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Globally, the population aged 60 years and above is growing faster than any younger age group. According to the UN, (2017), between 2015-2050, the proportion of the world's older adults is expected to nearly double from 12%-22% (UN, 2017), whereas in Arab region, it is estimated to almost double and a half from 6.02%-15.2% (UNFPA, 2017). Lebanon has the fastest growing older adult population in the Arab region (Abdulrahim, Ajrouch, & Antonucci, 2015). By the end of 2015, people aged 60 years and older represented 7.3% of Lebanon's population and is expected to increase to 12.0% and 21.0% by the year 2030 and 2050, respectively (Sibai, Rizk, & Kronfol, 2015). Moreover, older people are more vulnerable to chronic diseases and need more healthcare services than younger age group. The National Institute on Aging (2017) reported that 85% of older people have at least one long-term illness and 60% have at least two conditions. Due to escalating population size and number of comorbidities among older people, it is an essential need to enhance the quality of health care among this population. Quality of health care is defined as "providing effective and efficient healthcare services that meet both healthcare provides' and

Stress continues to be a global burden. It may be thought of as necessary to human thriving; however, challenging and unfavorable functioning may take place when many significant stressors are imposed repetitively or concurrently without resolve. Research suggests that medical students perceive higher levels of stress than students in other health-related disciplines [1–3]. Since caffeine is a psychoactive substance that stimulates the central nervous system, medical students use to consume it more than other students to overcome the stress they face due to studying. The paucity of knowledge regarding the trends of caffeine consumption among medical students in developed countries and especially in Lebanon has encouraged us to examine the relationship between caffeine addiction and stress among Lebanese medical students in Lebanon. A non-experimental cross-sectional correlational design was employed to gather data from a sample of 800 medical students enrolled in different studying years in different Lebanese universities. Well-established psychometric instruments were used in primary data collection method, which are the Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) and the Caffeine Consumption and Dependence Scale. The analyzed data is provided in the tables included in this article.

Despite the fact that self-report of pain is considered the most consistent indicator of its presence, pain assessment for the critically ill mechanically ventilated patients is quite challenging, as the altered level of consciousness, sedation and the presence of life support devices commonly affect the self-report mechanism. However, in Lebanon, nearly no research articles or local professional organizations have raised this topic. Therefore, addressing and introducing the “Critical Care Pain Observation Tool” (CPOT) is of great importance and would help the healthcare providers especially “Critical Care Nurses” (CCN) in identifying and managing the patient’s hidden pain Curry Narayan, 2010. The data followed a non-experimental post-test only design to gather data from a sample of 30 critical care registered nurses where well-established psychometric instruments were used in primary data collection method, which is Critical Care Pain Observation Tool and the Feasibility and clinical utility CPOT Questionnaire. The data in this article provides demographic data about critical care nurses and their evaluation of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) implementation for mechanically ventilated intensive care patients. The analyzed data is provided in the tables included in this article.

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