Muhammad Aqeel

Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan · Department of Psychology

School truancy remains a persistent educational and clinical challenge worldwide, particularly within marginalised communities. This study aimed to examine the role of peer influence and personality traits in predicting school truancy in Pakistani truant and punctual adolescents. Purposive sampling was used based with a cross-sectional design. Two...

Objectives: In this study, the trends and current situation of the injury burden as well as attributable burden to injury risk factors at global, regional, and national levels based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 are presented. Study design: To assess the attributable burden of injury risk factors, th...

Up-to-date estimates of stroke burden and attributable risks and their trends at global, regional, and national levels are essential for evidence-based health care, prevention, and resource allocation planning. We aimed to provide such estimates for the period 1990–2021. We estimated incidence, prevalence, death, and disability-adjusted life-year (...

In the complex and interconnected world of healthcare, ethics plays a pivotal role in guiding the actions and decisions of individuals and institutions. This book delves into the intricate web of ethical dilemmas and moral quandaries that permeate the healthcare sector, offering a comprehensive exploration of issues that span from the patient's bed...

Background Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable metrics to gauge progress in reducing mortality rates. These estimates are particularly important follow...

Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends. The Global Burden of D...

Background Cancers represent a challenging public health threat in Asia. This study examines the temporal patterns of incidence, mortality, disability and risk factors of 29 cancers in Asia in the last three decades. Methods The age, sex and year-wise estimates of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of 29 cancers for 4...

Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026 Global Burden of Disease 2021 Health Financing Collaborator Network † Show footnotesOpen AccessPublished:January 24, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00007-4 Summary Background The COVID-19 pandemic h...

Background: Despite the fact that shame is recognized as a significant factor in clinical encounters, it is under-recognized, under-researched, and under-theorized in health prevention, assessment, and cross-cultural contexts. Thus, the current study sought to investigate the psychometric properties of the "Other AS Shamer Scale" in order to assess...

Background Onchocerciasis is a disease caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus, which is transmitted to humans via the bite of several species of black fly, and is responsible for permanent blindness or vision loss, as well as severe skin disease. Predominantly endemic in parts of Africa and Yemen, preventive chemotherapy with mass drug admini...

Schizophrenia is a multifaceted chronic psychiatric disorder that affects the way a human thinks, feels, and behaves. Inevitably, natural randomness exists in the psychological perception of schizophrenic patients, which is our primary source of inspiration for this research because true randomness is the indubitably ultimate valuable resource for...

Objective Scholars have debated the COVID-19's full and partial lockdowns' effectivity to control the transmission of the new case. They emphasized the provision of required economic and social resources worldwide. Past literature related to COVID-19 has contributed little evidence to examine the efficacy of full and partial lockdown measures with...

Importance: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) provided systematic estimates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality to inform local and international efforts toward reducing cancer burden. Objective: To estimate cancer burden and trends globally for 204 countries and territories and by Sociodemographic...

Background: Self-stigma and Shame have broadly been studied as related to substance use disorders globally, however interventions have not been examined in randomized double-blind, and parallel-group clinical trials. There have little been known related to the evaluation and treatment of self-stigma and shame in Pakistani substance user patients. T...

Background: The purpose of the current study was to develop an instrument that could measure the level of fear of affliction among people from pandemic or any other catastrophe. Methods: The study was formulated in to two phases, where the first phase contributed in item pool generation through theoretical knowledge and using in-depth interview met...

Background: The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been explained predominantly by situational influences on decision making. There is a lack of a scale quantifying the possibility of an individual intervening upon noticing peoples. The purpose of the present study was to develop and establish t...

Purpose Gaslighting a form of abusive manipulation both emotional and psychological is a growing phenomenon in recent times. However, as of yet, there is a scarcity of a valid and reliable instrument which can measure the severity of gaslighting in victims of interpersonal relationships abuse. The purpose of this study is the development of an inst...

Background The rapid spread of COVID-19 renewed the focus on how health systems across the globe are financed, especially during public health emergencies. Development assistance is an important source of health financing in many low-income countries, yet little is known about how much of this funding was disbursed for COVID-19. We aimed to provide...

