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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 Perception towards Online Teaching-learning in Medical Education among Medical Students during COVID-19 Outbreak in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study(Nepal Medical Association, 2021) Singh, Rakesh; Subedi, Madhusudan; Pant, Smriti; Rai, Pragya; Gupta, Krishna Kumar; Pachya, Ambika Thapa; Singh, Kaushal Kumar; Khan, Abdul Sami; Adhikari, Kishor; Sharma, Shanta; Shah, Sanjeev; Singh, BabitaAbstract: Introduction: The outbreak of coronavirus disease in Nepal led medical colleges to suspend in person teaching-learning activities and ultimately online platform was introduced to deliver the contents of medical education. The objective of this study was to describe the perception of medical students towards online teaching-learning introduced during the COVID-19 outbreak in Nepal. Methods: An online survey using a descriptive cross-sectional study design was carried out among 515 undergraduate medical students currently enrolled in medical colleges in Nepal. Ethical approval was sought from Nepal Health Research Council to conduct this study, and digital informed consent was taken from study respondents. A semi-structured questionnaire in Google form was utilized to collect data. The link of the Google form was sent to the potential respondents through email and social media. Descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyze data in Stastical Package for the Social Sciences version 20. Results: The overall score of perception of online teaching-learning was 17.61±7.19, which indicated many problems in this method of teaching-learning. The mean score of perception of online teaching-learning was found to be different across sex, location of enrolled medical colleges, having a personal electronic device, having an internet connection at residence, having separate room/space for attending online classes, and self-rated computer skills. Moreover, only 28 (5.4%) of respondents had perceived online teaching-learning as a better method of delivering content of medical curricula. Conclusions: Surveyed medical students in Nepal were found to perceive many problems in online teaching-learning. Moreover, management and faculty members need to take the necessary measures for enhancing the online teaching-learning quality.