Factors associated with self-care behaviours among people with hypertension residing in Kathmandu: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of self-care behaviours among people with hypertension in the Kathmandu district of Nepal.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Municipalities of Kathmandu district, Nepal.

Morbidities, health problems, health care seeking and utilization behaviour among elderly residing on urban areas of eastern Nepal: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Morbidity increases with age and enhances the burden of health problems that result in new challenges to meet additional demands. In the ageing population, health problems, and health care utilization should be assessed carefully and addressed. This study aimed to identify chronic morbidities, health problems, health care seeking behaviour and health care utilization among the elderly.

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Factors Among Married Nepalese Men in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Background: Intimate Partner Violence is defined as the intentional use of physical force, or power, threatened or actual against on self/others or groups that results in injury, death, psychological harm.

Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Kathmandu Metropolitan city in 2018. An adequate sample of 210 married men was selected from randomly selected 10 wards of Kathmandu Municipality.

Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable disease risk factors among adult population of Kathmandu.

Background: According to WHO, the deaths due to NCDs in Nepal have soared from 60% of all deaths in 2014 to 66% in 2018. The study assessed the prevalence and determinants of non-communicable disease risk factors among adult population of Kathmandu.

Materials And Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020 among 18-69 years adults residing in municipalities of Kathmandu district.

Factors Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Eastern Region of Nepal: A Case Control Study.

Background: Pelvic organ prolapse is a significant public health problem in Nepal affecting a large number of women. This study was carried out to identify the factors associated with pelvic organ prolapse among the women of eastern part of Nepal.

Methods: This was a matched case-control study.

Risk perception towards healthcare waste among community people in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Background: Healthcare waste management is a serious issue in context of developing countries. Better assessment of both risks and effects of exposure would permit improvements in the management of healthcare waste. However, there is not yet clear understanding of risks, and as consequences, inadequate management practices are often implemented.

Health needs and risky behaviours among inmates in the largest prison of eastern Nepal.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the health status and risky behaviours of inmates in Nepal.

Design/methodology/approach: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Jhumka Regional Prison, the largest male prison in eastern Nepal from September 2014 to August 2015. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews from 434 randomly selected incarcerated participants using semi-structured questionnaires.

Depression among inmates in a regional prison of eastern Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Depression is the most common form of mental disorder among inmates, with a prevalence much higher than in the general population. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of depression among inmates and identify factors associated with it.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Jhumka Regional Prison, the largest prison in eastern Nepal, from September 2014 to August 2015.