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Professor Dr Karuthan A/L Chinna

Professor

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Management
Master of Science in Applied Statistics
BSc. With Education

Professional Membership

ASP, SPSS Users’ group

Current Research Project

Respiratory diseases, Dialysis, Autism

Publications

2021
1. Chinna K, Sundarasen S, Khoshaim HB, Kamaludin K, Nurunnabi M, Baloch GM, et al. (2021). Psychological impact of COVID-19 and lockdown measures: An online cross-sectional multicounty study on Asian university students. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0253059. 
2. Hanafi, N. S., Agarwal, D., Chippagiri, S., Brakema, E. A., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A. K. Chinna, ... & Khoo, E. M. (2021). Chronic respiratory disease surveys in adults in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review of methodological approaches and outcomes. Journal of Global Health, 11.
3. Chee, W. S. S., Chang, C. Y., Arasu, K., Wong, S. Y., Ong, S. H., Yang, W. Y., ... & Weaver, C. M. (2021). Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Modifiable Lifestyle Factors in Pre-Adolescent Children Living in Urban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nutrients, 13(7), 2175.
4. Baloch, G. M., Kamaludin, K., Chinna, K., Sundarasen, S., Nurunnabi, M., Khoshaim, H. B., ... & Baloch, L. G. (2021). Coping with COVID-19: The Strategies Adapted by Pakistani Students to Overcome Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1799.
5. Khor, B. H., Sahathevan, S., Sualeheen, A., Ali, M. S. M., Narayanan, S. S., Chinna, K., ... & Karupaiah, T. (2021). Circulating fatty acid profiles are associated with protein energy wasting in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-12.
6. Arasu, K., Chang, C. Y., Wong, S. Y., Ong, S. H., Yang, W. Y., Chong, M. H. Z., ... & Chee, W. S. S. (2021). Design and strategies used for recruitment and retention in a double blind randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of soluble corn fiber on bone indices in pre-adolescent children (PREBONE-Kids study) in Malaysia. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 100801.
7. Baloch, G. M., Sundarasen, S., Chinna, K., Nurunnabi, M., Kamaludin, K., Khoshaim, H. B., .. & AlSukayt, A. (2021). COVID-19: exploring impacts of the pandemic and lockdown on mental health of Pakistani students. PeerJ, 9, e10612.
8. Yeak, Z. W., Chuah, K. A., Tan, C. H., Ezhumalai, M., Chinna, K., Sundram, K., & Karupaiah, T. (2021). Providing Comprehensive Dietary Fatty Acid Profiling from Saturates to Polyunsaturates with the Malaysia Lipid Study-Food Frequency Questionnaire: Validation Using the Triads Approach. Nutrients, 13(1), 120.
9. Samy, A. L., Kamaruzzaman, S. B., Chinna, K., Shunnmugam, B., Krishnaswamy, S., & Low, W. Y. (2021). Psychometric assessment of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Older Americans Resources and Services‐Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Australasian journal on ageing.
10. Sahathevan, S., Khor, B. H., Yeong, C. H., Tan, T. H., Meera Mohaideen, A. K., Ng, H. M., ... & Karupaiah, T. (2021). Validity of Ultrasound Imaging in Measuring Quadriceps Muscle Thickness and Cross‐Sectional Area in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 45(2), 422-426.
11. Wan Ling, L. E. E., Abdullah, K. L., Chinna, K., & Abidin, I. Z. (2021). Utility of Equivalence and Cognition Models in Enhancing Validity of Translated Questionnaires: A Methodological Example Using the Heart Quality-of-Life Questionnaire. The Journal of Nursing Research, 29(1), e136. 12. Hanafi, N. S., Agarwal, D., Chippagiri, S., Brakema, E. A., Pinnock, H., Sheikh, A., ... & Khoo, E. M. (2021). Chronic respiratory disease surveys in adults in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic scoping review of methodological approaches and outcomes. Journal of Global Health, 11.
