AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Sleep deprivation is a major contributor of health and mental problems that may cause serious difficulties in accomplishing ADL’s among students although severe health and mental conditions have direct impact on the quality and quantity of sleep too. Thus, this study aims to determine the quality of sleep and its association between anxiety, depression, and stress to improve health related quality of life (HRQOL) among undergraduate DPT students of ZCRS. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional survey SAMPLE SELECTION 325 students were selected through convenience sampling technique from pre-clinical (1st, 2nd) and clinical (3rd, 4th, 5th) years of DPT program. PROCEDURE Data was collected on by providing Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 to both students of pre-clinical and clinical years at beginning, middle and end of semester to determine the association of related outcome measures. RESULTS Strong association was found between sleep deprived students with depression, anxiety, and stress on chi-square test of association (p<0.05). CONCLUSION It was concluded that high prevalence of anxiety followed by depression and stress with the quality of sleep along with the amount of sleep in university students during all three phases of their academic semester. Although studies proposed genetic co-relation with anxiety, depression and stress as well as with the quality of sleep.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to find out the prevalence of PAD associated with fast food consumptions in university students under the age of 18-25 years. STUDY DESIGN Observational study SAMPLING TECHNIQUE Convenience random sampling SAMPLE SIZE 57 students with age range of 18-25 years OUTCOME MEASURE Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) METHODOLOGY The subjects were recruited from first year to final year students for the study. A one month dietary questionnaire was given to the students. We instructed the students to fill questionnaire on daily basis. The dietary questionnaire contained list of 46 fast food items. After a month, a portable Doppler Ultrasound was used to measure their ABI values. RESULTS Fast food consumption highly impacts on peripheral arterial disease (p 0.00) so the association of fast food with PAD predicts the upcoming cardiovascular events in university students. There is no significant relationship of gender with peripheral arterial diseases (p 0.335). Also, there is no significance relation between fast food and gender (p 0.153). CONCLUSION In this territory, the PAD is increasing particularly in the ages of 18-25 years and all individuals with an ABI <1.0 demonstrates as a minimum one classical cardiovascular risk factor, which needs sufficient concentration and an aggressive risk management. Keywords: Ankle Brachial Pressure index, Peripheral Arterial Diseases, Fast Food Consumption, University Students, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis