Smartphone addiction and its associated behaviors among medical and dental students in Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey.

Introduction: Addiction refers to the irresistible urge to engage in certain actions or dependence on a particular substance despite knowing negative consequences. The current study evaluated the severity of Smartphone addiction and the factors associated with cell phone-like activity.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to August 2019 among medical and dental students in Karachi, Pakistan.

Prodromal depression and subsequent risk of developing Parkinson's disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder that predominately affects dopaminergic neurons. We believe that this pooling of data will help to better understand the prodromal nature of depression in PD. We conducted this study in accordance with PRISMA guidelines 2020.

Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Activity in the Field of GIANT Cell Arteritis: A SCOPUS-based Study.

 Giant cell arthritis (GCA) is a type of vasculitis which is more common in female gender and is closely associated with Polymyalgia rheumatic. One of its important complication include visual impairment. The burden of disease is expected to be very high by 2050 and there is a need to compile the data on most influential studies on GCA to define future strategy to deal with this dangerous disease.

Beliefs and knowledge of osteoporosis amongst female graduate students in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To assess the knowledge, belief and preventive measures taken regarding osteoporosis by students of different non-medical educational backgrounds.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March, 2018, at one private-sector and two public-sector universities in Karachi, and comprised female participants aged >15 years from engineering, commerce, social and pure sciences background. Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Tool questionnaire was self-administered to collect data which was analysed using SPSS 23.

Knowledge and awareness regarding spread and prevention of COVID-19 among the young adults of Karachi.

Objective: To measure the awareness of COVID-19 infection among the general population following the outbreak in China.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out during January and February 2020 amongst the general population of Karachi, Pakistan. A pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used among 399 young adult participants.