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{"title":"Association of Insomnia with Comorbidities among Patients Visiting Tertiary Care Hospitals Lahore","authors":"S. Khalid, M. Ulfat, S. Bashir, Tabeen Irfan, Kinza Seher, Milhan Tanveer, Fiza Latif, Fariha Mehdi, Z. Rashid, M. Riaz","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2022.0601199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2022.0601199","url":null,"abstract":"Insomnia is a condition that affects an individual by inability to get sufficient quality sleep or problem in maintaining sleep that is important for healthy functioning, performance and wellbeing. There is very scarce data regarding insomnia and its relation with different diseases. The present study was aimed to find out the association of insomnia with comorbidities among patients visiting Tertiary Care Hospitals, Lahore. A cross sectional study was conducted from May 2019 to September 2019 in Tertiary Care Hospitals district Lahore. Interviews were conducted by researchers to collect data through Pre-Tested Questionnaire. Informed consent was first taken from all participants. Data were analyzed by using Chi-square to find out the association of insomnia with comorbidities through SPSS version 25.0. Thousand (n=1000) patients suffering from different diseases randomly selected to participate, of which 43.6% were male and 56.4% were female. Results of present study revealed that association of insomnia with the diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (p=0.05), diabetes mellitus m(p=0.001), gastrointestinal problems (p=0.034), premenstrual syndrome (p=0.00), joint pains (p=0.01) and prostate cancer (p=0.01) was found to be significant. While an insignificant association of insomnia was noticed with hypertension (p=0.850), hearing impairments (p=1.22), COPD (p=0.288). It was concluded that insomnia was most commonly present in the patients of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, premenstrual syndrome, gastro-intestinal problems, joint pains and prostate cancer.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121564961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence of Psychiatric Disorders in Children affected with Intellectual Disability","authors":"S. Naz, Wajeeha Salamat, M. Aslam, S. Sharif, Shama Sadaf","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2022.0601200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2022.0601200","url":null,"abstract":"Intellectual disability is caused by environmental influences, genetic disorders and infections including perinatal, postnatal and neonatal infections. Physical disabilities are also associated with intellectual disability (ID) children.Identification of ID patients occurred by test of intellectual disfunctioning. A cross sectional and analytical study was performed from September 2019 to March 2020on intellectually disabled children on the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) children school Lahore, Fountain house in Sargodha and Shadab institute of special education, Punjab, Pakistan. The level of intellectual disability was based on the intelligence quotient (IQ). In present study, out of 200 children, 80 children were suffered from this disease, 56 were males and 24 were females. Cases related to intellectual disability were identified with in different age groups such as age group 0-5 (N = 13), 6-10 (N = 27), 11-15 (N = 27), 16-20 (N = 10), 21-25 (N = 3) and 26-30 (N = 3). A total of 33.75% were belong to 6-10 years of age group. Out of 80 children 27.50% (N = 22) were affected due to malnutrition in pregnancy, 16.25% (N = 13) children had folic acid deficiency, 15% (N = 12) children were due to exposure to the chemicals or radiations in pregnancy, 21.25% (N = 17) children had hypothyroidism and 16% (N = 20) children had other gene disorder associated with intellectual disability. Proper recognition of disorder can play an important role in dealing with psychiatrists patients.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127714960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Coccidiosis in Small Ruminants in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan","authors":"M. Avais, G. Rashid, M. Awais, S. Zaman, M. Arif Khan, Syed Saleem Ahmad, Sadia Amjad","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504190","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of the present research was to figure out the prevalence and risk factors of coccidiosis in goats and sheep in Dera Ghazi Khan. For this 752 (goats=376; sheep=376) fecal specimens were obtained, and were analyzed by coprological examination. The prevalence of coccidiosis in sheep (52.92 %) was significantly higher (P<0.05) than the goats (44.41 %). In females, infection with Eimeria was significantly higher (P<0.05) as compared to male animals. Coccidiosis was significantly more common (P<0.05) in sheep and goats aged ≤6 months compared to sheep and goats older than 6 months but less than a year, and older than a year. There was a clear distinction (P<0.05) in prevalence of coccidiosis in animals that are stall fed and housed in comparison with the animals that graze in open grasslands. Prevalence of coccidiosis in animals with low BCS was considerably higher (P<0.05) as compared to the animals in good health. The prevalence of Eimeria infection and fecal score had a significant correlation (P<0.05). Prevalence of coccidiosis was higher in August while in October it was lowest. The highest prevalence (56.78%) was of E. ovinoidal is followed in order by 47.23 % E. ahsata, 35.67 % E. parva, 30.15 % E. intricate, 26.63 % E. faurei and 19.09 % E. pallid in sheep. In case of goats, highest prevalence (68.86%) was of E. ninakohlyakimovae, followed by 59.88% E. alijevi, 53.29% E. arloingi, 46.70 % E. caprinaand 22.15 % E. hirci were among the most common Eimeria spp. It was concluded that different Eimeria spp. Prevailing in study area with variable risk factors and the incidence of coccidiosis in research area was affected by various risk variables.