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Publication Childhood Overnutrition among School Going Children in a Municipality: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study(Nepal Medical Association, 2021) Thapa, Alisha; Nepal, Susmita; Malla, Garima; Pokhrel, SushmaAbstract: Introduction: Childhood obesity, caused due to excessive fat accumulation, is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths associated with several non-communicable diseases. In Nepal, there is limited data available on the status of overweight and obesity among school children. The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of childhood overnutrition among school going children in a municipality. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2019 to July 2019, in four schools of a municipality selected by simple random sampling. Ethical approval was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council (Registration number 380/2019). Data was collected using census sampling from children aged 5-18 years through self-administered questionnaires to the children’s parents. The data was entered into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences for analysis. Point estimate at 95% confidence interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Out of 379 school children, the prevalence of overnutrition was found to be 38 (10.03%) (95% Confidence Interval= 7.01-13.05). Prevalence of overnutrition was highest in children of age group 10-13 years 23 (60.5%), in females 27 (71.1%), those consuming junk food 4-6 times weekly 14 (36.8%) and those performing daily physical activity less than 60 minutes 24 (63.2%). Conclusions: The prevalence of childhood overnutrition is similar in comparison to other studies done in similar settings.Publication Patient Satisfaction in Out-patient Services at a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study(Nepal Medical Association, 2020) Poudel, Lisasha; Baskota, Swechhya; Mali, Prajita; Pradhananga, Priza; Malla, Nabina; Rajbhandari, Bibek; Nepal, SusmitaAbstract Introduction: Patient satisfaction is an important and commonly used valid indicator for the measurement of service quality. Patient responses to healthcare services are one of the best ways to obtain information about patient views regarding the quality of healthcare. The main aim of the study was to find out the patient’s satisfaction level in the tertiary care center. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 94 outpatients at a tertiary care center. Data were collected after obtaining ethical clearance from the institutional review committee. Patients were selected conveniently who visited any four of the major department. We collected demographic data and the patient satisfaction towards outpatient clinic experience was studied. We used the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire–18 to assess patient satisfaction. Data were entered and analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23. The mean score and the standard deviation were calculated. Results: Overall satisfaction was 74.78% with a mean value of 3.7394±0.40128. The highest satisfaction score was found in regards to the interpersonal manner of health personnel (4.2872±0.61561) followed by communication (3.9628±0.40982) and the lowest was seen in accessibility and convenience (3.2394±0.81478). Conclusions: The mean score and percentage of patient satisfaction were high in the hospital. However, the accessibility and availability of medical personnel were only a matter of concern. Keywords: Nepal, patient satisfaction, tertiary care center