13. Lee, W. L., DeWitt, D., Chui, P. L., Sahibudeen, A. K. S., Nurumal, M. S., Chinna, K., & Chong, M. C. (2021). Mitigation of COVID-19 risk among older adults in nursing homes: A public survey. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 47(3), 23-28.
14. Lugova H, Andoy-Galvan JA, Patil SS, Wong YH, Baloch GM, Suleiman A, Nordin R, Chinna K. Prevalence and Associated Factors of the Severity of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Low-Income Community-Dwelling Adults in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Community Ment Health J. (2021) Jan 8. doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00765-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33417170.
15. Sreelakshmi Sankara Narayanan, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Bak Leong Goh, Cheak Bee, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud, Karuthan Chinna,Tilakavati Karupaiah (2021) Response to "Intraclass correlation coefficient and reliability of muscle mass measurements' Letter to editor. Journal of Parental and enteral nutrition
16. Karuthan, S. R., Koh, P. S., Chinna, K., & Chan, W. K. (2021). Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer and Hong Kong Liver Cancer staging systems for prediction of survival among Hepatocellular Carcinoma patients. The Medical journal of Malaysia, 76(2), 199-204.
17. Thavagnanam, S., H'ng, S. Y., Nathan, A. M., Eg, K. P., Chinna, K., bte Turbirin, S. H., & de Bruyne, J. A. (2021). WRISTOX2 is a reliable tool to diagnose obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, 151, 110930
18. Saleemi, M. A., Hosseini Fouladi, M., Yong, P. V. C., Chinna, K., Palanisamy, N. K., & Wong, E. H. (2021). Toxicity of carbon nanotubes: molecular mechanisms, signaling cascades, and remedies in biomedical applications. Chemical research in toxicology, 34(1), 24-46
19. Shunnmugam, B., Ng, C. J., Aishah Mohd Taib, N., & Chinna, K. (2021). Validation of the Malay, English and Chinese Translations of the 9-Item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) in Breast Cancer Patients Making Treatment Decisions. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 10105395211036625.
20. Dhiraj Agarwal, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Ee Ming Khoo, Richard A. Parker, Deesha Ghorpade, Sundeep Salvi, Ahmad Ihsan Abu Bakar, Karuthan Chinna, Deepa Das, Monsur Habib, Norita Hussein, Rita Isaac, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Mohsin Saeed Khan, Su May Liew, Yong Kek Pang, Biswajit Paul, Samir K Saha, Li Ping Wong, Osman M Yusuf, Shahida O Yusuf, Sanjay Juvekar, Hilary Pinnock. (2021). Predictors for detecting chronic respiratory diseases in community surveys: a pilot study in four South and Southeast Asian Low and Middle-Income countries. Journal of Global Health
21. Lee, P. Y., Cheong, A. T., Ghazali, S. S., Salim, H., Wong, J., Hussein, N., ... & Khoo, E. M. (2021). Barriers to implementing asthma self-management in Malaysian primary care: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of healthcare professionals. NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 31(1), 1-8
22. Thangiah, N., Su, T. T., Chinna, K., Jalaludin, M. Y., Mohamed, M. N. A., & Majid, H. A. (2021). Longitudinal assessment between lifestyle-related risk factors and a composite cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk index among adolescents in Malaysia. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-9
23. Ng HM, Khor BH, Sahathevan S, Sualeheen A, Chinna K, Gafor AHA, Goh BL, Ahmad G, Morad Z, Daud ZAM, Khosla P, Karupaiah T; PaTCH Study (Malaysia) (2021)Investigators. Is malnutrition a determining factor of health-related quality of life in hemodialysis patients? A cross-sectional design examining relationships with a comprehensive assessment of nutritional status. Qual Life Res. 2021 Nov 8. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-03018-6.
24. Chee KH, Tan KL, Luqman I, Saiful SS, Chew YY, Chinna K, Tan ATB. (2021). Prevalence and Predictors of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Malaysian Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Without Prior Known Cardiovascular Disease. Front Cardiovasc Med. 27;8:676862.
