2024
The psychosocial burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: A multi-method qualitative study.
Nuwangi H, Dikomitis L, Weerakoon K, Agampodi S, Agampodi T. The psychosocial burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: A multi-method qualitative study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2024, 18: e0011909. PMID: 38236911, PMCID: PMC10826957, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosocial burdenRural Sri LankaPeople-centred careMulti-method qualitative studyPerceived disease severityHigh psychosocial burdenTreatment-related burdenImprove patient outcomesHealthcare seekingStigmatised diseaseIllness experienceIllness-experienceHealthcare modelRelated burdenBody image concernsBurden of CLThematic analysisQualitative studyHospital clinicMultimethod qualitative approachResource-poor regionsDisease burdenNegative societal reactionsPatient outcomesCommunity engagement
2021
Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings?
Amarasinghe G, Jayasinghe I, Hettiarachchi A, Koralegedara I, Kappagoda C, Mendis W, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Can Homocysteine Be Used to Identify Vitamin B12 or Folate Deficiencies During Pregnancy in Low Resource Settings? Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 5140707. PMCID: PMC8181706, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnemic pregnant womenPregnant womenHomocysteine levelsFolate deficiencyB12 levelsB12 deficiencyVitamin B12Folate levelsVitamin B12/folate deficiencyMedian hemoglobin levelSerum homocysteine levelsSerum total homocysteineWeeks of gestationRole of homocysteineUniversal iron supplementationElevated homocysteine levelsLow-resource settingsMiddle-income settingsHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortSecond trimesterHospital clinicIron supplementationTotal homocysteineNegative test