142 research outputs found
Management of Femoral Periprosthetic Fractures: An Institutional Experience at a District General Hospital.
Full text link© Copyright 2024 Safdar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Introduction A total hip replacement is a common procedure performed by trauma and orthopaedic surgeons. Successful outcomes in arthroplasty surgery have significantly contributed to more hip replacement procedures being performed annually. This has also increased the incidence of femoral periprosthetic fractures, leading to more revision hip replacement procedures being performed. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study carried out at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom. Theatre records were reviewed from 2018 to 2022 to identify patients with a femoral periprosthetic fracture. Following the data collection, the patients were split into two groups. The first group analysed the patient outcomes through the type of surgical intervention they had, and the second group analysed the patients according to the timing of surgical intervention. Results There were 88 patients included in the study, out of which 49 had revision surgery and 39 had fixation for the femoral periprosthetic fracture. No statistically significant difference was observed in 30-day mortality and one-year mortality for the patients having revision or fixation surgery. Similarly, the results were not found to be significant in 30-day mortality and one-year mortality for the patients having surgery within 36 hours or after 36 hours of diagnosis. Conclusion Overall, the findings of this study are in keeping with the literature. Input from the specialist arthroplasty team is often required for the management of femoral periprosthetic fractures. There is no significant impact on mortality with a delay in surgical intervention for femoral periprosthetic fractures, unlike hip fractures. Medical optimisation and careful planning lead to better patient outcomes for this group of patients
Impacts of Drugs Addiction on Users: Medical and Psychological Perspectives
Full text linkDrug addiction is process take pace as fun that leads to make user drug dependence. Drug is sweet poison that attracts the individual’s especially young adults that take start taking drug unconsciously and their short term results make them addict and regular use put the life at risk with serious mental, psychological and physical effects that causes dangerous diseases even leads the users at the stage of death. The current article deals with effects of drug addiction in the prospects of psychological and medical that who drug make user unusable in life and put their life into dark world. Keywords: Drug, Medical Problems, Psychological problems, Diseases.
COVID-19, MEDIA DEPENDENCY AND FEAR OF DEATH: ANALYSIS OF PRE, DURING AND POST INFECTION AMONG AFFECTED PEOPLE
Full text linkCurrent research study aimed to know about media effects on individuals perception about death due to Covid-19 before, during
and post disease among the people who suffered due to this disease. Media is main source of information and people depend upon
media to know about any new issue. Study was interview based and ten individuals recovered from Covid-19 were interviewed. Interview
was consisted on three parts i.e. before, during and after recover from Covid-19 Furthermore, researcher designed rating
scale consisted on 0-6 numbers where 0 represented no fear of death due to media coverage about Covid-19 and 6 represented
extremely high fear of death due to media coverage. The results found before infection media dependency was high and fear of death
due to media information was moderate, while during isolation after being infected the fear of death was high and media dependency
was moderate, whereas after recovery, both fear of death and media dependency found very low among individuals who suffered
from Covid-19
Communication Strategies for Developing Drug Free Society: A Case Study of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Full text linkDrug is sweet poison that attracts individuals as excitement. Individuals use drug as fun but regular usage make them addicted. The current research study aimed to explore the communication strategies to make drug free society. The study was based on survey method and population area was Bahawalpur with the sample size of 200 respondents. Furthermore, present research study conducted under the light of Social Learning Theory. The study concluded that bad company of friends, broken families, unemployment are major causes of drug addiction. In term of communication strategies, study concluded that media and government and media is playing important role to control drug addiction especially local level strategies are more effective. Furthermore study concluded that local administration should take strict action against drug suppliers and educational institutes can play important role to aware youth about the dangerous of drug and can make drug free society. Keywords: Communication strategies, Awareness, Drug addiction, Media, Government Policies.