Objective: To identify the mental health problems among patients having symptoms of tinnitus and vertigo due to vestibulocochlear disturbances. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from May to September 2019 at the Hearts International Hospital and the Hearing and Balance Clinic, Rawalpindi, in collaboration with the Foundation Universi...

Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years) across 82 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), stratify anemia by severity and aggregate res...

Objectives: Sociocultural factors in the aftermath of any pandemic can play a role in increasing suicidal behavior like suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts, or suicide. The authors discuss the risk and predisposing factors for suicidal ideation among mental health patients in four developing countries (Bangladesh, Colombia, India and Pakistan), t...

Background Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 has targeted elimination of preventable child mortality, reduction of neonatal death to less than 12 per 1000 livebirths, and reduction of death of children younger than 5 years to less than 25 per 1000 livebirths, for each country by 2030. To understand current rates, recent trends, and potential traject...

Purpose Fear of rejection is a feeling experienced by every human, which influences everyday life. It impacts an individual’s physical and mental health. But still there is no valid and reliable measure to assess prevalence of fear of rejection because of interpersonal relationships and social factors. This paper aims to serve the purpose of the es...

Background: Since the emergence of a coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) in December 2019, the whole world is in a state of chaos. Isolation strategy with quarantine is a useful model in controlling transmission and rapid spread. As a result, people remained at home and disrupted their outside daily activities. It led to the closure of educational inst...

Purpose Since the emergence of a coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) in December 2019, the whole world is in a state of chaos. Isolation strategy with quarantine is a useful model in controlling transmission and rapid spread. As a result, people remained at home and disrupted their outside daily activities. It led to the closure of educational institut...

Introduction: Although the translation and the validation of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) are performed in various languages and samples, no study has established the validity and reliability of the Urdu version of MSI-BPD in individuals with cardiac problems. Materials and Methods: The Urdu version...

The education industry plays a vital role in social development. However, employees’ job turnover is challenging as it involves massive human and institutional financial costs. This research paper innovates by exploring the linkage between social support, sexual harassment, job stress, and job turnover intention amid COVID-19 crisis. The study exam...

Purpose This study aims to explore the indigenous needs of married women in Pakistan due to the public health challenges they face due to marital conflict. The research focuses on investigating psychometric properties and cross-cultural validation of the revised dyadic adjustment scale’s (RDAS) Urdu translated version to assess marital relationship...

Purpose Ostracism is being socially ignored or excluded by others. Ostracism leads to serious psychological distress and health issues in the young adults being ostracized. However, there are no psychometrically designed instruments to measure this phenomenon in young adults. This study aims to develop a scale that measures ostracism efficiently an...

Background: In the perspective of married women’s psychological and physiological health many assumptions have been made to explain for their increased vulnerability to certain mental health issues in Pakistan context. However, supposed the multifacetedness of topic, no single description is established adequate in itself. ‘Silencing the Self’ a...

Objective: To identify the association among suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, and psychopathological distress in normal and deliberate self-harm adults. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Psychiatry, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January to July 2017, and comprised deliberate self-harm a...

Purpose Body image perception is a complex cognitive process that involves several different dimensions. This has necessitated several studies to have different findings about each dimension, therefore. This is because body image perception is a continuous and constantly evolving process. The development of self-concept depends largely on positive...

Background: Since the emergence of a coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) in December 2019, the whole world is in a state of chaos. Isolation strategy with quarantine is a useful model in controlling transmission and rapid spread. As a result, people remained at homes and disrupted their outside daily activities. It led to the closure of educational ins...

Abstract Objective: To examine the association of perception of osteoarthritis with adverse pain anxiety, symptoms of depression, positive and negative affects in patients with knee osteoarthritis, and to identify the prevalence of these parameters in male and female patients. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of...

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health priority in Latin America. While the burden of HIV is historically concentrated in urban areas and high-risk groups, subnational estimates that cover multiple countries and years are missing. This paucity is partially due to incomplete vital registration (VR) systems and statis...

Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health priority in Latin America. While the burden of HIV is historically concentrated in urban areas and high-risk groups, subnational estimates that cover multiple countries and years are missing. This paucity is partially due to incomplete vital registration (VR) systems and statist...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the indigenous need for public health challenges being faced by the patients in Pakistan because of vertigo symptoms. Vertigo or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is described as short episodes of dizziness (spinning sensations) that are caused because of movements of head in varying directions. V...

Background: Pain is considered one of the most important sign of osteoarthritis. It has directly been linked to mental problems such as anxiety, depression, and mood swings globally. This present study examined the relationship of pain severity and coping strategies with vulnerable perception of osteoarthritis, pain anxiety, depression, positive an...

Background: This present study examined the prevalence and association of psychiatric disorders including hospital anxiety, stress, and depression, positive and negative affect in breast cancer patients. Furthermore, this study also investigated moderating role of emotional regulation on the relationship between hospital anxiety, and symptoms of st...

Background: Attachment theories of Bowlby (1969); and Ainsworth (1979) are broadly applied approaches for comprehending emotional attachment and dissociation, as well as alexithymia in people. These frameworks have also been used multiple times to explain social media addiction. However, aside from theoretical suggestions and recommendations, there...

Background: Previous studies suggested a link among loneliness, inter-parental conflict and emotional intelligence in adolescents. Most researches, however, have tended to emphasis on children's shy behavior in considering the effects of emotional intelligence on inter-parental conflict. This present cross-sectional study extends this body of study...

Background: The situation of Women with infertility problems in third-world nations particularly Pakistan remains to be miserable. They are persistently experiencing to such conditions which lead toward psychological and physiological problems. This present research was illustrated to highlight the numerous deleterious factors that affecting the pe...

Background: Attachment theories of Bowlby (1969); and Ainsworth (1979) are broadly applied approaches for comprehending emotional attachment and dissociation, as well as alexithymia in people. These frameworks have also been used multiple times to explain social media addiction. However, aside from theoretical suggestions and recommendations, there...

Background: This present study examined the prevalence and association of psychiatric disorders including hospital anxiety, stress, and depression, positive and negative affect in breast cancer patients. Furthermore, this study also investigated moderating role of emotional regulation on the relationship between hospital anxiety, and symptoms of st...

Respected Editor, The current COVID‐19 pandemic has quickly spread its root all over the globe in very short span. With no proper treatment, advice about isolating the most vulnerable population, which is that of the elderly individuals has been made. However, with isolation comes a lot of other mental health issues which the current study attempte...

Background: The feminist theory is a broadly employed framework for comprehending gender-based intimate partner abuse, psychological and physical health problems. This perspective helps to figure out the role of resilience to assist and understand this complicated relationship between intimate partner abuse and psychological issues. Apart from thes...

Purpose The monetary and psycho-social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensive and unimaginable around the globe. The purpose of this study was to have a psycho-social analysis of people confronting this situation and its impact in the situation of a health crisis on them. Design/methodology/approach In the current study, partic...

Purpose The monetary and psycho-social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic have been extensive and unimaginable around the globe. The purpose of this study was to have a psycho-social analysis of people confronting this situation and its impact in the situation of a health crisis on them. Design/methodology/approach In the current study, partici...

ABSTRACT Objective: This double-blind, parallel randomized controlled trial aimed to evaluate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focused on stigma and shame as opposed to standard treatment (ST) in substance use disorder.Method: Participants with the main diagnosis of SUD were allocated through simple randomization to an ACT int...

