Humour styles as predictors of psychological and somatic health in under graduates of COMSATS University, Lahore.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictability of humour styles on psychological and Somatic health of university students. METHODS: The study was carried out at COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus during the period of 1st September 2018 to 30th December, 2018. Correlation research design was used to assess the study objectives. A sample of 199 (93 females & 106 males) university students falling in age range from 18 to 26 years with mean age =21.02±1.78 years were assessed on self-report measures to Humour styles questionnaire, Physical Health Questionnaire, and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale. RESULTS: It was found from simultaneous regression analyses that after controlling potential confounding effects due to demographic, affiliative humour was a negative predictor of stress, anxiety, and depression; while aggressive humour was a positive predictor of stress only. However, both negative humour styles, that are aggressive and self defeating humour styles, were negative predictors of somatic health. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that relationship oriented positive humour style is a protective factor against psychological distress but negative humour styles are detrimental for physical health.

Prevalence, antibiotic sensitivity and phenotypic screening of ESBL/MBL producer E. coli strains isolated from urine; District Swabi, KP, Pakistan.

The study aimed to record the prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection caused by E. coli, its antibiotic sensitivity and phenotypic detection of ESBL and MBL producer E. coli. Total of 240 urine samples were collected from Bacha Khan medical complex, Swabi. Antibiotic sensitivity and production of ESBL and MBL according to CLSI guidelines 2017 were performed. Out of 75 E. coli strains, only 25 (33.3%) isolates were positive for ESBL. Similarly, 25 were resistant to Imipenem, in which 12 (16%) isolates were positive for MBL production. E. coli isolates were found more sensitive to Amikacin 57 (76%) followed by Imipenem 50 (66.67%), Ofloxacin 48 (64%), Ciprofloxacin 44 (58.67%), Norfloxacin 42 (56%) and were 100% resistant to Penicillin, Ceftriaxone, Ceftazidime and Cefotaxime. The current study recorded the prevalence rate of UTI caused by E. coli was 75( 66.96%) and ccurrence rate of ESBL and MBL producers in the total (n=75) E. coli isolates was 25( 33.3%) and 12(48%) respectively.