Background and Objectives: Public adherence to preventive measures like social distancing, lockdown, improved hygiene is influenced by their knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19. The effectiveness of those mitigation measures is highly dependent on the cooperation and compliance of all residents of the country. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of social media users with respect to six variables of socio-demographic parameters regarding the corona virus disease . Material and methods: The cross-sectional study design was employed through an online survey. The data were collected from 218 respondents from April 15 to June 7, 2020 through Google Form. Frequency, percentage, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H Test were used to analyze the data. Results: A high level of sensible knowledge regarding the overall knowledge (Mean=0.73, SD=0.11) about COVID-19 was observed. Participants have shown good sense of knowledge towards awareness (Mean=0.73, SD=0.14) and prevention (Mean=0.88, SD=0.15) based knowledge as compared to the symptom (Mean=0.49, SD=0.19) based knowledge. In response to attitude and practice, seven out of ten participants (70.6%) believed that the country will succeed in controlling the virus. A good number of participants were wearing face masks (94.5%), improving hygiene (92.7%) and using sanitizer/soap (94%). Around 91.7% of them were maintaining social distancing whereas 73.9%of participants think that the ongoing lockdown should be extended to control the transmission of virus. More dangerously, 42.7 % of participants believed anti-malarial drugs are useful for treating the patients with COVID-19. Conclusion: The present study revealed a good knowledge, optimistic attitude and appropriate practice among social media users towards COVID-19. The findings of this study might serve as the baseline for planning awareness campaigns to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice in some critical aspects to control the virus in public level, and implementing government efforts and plan for better containment of COVID-19.
Food consuming behavior is a concern for good physiological, physical, psychological, and social health. An unbalanced eating habit may be related to several factors. The objective of the study was to investigate how the use of digital devices influences graduate students’ eating behavior. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 320 Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) scholars of Nepal Open University through an online survey. A Chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model were fitted to find the effect of digital devices on food consumption. There was a significant association between the duration of using a mobile phone, computer, and TV with the quantity of food consumed, preferred time of using a laptop with the quantity of food consumed, and the sitting position during the use of digital devices with the quantity of food consumed. The logistic regression model showed that individual’s sitting positions while using digital devices were significant predictors of food consumption at a 95% confidence level.
This study explored the academic activities of academicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. An online questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from 361 academicians about changes in academic and extracurricular activities. The findings showed that the majority of participants (69% and 72%) agreed that both academic and extracurricular activities, respectively, were adversely affected by the lockdown during the pandemic. The results also showed that the study hours, sleeping hours, and social networking increased while concentration on academic activities decreased during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
INTRODUCTION: Utilization of digital devices create some problems for users, such as, mental disorder, visual problems, headache, weight gain and unnecessary time consumption. Therefore, this study aims to identify the information about the practices on the use of digital devices, its impact on physical health and pattern of self-care among the university students involved in different professions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MPhil scholars involved in different professions (n= 315) of Nepal Open University (NOU) had participated in this cross-sectional online survey during January 2019 to August 2019. Multivariable analysis was employed to obtain rate ratios and chi-square test was used for the association of the use of digital devices with physical health problems. RESULTS: Socio-demographic factors like age was significantly associated with neck pain (p=0.02) and stiffness in hands/arms (p=0.04), while profession was associated with weight gain and difficulty in sleep (p=0.04). Moreover, the use of tablets or taking tea or coffee during the use of digital devices was associated with headache among university students (p=0.05) with small effect sizes. Additionally, we found that headache (p< 0.001), and weight gain (p= 0.01) were significantly associated with the daily use of computer and TV respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Physical health problems among the subjects who used computers and TV were relatively high as compared to the subjects who used laptops. Self-care measures taken by participants for physical health problems involved the use of medicine and meditation.
The phase diagram study of the binary organic system has been investigated by the thaw melt method using 4-hydroxy- 3 methoxybenzaldehyde (HMB) and 4-nitroaniline (NA). The temperature-composition plot showed that the intermolecular compound (IMC) has formed at 1:1 molar ratio with two eutectics on either side of IMC. The melting points of eutectics and IMC along with parents are verified by the DSC method. The different phases of the systems which are in equilibrium and their physicochemical properties are estimated using the enthalpy of fusion values obtained from DSC. The higher melting temperature of IMC suggested the formation of Schiff base during homogenization process. The new and moderately sharp Bragg’s peaks at specific 2θ values found in the diffractogram of IMC revealed the novelty and crystalline nature of IMC while repeated peaks in the diffractogram of eutectics suggest the mechanical mixture of eutectics
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