Culture of Violence: A Case Study of Pakistan
Full text linkThis research presents an overview of crimes and density in four provinces of Pakistan. The study covers the period of five years from 2009 to 2013.The basic objectives of the research is to dig-out the crime scenes in Pakistan. In this research, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan are studied in the field of crimes. Quantitative methodology is used to calculate the results. Data is gathered from Provincials Crime Branch’s website. The results shows that crimes are growing rapidly especially in that areas where population is large. All of the provinces are in the grip of crimes. This wave of crimes has created insecurity among peoples. Target killing, snatching precious things, robberies, snatching vehicles, bomb blasting are major scenes. The high dynasty areas are more affected by these crimes. Poverty, unemployment, non-justice rules and inflation are major causes in increasing crimes. Due to lengthy procedure of investigation of police, usually people avoid to report in Police Station. Keywords: Crime, Density, Government Policies, Unemployment, Poverty
Exploring the Role of Political Memes in Shaping Youngsters’ Perception in Twin Cities of Pakistan
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to analyse the role of political memes in shaping perception of youngsters in twin cities of Pakistan. The research paper deeply focused on impact of political memes on thoughts and beliefs of individuals, the way these memes changed youngsters’ behaviour and social perception. To achieve the objectives, researchers followed quantitative methodology and conducted survey in twin cities of Pakistan. For the data collection, self-designed questionnaire was used consisted of three main segments including respondents’ information, social media use and political memes. Purposive sampling technique was adopted, and data was collected from (n=240) youngsters living in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Results revealed that a youngsters’ perception is highly influenced by political memes. Their cognitions, behaviour and social norms are highly affected after consuming political memes on social media. The study concluded that political memes had great role in shaping youngster’s certain attitudes and this leads the individuals to take part in politics actively and enhance their political participation.
Keywords: Political Memes, Youngsters, Cognitive perception, Behavioural perception, social perceptio
The Causes and Prevention of Suicide Attempts in Southern Punjab Pakistan
Full text linkObjective: This study is an effort to know the causes of suicide attempts and to know as how media can play a role in preventing such attempts. The literature review shows that media coverage of suicide attempt cases effects teenagers more negatively as compared to the elders. Studies also show that teenagers also copycat the suicide attempts made by the celebrities. It is not the only factor. Because the contagious suicide is not confined just to exposure of media, but attempters who personally know such people who have attempted suicide are more inclined to copy this tragic phenomenon.
Methodology: The theoretical framework of this study is based on the work of Emile Durkheim. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from survival of suicide attempts. (Sample Size: 50).
Results: The result show that there are several reasons for committing suicide in southern Punjab such as parental conflict, failure in love, price hike, corruption and worse law & order situation prevailing in the country.
Implications: In light of findings of the study, it is suggested that professional help and counseling techniques can be helpful for attempters. Media can play a vital role in this regard by careful coverage of suicide attempts cases.
Objective: This study is an effort to know the causes of suicide attempts and to know as how media can play a role in preventing such attempts. The literature review shows that media coverage of suicide attempt cases effects teenagers more negatively as compared to the elders. Studies also show that teenagers also copycat the suicide attempts made by the celebrities. It is not the only factor. Because the contagious suicide is not confined just to exposure of media, but attempters who personally know such people who have attempted suicide are more inclined to copy this tragic phenomenon.
Methodology: The theoretical framework of this study is based on the work of Emile Durkheim. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from survival of suicide attempts. (Sample Size: 50).
Results: The result show that there are several reasons for committing suicide in southern Punjab such as parental conflict, failure in love, price hike, corruption and worse law & order situation prevailing in the country.
Implications: In light of findings of the study, it is suggested that professional help and counseling techniques can be helpful for attempters. Media can play a vital role in this regard by careful coverage of suicide attempts cases
From Clicks to Conflicts: The Impact of Social Media Narratives on Political Polarization
No full textBackground: Social media has turned out to be one of the most influential dynamics in modifying the political discourse and general opinion in Pakistan. Despite increasing the accessibility of political news and political participation, such platforms have also increased biased narratives, misinformation, and the choice of selective exposure, hence promoting political polarization.
