The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine middle secondary school students’ assertiveness. A total 88 IT students in one the schools central Bhutan surveyed. Students were classified based on two age groups below 15 years 18 age. Questionnaire used assess whether attitudes passive, aggressive or assertive. questionnaire developed book "Assertiveness" by Chalvin, (1981) interpre...

BACKGROUND Stroke is a major complication of sickle cell anaemia (SCA). It occurs commonly in childhood with about 10 % of children with sickle cell anaemia getting affected by this complication. In Uganda, there is paucity of data on the prevalence of stroke in children admitted in a tertiary institution. We determined the prevalence of stroke amongst children with SCA admitted to Mulago Natio...

BACKGROUND Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to be increased in children and adolescents with traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease, compared with those of healthy children. OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of sex, age and body mass index (BMI) on the CIMT in healthy children and adolescents aged 1 to 15 years. ...

Background Menstruation cycle is a normal physiological process that is managed differently according to various social and cultural understandings. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between  attitude and knowledge of female students about menstruation cycle in Urmia city, Iran. Methods and materials In this descriptive cross-sectional study that conducted on 350 female st...

BACKGROUND The available information regarding the obesity pattern of the undergraduate female students of Kolkata is inadequate, though there are several reports which indicate the complications and/or awful consequences of obesity on female health particularly, during the reproductive years. AIM The present investigation has thus been carried out to report their present physiological status...

Objective:
 To assess the oral health status of 10-15-year-old children enrolled in government schools.
 Materials and Methods:
 This cross-sectional study was conducted over a period 11 months from March 2020 till Feb 2021 among aged 10-15 years going to schools Kheshgi Payan District Nowshera KPK. Multi stage sampling technique incorporated. Children age 10 -15 were included th...

background and objectives: primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (pando) is a common ocular problem. clinical presentation can range from simple tearing to a life-threatening condition. the exact pathophysiology of obstruction is not completely understood. in this study, therelationship between pando and nasal mucosal goblet cells was investigated.  materials & methods: in this ca...

OBJECTIVE To determine, in a school-based sample of children and adolescents, aged from 7 to 17 years, of both gender, in public and private schools, the frequency of students already submitted to blood pressure measure. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out, sampling from a population pool of elementary and middle schools, randomly selected. The sample was calculated based on the e...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess associations between depression and problematic internet use (PIU) among female college students, and determine whether Internet use time moderates this relationship. Method: This cross-sectional survey included 265 female college students from four U.S. universities. Students completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Problemati...