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Analyzing Trends in Suicidal Thoughts Among Patients With Psychosis in India: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

Analyzing Trends in Suicidal Thoughts Among Patients With Psychosis in India: Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment Data

India has the world’s largest number of suicidal deaths [1], and for every death by suicide in India, there are more than 200 people with suicidal ideations (SIs) [2]. Suicide is a common cause of premature mortality among people living with schizophrenia [3,4] and a recent systematic review has reported a point prevalence of nearly 30% of SIs in people with schizophrenia [5].

Ameya P Bondre, Aashish Ranjan, Ritu Shrivastava, Deepak Tugnawat, Nirmal Kumar Chaturvedi, Anant Bhan, Snehil Gupta, Abhijit R Rozatkar, Srilakshmi Nagendra, Siddharth Dutt, Soumya Choudhary, Preethi V Reddy, Urvakhsh Meherwan Mehta, John A Naslund, John Torous

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e67745

Insights Into Skin-Lightening Practices of Hijra and Transgender Communities in India

Insights Into Skin-Lightening Practices of Hijra and Transgender Communities in India

Yet, conventional Indian beauty standards still drive demand for skin-lightening products (SLPs) among women in India and transfeminine communities. Literature on skin-lightening practices among transgender people is limited. Transgender women undergoing estrogen therapy have an increased risk of melasma, which may be treated with skin-lightening agents like hydroquinone [2].

Sriram Palepu, Vasudeva Murthy Sindgi, Aylur Kailasom Srikrishnan, Carrie Kovarik

JMIR Dermatol 2025;8:e66822

Google Trends for the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in India From 2010 to 2024: Infodemiological Study

Google Trends for the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in India From 2010 to 2024: Infodemiological Study

In India, the situation is alarming, with 127,526 new cases and 79,906 deaths attributed to cervical cancer in 2022 [2]. The mortalities due to cervical cancer in India in 2040 are estimated to be 124,677—an increase of 61% over the estimated number of deaths due to cervical cancer in 2020 [3]. Cervical cancer, largely preventable through vaccination against HPV, remains a pressing public health concern [4].

Rashmi Mehra, Arindam Ray, Amrita Kumari, Amanjot Kaur, Rhythm Hora, Syed F Quadri, Seema Singh Koshal, Bodhisatwa Ray, Shyam Kumar Singh, Abida Sultana, Arup Deb Roy

J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e69729

Integrated Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Among People Living With HIV Visiting the Antiretroviral Therapy Centers in India: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Surveillance

Integrated Behavioral and Biological Surveillance Among People Living With HIV Visiting the Antiretroviral Therapy Centers in India: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Surveillance

In India, the predominant mode of HIV transmission is through the heterosexual route (75%), followed by injecting drug use (12%), and the homosexual or bisexual route among men who have sex with men (5%) [1]. In India, as per the 2023 report, the estimated adult prevalence of HIV is 0.20% (95% CI 0.17%-0.25%), and the estimated number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) is 2.54 million (95% CI 2.17-3.04 million) [2].

Pradeep Kumar, Santhakumar Aridoss, Malathi Mathiyazhakan, Subasri Dhanusu, Chinmoyee Das, Shobini Rajan, Arvind Kumar, Subrata Biswas, Elangovan Arumugam

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e58252

Mental Health Apps Available in App Stores for Indian Users: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Mental Health Apps Available in App Stores for Indian Users: Protocol for a Systematic Review

For example, the treatment gap for depression in India is 85.2%. Factors contributing to this gap include the stigma surrounding mental health issues and their treatment, the uneven distribution of mental health services, affordability challenges, and the scarcity of trained mental health professionals [2]. Some of these same factors have also become the drivers of the growth of digital mental health solutions in India.

Seema Mehrotra, Ravikesh Tripathi, Pramita Sengupta, Abhishek Karishiddimath, Angelina Francis, Pratiksha Sharma, Paulomi Sudhir, Srikanth TK, Girish N Rao, Rajesh Sagar

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e71071

Comparative Evaluation of Effectiveness of Standard of Care Alone and in Combination With Homoeopathic Treatment in COVID-19–Related Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM): Protocol for a Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

Comparative Evaluation of Effectiveness of Standard of Care Alone and in Combination With Homoeopathic Treatment in COVID-19–Related Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis (ROCM): Protocol for a Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

ROCM is the most common form of mucormycosis in India, accounting for 45%-74% of cases. Complications of ROCM include blindness [13] cerebral infarction, cerebral abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and intracranial hemorrhages [14]. The disease progresses rapidly and has a poor prognosis if not diagnosed early.

Harleen Kaur, Jyoti Sachdeva, Ramesh Bawaskar, Twinkle Goyal

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e57905

Development and Validation of the “Basic Oral Health Assessment Tool” (BOHAT) for Nondental Health Care Professionals to Use With the Indian Adult Population: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Development and Validation of the “Basic Oral Health Assessment Tool” (BOHAT) for Nondental Health Care Professionals to Use With the Indian Adult Population: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

To bridge this gap, this research aims to develop, validate, and implement a Basic Oral Health Assessment Tool (BOHAT) that is tailored for use by nondental health professionals working with populations aged 18 years and older in India. BOHAT will be a screening tool for health professionals who are not dentists, to enable rapid identification of the need to refer patients for dental consultation.

Amitha Basheer N, Praveen Jodalli, Shishir Shetty, Ramya Shenoy, Ashwini Rao, Mithun Pai, Inderjit Murugendrappa Gowdar, Sultan Abdulrahman Almalki

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e63480

Understanding Providers’ Attitude Toward AI in India’s Informal Health Care Sector: Survey Study

Understanding Providers’ Attitude Toward AI in India’s Informal Health Care Sector: Survey Study

Among these countries, India shoulders a substantial burden, accounting for a quarter of all TB cases and resulting in approximately 89,000 deaths in the year 2019 alone [2]. The COVID-19 pandemic further worsened these global inequalities, particularly by disrupting TB diagnostic and treatment services [3,4]. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals a concerning trend in the incidence rate of TB.

Sumeet Kumar, Snehil Rayal, Raghuram Bommaraju, Navya Pratyusha Varasala, Sirisha Papineni, Sarang Deo

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e54156

Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study

Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study

Digital technologies, especially in India, have been instrumental in achieving these goals while advancing the vision of transforming into a digitally empowered society. This revolution has accelerated the growth of health care services.

Harleen Kaur, Stuti Tripathi, Manjeet Singh Chalga, Sudhir K Benara, Amit Dhiman, Shefali Gupta, Saritha Nair, Geetha Menon, B K Gulati, Sandeep Sharma, Saurabh Sharma

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e59937

Unveiling Sociocultural Barriers to Breast Cancer Awareness Among the South Asian Population: Case Study of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

Unveiling Sociocultural Barriers to Breast Cancer Awareness Among the South Asian Population: Case Study of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

In this work, we assess the barriers to mass awareness (and thus far early detection) of BC among people in 2 very densely populated but culturally similar and geographically neighboring areas—Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. Bangladesh (area: 57,321 square miles) and West Bengal, India (area: 34,267 square miles) are 2 territories in South Asia. Bangladesh’s official language is Bengali, and the mass people primarily use the Bengali language for daily conversation.

Fahmida Hamid, Tania Roy

JMIR Hum Factors 2025;12:e53969