A former career diplomat of Pakistan, Abdul Sattar served as Ambassador to India (1978-82 and 1990-92) and the Soviet Union (1988-90). He was also Pakistan's Foreign Minister in the caretaker government in 1993. In 1993-94, he was a Distinguished Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., which supported his research for this article. The views expressed in the article ...

Objective: To assess the frequency of depression among primary caretakers maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients at our center and its association with different factors. Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional study. Place Duration Study: The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute Karachi, Pakistan from 1st July 2021 to 31st December 2021. Methodology: One hundred eighty-five data we...

Objective: Caring for children with neurological conditions is challenging. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among caretakers chronic illness. Method: cross-sectional involved 18 years or older illness more than 3 months duration. They were recruited from Paediatric Neurology outpatient clinics over a period July October 2019 at general hospital...

A Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) is a neurological disorder of the CNS and has higher risk death or permanent sequel. The incidents cardiovascular disease are skyrocketing in developing countries like India. Despite many efforts by government public health activists experts, it still may lead to damage social structure families patients. non-experimental retrospective descriptive research desig...

The current pitfalls and future possibilities of nutritional management are discussed by two patients with tongue cancer who have suffered from substantial weight loss. Their nutritional problems are illustrative of those among other (cancer) patient groups. The main concerns are the lack of early case finding and dietary treatment, and insufficient nutritional information transfer through refe...

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale (ASHS), a self-report measure assessing sleep practices theoretically important for optimal sleep. Data were collected on a community sample of 514 adolescents (16-19; 17.7 ± 0.4 years; 50% female) participating in the late adolescent examination of a longitudinal study on sleep and health. Sleep hygiene and ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of home care among older adults and to identify associated factors. METHODS Population-based cross-sectional study including 598 individuals aged > 60 years. Subjects were selected through a two-stage cluster sampling strategy in the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, between 2007 and 2008. Home care was defined as a positive answer to the following questio...

A study was conducted to examine the effects of child abuse and neglect on children's nonverbal behaviors. It was hypothesized that abused and neglected children would be less active nonverbally than would control group children. Eight abused and neglected, children, aged one through three years, were videotaped interacting with their caregivers in a daycare center, and their behavior was compa...