JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2024
Poor Quality of Sleep among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Centre.
Health personnel work under highly stressful conditions with long work hours, frequent night work, and shift duties resulting in sleep problems. Sleep problems lead to a decline in performance, cognition, memory, decision-making, medical errors and mental disorders. The study aimed to find out the prevalence of poor quality of sleep among healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre. ⋯ health personnel; mental disorders; prevalence; quality of sleep; sleep.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2024
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Media Reporting on Suicide among Media Persons of a Province.
Suicide is a global public health problem. Sensible media reporting on suicide could be useful in suicide prevention. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding media reporting on suicide among media persons of a province. ⋯ attitude; cross-sectional study; knowledge; suicide.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2024
Positive Attitude Towards Personal Drug Selection among Undergraduate Medical Students of a Medical College.
Personal drug exercise helps in the selection of drugs depending on the criteria- safety, efficacy, suitability and cost. Undergraduate medical students are the future practitioners-in-training and should focus more on rational prescribing. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of positive attitudes towards personal drug selection among undergraduate medical students of a medical college. ⋯ medical students; medicine; perception; prevalence.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2024
High Dependency Unit Admissions among Patients with Lower Extremity Long Bone Fracture Visiting the Department of Orthopaedics in a Tertiary Care Centre.
Lower extremity long bone, femoral and tibial shaft, fractures often have associated injuries. Patients with lower extremity long bone fractures in the Department of Orthopaedics can land up in high dependency unit admissions, mostly due to underlying complications. The study aimed to find out the prevalence of high dependency unit admissions among patients with lower extremity long bone fractures visiting the Department of Orthopaedics in a tertiary care centre. ⋯ femoral fractures; prevalence; tibial fractures; traffic accidents.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Feb 2024
Hypothyroidism among Children with Nephrotic Syndrome Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre.
Nephrotic syndrome is a glomerular disease characterized by massive urinary protein loss occurring in children. Proteinuria also leads to loss of thyroid binding globulin affecting thyroid function. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of hypothyroidism among children with nephrotic syndrome admitted to a tertiary care centre. ⋯ children; hypothyroidism; nephrotic syndrome; prevalence.