25. Sharmela Sahathevan, Tilakavati Karupaiah, Ban-Hock Khor, Birinder Kaur Sadu Singh, Alice Sabatino, Enrico Fiaccadori, Karuthan Chinna, Bak-Leong Goh, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Zaki Morad, Sunita Bavanandan, Rosnawati Yahya, Ravindran Visvanathan, Zaimi Wahab, Bee Boon Cheak, Wong Hin Seng, and Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud. (2021). Muscle status response to oral nutritional supplementation in hemodialysis patients with protein-energy wasting: A multi-center randomized, open label-controlled trial. Frontiers in Nutrition (Accepted)
26. Chee WSS, Chang CY, Arasu K, Wong SY, Ong SH, Yang WY, Chong MHZ, Mavinkurve M, Khoo EJ, Chinna K, Weaver CM. (2021). Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Modifiable Lifestyle Factors in Pre-Adolescent Children Living in Urban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nutrients. 13(7):2175
27. Ping Yein Lee , Ai Theng Cheong , Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Hani Salim, Jasmine Wong, Norita Hussein, Rizawati Ramli, Hilary Pinnock, Su May Liew , Nik Sherina Hanafi, Ahmad Ihsan Abu Bakar, Azainorsuzila Mohd Ahad, Yong Kek Pang, Karuthan Chinna, Ee Ming Khoo. (2021). Implementing Asthma Management Guidelines in Public Primary Care Clinics in Malaysia: A Qualitative Study. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. npj Prim. Care Respir. Med. 31, 38
28. Batumalai, I., Ahmad, A., Subramaniam, P., Chong, M. C., Chinna, K., Rahman, R. A., & Omar, S. Z. (2021). Effectiveness of Antenatal Perineal Massage Among Multi-Ethnic Nulliparous in Reducing Perineal Trauma: Quasi Experimental Study. Journal of Malaysian Nurses Association, 14. 47-57. 29. Vasudevan, L., Chong, M. C., Chinna, K., Singh, S. S., & Chau, K. T. (2021). The Effects of Breathing Exercise in Reducing the Number of Symptoms and Level of Symptoms Severity among Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis. Journal of Malaysian Nurses Association, 12. 2-11

2020
1. Wan Ling Lee, Karuthan Chinna and Bambang Sumintono. (2020). Psychometrics assessment of HeartQoL questionnaire: A Rasch analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2. Dina A. Tallman, Eno Latifi, Deepinder Kaur, Ayesha Sulaheen, T. Alp Ikizler, Karuthan Chinna, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud, Tilakavati Karupaiah, Pramod Khosla. (2020). Dietary Patterns and Health Outcomes among African American Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. Nutrients. 12(797). 3. Daphne S.K. Lee, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, Karuthan Chinna, Pathmawathi Subramanian, Robert Thomas Bachmann. (2020). Critical Thinking Skills of RNs: Exploring Demographic Determinants. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing • 51(3). Pp109-117
4. Nithiah Thangiah, Karuthan Chinna, Tin Tin Su, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Nabilla Al-Sadat, Hazreen Abdul Majid. (2020) Clustering and Tracking the Stability of Biological CVD Risk Factors in Adolescents: The Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team Study (MyHeARTs). Front. Public Health 8:69.
5. Pohchoo Seow, Vairavan Narayanan, Ronnie J. Romelean, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Myint Tun Win, Hari Chandran, Karuthan Chinna, Kartini Rahmat, Norlisah Ramli. (2020). Lipid Fraction Derived from MRI In- and Opposed-Phase Sequence as a Novel Biomarker for Predicting Survival Outcome of Glioma. Academic Radiology. 27(2), pp180-187
6. Karuthan Chinna, Aditya Karuthan (2020). Communication accommodation in healthcare provider-patient exchange. Academy of Science Malaysia (SCOPUS-Indexed
7. Saleemi, M. A., Hosseini Fouladi, M., Yong, P. V. C., Chinna, K., Palanisamy, N. K., & Wong, E. H. (2020). Toxicity of carbon nanotubes: molecular mechanisms, signaling cascades, and remedies in biomedical applications. Chemical research in toxicology, 34(1), 24-46.
