Factors Influencing Health Seeking Behaviour among Persons with Diabetes Attending Urban Health Care Settings.

Background: Health seeking behaviour can influence outcomes in chronic diseases such as diabetes. As diabetes burden is higher in urban areas and under half receive adequate diabetes care and support in Nepal, this study aimed to assess factors influencing health behaviour among persons with diabetes attending urban health care settings.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at two private healthcare settings with a pretested semi-structured questionnaire to assess health behaviour in particular with gender and regular diabetes follow-up.

Psychoactive Substance Use among Second-Year and Third-Year Medical Students of a Medical College: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.

Introduction: Psychoactive substance use among medical students is common. This may not only pose a threat to their health and academic performance but may have medico-legal and ethical ramifications. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of six psychoactive substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, benzodiazepines, opioids) among second year and third year medical students.

Accuracy of Glucose Meter among Adults in a Semi-urban Area in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Introduction: Glucose meters are gaining popularity in monitoring of blood glucose at household levels and in health care set-ups due to their portability, affordability and convenience of use over the laboratory based reference methods. Still they are not free of limitations. Operator's technique, extreme temperatures, humidity, patients' medication, hematocrit values can affect the reliability of glucose meter results.