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Publication Academic Stress among Adolescents of Rural Nepal: A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study(Nepal Health Research Council, 2023) Pant, Suman; Rajbhandari, Bibek; Gurung, Minani; Poudel, Lisasha; Maharjan, Ashmita; Nepal, Sujita; Thapa, Tek Bahadur; Malla, Nabina; Lama, Tashi; Sharma, Dikshya; Gurung, Chandani; Parajuli, Yubraj; Panta, NiranjanAbstract Background: Adolescents are in the transition phase between childhood and adulthood. Their mental health influences many aspects in their life as they go through many physical and emotional changes. Adolescent mental health is harmed by changes in emotional and physical state, as well as increased academic pressure. This study aimed to assess academic stress and its associated factors among adolescents in rural Nepal. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 424 adolescents residing in Karnali Province, Nepal. Academic stress was measured using Student Assessing Academic Stress. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine associated factors at the significance level of 0.05. Results: Of the total students, 19.8% had moderate academic stress and 2.4% of them had high academic stress. Female students had thrice higher odds of having academic stress as compared to male students (Adjusted Odds Ratio:3.47; 95% Confidence Interval:1.91to 6.31, p-value:<0.001). Grade 10 students had higher odds of having academic stress as compared to grade 9 (Adjusted Odds Ratio:2.02; 95% Confidence Interval:1.13 to 3.61, p-value:0.017). Students of literate mothers were more likely to experience academic stress than those with illiterate mothers (Adjusted Odds Ratio:0.53; 95% Confidence Interval:0.29 to 0.96, p-value:0.036). Students with unsatisfactory academic performance had thrice higher odds of having academic stress as compared to students with satisfactory academic performance (Adjusted Odds Ratio:3.12; 95% Confidence Interval:1.46 to 6.67, p-value:<0.003). Conclusions: The findings of the study showed that high school students have academic stress, which is related to many factors at home and school. Understanding academic stress and parents and teachers providing the best support to the students could help lessen the burden. Keywords: Academic stress; adolescents; Nepal; prevalencePublication Depression among Elderly of Chhayanath Rara Municipality, Mugu, Nepal: An Observational Study(Nepal Medical Association, 2025) Malla, Nabina; Poudel, Lisasha; Pokhrel, Sushma; Chaudhary, Vidya; Mali, PrajitaAbstract Introduction: Depression is an important public health issue responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality among elderly. There were very few studies related with depression among elderly from rural community of Nepal. The objectives were to assess depression among elderly in Chhayanath Rara municipality. Methods: An observational cross-section study was conducted among 387 elderly through face-to-face interviews by using Geriatric Depression Scale-short scale (GSD 15) in a municipality of Nepal. Ethical Approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (Reference Number: 079/80-015 ). Data were entered and analyzed into SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics was employed to assess the prevalence of elderly depression. Results: The prevalence of depression among elderly was found to be 282 (72.87%; 95% CI: 68.44-77.30). Of those, 124 (32.04%) experienced mild depression, 115 (29.72%) had moderate depression, and 43 (11.11%) suffered from severe depression. Conclusions: The prevalence of depression in elderly was found higher compared to previous studies and other population.