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C. M. Herbert ¹, V. K. Nambiar ², M. Rao ³, S. Ravindra ⁴

Affiliations
1 Dubai Medical Centre
2 Dept. of Physiotherapy
3 Dept. of Chest Medicine
4 Dept. of Physiotherapy, .M.S.Ramaiah Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Bangalore, IN

Abstract

Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive disease associated with a high level of disability, the treatment of which is aimed at reducing symptoms, increasing function and improving the quality of life of the patient with lot of emphasis been given to the development of a Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) questionnaire. St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a self administered validated questionnaire used in COPD. The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) was developed as a simple tool to help clinicians identify the clinical status of airways in individuals with COPD. Hence there is a need to validate the CCQ to identify the health status of those with COPD in Indian population.

Aims: To measure and compare the scores and time taken with SGRQ and CCQ respectively in COPD subjects.

Methodology: A convenience sample of 35 COPD subjects, were asked to answer the SGRQ and CCQ.

Results: Pearson correlation and Student's t-test were used for statistical analysis and it was found that the three individual components of CCQ correlated with those of the SGRQ (r =0.909, p

Conclusion: CCQ can be considered at par with SGRQ to assess the HRQOL in individuals with COPD in South Indian population.

Keywords

St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, Clinical COPD Questionnaire, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Kathare ¹, M. Rao ¹, Meera ¹, P. W. Basarkar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Rural Home Science, U.A.S., Dharwad, 580005, IN

Abstract

Dietary fibre is the part of our diet ttiat was once referred to as roughage, it is defined as the sum of lignin and polysaccharide that are not digested by the gastrointestinal secretions of the human digestive tract.

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S. S. Marathe ¹, G. S. Sharada ¹, C. N. Srinivasan ¹, M. Rao ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, IN

Abstract

The developmental potential of a society depends on the physical and mental state for which early childhood lays the foundation. The new born child is exceptionally vulnerable to undernourishment since nutritional deficiency has adverse effect not only on physical and mental development but also on high mortality and morbidity. Nutritional anthropometry is one of the simple methods of assessment of growth and development especially in young children.

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