Impact of problematic mobile phone use among nursing students in India: Exploring associations with depression, insomnia, self-esteem and satisfaction with life.

Aim: This research aimed to determine the impact of problematic mobile phone use on negative mental health outcomes among nursing students in India, highlighting the necessity for targeted interventions and support mechanisms to enhance the overall well-being and adaptability of future healthcare professionals.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three randomly selected nursing colleges in South India, employing validated and standardized tools such as the Mobile Phone Problematic Use Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, Insomnia Severity Index Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale.

Results: The study included 402 nursing students with an average age of 20.

Nurses' Knowledge and Subjective Strain in Delirium Care: Impact of a Web-based Instructional Module on Nurses Competence.

Background: Delirium, a prevalent condition among elderly individuals admitted to hospitals, particularly in intensive care settings, necessitates specialized medical intervention. The present study assessed the proficiency of nurses in the management of delirium and their subjective experience of stress while providing care for patients with delirium in emergency rooms and critical care units.

Materials And Methods: The study adopted a quantitative descriptive approach, utilizing standardized self-reporting measures that assessed the nurses' expertise and perceived burden of care.

The Prevalence of Comorbidities and Associated Factors among Patients with Dementia in the Indian Setting: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.

Background: Patients with dementia usually have multiple comorbidities. The presence of comorbidities may exacerbate the progression of dementia and decreases the patient's ability to participate in health maintenance activities. However, there is hardly any meta-analysis estimating the magnitude of comorbidities among patients with dementia in the Indian context.

The Distribution of Lifestyle Risk Factors Among Patients with Stroke in the Indian Setting: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: The burden of stroke is increasing in India, but there is limited understanding of the distribution of reported risk factors in the Indian setting. It is vital to generate robust data on these modifiable risk factors to scale up appropriate strategies for the prevention of cerebrovascular diseases in this setting.

Summary: The objective of this study is to estimate the overall proportion of life style risk factors of patients with stroke in the Indian setting.

The Psychological Morbidity among Health Care Workers During the Early Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Across India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in India. We searched the following electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley online library, and Google scholar for studies conducted from the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic until 25 September 2021.

Development of Mobile Application-Based System for Improving Medication Adherence Among Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Therapy.

Objectives: Cancer patients seeking palliative care faces distressing symptoms which affect their quality of life adversely. Patients' lack of adherence to analgesics is one of the major factors contributing to the undertreatment of cancer pain. The objective of this paper is to outline the development of a mobile application-based system to develop a physician-patient relationship and to improve adherence to medications prescribed for cancer pain management.

Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic among the general population in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The novel coronavirus (n COVID-19) has affected every walk of life across the world including India. Several studies have been available on the COVID-19-related anxiety and depressive symptoms in the public health context. However, there is a dearth of evidence of a meta-analysis regarding the pooled estimates of anxiety and depressive symptoms related to this pandemic based on the existing studies conducted among the general population of India.

Problematic Internet Use Among School-Going Adolescents in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Problematic internet use (PIU) among school going adolescents constitutes a major area of concern. However, no comprehensive reports are available to determine the magnitude of the problem. This study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of PIU among school going adolescents in India.

COVID-19 and Psychological Distress among the General Population of India: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

Background: There is scanty evidence regarding the magnitude of COVID-19-related psychological distress (PD) among the general population of India.

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of PD among the general public of India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of 21 online surveys conducted across the Indian subcontinent and published between 2020 and 2021.

COVID-19 vaccination intention and hesitancy: Mistrust on COVID-19 vaccine benefit a major driver for vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers; a cross-sectional study in North India.

Background: The advent of an effective novel COVID-19 vaccine could extinguish the current devastating pandemic but the vaccine hesitancy is a hurdle for the public health system, so this study estimated the COVID-19 vaccination intention and hesitancy among the healthcare workers, the priority target group for the COVID-19 vaccination in India.

Methods: A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among the healthcare workers in Chandigarh, a union territory in North India, using a Snowball sampling technique. A total of 403 healthcare workers participated in the study between 2 and 25 January 2021.

The Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors in the Indian Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: The significant burden of stroke on the mortality rates of developing countries, including India, is well-documented in the literature. However, robust data regarding the aggregates of evidence on the quality of life (QOL) of stroke survivors is limited.

Objective: To gather relevant information for policymakers on the QOL of stroke survivors based on observational studies conducted in the Indian setting.

Systematic review exploring the effect of therapeutic hypothermia on patients with intracranial hypertension.

