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Background and Objectives: Nutrition has been an integral part of medical management in CKD patient in which total food and protein intake plays vital role in survival rate of patient. This study was done to investigate the nutritional status, food intake and physical activity level of hemodialysis patient for the period of three month in National Kidney center in Kathmandu. Materials and Methods: Quantitative descriptive method was applied for the collection of data from 80 patients undergoing hemodialysis in National kidney center, Kathmandu. The data so obtained was further analyzed by using SPSS 16 version software and Microsoft excel sheet.Discussion: The BMI result of sample population underdoing hemodialysis showed that 12% of them were underweight, 9% were overweight, 57% were in normal range and 1% were obese. Similarly 42.5% of sample population were involved in some kind of physical activity where as 57.5% of the patient were not involved in any sort of physical activity. On the other hand, 52.5% of MHD patient did not follow the instruction provided in food chart and only 47.5% patient consume food according to diet chart. Conclusion: The patient should be provided nutritional counseling before starting dialysis so that nutritional challenges could be reduced. As poor nutritional intake, Socio economic barrier, low physical activity level etc. are major problem of dialysis patient.
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A cross-sectional study was conducted on Lucknow highway in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh to study the knowledge of truck drivers about HIV transmission and prevention and to study the sexual behaviour of these drivers with reference to HIV/AIDS. Age, marital status, education, income, drinking alcohol, length of stay away from home, knowledge about transmission and prevention of HIV, and HIV-prone behavior of truck drivers were studied. Chi-square, mean, and SD were calculated. In all, 289 (97.6%) drivers had heard about HIV/AIDS. Only 242 (81.8%) were aware of HIV transmission by heterosexual route. Misconceptions such as HIV transmission by mosquito bites, living in same room, shaking hands, and sharing food were found. Out of 174 (58.8%) who visited Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), 146 (83.9%) used a condom. 38 (12.8%) visited more than 5 CSW in the last 3 months. Time away from home on the road, marital status, alcohol use, and income class were associated with visiting CSW. High-risk behavior was established in the study population. Safe sex and use of condoms need to be promoted among the truck drivers and better condom availability needs to be assured on highways.