8. Ng, S., Sacks, G., Kelly, B., Yeatman, H., Robinson, E., Swinburn, B. Chinna, K. ... & Karupaiah, T. (2020). Benchmarking the transparency, comprehensiveness and specificity of population nutrition commitments of major food companies in Malaysia. Globalization and health, 16, 1-19. doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00560-9
9. Abdullah, A., May, L. S., Salim, H. S., Jenn, N. C., & Chinna, K. (2020). Health Literacy Research in Malaysia: A Scoping Review.Sains Malaysiana, 49(5),1021-1036.
10. Tok, P. S. K., Liew, S. M., Wong, L. P., Razali, A., Loganathan, T., Chinna, K., ... & Kadir, N. A. (2020). Determinants of unsuccessful treatment outcomes and mortality among tuberculosis patients in Malaysia: A registry-based cohort study. PLoS One, 15(4), journal.pone. 0231986
11. Chew, S. C., Beh, Z. Y., Hakumat Rai, V. R., Jamaluddin, M. F., Ng, C. C., Chinna, K., & Hasan, M. S. (2020). Ultrasound-guided central venous vascular access—novel needle navigation technology compared with conventional method: A randomized study. The Journal of Vascular Access, 21(1), 26-32. DOI: 10.1177/1129729819852057
12. Sundarasen, S., Chinna, K., Kamaludin, K., Nurunnabi, M., Baloch, G. M., Khoshaim, H. B., ... & Sukayt, A. (2020). Psychological Impact of COVID-19 and Lockdown among University Students in Malaysia: Implications and Policy Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6206.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176206
13. Cheong, A. T., Tong, S. F., Chinna, K., Khoo, E. M., & Liew, S. M. (2020). Gender differences in factors influencing intention to undergo cardiovascular disease health checks: A cross-sectional survey. PloS one, 15(9) e0239679. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239679
14. Yong, V. W., Tan, Y. J., Ng, Y. D., Choo, X. Y., Sugumaran, K., Chinna, K., ... & Grossmann, M. (2020). Progressive and accelerated weight and body fat loss in Parkinson's disease: A three-year prospective longitudinal study. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 77, 28-35.
15. Khor, B. H., Sualeheen, A., Sahathevan, S., Chinna, K., Gafor, A. H. A., Bavanandan, Wang, A. Y. M. (2020). Association of dietary patterns with serum phosphorus in maintenance haemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-14.
16. Galvan, J. A., Chinna, K., Nordin, R., Mahmood, N. K., Fah, C. K., & Ngerng, M. H. (2020). The Clinical Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Bariatric Metabolic Surgery for Obese with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Patients In Malaysia-A Study Protocol. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(Supplement_2), 1634-1634.
17. Juraina Abd-Jamil, Romano Ngui, Syahrul Nellis, Rosmadi Fauzi, Ai Lian Yvonne Lim, Karuthan Chinna, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly Abu Bakar (2020) Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia, Journal of Tropical Medicine, vol.2. 
18. S. Sahathevan, B.H. Khor, C.H. Yeong, T.H. Tan, A.M.M. Kareem, H.M. Ng, S.S. Narayanan, A.H.A. Gafor, B.L. Goh, B.C. Bee, A.M.D. Zulfitri, K. Chinna, Tilakavati Karupaiah, Validity of Ultrasound Imaging in Measuring Quadriceps Muscle Thickness and Cross‐Sectional Area in Hemodialysis Patients
19. Choo, X. Y., Lim, S. Y., Chinna, K., Tan, Y. J., Yong, V. W., Lim, J. L., ... & Lim, J. H. (2020). Understanding patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives and educational needs in Parkinson’s disease: a multi-ethnic Asian study. Neurological Sciences, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s10072-020-04396-4 (ISI)
20. Nadarajan, S.P.; Karuthan, S.R.; Rajasingam, J.; Chinna, K. (2020) Attitudes Towards Patient Safety among Medical Students in Malaysia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 17, 7721.
