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Journal of Chitwan Medical College, Jun 30, 2022
Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The ob... more Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence of anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 388 higher secondary school adolescents of grade 11 and 12. Data were collected from 18 January 2021 to 14 February 2021 using self administered questionnaire. Validated Nepali version of Beck's Anxiety Inventory was used for measuring the level of Anxiety. Data entry and analysis were done by IBM SPSS version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Chi square test was used to find the association of Anxiety with independent variables. Results: Among total participants, 30.7% had anxiety symptoms in which 19.9 % had mild anxiety, 7.6% had moderate anxiety and 3.2% had severe anxiety. Marital status of parents (p= <0.001), ongoing health problems (<0.001), history of mental illness (p=<0.001), marital status (p=0.04) and gender p=0.015) of respondent were found to have association with anxiety. Conclusions: Study concluded that nearly one third of participant had reported to experienced anxiety disorder. Thus local government and school authority needs to pay special attention in addressing anxiety among adolescents by formulating different program and policies for school going adolescents in local level.
Journal of Chitwan Medical College
Background: Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is a pre-condition for people to acqui... more Background: Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is a pre-condition for people to acquire good health, well-being and benefit from economic development. Slum dwellers are likely to be among the most deprived people for WASH in developing countries like Nepal. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to find the level of knowledge and existing practices among slum dwellers of Bharatpur Metropolis Ward no 5. A total of 173 female household head were identified through census method and interviewed with semi structured interview schedule and analyzed with descriptive statistics by using SPSS 20. Results: Nearly around two third of the respondents (65.3%) had good knowledge of WASH. Regarding the practices, the study showed that only 42 percent of respondents had access to piped drinking water in their premises and almost all households (94.8%) didn’t use any purification method for drinking water. In total 59 percent had latrine in their household and half of total resp...
Journal of Chitwan Medical College
Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The ob... more Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence of anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 388 higher secondary school adolescents of grade 11 and 12. Data were collected from 18 January 2021 to 14 February 2021 using self administered questionnaire. Validated Nepali version of Beck’s Anxiety Inventory was used for measuring the level of Anxiety. Data entry and analysis were done by IBM SPSS version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Chi square test was used to find the association of Anxiety with independent variables. Results: Among total participants, 30.7% had anxiety symptoms in which 19.9 % had mild anxiety, 7.6% had moderate anxiety and 3.2% had severe anxiety. Marital status of parents (p= <0.001), o...
Journal of Chitwan Medical College, Jun 30, 2022
Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The ob... more Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence of anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 388 higher secondary school adolescents of grade 11 and 12. Data were collected from 18 January 2021 to 14 February 2021 using self administered questionnaire. Validated Nepali version of Beck's Anxiety Inventory was used for measuring the level of Anxiety. Data entry and analysis were done by IBM SPSS version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Chi square test was used to find the association of Anxiety with independent variables. Results: Among total participants, 30.7% had anxiety symptoms in which 19.9 % had mild anxiety, 7.6% had moderate anxiety and 3.2% had severe anxiety. Marital status of parents (p= <0.001), ongoing health problems (<0.001), history of mental illness (p=<0.001), marital status (p=0.04) and gender p=0.015) of respondent were found to have association with anxiety. Conclusions: Study concluded that nearly one third of participant had reported to experienced anxiety disorder. Thus local government and school authority needs to pay special attention in addressing anxiety among adolescents by formulating different program and policies for school going adolescents in local level.
Journal of Chitwan Medical College
Background: Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is a pre-condition for people to acqui... more Background: Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is a pre-condition for people to acquire good health, well-being and benefit from economic development. Slum dwellers are likely to be among the most deprived people for WASH in developing countries like Nepal. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to find the level of knowledge and existing practices among slum dwellers of Bharatpur Metropolis Ward no 5. A total of 173 female household head were identified through census method and interviewed with semi structured interview schedule and analyzed with descriptive statistics by using SPSS 20. Results: Nearly around two third of the respondents (65.3%) had good knowledge of WASH. Regarding the practices, the study showed that only 42 percent of respondents had access to piped drinking water in their premises and almost all households (94.8%) didn’t use any purification method for drinking water. In total 59 percent had latrine in their household and half of total resp...
Journal of Chitwan Medical College
Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The ob... more Background: Anxiety is increasing global problem, but usually hidden from the public view. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence of anxiety among secondary school adolescents in Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Bharatpur Metropolitan City. Systematic sampling technique was used to select 388 higher secondary school adolescents of grade 11 and 12. Data were collected from 18 January 2021 to 14 February 2021 using self administered questionnaire. Validated Nepali version of Beck’s Anxiety Inventory was used for measuring the level of Anxiety. Data entry and analysis were done by IBM SPSS version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics. Chi square test was used to find the association of Anxiety with independent variables. Results: Among total participants, 30.7% had anxiety symptoms in which 19.9 % had mild anxiety, 7.6% had moderate anxiety and 3.2% had severe anxiety. Marital status of parents (p= <0.001), o...