejeswar and Thenmozhi, 2015), on micro RNA (Johnson et al, 2020;Sekar et al, 2019), animal studies (Seppan et al, 2018) and in few other ields like thyroid function (Menon and Thenmozhi, 2016) and amblyopia (Samuel and Thenmozhi, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and Attitude of UG Dental Students about Nanotechnology in Dentistry

Mabbithasri¹,

K²,

Devi³

2020

The term nano is derived from a Greek word ‘nannos’ which means dwarf. Nanotechnology is the science that deals with physical, chemical and biological properties of structures at the nanoscale. Nanotechnology is used in science, biotechnology, computer technology, electronics, agriculture, household as well as dentistry. Nanotechnology was used in dentistry in the early 1970s in microfilled composites comprising particles less than 100nm diameter. In recent times the composite particles are used that range from 20-600nm. In dentistry it is mainly used in restoration, orthodontic treatment and injecting local anesthesia and has many other uses. The main aim of nanotechnology in dentistry is to prevent any oral disease rather than treating it. The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of UG dental students about nanotechnology in dentistry. A cross-sectional prospective survey was created in google docs with a questionnaire containing 15 questions, and the link was shared to 100 UG dental students. The results were analysed and represented as a pie chart and bar diagrams. Majority of (60%) of them were aware about nanotechnology, and few were not aware (40%). 46% of students were aware of the use of nanotechnology in dentistry, and 52% of participants felt it nanomaterials was not affordable. From the results obtained, the knowledge and attitude among Undergraduate dental students about nanotechnology in dentistry was found to be average.