21. Lim, J.-H.; Chinna, K.; Khosla, P.; Karupaiah, T.; Daud, Z.A.M. (2020) Understanding How Nutrition Literacy Links to Dietary Adherence in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Haemodialysis: A Theoretical Exploration using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 17, 7479.
22. Galvan, J. A. A., Sriram, S., Chinna, K., & Shukor, M. (2019). Low Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Medical Students at a University In Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 50(6), 1179-1187.
23. Galvan, J. A. A., Ramalingam, P. N., Patil, S. S., bin Shobri, M. A. S., Chinna, K., Sahrir, M. S., & Chidambaram, K. (2020). Mode of delivery, order of birth, parental age gap and autism spectrum disorder among Malaysian children: A case-control study. Heliyon, 6(10), e05068. 24. Gaiyal Viliy Balasubramanian, Khun-Aik Chuah , Ban-Hock Khor, Ayesha Sualeheen, Zu-Wei Yeak , Karuthan Chinna , Kalyana Sundram and Tilakavati Karupaiah, Associations of Eating Mode Defined by Dietary Patterns with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the Malaysia Lipid Study Population, Nutrients,
25. Andoy-Galvan JA, Lugova H, Patil SS et al. Income and obesity in an urban poor community: a cross-sectional study [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2020, 9:160
26. Nurunnabi, M., Hossain, S. F. A. H., Chinna, K., Sundarasen, S., Khoshaim, H. B., Kamaludin, K..& Shan, X. (2020). Coping strategies of students for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research, 9(1115), 1115.
27. Alvi, Q., Baloch, G. M., Chinna, K., & Dabbagh, A. (2020). Lifestyle and reproductive health: the etiology of ovarian cancer in Pakistan. F1000Research, doi: 10.12688/f1000research.24866.1
28. Johari, M. Z., Wee, L. H., Nudin, S. S. A. H., Ujang, E., Roslan, N. M., Omar, B., & Chinna, K. (2020). High-Risk Health Behavior among Malaysian Adolescents: A Comparison between Genders. Global Journal of Health Science, 12(11) (SCOPUS-Indexed)
29. Andoy-Galvan JA, Patil SS, Nair Ramalingam P et al. Self-reported competency, knowledge and practices of teachers teaching primary children with autism in government schools of West Malaysia: a cross-sectional study. F1000Research 2020, 9:768 COPUS-Indexed) 30. Chung Yuan Chang, Kanimolli Arasu, Soon Yee Wong Chinna, K. et al. (2020) Factors Associated With Bone Health Status of Malaysian Pre-adolescent Children in the PREBONE-kids Study Reseach Square. doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-77049/v1

2019
1. Ayesha Sualeheen, Ban-HockKhor, Gaiyal V.Balasubramanian, SharmelaSahathevan, Mohammad SyafiqM.Ali, Sreelakshmi S.Narayanan, KaruthanChinna, Zulfitri Azuan M.Daud, PramodKhosla, Abdul Halim A.Gafor, Tilakavati Karupaiah (2019), Habitual Dietary Patterns of Patients on Haemodialysis Indicate Nutritional Risk, Journal of Renal Nutrition
2. Su May Liew, DPhil1, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Omar Mimi, Mohd Yusof Fazlina, Razali Asmah, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Muhamad Ismail, Abdul Kadir Naim, Karuthan Chinna, Dony Jiloris. (2019) Tuberculosis Incidence and Factors Associated With Mortality Among Health Care Workers in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 31(1) 61–71
3. Lim HM, Chia YC, Ching SM, Karuthan Chinna. (2019). Number of blood pressure measurements needed to estimate long term visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability for predicting cardiovascular risk: a 10-year retrospective cohort study in a primary care clinic in Malaysia. BMJ Open 9:e025322. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-025322
