Midwives’ Professional Competencies for Preventing Maternal Mortality in Disasters: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziba Taghizadeh ◽  
Mahsa Khoshnam Rad ◽  
Anoshirvan Kazemnejad
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Professional Competency ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Trauma ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Training Courses

AbstractObjectiveMaternal mortality may increase after a disaster. Because midwives are at the frontline of offering reproductive health care services in disasters, they should be competent.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional, descriptive study carried out in 2015 in Tehran. The sample consisted of 361 midwives selected by use of a cluster random sampling method. Data were collected by using a questionnaire on professional competency for preventing maternal mortality in disasters.ResultsThe midwives’ mean professional competency score was 177.74±31, which was an average level of professional competency. The level of knowledge and skills of the midwives was reported as inadequate for most items, particularly for the items of “managing mothers affected by chronic diseases,” “physical trauma,” “recognizing patients who needed to be referred,” and “stabilizing mothers when referring them.” Statistically significant relationships were observed between the midwives’ competencies and age (P=0.001), work experience (P=0.054), educational level (P= 0.043), previous experience in a disaster (P=0.014), and workplace (P=0.006). These data were drawn by using Spearman’s correlation, t-test, and ANOVA, respectively.ConclusionsGiven the average scores for midwives’ professional competency in disasters and the inadequacy of prior training courses, extra educational programs for midwives are recommended. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018; 12: 305–311)

A study on the proportion of hearing impairment among percussionists in Thrissur district of Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 816
Author(s):  
Jubina Bency A. T. ◽  
Sarangi . ◽  
Sebastian Roy ◽  
Shalu Sara Mathew ◽  
Shamseena A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hearing Ability ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Mild Degree

Background: Hearing loss is a cause of global concern. Percussionists are exposed to greater levels of continuous or intermittent noise than others. Little is known about the relationship between percussion activity and hearing impairment. The early detection of the same and subsequent management makes a significant reduction in the burden of health care services. The objective was to study the proportion of hearing impairment in percussionists in the district of Thrissur using an IOS based mobile application.Methods: A cross sectional study was done on percussionists from Thrissur district who has experience of more than five years and has no congenital or traumatic hearing loss. A predesigned semi structured questionnaire was given and hearing tests were done using a mobile application U hear in a sound proof setting to understand the current state of hearing ability amoung the percussionists.Results: A total of 39 subjects were involved in our study of which all were males. Mean age of our study population was 30.44+12.04. most of them were diagnosed with at least mild degree of hearing loss of one of the ear or both the ears. 15.4% of them had mild degree of hearing loss, 64.1% had moderate degree of hearing loss and 20.5% had severe hearing loss.Conclusions: The study shows percussionists are more exposed to sounds of various frequencies for longer duration, they are more prone to hearing loss. The study brought out that age is directly proportional to hearing loss, music induced hearing loss progress at a rate proportion to the work experience. 

scholarly journals Medico-social Profile of Women Experiencing Menopausal Syndrome Attending a Periurban Hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Saria Tasnim ◽  
FH Anamul Hoque ◽  
Summyia Nazmeen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Services ◽  
Psychological Symptoms ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Menopausal Syndrome ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics ◽  
History Of

Women’s health is a global concern now a days. Studies on issues relating to menopause is lacking Bangladesh and those been conducted mainly focus on physical and psychological symptoms around the time of menopause. This cross sectional study was done to explore the sociomedical context and nutritional characteristics of a group of women approaching menopause A total 106 women aged 45-60 years attending Gynae outpatient department of a tertiary hospital between March- May, 2013 was interviewed using structured questionnaire after obtaining informed written consent. Height and weight was measured using standardized procedure. Data analysed using SPSS. Mean age was 50.3± 5.3 years, about 75.5% were between 45-50 years, 85.1% had more than 2 children and 72.6% had history of Abortion. Mean age at menopause 44.65 ± 6.4 years, range 32-58 yrs. Mean BMI was 25± 4.2 and 43.4% were overweight or Obese. Chronic illness like hypertension and arthritis was present in (15.09%) and diabetes mellitus in 10.3% . The family relationship with children was good in 78.09%, husband was reported caring in 72.3% and 2.8% receive abusive behavior from husband. Only 8.5% were self earning, 24.5% and & 17.9% were dependent on children and husband respectively. With increasing life expectancy and improvements of health care services there is greater chance of survival for a women beyond menopause. Sociocultural and medical characteristics of midlife women is important to explore their specific health needs. Ensuring quality of life for this special group of women will help to better utilize their potential for development of the country.J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2017; 35(4): 179-183

