scholarly journals Importance of Group Therapeutic Support for Family Members of Children with Alopecia Areata: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Aschenbeck ◽  
Sarah L. McFarland ◽  
Maria K. Hordinsky ◽  
Bruce R. Lindgren ◽  
Ronda S. Farah
Keyword(s):  
Alopecia Areata ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Immunosuppressive Therapies for Alopecia Areata during COVID ‐19: A Cross‐Sectional Survey Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly E. Flanagan ◽  
James T. Pathoulas ◽  
Chloe J. Walker ◽  
Isabel Pupo Wiss ◽  
Abby Ellison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alopecia Areata ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Predictive Factors Associated with Fear Faced by Healthcare Workers during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Questionnaire Based Study. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagdesh Kumar ◽  
Muhammad Soughat Katto ◽  
Badaruddin Sahito ◽  
Bashir Ahmed ◽  
Adeel Ahmed Siddique ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Predictive Factors ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Care Workers

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 and its related threat of death have led to significant fears among health care workers (HCWs) and their families around the world. The latest figures show thousands of HCWs have so for been infected with Covid-19 while interacting the patients, with a large percentage of them dying. OBJECTIVE In this survey study, we aimed to explore the predictive factors associated with fear faced by HCWs during covid-19 pandemic and to identify the areas which need to be addressed. METHODS On 14th May 2020, we conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire, which consisted of two parts: (1) focussed on factors associated with HCWs fear of getting infection and being a source of carrying infection to whom they care, and (2) focused on factors associated with HCWs fear of uncertainty and lack of support from concerned health authorities. Finally a total of 329 responses were collected and analyzed RESULTS The mean age of the participants was 40.04 years (SD ± 12.92), and around four-fifths of the participants were males 79.3%, and nearly more than half of the participants were consultants 51.1%. The first important factors associated with fear included, getting infected 84.8%, quarantined 69.6%, not get medical treatment 62%, losing life 56.8%, and infecting family members 94.2%. Another major factor associated with HCWs fear was lack of support from concerned health authorities, 80.2% thought of solatium and 71.7% of Job to deceased family members. More than 82.2% thought of health expenses and almost 97.6% thought of additional health risk allowance. CONCLUSIONS Our survey findings show the main predictive factors associated fear faced by majority of HCWs in Pakistan was getting infected to themselves and their families. Once diseased, majority of them feared that they may not get medical treatment and end up on ventilator. Another important factors associated with fear were uncertainty and lack of support from concerned health authorities. We hope Government of Pakistan should take note of this and make appropriate policies and measures to make sure, that HCWs and their families are cared for if they get infected.

scholarly journals A Large Cross-Sectional Survey Study of the Prevalence of Alopecia Areata in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 259-266
Author(s):  
Michael Benigno ◽  
Kathryn P Anastassopoulos ◽  
Arash Mostaghimi ◽  
Margarita Udall ◽  
Shoshana R Daniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alopecia Areata ◽  
The United States ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

Knowledge and Communication of the National Core Standards Tool

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Thembisile Maphumulo ◽  
Busisiwe Bhengu
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Nurses

The National Department of Health in South Africa has introduced the National Core Standards (NCS) tool to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in all public healthcare institutions. Knowledge of the NCS tool is essential among healthcare providers. This study investigated the level of knowledge on NCS and how the NCS tool was communicated among professional nurses. This was a cross-sectional survey study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select hospitals that only offered tertiary services in KwaZulu-Natal. Six strata of departments were selected using simple stratified sampling. The population of professional nurses in the selected hospitals was 3 050. Systematic random sampling was used to recruit 543 participants. The collected data were analysed using SPSS version 25. The study showed that only 16 (3.7%) respondents had knowledge about NCS, using McDonald’s standard of learning outcome measured criteria regarding the NCS tool. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the communication and knowledge was r = 0.055. The results revealed that although the communication scores for the respondents were high their knowledge scores remained low. This study concluded that there is a lack of knowledge regarding the NCS tool and therefore healthcare institutions need to commit themselves to the training of professional nurses regarding the NCS tool. The findings suggest that healthcare institutions implement the allocation of incentives for nurses that attend the workshops for NCS.

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