4. Dhiraj Agarwal, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Soumya Chippagiri, Evelyn A. Brakema, Hilary Pinnock, Ee Ming Khoo, Aziz Sheikh, Su-May Liew, Chiu-Wan Ng, Rita Isaac, Karuthan Chinna, Wong Li Ping, Norita Binti Hussein, Sanjay Juvekar and the RESPIRE Collaborators. (2019) Systematic scoping review protocol of methodologies of chronic respiratory disease surveys in low/middle-income countries. Primary Care Respiratory Medicine. 17
5. Lee WL, Chinna K, Lim Abdullah K, Zainal Abidin I. (2019). The forward‐backward and dual‐panel translation methods are comparable in producing semantic equivalent versions of a heart quality of life questionnaire. Int J Nurs Pract
6. Ban-Hock Khor, Sharmela Sahathevan, Ayesha Sualeheen, Mohammad Syafiq Md Ali, Sreelakshmi Sankara Narayanan, Karuthan Chinna, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Bak-Leong Goh Ghazali Ahmad Zaki Morad, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud, Pramod Khosla, Kalyana Sundram j, Tilakavati Karupaiah . (2019). Dietary fatty acid intake in hemodialysis patients and associations with circulating fatty acid profiles: A cross-sectional study. Nutrition 63-64. 14-21
7. Abdullah A, Liew SM, Salim H, Ng CJ, Chinna K. (2019). Prevalence of limited health literacy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216402
8. Jo Ann Andoy Galvan, Shyamkumar Sriram, Karuthan Chinna, Muhammad Shukor Bin Shukry, Nur Hanani binti Mohd Khan, Fatnin binti Mohd Sabri. (2019). Low prevalence of overweight and obesity among medical students at a university in Malaysia. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 50(6), 1-9.
9. Lee Wan Ling, Khatijah Abdullah, Karuthan Chinna Imran Zainal Abidin (2019). Utility of equivalence and cognition models in enhancing validity of translated questionnaires: A methodological example using the HeartQoL questionnaire. The Journal of Nursing Research
10. Abdullah Adina, Chirk Jenn Ng, Su May Liew, Subashini Ambigapathy, V.Paranthaman, Karuthan Chinna (2019) Prevalence of Limited Health Literacy and its Associated Factors in Patients with Type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
11. Nazar Mohd Zabadi Mohd Azahar, Karuthan Chinna, Maznah Dahlui, Nik Daliana Nik Farid, Oche Mansur Oche. (2019). Factors associated with the utilization of postnatal care services among adolescent mothers in Nigeria. Preventive Medicine
12. Ayesha Sualeheen, Ban-Hock Khor, Gaiyal V. Balasubramanian, Sharmela Sahathevan, Mohammad Syafiq, Sreelakshimi S. Narayanan, Karuthan Chinna, Zulfitri Azuan M. Daud, , Pramod Khosla, , Abdul Halim, Tilakavati Karupaiah (2019). Habitual Dietary Patterns of Hemodialysis Patients Indicate Nutritional Risk
13. Bayan Tashkandi, Deepinder Kaur, Eno Latifi, Dina Tallman, Karuthan Chinna, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud, Tilakavati Karupaiah, Hanadi Alhozali, Pramod Khosla (2019) Lipids, Lipoprotein distribution and Nutritional Parameters in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients pre-,during and post Ramadan. Nutrient
14. Tilakavati Karupaiah, Khun-Aik Chuah, Karuthan Chinna, Peter Pressman, Roger A. Clemens, A.Wallace Hayes, Kalyana Sundram (2019).A Cross-Sectional Study on the Dietary Pattern Impact on Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers in Malaysia. Scientific Reports. 9, 13666
15. Weiam Al-Hunaishi, Victor CW Hoe, Karuthan Chinna (2019) Factors associated with healthcare workers willingness to participate in disasters:a cross-sectional study in Sana’a, Yemen. BMJ Open