scholarly journals Knowledge and Patterns of Use of Emergency Oral Contraception among Portuguese Female Users of Healthcare Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ângela Rodrigues ◽  
Bruno Valentim ◽  
Daniel Tavares ◽  
Maria João Augusto ◽  
Jorge Campelo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Contraception ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unprotected Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Introduction: The lack of knowledge about the existence, effectiveness, and supply of emergency contraception as well as access to it, its effective duration and the lack of recognition of the need for its use can prevent women from using it. The aim of this study was to ascertain the attitudes, experience, level of knowledge and information sources about emergency contraception of Portuguese female users of healthcare services.Material and Methods: We conducted a multicentre, cross-sectional, observational study among 280 Portuguese women users of health care services through an original and anonymous questionnaire composed of 30 questions.Results: The mean age of the women who replied to the questionnaire was 33.83 ± 8.76 years. Of the observed sample, 27.7% used EC, 50% of whom with no counselling. Despite 92.1% of women claiming knowledge about emergency contraception, only 31.2% of these answered 8 - 10 questions correctly (14 in total). The media were the most frequent source of information (63.4%). Most participants (67.5%) considered that emergency contraception is associated with severe adverse reactions. Furthermore, 76% did not know the time range of effectiveness after unprotected sexual intercourse. Youngest age (p = 0.038), higher education level (p < 0.001), increasing parity (p = 0.051) and previous use of emergency contraception (p = 0.011) were identified as the determinant sociodemographic factors for a higher level of knowledge about emergency contraception.Discussion: The use of emergency contraception after counselling by healthcare professionals was lower than reported in the literature.Conclusion: This study showed that female users of healthcare services were aware of the existence of emergency contraception, but they demonstrated a low level of knowledge about it, especially regarding the correct period of use, place of acquisition and safety issues.

scholarly journals Preferred Learning Styles of Nurses in In-Service Training Courses in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Neda Safaeifard ◽  
Hossein Namdar Areshtanab ◽  
Fariborz Roshangar ◽  
Hossein Ebrahim ◽  
Hossein Karimi Moonaghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Training Courses

Summary Generally, progress, productivity and success of any organization depends on the skills and knowledge of their manpower. Thus, better and more accurate training programs in organizations will lead to their growth and efficiency will be eventually achieved. Due to the many advances in the field of medicine, nurses are the backbone of activities in organizations of medical sciences and patient’s affairs. For this purpose, in-service training courses for employees are the most important courses in nursing. This study was conducted at the University of Medical Sciences (Tabriz-Iran) aiming to determine the preferred learning styles of nurses in in-service training courses. In this cross-sectional study, all nurses working in medical and educational centers in a university in the North West of Iran were randomly selected. To collect data, a two-part questionnaire of Kolb’s demographic and social information was used. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and analytical statistics SPSS version 17 software. A total of 470 nurses with an average age of 36.46 ± 5.77 were studied. There was a significant correlation between preferred learning styles of nurses with nursing position, employment status, and income level. There was no a significant statistical relationship between the preferred learning style of nurses with age, work experience and experience in the center. The present study shows that the highest percentage of Kolb’s learning style is related to the preferential converging learning style (57.8%). This study aimed to determine the preferred learning styles of nurse’s in-service training courses in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The results of the study showed that converging and assimilating styles were the preferred learning ones among the majority of nurses; these styles are effective and interpreted according to their profession requiring a lot of information and knowledge. Due to the dominance of converging learning style among nurses, it is recommended to use appropriate teaching methods tailored to the style including the use of diagrams, presentations, lectures and self-learning with enjoyable materials.