Objective: The current qualitative research study focuses on (1) mechanisms of how people get political information on social media platforms, (2) the role of biased narratives in the shaping of political attitudes, and (3) the impact of digital political polarization on social relations.
Methodology: The study relies on the Agenda-Setting Theory, Framing Theory, and Selective Exposure Theory to explain these findings through interviews carried out on sixteen semi-structured participants who engage in active or passive consumption of political content on Facebook, TikTok, WhatsApp, and YouTube.
Findings: Findings show that social media are an agenda-setter because they give priority to some political topics in user feeds. Interviewees observed that such content is frequently biased with implications of such framing strategies that enhance the reiteration of partisan views. There was also selective exposure because most participants only listened to the content that reaffirmed their prior political ideologies, thus forming echo chambers that further polarized them. Others considered social media space as a friendly area of connection and some people said that the internet made online political disagreements add to the breakdown of connections offline. It seemed that awareness of misinformation was widespread, and interviewees often checked the news with their peers, family, or even international media.
Conclusion: All of these findings together undermine the assumption that social media is a two-edged sword that, on the one hand, allows people to become relatively easily accessible to political discussion, and, on the other, fuels divisiveness and mistrust. The theoretical perspectives that Agenda-Setting Theory, Framing Theory, and Selective Exposure Theory provide are sufficient to explain the process of political polarization in Pakistan's Digital space. Increased media literacy, ethically responsible journalism, and political content regulation, thus, become instrumental efforts to address the issue of polarization and lead toward healthier democratic practices.
Keywords: Social media, Political Polarization, Agenda-Setting Theory, Framing Theory, Selective Exposure, Misinformation
Violation of Consumer Rights by Electronic Media through Advertisements
Full text linkThis research paper attempts to evaluate the consumer rights and their violation by electronic media through advertisement. This is misguiding the consumer to buy harmful and unnecessary products. This research also aims at interpolating and ascertaining the onus of responsibility of a responsible media with regards to advertising. In the recent past the principle of "Caveat Emptor" which meant "Buyers beware" governed the relationship between a seller and buyer. In the era of open markets the buyer and seller came face to face, seller exhibited his goods, and buyer thoroughly examined them and then purchased them. The assumption would be consumer would use all his care and skill while entering into a transaction. The buyer to examine the goods beforehand and most of the transactions are now concluded by correspondence. Discussion on consumer's rights and their violation by media through advertisements is suggestive that consumers today enjoy a good amount of legal protection. But, even today, a large number of us remain exploited
Management of Ankle Fractures: Does the Timing of Surgical Intervention Have an Impact on Patient Outcomes?
Full text link© Copyright 2025 Safdar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Introduction Orthopaedic surgeons frequently manage patients presenting with an ankle fracture. It has been observed that these injuries can be present in both young and elderly patients. Surgical intervention with open reduction and internal fixation is often performed for unstable ankle fractures. Methods This study was performed at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom and is a retrospective cohort study. The electronic database was reviewed from January 2021 to December 2024 to identify and review the notes for the patients to be included in the study. After identifying the patients, they were divided into two groups. The patients who had surgical intervention in less than 10 days were allocated to the early surgery group, and the patients who had surgery at day 10 or after day 10 of the injury were allocated to the delayed surgery group. Results Overall, 96 patients were included in this study, where 29 (30.21%) had early surgical intervention and 67 (69.79%) had delayed surgical intervention. The results were not statistically significant for patient outcomes between the two groups. A correlation was observed between the age of the patients and the length of hospital stay. Conclusion At present, there is no definitive consensus with regards to the optimal timing for surgical intervention of ankle fractures. The results of this study highlight that there was no significant difference for post-operative complications between the two groups, which is consistent with the literature. A study with a larger sample size is required to analyse the long-term patient outcomes
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