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"23 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122813827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adverse Effects of COVID-19 in Patients with Age Associated Diseases: A Mini Review","authors":"Humaira Niamat, Afeefa Chaudhry","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504189","url":null,"abstract":"The world is currently suffering from a pandemic called COVID- 19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, first identified on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. In this review, the main focus is on the individuals infected with coronavirus while suffering from various age associated diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and coronary heart diseases. The risk of complications such as Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and multi-organ failure is higher for coronavirus patients with diabetes. Depending on the global region, 20–50% of patients who were COVID positive had diabetes. Moreover, 30% of the COVID-19 patients were found with hypertension. Among COVID patients of age 50 and above, hypertension was observed as one of the most common comorbidities with increased rate of hospitalization and death. This short review highlights the basics of corona viruses, focusing on COVID-19 as well as their effects on people with age associated diseases.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132831452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension in Young females of Lahore College for Women University, Lahore","authors":"S. Sharif, Kashaful Frasat, S. Naz, Muhammad Saqib, Rabia Maqbool","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504185","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes and hypertension are non-communicable diseases. Diabetes is a significant cause of early death and debility globally. The objective of the present study is to find out the percentage incidence of diabetes and hypertension in young females of Lahore College for Women University Jail Road, Lahore. This cross-sectional study was conducted, January 2017 to June 2017. It was included 200 subjects. The average age of the population under study was 20 ± 0.17 years. About 4.5% (n=9) of the population was pre-diabetic and all were obese. While, 36% (n=73) of population was suffering from prehypertension and 5% (n=10) with hypertension. Among a total of 83 subjects with elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP), 41 were overweight and obese. According to diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 7% (n=14) of the population was suffering from pre-hypertension and 6% (n=12) with hypertension. 26 subjects had elevated diastolic blood pressure and among these, 20 subjects were overweight and obese. The whole population is divided among 4 groups according to the age groups. Body mass index was moreprevalent in the age group 25-27 years. It is stated that overweight and obesity are strongly associated with diabetes and hypertension. It was concluded that increased BMI was the main predictor of diabetes and hypertension. However no diabetic patient were found in population and the prevalence of pre-diabetic subjects were 4.5 % and according to SBP and DBP 5% and 6 % of the population were hypertensive.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131513126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of Knowledge, Belief, and Practices Regarding Cirrhosis among the Students of the University of Lahore","authors":"Zarmeena Mehmood, Hadia Tariq, N. Kiran, Saira Batool, Khansa Zaib Mughal, S. Farooq, B. Rizwan","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504184","url":null,"abstract":"Cirrhosis is a liver injury, which leads to portal hypertension, hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, and end-stage liver disease. The study aimed to explore how much students know about liver cirrhosis and its complexity. The crosssectional study was conducted on university students in the year 2020. A selfstructured questionnaire was used in this study. It was divided into three portions, i.e., knowledge-related questions, belief-related questions and practice-related questions. Fifty-eight studentsparticipated in this study. 34.3% of students knew about the term cirrhosis, 55.2% knew about the causes of cirrhosis, 7.1% were not aware of its complications, 62.1% of students knew that dysphagia is the leading cause of malnutrition in cirrhosis, and 44.8% knew that hepatic encephalopathy leads to coma. Additionally, 46.6% believed that end-stage liver disease and cirrhosis are the same, and 77.6% believed that jaundice leads to liver disease. Furthermore, 36.2% had previously participated in a nutrition education program related to hepatic diseases, and 24.1% recommended Child-Pugh score to cirrhotic patients to assess liver function. Conclusively, some students had necessary information on liver cirrhosis, whereas some did not know about it. Moreover, the practices of the students were not according to the knowledge they had. As a health professional, the students who do not know cirrhosis well will inefficiently deal with the patients suffering from cirrhosis.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132022000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Phytochemical Composition of Mint (Mentha), its Nutritional and Pharmacological Potential","authors":"S. Hussain, Maria Tanvir, M. Ahmad, K. Munawar","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504188","url":null,"abstract":"Current studies were made to investigate the phytochemical, nutritional and medicinal importance of the mint plant. Mint plantgenerally contains menthol (40.7%), menthone (23.4%), methylacetate (0.7-23%), eucalyptol (1-13%), carveol (0.31%), piperitone (3.20%) and fiber (1.75%±0.1). The important nutritional contents include iron (0.262%), calcium (0.158%), phytic acid (0.00092%), proteins (0.6%), vitamin E (9.89±0.15%), ascorbic acid (0.96±0.06%) and axerophthol (0.426±0.05%). Mint is one of most familiar plants that iswidely cultivated throughout the planet. The plant finds immense importance in the pharmaceutical and food industry. The plant also finds colossal applicationsas antimicrobial,n anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory agent. The promising capability of the plant towards the field of therapeutic drugs development has been widely investigated.