16. Sumitra Ropini Karuthan, Putri Jasmine Filza binti Firdaus, Aloha Dee-Afryna George Angampun, Chai Jia Xuan, Chris Dom Sagan, Monishak Ramachandran, Sharmmathevan Perumal, Mahendra Karuthan, Rishya Manikam, Karuthan Chinna (2019) Knowledge of and Willingness to Perform Hands-Only™ Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among College Students in Malaysia
17. Jian Min Ooi, Kah Peng Eg, Karuthan Chinna, Anna M Nathan, Jessie A de Bruyne, Surendran Thavagnanam (2019) Predictive risk factors for complicated pneumonia in Malaysian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55: 4. 406-410
18. Poh Choo Seow, M, Vairavan Narayanan, Ronie J. Romelean, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong, Myint Tun Win, Hari Chandran, Karuthan Chinna, Kartini Rahmat, Norlisah Ramli. (2019). Lipid Fraction Derived from MRI In-and Opposed-Phase Sequence as a Novel Biomarker for Predicting
Survival Outcome of Glioma. Academic Radiology. pii: S1076-6332(19)30232-6. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2019.04.015
19. Sou Chen Chew, Zhi Yuen Beh, Vineya Rai Hakumat Rai, Mohamad Fadhil Jamaluddin, Ching Choe Ng, Karuthan Chinna, M Shahnaz Hasan (2019) Ultrasound-guided central venous vascular access—novel needle navigation technology compared with conventional method: A randomized study. The Journal of Vascular Access. 

2018
1. Su May Liew, Ee Ming Khoo, Bee Kiau Ho, Yew Kong Lee, Omar Mimi, Mohd Yusof Fazlina, Razali Asmah, Vickneswari Ayadurai, Muhamad Ismail, Abdul Kadir Naim, Karuthan Chinna, F. Dony Jiloris (2018) Tuberculosis Incidence and Factors Associated With Mortality Among Health Care Workers in Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 
2. Shridevi Subramaniam, Yek Ching Kong, Karuthan Chinna, Merel Kimman, Yan‐Zheng Ho5, Nadiah Saat, Rozita Abdul Malik, Nur Aishah Taib, Matin Mellor Abdullah, Gerard Chi Chye Lim, Nor Saleha Ibrahim Tamin, Yin Ling Woo, Kian Meng Chang, Pi Pin Goh, Cheng Har Yip, Nirmala BhooPathy. (2018). Health‐related quality of life and psychological distress among cancer survivors in a middle‐income country. Psycho‐Oncology. 2018;1–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4787
3. Ai Theng Cheong, Ee Ming Khoo, Su May Liew, Karuthan Chinna. (2018). What are the determinants for individuals to undergo cardiovascular disease health checks? A cross-sectional survey. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201931
4. Surendran Thavagnanam, Saou Y Cheong, Karuthan Chinna, Anna M Nathan, Jessie A de Bruyne. (2018). Pre‐operative parameters do not reliably identify post‐operative respiratory risk in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy. Journal of Paediatric and Child Health. 54(5), 465-592
5. Sharmela Sahathevan, Chee-Hee Se, SeeHoe Ng, Ban-Hock Khor, Karuthan Chinna, Bak Leong Goh, Halim A. Gafor, Sunita Bavanandan, Ghazali Ahmad, Tilakavati Karupaiah. (2018). Clinical efficacy and feasibility of whey protein isolates supplementation in malnourished peritoneal dialysis patients: A multicenter, parallel, open-label randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 25 (2018)
6. Raudah M Yunus, Noran N Hairi, Wan Y Choo, PhD, Maw P Tan, Farizah Hairi, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Norliana Ismail, Shatanapriya Kandiben, Devi Peramalah, Zainudin M Ali,
Sharifah N Ahmad, Inayah A Razak, Sajaratulnisah Othman, Fadzilah HM Mydin, Karuthan Chinna, Awang Bulgiba. (2018). Elder Abuse and Chronic Pain: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Results from the Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect Initiative, Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 66(8), 1161-1175.
