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Publication Perceived Stress and Associated Factors among Adults residing in a Rural Community of Nepal: A Community-based Study(Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, 2025) Sharma, Muna; Singh, Babita; Adhikari, BibhavAbstract: Introduction Stress contribute to disorganized working capacity of adult’s life that leads to various comorbidity. The burden like stress-related common mental disorders are on the rise in Nepal. The aim of the study was to estimate stress level and its associated factors among adults. Methods A community based, Cross-sectional survey was done among 600 adults aged >18 years, residing in Prasauni Rural Municipality, Nepal. Respondents were interviewed in local language using WHO STEPs questionnaire and prevalence of stress was determined by using perceived stress scale. The data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20. Odds ratio was calculated to identify the independent predictors of the outcome variable. Results Almost equal portion of the participants were male (47.7%) and female (52.3%). and most of them were of age less than 35 years. Regarding the level of stress, 508 (85.2%) respondents were having low level and 88(14.8%) respondents were having moderate level of stress. Respondents’ age was associated with perceived stress level(p<0.05). Poor sleep quality tends to increase stress 4 times more (OR 4.04, CI 2.257-7.25). Although not significant, tobacco use, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use, and increased blood pressure had higher odds for stress level. Conclusion Stress symptoms are prevalent in low to moderate level among adults of rural community in Nepal. Poor sleep quality is a significant predictor of increase stress level. Further exploratory investigations are needed.Publication Social Media Use and Quality of Sleep among Undergraduate Nursing Students in Kathmandu(Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, 2024) Bhattarai, Tilarupa; Upadhyay, Radhika; KC, Tulza; Shahi, Bhawani; Sharma, MunaAbstract: Introduction Now-a-days, social media use has increased, which has its own benefits and limitations including its adverse effects on an individual's sleep. The objective of study was to find-out social media use patterns in terms of its addiction level and quality of sleep of nursing students. Methods Cross sectional design was used including 565 B.Sc. Nursing students at six nursing campuses in Kathmandu district. The data collection tool consisted of questions related to socio-demographic information; social media use behavior, Social Media Addiction Scale developed by Cengiz Şahin and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, developed by Buysse. After taking administrative approval from the respective colleges and informed consents from the respondents, data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Data was entered in SPSS Version 16 and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results All respondents were female with mean age of 21.37 years; 72.9% of respondents had good quality of sleep, 59.5% had medium level addiction to social media. Social media addiction and poor sleep quality was found to have positive correlation (r=0.51, p < 0.01). Conclusion The nursing students were addicted to social media; and some of them had poor sleep quality. The quality of sleep wass correlated with social media use. It is recommended that the students need to decrease their social media use engagement.