Abstract Purpose Chronic pain is a global community health and human rights issue. Proper health care is an important necessity for every human being and access for treatment is every human’s right. Likewise, it is significant that proper instruments should be administered to assess these clinical issues. It is equally necessary to reassess these...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the prevalence and association among school refusal behavior, self-esteem, parental school involvement and aggression in punctual and truant school-going adolescents. Design/methodology/approach A purposive sampling technique and cross-sectional design were used in the current study. Participants com...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread its root all over the globe in very short span. With no proper treatment, advice about isolating the most vulnerable population, which is that of the elderly individuals has been made. However, with isolation comes a lot of other mental health issues which the current study attempted to highlight. Th...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has a severe psychosocial impact on individuals' mental health, particularly those who are living in quarantine houses with restricted access of face-to-face interaction and conventional psychosocial interventions. Chronic infection and organisms' suppression strategies help in reducing and controlling the rapid tra...

Purpose: Attaining equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination are fundamental human rights and United Nations values. Nevertheless, women globally suffer violations of their human rights throughout their lives. This necessitates investigation of the attitude that people hold towards women empowerment, which is define...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the indigenous need to counter self-harm behavior in Pakistan and establish the reliability and validity of scale with translation, adaptation and cross-language validation of the inventory of statements about self-injury (ISAS) for future health studies (Klonsky and Glenn, 2009). Design/methodolog...

Objective: Before the beginning of COVID-19, pandemic Pakistan and India are in a state of dramatic tension due to the recent lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir by India, after removing its autonomous status. The current study focuses on the mental health issues currently brewing within Jammu and Kashmir amidst the previous lockdown by India and the cur...

The aim of this study is to precisely determine the prevailing trends in language use among the Pothwari speakers of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Studies shows that intergenerational transmission is extremely vital to the language growth and language loss (Brenzinger, et al, 2003, Fishman, 1991). Using the UNESCO framework, the present study investiga...

Bullying is a global concern and plays a crucial role in developing various psychological problems among adult students. The current study intended to inspect the relationship among bullying, self-esteem and psychological distress in adult students. Moreover, it examined the impact of bullying on self-esteem and psychological distress. 200 particip...

The study was conducted to know the impacts of the war on terror on social, economic, business, agricultural and especially its socio-psychological repercussions on educated youth of the local community. The main objectives of the study work are to know about the socio psychological impacts of WoT on the people of District Peshawar “UC Bazid Khel”....

The aim of conducting the present study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control, quality of life and depression among migraine patients. The sample of N=100 (males/females) migraine patients, age ranging between 25-50 were taken from Benazir Bhutto Hospital and District Head Quarter Hospital located in Rawalpindi. In order to m...

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The increase in organisms transference and infectious pandemics across the globe have been accelerated by an increase in travel, international exchange and global changes in earth’s climate. COVID-19, a virus caused by the novel corona virus that was initially identified on December 2019, in Wuhan city of China is currently affecting 146 territorie...

Background: Widespread social paradigms on which the status variances are grounded in any society, gender plays pivotal role in manifestation of mental health problems (Rutter, 2007). A hefty volume of research has addressed the issue in adults nonetheless, little is vividly known about the role of gender in adolescent psychopathology. Sample: A sa...

Widespread social paradigms on which the status variances are grounded in any society, gender plays pivotal role in manifestation of mental health problems (Rutter, 2007). A hefty volume of research has addressed the issue in adults nonetheless, little is vividly known about the role of gender in adolescent psychopathology. The present study was ca...

Adaptation level theory of tinnitus and neuropsychological theory of tinnitus are extensively used frameworks for understanding emotional and psychological distress among tinnitus sufferers. Objective of the present study was to investigate potential associations between hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety, depression, and stress. The Tinnitus Han...

Adaptation level theory of tinnitus and neuropsychological theory of tinnitus are extensively used frameworks for understanding emotional and psychological distress among tinnitus sufferers. Objective of the present study was to investigate potential associations between hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety, depression, and stress. The Tinnitus Handicap...

The current study aimed to investigate the moderating role of tolerance in the relationship of domestic violence and aggression in married working women. A cross-sectional design and purposive sampling technique were used in the current study. The participants of the study comprised of 100 married working women who were approached from various orga...

Previous studies have suggested that three parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting) and perfectionism of adolescents may be anticipated to elevate the risk for adolescent‘s personality disorders (PD). This present study was planned to investigate the moderating role of perfectionism on the relationship between paren...