Measures used by medical students to reduce test anxiety.

Objective: To determine test anxiety in medical students and to assess the measures used by them to reduce it.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in August 2009 at the Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and involved 388 medical students who were voluntary participants. The 10-item Westside Test Anxiety Scale, was used to measure anxiety and the pre-designed questionnaire asked the students about the frequent measures used by them to overcome anxiety during exams and their past Grade Point Average.

Awareness of hypertension among the medical students and junior doctors--a multicenter study from Pakistan.

Objectives: To evaluate the awareness of hypertension among medical students and junior doctors in Karachi, Pakistan.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using a structured questionnaire consisting of eleven multiple choice questions, encompassing major aspects of hypertension such as the definition, diagnosis, treatment, complications and risk factors. This survey was conducted from June to August 2010 on final year medical students of Dow University of Health Sciences and interns and residents working at four tertiary care hospitals.

Assessment of the seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B, viral hepatitis C and HIV in multitransfused thalassaemia major patients in Karachi, Pakistan.

This cross-sectional study reveals the seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in multi-transfused thalassemia major patients. Thirty-four out of 79 (43.0%) patients enrolled in the study serologically tested positive for hepatitis C (mean ± standard deviation age = 12 ± 4.