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114476367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association of Obesity with Covid-19 and Nutrition Perspective","authors":"S. Khalid, Manal Fida, Hiba Irfan, Misbah Arshad, M. Imran, Noor Fatima, Muntaha Khalid, Bisma Javaid, Kainat Sadiq, M. Rashid, Esha Tariq","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0504191","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 is a disease that cause respiratory illness due to novel corona virus. It was reported by WHO on December 31,2019 for the first time. The outbreak of this disease started from Wuhan city, China. Now COVID-19 has been declared as a universal pandemic. The epidemiological outcomes of COVID-2019 have not been completely understood yet. The present review tried to find association between obesity and COVID-19, also the extent of severity it may cause in the disease.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128862869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Pseudomonas Species Isolated from Cloacal Swab of Domestic Pigeons","authors":"Muhammad Ahmed Azeem","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0503173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0503173","url":null,"abstract":"Antibiotics are used to treat a number of bacterial infections. However, overuse or misuse of antibiotics has raised serious concerns against antibioticresistance amongst bacteria. Hence, antibiotics are becoming inefficient in treating bacterial infections leading to an increase in mortality rate worldwide. The domestic animals especially birds are a major source of transmission of antibiotic resistant bacteria in human through excrement and cause bacterial diseases in human. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of different antibiotics prior to their prescription as a measure to prevent antibiotic resistance in bacteria. For this 120 cloacal swab samples were collected from the domestic pigeons of District Narowal to isolate Pseudomonas sp. and assess the efficacy of different antibiotics prior to their prescription as a measure to prevent antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Antibacterial activities were evaluated by performing antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Pseudomonas isolates against 18 commercially available antibiotic discs [Trimethoprime (TMP), Clarithromycin (CLR), Gentamicin (GEN), Chloramphenicol (C), Ampicillin (AM), Streptomycin (S), Kanamycin (K), Nitrofurantoin (F), Amoxicillin (AX), Tazobactam (TPZ), Imipenem (IPM), Meropenem (MEM), Levofloxacin (LEV), Nalidixic acid (NA), Ceftriaxone (CRO), Amikacin (AK), Tetracycline (TE) and Ciprofloxacin (CIP)] by using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Amongst these antibiotics, notably Pseudomonas sp. showed highest sensitivity to Clarithromycin (93.94%), Ampicillin (100%), Amikacin (93%) and Nalidixic (100%). This study established a general antibiotic resistance pattern of commercially used different antibiotics for commonly encountered clinical isolates. Moreover, antibiotics susceptibility tests (AST) should be carried out prior to prescribing antibiotics to the patient. Additionally, the antibacterial activities of local clinical isolates and change in bacteriological profile due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics associated with appearance of multiple drug resistant strains should be evaluated. It was concluded that preventive measure and their implementation is quite necessary to control antibiotic resistance and domestic pigeons can be a carrier of Pseudomonas species and can transmit through their fecal material to humans and other animals.","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125626121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Awareness Regarding Hygienic Practices in Tuberculosis Patients of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore","authors":"Muniba Tariq, Misbah Arshad, Maimoona Ashfaq, Hafsa Kamran, T. Faridi, S. Khalid","doi":"10.54692/lgujls.2021.0503176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2021.0503176","url":null,"abstract":"Worldwide, in a working-age population the tuberculosis poses a vital health care load among young adults. As the prevalence of tuberculosis increased, therate of morbidity and mortality also increased. The objective of the study was to assess the awareness regarding hygienic practices among tuberculosis patients visiting Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore. A cross-sectional study was carried out at the chest department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore during November-2018 to January- 2019.A sample of 100 samples of tuberculosis patients was selected through nonprobability convenient sampling technique. Patients were assessed through pre-tested questionnaire. SPSS version 21.0 was used for data analysis. Among 100 participants, 55 patients were female and 45 patients were male. The prevalence of extra pulmonary TB is more in female 33% than male 21%. The mean age of the patients was 35 years. 63% TB patients cannot covered their face with mask when they cough or sneeze; 37 % TB patients had covered their faces with mask when they cough or sneeze. Total 79% TB patient’s houses were good ventilated while 21% TB patient’s houses or rooms were not ventilated. It was concluded that an increased family size, poor hygienic environment and low socioeconomic status were major determinants of tuberculosis","PeriodicalId":148827,"journal":{"name":"Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129667555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}