7. Bee Ting Chan, Hak Koon Yeoh, Yih Miin Liew, Socrates Dokos, Amr Al Abed, Kok Han Chee, Yang, Abdul Azize, Ganiga Srinivasaiah Sridhar, Karuthan Chinna, Einly Lima. (2018). Quantitative analysis of intraventricular flow-energetics and vortex in ischaemic hearts. Coronary Artery Disease. 29(4), 316-324
8. Ban-Hock Khor, Sreelakshmi Sankara Narayanan, Sharmela Sahathevan, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud , Pramod Khosla, Alice Sabatino, Enrico Fiaccadori, Karuthan Chinna and Tilakavati Karupaiah. (2018). Efficacy of Nutritional Interventions on Inflammatory Markers in Haemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Limited Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 10, 397; doi:10.3390/nu10040397
9. Pey June Tan, Ee Ming Khoo, Karuthan Chinna, Nor I'zzati Saedon, Mohd, Idzwan Zakaria, Ahmad Zulkarnain, Ahmad Zahedi, Norlina Ramli, Nurliza Khalidin,, Mazlina Mazlan, Kok Han Chee, Imran Zainal Abidin, Nemala Nalathamby, Sumaiyah Mat, Mohamad Hasif Jaafar, Hui Min Khor, Norfazilah Mohamad Khannas, Lokman Abdul Majid, Kit Mun Tan, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Philip Poi, Karen Morgan, Keith D. Hill, Lynette MacKenzie, Maw Pin Tan. (2018). Individually-tailored multifactorial intervention to reduce falls in the Malaysian Falls Assessment and Intervention Trial (MyFAIT): A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0199219. 
10. S. S. Paramasivam, K. Chinna, A. K. K. Singh J. Ratnasingam L. Ibrahim L. L. Lim A. T. B. Tan S. P. Chan P. C. Tan S. Z. Omar R. W. Bilous S. R. Vethakkan. 2018. Continuous glucose monitoring results in lower HbA1c in Malaysian women with insulin‐treated gestational diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine. 35 (8), 1118-1129
11. Ranita Hisham , Chirk Jenn Ng, Su May Liew, Pauline Siew Mei Lai, Yook Chin Chia, Ee Ming Khoo, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Sajaratulnisah Othman, Ping Yein Lee, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, Karuthan Chinna. (2018). Development and validation of the Evidence Based Medicine Questionnaire (EBMQ) to assess doctors’ knowledge, practice and barriers regarding the implementation of evidence-based medicine in primary care. BMJ Family Practice. 19(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0779-5
12. Kavitha Subramaniam, Wah-Yun Low, Peng-Choong Lau, Kin-Fah Chin, Karuthan Chinna, Nik Ritza Kosai, Mustafa Mohammed Taher, Reynu Rajan. (2018). Eating Behaviour Predicts Weight Loss Six Months after Bariatric Surgery: A Longitudinal Study. Nutrients, 10, 1616;
13. Khor, B-H., Chinna, K., Gafor, A.H.A., Morad, Z., Ahmad, G., Bavanandam, S., Visvanathan, R., Yahya, R., Goh, B-L., Bee, B-C., Karupaiah, T. (2018) The state of nutrition care in outpatient hemodialysis settings in Malaysia: a nationwide survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 18: 939. 
14. Ban-Hock Khor, Sreelakshmi Sankara Narayanan, Karuthan Chinna , Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor , Zulfitri Azuan Mat Daud , Pramod Khosla , Kalyana Sundram and Tilakavati Karupaiah, Blood Fatty Acid Status and Clinical Outcomes in Dialysis Patients: A Systematic Review, Nutrients 2018, 10, 1353; doi:10.3390/nu10101353
15. Oche Mansur Oche, Umar Abubakar Sadiq, Remi Abiola Oladigbolu, Karuthan Chinna. (2018).Prevalence and Factors Associated with the Use of Traditional Medicines among Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Patients in Sokoto, Nigeria. Ann Afr Med. 2018 Jul-Sep; 17(3): 125–132.
16. Karuthan Chinna. (2018). Questionnaire Validation in Dietary Studies. Renal Nutr Metab 2018;3:15.