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Peer-reviewed publications

Published & indexed.

P01
Published Cureus · Springer Nature Longitudinal

Behavioural and contextual predictors of cyberchondria severity among preclinical medical students in India: a two-wave longitudinal study

Jaideep Rao M. Cureus, 10 June 2026.
P02
Published IJPHRD · EMBASE-indexed Cross-sectional

To study the prevalence and sources of stress among medical students of Sangareddy district

Jaideep Rao M. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development (IJPHRD), 2023;14(4).
Manuscripts in press / under review

In the pipeline.

M01
AcceptedNJMR

AI-assisted health information seeking and domain-specific cyberchondria among medical students

Jaideep Rao M., Sridhar D. National Journal of Medical Research (NJMR) — accepted for publication.
Manuscript ID: NJMR-1370
M02
AcceptedIJCMPHDose-response

Online health search behaviour and cyberchondria severity among medical students: a dose-response study

Jaideep Rao M., Sridhar D. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health (IJCMPH) — accepted 11 June 2026.
Manuscript ID: IJCMPH-15767
M03
Under reviewMJAFISR & Meta-analysis

Prevalence of physical inactivity among undergraduate MBBS students in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis using the IPAQ

Jaideep Rao M., Sridhar D. Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI) — under peer review.
Manuscript ID: MJAFI-D-26-00283
M04
Under reviewEMHJ · WHO/EMROSR & Meta-analysis

Pooled prevalence and factors associated with emigration intention among physicians in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jaideep Rao M., Nidadavolu YS. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal (EMHJ), WHO/EMRO — under peer review.
Manuscript ID: EMHJ-D-26-00675
M05
Under reviewepiH · Epidemiology and HealthSR & Meta-analysis

Uncontrolled hypertension and confirmatory accuracy of blood pressure screening in dental settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jaideep Rao M., Nidadavolu YS. Epidemiology and Health (epiH) — under peer review.
Manuscript ID: EPIH-26-375
M06
Under reviewOphthalmic Epidemiology · T&FSR & Meta-analysis

Problematic and addictive digital-device use and dry eye disease in children, adolescents, and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jaideep Rao M., Shilpa Reddy V. Ophthalmic Epidemiology (Taylor & Francis) — under review.
Submission ID: 263885997
Registered protocols & preprints

Pre-registered on PROSPERO & OSF.

Every systematic review is registered before screening begins — publicly searchable on PROSPERO, with the protocol preprint archived on OSF.

R01
PROSPEROOSF preprint

Emigration intention among physicians in low- and middle-income countries

Jaideep Rao M., Nidadavolu YS. — Pooled prevalence & associated factors; systematic review and meta-analysis.
PROSPERO CRD420261402590  ·  OSF doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/VDUF5
R02
PROSPEROOSF preprint

Uncontrolled hypertension & confirmatory accuracy of blood pressure screening in dental settings

Jaideep Rao M., Nidadavolu YS. — Systematic review and meta-analysis.
PROSPERO CRD420261405844  ·  OSF doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/XYBZV
R03
PROSPEROOSF preprint

Problematic & addictive digital-device use and dry eye disease in children, adolescents, and young adults

Jaideep Rao M., Shilpa Reddy V. — Systematic review and meta-analysis.
PROSPERO CRD420261411566  ·  OSF doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/92MVP
R04
PROSPEROOSF preprint

Physical inactivity among undergraduate medical (MBBS) students measured by the IPAQ

Jaideep Rao M., Sridhar D. — Systematic review and meta-analysis.
PROSPERO CRD420261376364  ·  OSF doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/WYPGT
Conference presentations

Presented at IAPSMCON & PREVENCON.

Poster · IAPSMCON 2023

Prevalence of internet addiction among undergraduate medical students

A cross-sectional study in a medical college of Sangareddy. Poster presentation, IAPSMCON 2023.

Oral · PREVENCON 2.0, 2024

KAP concerning menstruation among adolescent school girls

An evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice in the RHTC area of a tertiary-care hospital, Sangareddy. Oral presentation, PREVENCON 2.0, 2024.

MD dissertation

Nutritional status of the rural elderly, Sangareddy district

A cross-sectional study assessing the nutritional status of the elderly in a rural setting of Sangareddy district, Telangana — a 24-month field study completed as part of the MD in Community Medicine, anchoring an ongoing interest in population-level epidemiology and ageing research.

Methods I work with

Quant first, but not quant only.

Comfortable across the standard public-health quantitative toolchain, and increasingly building my own analysis tooling where the off-the-shelf options don't quite fit.

Stats & modelling

SPSS · STATA · R

Cross-sectional analysis, regression modelling, longitudinal/mixed methods, meta-analysis in R (metafor, meta packages), proportion meta-analysis with random-effects modelling.

Synthesis

PRISMA · GRADE · RoB

PRISMA 2020-compliant reporting, dual-reviewer screening with kappa, Newcastle-Ottawa / JBI / ROBINS-I risk-of-bias frameworks, GRADE for certainty-of-evidence.

Tooling

Python · JavaScript

Data cleaning pipelines, automated screening helpers, and the two live Play Store apps that deploy the research-grade screening instruments to actual users in the wild.

Collaborate

Working on something adjacent?

Digital health behaviour, cyberchondria, behavioural epidemiology, aging research, or digital interventions for NCDs — if any of that overlaps with your work, I would be glad to hear from you.

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