2024
Assessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathna S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Assessment of the productivity loss due to leading maternal ill-health conditions: a follow-up study of a prospective pregnancy cohort in rural Sri Lanka. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e082798. PMID: 39477261, PMCID: PMC11529687, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll-health conditionsRural Sri LankaPregnant womenPregnancy cohortFollow-up study of womenFollow-up studyProspective pregnancy cohortRajarata Pregnancy CohortSecondary outcome measuresMonthly household expenditureVaginal bleedingProductivity lossStudy of womenPrimary outcome measurePregnancy follow-upMedical careOutcome measuresHigher absenteeismNausea and vomitingPresenteeismHighest prevalenceAbsenteeismThird trimesterWomenRecommended priorities
2017
Productivity cost due to postpartum ill health: A cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka
Wickramasinghe ND, Horton J, Darshika I, Galgamuwa KD, Ranasinghe WP, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB. Productivity cost due to postpartum ill health: A cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0185883. PMID: 29020101, PMCID: PMC5636104, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean productivity costsMean productivity lossCross-sectional studyIll healthProductivity costsPostpartum illnessProductivity lossLower abdominal painEffective pain managementStudy sampleHigh disease burdenSelf-reported episodesAnuradhapura districtAbdominal painMaternal morbidityPostpartum morbidityPain managementCommon symptomsPostpartum womenPreventable conditionSectional studyDisease burdenInfection preventionSurgical siteMedical officers
2012
Productivity Cost Due to Maternal Ill Health in Sri Lanka
Agampodi S, Agampodi T, Wickramasinghe N, Fernando S, Chathurani U, Adhikari W, Dharshika I, Nugegoda D, Dharmaratne S, Newlands D. Productivity Cost Due to Maternal Ill Health in Sri Lanka. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e42333. PMID: 22879943, PMCID: PMC3411735, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal ill healthIll-health conditionsPregnant womenIll healthProductivity costsHealth conditionsMean productivity costsLoss of productivityLast episodeCross-sectional designPregnancy periodClinic CenterMinor ailmentsSectional designWomenStudy samplePregnancyStage clusterEpisodesHealthProductivity lossDaysMajor impactTotal incapacitationTotal number