scholarly journals The relationship of health literacy, wellbeing and religious beliefs in neglected and unequal contexts—Results of a survey study in central Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Harsch ◽  
Asadullah Jawid ◽  
M Ebrahim Jawid ◽  
Luis Saboga Nunes ◽  
Diana Sahrai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Kuwaiti Hospital Patients’ Continuance Intention to Use Telemedical Systems in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study Among Patients (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibtesam Almutairi
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Patient’S Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND Telemedicine is a system using telecommunication technologies to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients by healthcare physicians and specialists in many developing countries such as Kuwait. Telemedicine services have proven to be successful in reporting and tracking patient records, delivering, real time monitoring, providing correct medications, and early detection of clinical decline. Covid-19 pandemic period have reinforced telemedicine system’s benefits even more in Kuwait. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to investigate factors influencing patients’ continuance intention to use telemedicine after the COVID-19 pandemic in the medical sector of Kuwait. METHODS The updated Delone and Maclean (2003) model was utilized to investigate the aforementioned factors. As such, this research applied quantitative research methods with a sample of 290 participants from patients in Dar Al Shifa Hospital, a private hospital in Kuwait which utilizes telemedical services called ‘Sehaty online’. The corresponding data was analyzed using SmartPLS. RESULTS The findings of this study revealed that the relationship of both telemedicine’s information quality and system quality with patient’s satisfaction are significant with (β = 0.377, t = 5.612, P < 0.001), (β = 0.295, t = 4.397, P < 0.001) respectively. While the relationship of service quality and patient’s satisfaction is not significant with (β = -0.056, t = 0.894, P > 0.05). patient’s satisfaction relationship with patients’ continuance intention to use telemedicine found to be significant with (β = 0.403, t = 8.732, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS It has been concluded that information quality and system quality have a positive and significant influence on patient’s satisfaction, whereas service quality has an insignificant influence on patient’s satisfaction. Also, patients’ continuance intention to use telemedicine is found to be significantly impacted by their satisfaction.

Does supervisor gender moderate the mediation of job embeddedness between LMX and job satisfaction?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodie Louise Stewart ◽  
Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Job Embeddedness ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the quality of the relationship between a supervisor and their subordinate, conceptualised as leader member exchange (LMX), and the mediating influence of subordinate’s job embeddedness on job satisfaction. The LMX model considered the four-gender dominant leadership style facets, female – affect and loyalty (communal), and male – contribution and professional respect (agentic). Social role theory was applied to explain societies influence on leadership style. The moderating influence of supervisor gender on the relationship of LMX facets and subordinate embeddedness is investigated. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional survey study of 213 self-selected employed participants investigated the mediation of job embeddedness LMX and job embeddedness and the moderation impact of supervisor gender on this mediation. Findings Job embeddedness mediated the relationship between all four facets of LMX and job satisfaction. Supervisor gender did not moderate the relationships of the four LMX facets and job embeddedness. These findings highlight the potential impact of a homogeniuos sample in relation to industry type and culture as this may impact on the findings. That is, participants in this study were predominantly females working in female dominant industries. Originality/value This study builds on the work of Collins et al. (2014) who examined the moderating impact of subordinate gender on the mediating relationship of job embeddedness on the relationship between LMX facets and job satisfaction. Previously, the gender role of supervisors on this relationship was not explored.

Clergy religious beliefs and ICU utilization at the end of life.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 223-223
Author(s):  
Michael Balboni ◽  
Adam Sullivan ◽  
Rebecca Quinones ◽  
Tyler J. Vanderweele ◽  
Tracy A. Balboni
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Medical Decisions ◽  
Divine Sovereignty ◽  
Sanctity Of Life ◽  
Aggressive Interventions ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Eol Care ◽  
The Relationship

223 Background: High religious community spiritual support is associated with greater aggressive interventions at the end of life (EOL). At EOL, half of U.S. patients are visited by clergy. The relationship of clergy religious beliefs about EOL care to dying congregants’ EOL medical decisions is unknown. Methods: This is an NCI-funded study of 1,665 U.S. clergy randomly-selected from a comprehensive database of 368,408 U.S. congregations and administered a survey 8/2014-2/2015; 1,005 responded (60%). Clergy reported endorsement of religious beliefs about congregants’ EOL care (RBEC), including miracles, sanctity of life, divine sovereignty, and redemptive suffering. Clergy reported on their last experience in spiritual caregiving to a dying congregant, including congregant’s care location in the final week. The primary outcome was any ICU care in the final week of life. Multivariable analyses (MVA), controlling for clergy age, gender, race, region, and congregational income, assessed the relationship of clergy RBEC to any congregant ICU care in the last week. Results: Most (86%) clergy affirmed belief in a miraculous cure; 54% agreed that the congregant should accept every medical treatment out of religious obligations. A minority of clergy affirmed that belief in divine sovereignty relieved congregants of future medical decisions (28%) and that they should endure medical procedures because suffering is God’s test (27%). In MVA, higher RBEC scores were associated with a greater likelihood of any ICU utilization in the last week (AOR=1.28, p=.02), with belief in divine sovereignty being the strongest predictor (AOR 2.1, p=.005). Predictors of having greater RBEC scores included being Hispanic (AOR=3.35, p<.001) or black (AOR=3.0, p<.001), as compared to white, and being Pentecostal (AOR=3.54, p<.001) or Evangelical (AOR=2.12, p<.001) as compared to clergy self-identified as liberal. Conclusions: A majority of clergy endorse religious beliefs regarding their dying congregants’ EOL medical care; these beliefs are associated with greater ICU care in the final days of life for congregants. Future research is needed to determine religiously-consistent approaches to clergy EOL education to mitigate aggressive interventions at the EOL.

