Apllied Health Science - Technical Session II - Parallel Session II

Introduction of the Chairperson

Prof Namal Wijesinghe

Quality of Life and Its Related Factors among Patients with Stroke in Selected Tertiary Care Hospitals in Sri Lanka
LKMEWSMU Ellepola, KN Nadeesha, ERAI Jayawickrama, WMAI Wijesundara, RDN Karunathilaka and MMPT Jayasekara

An Exploration of Mothers' Experience of Children with Thalassemia Depending on Iron Chelation Therapy in Thalassemia Centre of Provincial General Hospital Badulla
NHT Doole, DMS Shantha, WMDNK Wijesekara, KMTD Abeywardhana, CDMP Karunathilaka and BSS De Silva

Assessment of Treatment Adherence Behaviours and their Predictors among Patients Receiving Haemodialysis in Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka
TLC Lasanthika, JKP Wanigasuriya, UPK Hettiaratchi, AATD Amarasekara and CSE Goonewardena

Relationship between Hypothyroidism and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among Patients Attending the Endocrinology Clinic, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka
HA Kodikara, EMCB Ekanayake, KKN Sewwandi, ISW Ponnamperuma, WA Epa, U Bulugahapitiya and JMKB Jayasekara

Medication Practices in the Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections among Undergraduates of University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
N Thanusika, P Kalki and PAD Coonghe

A Counselling Intervention to Improve Treatment Adherence of Ischemic Heart Disease Patients: The Development of a Protocol
WGC Kumara, PT De Zoysa, A Balasuriya and NFJ Fernando