Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by WHO. As a preventive measure, Nepal was put into lockdown from 24 March to 21 July, 2020 for the first wave of COVID-19 infection. Sudden lockdown prompted the widespread closure of educational institutions. This study aimed to assess the academic and social impact due to COVID-19 lockdown on undergraduate students. Method: A web based cross sectional study was conducted among 403 undergraduate students of Manipal College of Medical Sciences (MCOMS), Pokhara Nepal using the total enumeration method after the ethical approval from Institutional Review Committee (IRC), Manipal Teaching Hospital. Data was collected through online self-administered questionnaires by using Microsoft Form. Analysis of the results was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: High academic (55.6%) and social (53.8%) impact was seen in the students. Female (OR: 1.76; CI 1.1-2.82), Nepalese students (OR: 2.05; CI 1.19-3.51), data pack users (OR: 2.09; CI 1.16-3.78) were more likely to have a high academic impact. Foreign students (OR: 1.88; CI 1.11-3.11) and students having a daily update of COVID-19 (OR: 2.2; CI 1.03-4.66) were more likely to have a high social impact. Conclusion: Academic impact was seen more in female and Nepalese students while the social impact was high among foreign students. Educational activities need to continue in this critical situation. Concerned authorities need to focus on the improvement of digital infrastructure and technology along with the continuation of clinical learning with safety precautions during this pandemic time for better learning among students.
Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. However, most cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by addressing behavioral risk factors. The objective of this study was to identify cardiovascular health risk behaviors among college students of Pokhara. Method: Descriptive, cross sectional, web based study was conducted among 390 college students of Pokhara from 10 June to 30 July, 2021. Online self-administered structured questionnaire was used for data collection using purposive and snowball sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Chi square). Result: In this study, smoking, tobacco use and alcohol consumption were present among 33(8.5%), 13(3.3%) and 45(11.5%) respondents respectively. Further consumption of junk food was found among 349(89.5%) followed by screen time of more than two hours among 300(76.9%) respondents. A statistically significant association was found in age (p=0.17) and gender (p<0.001) with smoking. Similarly, statistically significant association was found in gender (p<0.001) with tobacco use and in age (p=0.028), gender (p<0.001), education (p=0.026) and family type (p=0.009) with alcohol consumption. Conclusion: Cardiovascular health risk behaviors such as smoking, tobacco use and alcohol intake was found more among male students. Further consumption of junk food along with screen time of more than two hours was found among most of the college students.
The rapid growth of mobile technologies has been made but with some limitations. The present "Nchemoapp" is developed for student nurses on chemotherapy, focusing in the South Asian context. There is a need for mHealth apps in oncology nursing for student nurses as well as staff nurses. Training should be given about chemotherapy efficacy in order to improve the attitude about chemotherapy among the student nurses as well as staff nurses.
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