scholarly journals The relationship of health literacy to diabetes status differs by sex in older adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Quartuccio ◽  
Eleanor M. Simonsick ◽  
Susan Langan ◽  
Tamara Harris ◽  
Rebecca L. Sudore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Diabetes Status ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Relationship of Principals Academic Decision-Making Practices with Faculty Morale: A Study of Colleges in Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 376-385
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem Shahzad ◽  
Muhammad Tahir Khan Farooqi ◽  
Waqar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Faculty Morale ◽  
Teaching Faculty ◽  
Power Delegation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Decision Making

This study examines the relationship between principals academic decision-making practices and faculty morale. A descriptive survey study has been adopted. The population of the study comprised all the faculty members working in public sector colleges of Punjab, province of Pakistan. Two questionnaires based on five-point Likert Scale, namely Academic Decision-Making Practices (ADMP) questionnaire to measure practices was adopted by the principals and Faculty Morale Scale (FMS) to measure morale of teaching faculty. The collected data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, correlation coefficient and linear regression model. A positive significant relationship between principals academic decision making practices and morale of faculty members was found. Some academic decision-making practices like decisions based on policy matter, promote academic development, power delegation, employees participation collect information and planning are significantly correlated with morale of faculty. While, some practices such as diplomacy and use rules to suit themselves do not correlate with morale.

Service Quality, Brand Image, Perceived Value, Patient Satisfaction and Loyalty in China’s Private Dental Clinics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyi LIN ◽  
Wanxia Yin
Keyword(s):  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Dental Clinics ◽  
Patient Loyalty ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background: This study seeks to explore the relationship of service quality, brand image, perceived value, service satisfaction and loyalty in China’s private dental clinics. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey study, being conducted in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China in January 2019. The participants were selected by convenience sampling method. A total of 230 residents were surveyed. Among them, 125 had received services in private dental clinics, being the valid sample of this study. A multiple regression model was run to explore factors influencing patient loyalty. Subsequently, the path analysis was used to understand the relationship of service quality, brand image, perceived value, patient satisfaction, and patient loyalty. Results: After controlling for the effect of demographic and socio-economic variables, perceived value and patient satisfaction have significant influences on patient loyalty. The path analysis indicates the perceived value, perceived quality, and expected quality have direct effects on patient satisfaction, and have indirect effects on patient loyalty, with patient satisfaction as a mediator. Additionally, perceived value has a direct and indirect effect on patient satisfaction. Conclusion: This study helps managers in private dental clinics to gain support from customers through building customer loyalty towards dental clinics.

The Relationship of Health Literacy and Adherence to Self-care Behaviors in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

2019 ◽  
pp. 218-227
Author(s):  
Reza Zahedi ◽  
Mojgan Baghaei ◽  
Mohammad Reza Yeganehfarzand ◽  
Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Sexuality-related attitudes significantly modulate demographic variation in sexual health literacy in Tasmanian university students

Sexual Health ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Simpson ◽  
Christine Clifford ◽  
Michael G. Quinn ◽  
Kaz Ross ◽  
Neil Sefton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Statistical Adjustment ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
University Level ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Demographic Variation

Background: It has previously been shown that there is a significant demographic variation in sexual health literacy (SHL) in university-level students in Tasmania, Australia. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of statistical adjustment for sexuality-related attitudes on this demographic variation in SHL. Methods: Iterated principal-factor analysis was used to evaluate latent variable grouping of responses to 21 attitudinal questions regarding sexuality and sexual behaviour. Linear regression was used to evaluate the distribution and determinants of attitudinal patterns and thence the relationship of these patterns to SHL. Results: Three patterns – conservative, anti-persons-living-with-HIV and sexually responsible – were identified as explaining variation in sexual attitudes; the former two being associated with significantly lower SHL and the latter associated with significantly higher SHL. Adjustment for these patterns significantly attenuated much of the differences in SHL by birthplace/ethnicity and religion, including among South and South-East Asian and Protestant, Islamic and Hindu students. However, some differences in SHL persisted, suggesting they are partly or fully independent of the attitudinal questions. Conclusions: As hypothesised, differences in attitude significantly explained much of the demographic differences in SHL found previously. These results suggest that sexual education and orientation efforts need to bear cultural framing in mind to enhance uptake by students.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document