scholarly journals Factors intended to brain drain among nurses working at private hospitals of Biratnagar, Nepal

BIBECHANA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamata Kadel ◽  
Menuka Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Brain Drain ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Push Factors ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Excellent Health

Introduction: The migration of health worker is a complex and multifaceted phenomena. Emigration of highly skilled and competent nurses to other countries seems to have negative impact on the delivery of excellent health care services. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess factors intend to brain drain among nurses working at private hospitals of Biratnagar. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on staff nurses of selected hospitals of Biratnagar, Nepal from 2017 February to 2018 February; non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. Required information was collected using self-administered semi structured questionnaire related to demographic and factors intending to brain drain from 99 nurses. Results: Majority (78.8%) of nurses were below 25 years of age. Most (81.8%) of them had completed PCL nursing, more than half (55.6%) wanted to migrate abroad to pursue further work and study. Australia (56.4%) and USA (25.5%) emerged as the top destination of choice, while only (5.5%) of them wanted to migrate United Kingdom. Lack of career opportunities, low salary and poor working condition were main pull factors and push factors intending to brain drain among nurses. This study also found that majority (96%) of nurses were not satisfied with their salary. Conclusion: More than half of nurses working in private hospitals would like to migrate abroad. The major push factors for migration was lack of career development and low salary. BIBECHANA 16 (2019) xx -xx 

scholarly journals Cardiopulmonary resuscitation level of knowledge among allied health university students in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e031725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa O Oteir ◽  
Khader A Almhdawi ◽  
Saddam F Kanaan ◽  
Mahmoud T Alwidyan ◽  
Brett Williams
Keyword(s):  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Cpr Training

ObjectiveTo explore the level of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge among allied health professions (AHPs) students and its associated factors.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study assessing CPR knowledge among AHP students. A multidisciplinary expert panel designed a survey, which then was piloted to 20 potential participants. The survey had two sections, including demographics and knowledge questions. Knowledge questions scores ranged from 0 to 10, where 10 indicates all questions were answered correctly.ResultsA total of 883 students completed the surveys and were included in the study. The mean age was 21 years (±1.6) and the majority were females (73.1%). A total of 693 (78.5%) students did not receive previous CPR training and the top barriers to receiving CPR training were unawareness of training opportunities and a lack of time. Participants had a mean CPR knowledge score of 3.9 (±1.7) out of 10 maximum potential points. Trained participants had a higher mean score compared with the untrained (4.6 (±1.6) vs 3.8 (±1.6), p<0.001). Previous training (adjusted β=0.6; 95% CI 0.2 to 0.9; p<0.001) and being in the physical therapy programme (adjusted β=0.5; 95% CI 0.1 to 0.8; p=0.01) were associated with higher knowledge.ConclusionThere is poor knowledge of CPR among AHP students including trained individuals. Efforts to increase the awareness of CPR should target students and professionals who are highly likely to encounter patients requiring CPR. Compulsory training courses, shorter training periods as well as recurrent and regular refreshing courses and use of various media devices are recommended.

scholarly journals Cancer Patient Perspectives on Sharing of Medical Records and Mobile Device Data for Research Purposes

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1115-1121
Author(s):  
Elizabeth F Franklin ◽  
Helen M Nichols ◽  
Linda House ◽  
Joanne Buzaglo ◽  
Kim Thiboldeaux
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Patient Perspectives ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Application Data

Sharing data is critical to advancing science, improving health, and creating advances in the delivery of health care services. The value of sharing data for cancer research purposes is well established, and there are multiple initiatives under way that address this need. However, there has been less focus on cancer patient perspectives regarding the sharing of their health information for research purposes. This study examined cancer patient perspectives on the sharing of de-identified health data for research purposes including both data from medical records and mobile applications. This cross-sectional study used survey methodology to collect data from cancer patients/survivors (N = 677). Overall, we found that participants were largely willing (71%) to share de-identified medical data and were most motivated (88%) by a desire to help other cancer patients. Patients were less likely to be comfortable sharing mobile application data (34%). It is vital that we understand patient perspectives on data sharing and work with them as partners, valuing their unique contributions, and attending to their preferences.

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