May 18, 2026 Publications

PUBLICATIONS

By Dr Amirul Islam

Organisation for Rural Community Development (ORCD) Bangladesh is conducting high-impact translation research, collaborating with different universities worldwide on rural health development and publishing research articles in international journals as well as conference presentation. Here are some of our recent publications.



1.     Islam, FMA, Hosen, A. Mahmud, AA. Association of lifestyle and behavioral factors with self-reported visual problems among schoolchildren in rural Bangladesh. PLOS One. August 21, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328541

2.     Islam, FMA.Study of the psychometric properties of the HLS-EU-12 questionnaire in rural Bangladesh. PLOS One. PLOS One. 2025. 10.1371/journal.pone.0323608

3.     Islam, FMA. Gender difference in domain-specific quality of life measured by modified WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire and their associated factors among older adults in a rural district in Bangladesh. PLOS One 2025. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317113.

4.     Islam, FMA. Williams, J. 2023. Factors Associated with Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use, Intention to Quit, and the Number of Cigarettes Smoked among Adults with High Blood Pressure in a Rural District of Bangladesh, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, no. 9 (2023), 5355 

5.     Islam FMA, Islam MA, Hosen MA, Lambert EA, Maddison R, Lambert GW, Thompson BR 2023. Associations of physical activity levels, and attitudes towards physical activity with blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure in Bangladesh, PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, no. 2 (Feb 2023), p. e0280879, e0280879 

6.     Islam FMA, Wong CK, Hosen MA, Bhowmik J. 2023. Perception of and Practice in Salt and Fruit Consumption and Their Associations with High Blood Pressure: A Study in a Rural Area in Bangladesh, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, no. 3 (Jan 2023), 1622 

7.     Islam FMA, Lambert EA, Islam SMS, IslamMA, Maddison R, Thompson B and Lambert GW. 2021. Factors associated with uncontrolled blood pressure and the adherence to antihypertensive medication in a rural area in Bangladesh: Baseline data from a cluster RCT.  BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12379-z

8.     Islam FMA, Lambert EA, Islam SMS, Hosen A, Thompson B and Lambert GW. 2021. Understanding the sociodemographic factors associated with intention to receive SMS messages for health information in a rural area of Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12418-9  

9.     Islam FMA. 2021 Factors associated with physical activity among people with hypertension in a rural area in Bangladesh: Base-line data from a cluster randomized control trial. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health.  DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147365

10.    Lim W, Lau BT, Chua C, Islam FMA. 2021. A Review: How Does ICT Affect the Health and Well-Being of Teenagers in Developing Countries? Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology. ICICT 2021, London, Volume 2.

11.    Islam FMA, Lambert EA, Islam SMS, IslamMA, Biswas D, McDonaldR, Maddison R, Thompson B and Lambert GW. 2021. Lowering blood pressure by changing lifestyle through a motivational education program: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial.  Trials 22, 438 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05379-2

12.  Uddin N. Islam FMA. 2020.Psychometric evaluation of the modified 19-item Bengali version of WHOQOL scale using Rasch analysis: a cross-sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh. 2020. BMC Psychology, Vol 8, No.1. Article # 44.

13.  Meyer, D., Bhowmik. J., Islam, FMA, Deverell L. Profiling guide dog handlers to support guide dog matching decisions. 2020. Disability and Rehabilitation. Vol 42, No.1. 137-146.

14.  Uddin N. Islam FMA. 2020. Psychometric evaluation of the modified Kessler seven-item version (K7) for measuring psychological distress using Rasch analysis: a cross-sectional study in a rural district of Bangladesh. BMJ Open, Vol 10, No.2. e034523.

15.  Islam, FMA. Psychological distress and its association with socio-demographic factors in a rural district in Bangladesh: A cross- sectional study. PLOS One. 2019. 10.1371/journal.pone.0212765. 

16.  Islam FMA and Walton A. Tobacco smoking and use of smokeless tobacco and their association with psychological distress and other factors in a rural district in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Environmental Public Health. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1424592.  

17.  Uddin N. Bhar S. Islam FMA. 2019. Awareness, knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding mental health disorders in the general population in a rural district in Bangladesh. BMC Health Service Research 13 August 2019. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4385-6. 

18.  Uddin N. Islam FMA. Psychometric evaluation of an interview-administered version of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire for use in a cross-sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh: an application of Rasch analysis. BMC Health Service Research. 2019. 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4026-0

19.  Islam FMA, Kawasaki R, Finger RP. Factors associated with participation in a diabetic retinopathy screening program in a rural district in Bangladesh. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2018. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2018.08.012.

20.  Uddin N. Islam FMA and Mahmud AA. Psychometric evaluation of an interview-administered version of the Kessler 10-item questionnaire (K10) for measuring psychological distress in rural Bangladesh. BMJ Open. 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/444034.

21.  Uddin N., Bhar S. Mahmud AA, Islam FMA. 2017. Psychological distress and quality of life in a rural district in Bangladesh: Methodology of the study. BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 1;7(9):e016745. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016745. 

22.  Islam FMA Bhowmik JL, Islam SZ, Renzaho AMN, Hiller JE. 2016. Factors Associated with Disability in Rural Bangladesh: Bangladesh Population-based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES). PLOS One. December 9, 2016. pone.0165625

23.  Islam FMA Chakrabarti R, Islam MT, Wahab M. Finger RP, Shaw J. Pre-diabetes, Undiagnosed and known Diabetes and their risk factors in a Rural area in Bangladesh. J Diabetes. 2015 Apr 7. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12294. 

24.  Chakrabarti R, Finger RP, Islam MT, Lamoureux E, Wahab M, Islam FMA 2015. Methodology of the Bangladesh Population-based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES) conducted in a rural area in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 2015. 14 (4): 367-375. 

25.    Islam FMA Bhuyan A, Chakrabarti R., Rahman A, Hiller J. Undiagnosed Hypertension and its risk factors in a Rural district in Bangladesh.  Journal of Human Hypertension. 2015. 1–8. 

26.    Islam FMA, Chakrabarti R, Islam SZ, Finger RP, Critchley C. 2015. Factors associated with awareness, attitudes and practices regarding common eye diseases in rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population- based Diabetes and Eye Study (BPDES). PLoS One. 10(7): e0133043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133043.   

27.  Islam FMA. 2016.  Accuracy for grading Diabetic Retinopathy: Retinal photo graders from a developing country and standard grader in Australia.  PLOS One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0179310  

28.  Islam FMA, Chakrabarti R, Islam MT, Ormsby G, Parvez R Wahab M, Critchley C* and Finger RP*. Knowledge of Diabetics in a Rural Community in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2014: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110368. 

Scientific Presentations 

29.  Islam FMA, Critchley C. Asma L, Wahab M, Finger RP. Diabetic retinopathy in a population based and a hospital-based sample in a rural district Narail in Bangladesh. World Diabetes Conference, December 4-8, 2017.  Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi.

30.    Hossen A, Zaman M, Chakrabarti R, Kawasaki R, Critchley C, ShawJ, Finger R, Islam FMA.  World Diabetes Congress, November 30-December 4, 2015.  Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada. http://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/events/world-diabetes-congress-2015 (poster discussion).

31.    Islam FMA, Chakrabarti Rand Critchley C. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of common Eye Diseases in a Rural district in Bangladesh. Asia ARVO, February 16-19, 2015.  Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohoma, Japan. Http://ARVO.org/Asia-ARVO. (oral presentation).

32.    Islam F.M.A., Chakrabarti R., Islam T., Finger R.P., Wahab M., Development of a Risk Assessment Tool for Undiagnosed Diabetes for Rural People in Bangladesh. World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne, 2-6th December, 2013. 

33.    Islam F.M.A., Chakrabarti R., Islam T., Finger R.P., Wahab M., Undiagnosed Diabetes in a Rural Community in Bangladesh: The Diabetes Risk in a Rural Community (DRIRC) Study. World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne, 2-6th December, 2013. 

34.    Islam FMA, Chakrabarti R., Islam T., Orsmby G.M., Wahab M., Knowledge related to diabetes mellitus in a rural community in Bangladesh. The Diabetes Risk in a Rural Community (DRIRC) Study. World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne, 2-6th December, 2013.