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Publication Etiology and Demographic Profile of Medico-legal Cases in Emergency of a University Hospital in Nepal(Institute of Medicine, 2022) Khatri, Pratima; Munikar, Anita; Pandit, Pooja; Rai, Lalita; Maharjan, Ramesh K; Sharma, Mohan RABSTRACT Introduction: Any injury or ailment where investigations by the law-enforcing agencies are crucial are considered as medico-legal cases. The objective of this study was to describe the profile of medico-legal cases presenting to the Emergency Room (ER) of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Kathmandu, Nepal. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was done to include all medico-legal cases presented from July 2018 to June 2019. Results: Medico-legal cases comprised 1805 (3.8%) of all cases (47,289) in the study period. The category of 25- 39 years was the commonest age group involved [659 (36.5%)] followed by 15-24 years group [582 (32.2%)]. Males were almost twice (65.8%) in number compared to females (34.2%). The top three reasons for the ER visit were road traffic accidents (RTAs) [757(41.94%)], physical assaults [356 (19.72%)] and poisoning [239 (13.24%)]. Other causes were burns, falls, sexual assaults, hanging, injuries (gunshot, electrical and machinery) and drug overdose. Conclusion: There are significant numbers and wide varieties of medico-legal cases that present in the ER of TUTH. Young males are the most high-risk population and RTAs are the commonest etiology. This study will help the hospital in capacity strengthening of the ER, based on the volume of individual case types. Keywords: Emergency room, medico-legal cases, road traffic accidents, university hospitalPublication Publication Status of Theses among Post-graduate Students in Nursing from Institute of Medicine(Nepal Health Research Council, 2024) Khatri, Pratima; Chapagain, Bigya; Sharma, Mohan RajBackground: Publication of the research work done during the master’s program is highly desirable. However, there is a paucity of data on the number of publications, especially from low-income countries. The objective was to find out the status of the publication of the theses of post-graduate students in Nursing from the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal from 2015-2019. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical design with a structured interview via telephone was done for data collection. Independent variables were age, marital status, current work status, current working organization, type of research, year of graduation, and facilitators and barriers to publication, whereas dependent was the publication status of the thesis. Results: Two hundred five (76.2%) out of 269 participated in the study. The age group ranged from 27 to 50 years (mean ± SD = 36.6±4.8). The majority 89.3% were married. Currently working in academic institutions was 51.7%. One hundred ninety-eight (96.6%) respondents performed a cross-sectional descriptive study. Only 2.9% of studies were cross-sectional analytical and 0.5% were qualitative. Seventy-five (36.6%) respondents published their theses. Twenty-seven (36.0%) were published in PubMed-indexed journals. The most common facilitator for publication was academic satisfaction [59 out of 75(78.7%)] followed by encouragement from supervisors 52.0% and peers 40.0%, whereas the commonest barrier to publication was lack of interest [80 out of 124 (64.5%)] followed by lack of confidence 51.6%. Conclusions: Based on the results, more than one-third of the participants published their theses in national and international journals including those indexed in PubMed. Provision of university research grants, development of publication culture among post-graduate students, and making a provision of academic publication before degree awards should be encouraged for more academic publication. Keywords: Journals; Nepal; nursing; publication status; thesis.Publication Publication Status of Theses among Post-graduate Students in Nursing from Institute of Medicine(Nepal Health Research Council, 2024) Khatri, Pratima; Chapagain, Bigya; Sharma, Mohan RajBackground: Publication of the research work done during the master’s program is highly desirable. However, there is a paucity of data on the number of publications, especially from low-income countries. The objective was to find out the status of the publication of the theses of post-graduate students in Nursing from the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Nepal from 2015-2019. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical design with a structured interview via telephone was done for data collection. Independent variables were age, marital status, current work status, current working organization, type of research, year of graduation, and facilitators and barriers to publication, whereas dependent was the publication status of the thesis. Results: Two hundred five (76.2%) out of 269 participated in the study. The age group ranged from 27 to 50 years (mean ± SD = 36.6±4.8). The majority 89.3% were married. Currently working in academic institutions was 51.7%. One hundred ninety-eight (96.6%) respondents performed a cross-sectional descriptive study. Only 2.9% of studies were cross-sectional analytical and 0.5% were qualitative. Seventy-five (36.6%) respondents published their theses. Twenty-seven (36.0%) were published in PubMed-indexed journals. The most common facilitator for publication was academic satisfaction [59 out of 75(78.7%)] followed by encouragement from supervisors 52.0% and peers 40.0%, whereas the commonest barrier to publication was lack of interest [80 out of 124 (64.5%)] followed by lack of confidence 51.6%. Conclusions: Based on the results, more than one-third of the participants published their theses in national and international journals including those indexed in PubMed. Provision of university research grants, development of publication culture among post-graduate students, and making a provision of academic publication before degree awards should be encouraged for more academic publication. Keywords: Journals; Nepal; nursing; publication status; thesis.Publication Ten-Years Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment among Health Camp Attendees(Institute of Medicine, 2025) Khatri, Pratima; Sayami, Jamuna Tamrakar; Regmi, BhawanaABSTRACT Introduction: Cardiovascular disease burden has been increasing globally. The risk was greater in low-middle-income countries than in developed countries. The objective of the study was to assess the ten years CVD risk among the health camp attendees. Methods: Physiometric measurement of the 159 participants was used as data. The major variables were height, weight, systolic blood pressure, gender, and smoking. WHO non-laboratory-based CVD risk chart was used to analyze data. Results: The mean age (SD) of the participants was 45.64 (±13.97) ranging from 19 to 82 years. The majority of participants (99, 62.3%) were female, Brahmin/Chhetri (93, 58.5%), and 20 (12.6%) were smokers. The mean systolic BP (SD) was 121.84 (±19.3) mmHg ranging from 90 to 200, among this 62.9% of participants had less than 120 mmHg. Similarly, the mean body mass index (SD) was 25.3 (±5.1) ranging from 16.6 to 38.8, out of this 42.8% had a body mass index of 20-24. Regarding the ten years CVD risk of participants, the majority (76.1%) had very low CVD risk followed by 14.5% low risk, and 9.4% had a moderate risk. There was no high and very high CVD risk found among participants. Ten year CVD risk had strong positive relation (r=0.795) with age and a moderated positive relation (r= 0.519) with systolic BP at 0.01 level of significance. Conclusion: CVD risk was lower among the participants who were female, non-smoker, systolic BP <140, and normal body mass index. Therefore, priority should be given to those who are smoker and abnormal SBP and BMI. Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; health camp attendees; non-laboratory risk chart; risk assessment