Background: Intracranial hypertension is found in patients with various neurological and neurosurgical conditions such as subarachnoid hemorrhage (more than 50% of the patients have intracranial pressure > 20 mmHg at some point during their hospital stay), traumatic brain injury, and stroke. Various modalities are used to control intracranial hypertension, therapeutic hypothermia is one of them. This systematic review aims to assess the efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia in controlling intracranial hypertension in an adult patient.

Mental Health Outcomes of Perceived Stress, Anxiety, Fear and Insomnia, and the Resilience among Frontline Nurses Caring for Critical COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care Units.

Background: The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a significant disruption in healthcare delivery and poses a unique long-term stressor among frontline nurses. Hence, the investigators planned to explore the adverse mental health outcomes and the resilience of frontline nurses caring for COVID-19 patients admitted in intensive care units (ICUs).

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional online survey using Google form consisted of questionnaires on perceived stress scale (PSS-10), generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7), Fear Scale for Healthcare Professionals regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, insomnia severity index, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC) were administered among the nurses working in COVID ICUs of a tertiary care center in North India.

Acceptance and Preparedness to be COVID Warriors: Self Narratives of Frontline Nurses of a Tertiary Care Center.

Aim: Aim of this study is to gain insight into how frontline nurses accepted and prepared themselves before COVID posting.

Methods: It is a qualitative and phenomenological study design. Eighteen in-depth interviews were conducted with the nurses who provided care to confirmed COVID 19 patients in a tertiary hospital of North India from September to November 2020.

The prevalence of alcohol use disorders using alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in the Indian setting: - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

There is a wide discrepancy in the epidemiology of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) due to diverse scales and survey approaches. We estimated the prevalence of AUDs by comparing the pooled prevalence based on the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) Vs. non-AUDIT (all scales other than AUDIT).

Quality of life after surgical clipping of ruptured aneurysms from a developing country: differential independent impact of grading scales & baseline factors.

Background: Detailed Quality of Life(QOL) burden among patients with ruptured aneurysms has not been thoroughly studied, especially from developing countries. This is to evaluate the independent impact of factors influencing QOL following clipping.

Methods: Patients who underwent clipping for ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms were prospectively studied for demography, site of aneurysm, H&H, WFNS, and Fisher grades, with QOL, assessed as per WHOQOL-BREF(range 4-20 in 4 domains), and analyzed.

Knowledge gap exists among caregivers of adults compared to caregivers of children with epilepsy: A comparative analysis from a low resource setting.

Caregivers of adults (CG-A) and caregivers of children (CG-C) may differ in their knowledge, attitude and behavior and hence their education requirements during epilepsy counseling could vary. This study compares the current knowledge, attitudes, behavior during a seizure, presence of myths surrounding epilepsy and ability to recognize seizures among a sample of CG-A and CG-C. Caregivers of children and adult patients with minimum 6 months history of epilepsy were enrolled.

Clinical Outcome, Cognitive Function, and Quality of Life after Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy versus Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt in Non-Tumor Hydrocephalus.

Background: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) is increasingly being accepted as the treatment of choice in place of Ventriculo-Peritoneal (VP) Shunt for hydrocephalus. However, their differences in cognitive and Quality of Life (QOL) scores have not been studied much in children.

Objective: To compare the outcome, cognitive function, and QOL between ETV and VP shunt.

Colloid cysts: Neuropsychological outcome, quality of life and long-term control after endoscopic gross total resection.

Background: Endoscopy is increasingly being adopted for removing colloid cysts. However, the neuropsychological outcome and quality of life (QOL) have not been studied in detail. This study is to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic excision on cognitive measures and QOL.

Prevalence of internet addiction among college students in the Indian setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The internet is an integral part of everyone's life. College going adolescents are highly vulnerable to the misuse of the internet.

Aims: To estimate the pooled prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among college students in India.

Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations.

Although the health care systems in Europe are considered the global benchmark, European nations were severely affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This manuscript aimed to examine the strategies implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Russia and their outcomes in terms of the number of cases, testing, and deaths. This is the first review of its kind that extensively analyzes the preparedness, mitigation, and response strategies against the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by these nations.

Prevalence and determinants of workplace violence among nurses in the South-East Asian and Western Pacific Regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Workplace violence (WPV) includes verbal abuse, physical violence, bullying or mobbing, assault and sexual harassment. The area has been well researched in the developed and high-income countries among nurses and healthcare professionals, but in the case of the low and upper-middle-income countries, there remains a paucity of comprehensive data on the prevalence of WPV and its contributing factors.

Aims: To estimate the prevalence and determinants of WPV among nurses working in the South-East Asian Region and Western Pacific Regions.