Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Rotavirus and Its Vaccination among Medical Students in Karachi, Pakistan

Background: Emergency contraception (EC) which is the only method indicated after the unprotected sexual intercourse prevents unintended pregnancies and its harmful consequences like unsafe abortion or unintended child delivery. Since medical students are the future medical professional and would be the main channel to provide preventive, promotive and curative services to the population at large, their knowledge and attitude towards EC is an important context in the overall health scenario of India. The study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of medical students towards use of EC.Methods: This cross sectional questionnaire based study was conducted among 2nd professional MBBS students in a Government Medical College in North India. The self administered questionnaire intended to seek information on knowledge and attitude of the students. The data so collected was expressed in percentages and Chi square test was used as test of significance.Results: All the respondents had heard of EC with mass media as the main source of information. More than 90% of the respondents knew about the indications for use of EC as well as the timing of the use of EC. Female respondents had better knowledge about composition of EC as well mechanism of action (p<0.05). More than 90% would recommend EC in case of unprotected sexual intercourse and 83.5% had positive attitude towards EC.Conclusions: Although knowledge about EC was good on certain parameters, yet lack of in depth knowledge among future health care providers is a cause of concern. So, attention be given to special issues relating to EC from early years of medical education till internship.

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Nutrition knowledge and Attitude in Medical Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2017-2018

10.21203/rs.2.13353/v2 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Neda Dolatkhah ◽

Seyed Kazem Shakouri ◽

Azizeh Farshbaf Khalili ◽

Majid Hajifaraji ◽

Maryam Hashemian ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Nutrition Knowledge ◽

Nutritional Knowledge ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract Objectives : In this cross-sectional study among 220 medical students we aimed to determine the nutritional knowledge and attitude of medical students through clinical training courses (externship and internship) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. A nutritional knowledge questionnaire included 51 questions was used to determine the correct, perceived and accuracy of knowledge of the participant in different aspects of nutrition sciences. Nutritional knowledge was calculated as percentage of correct responses. The nutrition attitude questionnaire included 30 questions. Both questionnaires were confirmed in terms of the validity and reliability for assessing nutritional knowledge and attitude in this sample of Iranian medical students. Results: The mean score of correct knowledge was not significantly different among externs and interns (68.20±7.50% and 67.87±6.04% respectively, p=0.729). Results showed that most of the participants (49.61% of externs and 57.14% of inters) had a poor nutritional knowledge, significantly varied by age (p=0.035). The mean attitude index of the subjects was not significantly different among externs and interns (106.37±13.66 and 108.16±13.35 out of 145 respectively, p=0.337). Most students (92.7%) had a very appropriate attitude toward nutrition, significantly varied by sex (p=0.010). These findings indicate that there are multiple deficiencies in nutrition knowledge of medical students.

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MEDICO LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING EYE DONATION.

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/228 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 109-113

Author(s):

VinayKumar M.S

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Legal Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Eye Donation

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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS GERIATRIC HEALTH AND THE ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine ◽

10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.3/art.1197 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 151-163

Author(s):

Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin ◽

Nuria Syafira Abd Muttalib ◽

Nur Syahirah Azmi ◽

Zahra Najwa Mohd Zin

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Medical Learning ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Basic Medical

Comprehensive care towards geriatric health can be sustained by having good knowledge and attitude among the providers. Hence, this research aims to measure the knowledge and attitude of the final year medical students towards geriatric health and determine the associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the students using structured questionnaires of Geriatric-Attitude-Scale and Palmore-Facts-on-Aging-Quiz was used. Data was analysed using Mann Whitney U test, Chi square test and Spearman correlation coefficient analysis for the association between the score and studied variables. Median score of students’ knowledges is at 14.00 (IQR 13.00) and mean score for attitude is 48.52 (+5.53) respectively. Place of residence (P= 0.01) and presence of grandparents (P= 0.04) were the significant factors that affected knowledge of students towards geriatrics while number of siblings (P= 0.05) influenced attitudes of students towards geriatrics. Improvement of current geriatric curriculum should be done with more refined implementation of gerontology course in the basic medical learning.

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Attitude and knowledge about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) among medical students in Nepal: a pilot survey

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2021.444 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (S1) ◽

pp. S159-S160

Author(s):

Suresh Thapaliya ◽

Shizu Singh ◽

Shuva Shrestha ◽

Anoop Krishna Gupta

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽

English Language ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

Pilot Survey ◽

Medical College ◽

Permanent Loss ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Permanent Brain Damage

AimsElectroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is an important modality of treatment for treatment resistant psychiatric disorders. Young medical students like general public might harbor several misconceptions about ECT. In this pilot survey, we explored the knowledge and attitude about ECT amongst young medical students training in a medical college affiliated to a teaching hospital in Southern Nepal.MethodA 23-item questionnaire in English language with either ‘True’ or ‘False’ response as outcome was developed by reviewing findings from previous studies. Brief information was also taken to record familiarity of medical students with ECT as a treatment procedure. The study was conducted as a departmental pilot survey for quality improvement of Psychiatry Undergraduate Training. A total of 128 medical students in early clinical year enrolled in MBBS curriculum at a teaching hospital in Southern Nepal participated in the survey. The students were not exposed to any specific teaching regarding ECT while participating in the study.ResultThe students were aged between 21 and 28 years with almost equal gender distribution. Among them, 89.1% had heard about ECT before whereas 15.6% knew someone who has received ECT. Although 90.6 % of students believed ECT can be lifesaving many times, a substantial number of students had misconception about ECT such as assuming it as a painful procedure (71.9%). Almost half of them believed ECT can have severe consequences like death or permanent brain damage. Around one fourth to one third believed ECT is inhumane, without scientific proof or a form of punishment for violent angry patients. Surprisingly, a significant higher percentage of male students believed that ‘ECT leads to permanent loss of memory’ (11/34 vs. 3/30, p = 0.04) and ‘ECT is given as a punishment to violent/angry patients’ (15/34 vs. 4/30, p = 0.01).ConclusionSeveral misconceptions about ECT are prevalent in medical students that need to be adequately addressed during their training to develop a positive attitude and basic knowledge about the treatment.

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Undergraduate medical students′ knowledge and attitude on early childhood caries and infant oral health

Journal of Pediatric Dentistry ◽

10.4103/2321-6646.174925 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

OlubukolaOlamide Olatosi ◽

SandraO Iwuala ◽

RufusW Ojewola ◽

Ngozi Chukwudifu ◽

FolakemiA Oredugba ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Oral Health ◽

Medical Students ◽

Early Childhood Caries ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Infant Oral Health ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Childhood Caries

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIORS TOWARD ANTIBIOTICS OF NON-MEDICAL STUDENTS JOUF UNIVERSITY, SAUDI ARABIA

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i8.26308 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 294

Author(s):

Gomaa Mostafa-hedeab

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Antibiotic Use ◽

Wrong Answer ◽

The Public ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Previous Prescription ◽

Higher Doses

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of non-medical students, Jouf University toward antibiotic.Methods: Data were collected from male and female students using a self-prepared questionnaire then tabulated and analyzed using SPSS program.Results: This study included 1035 students; 573 (55.3%) male and 462 (44.6%) female, aged (21.5±2.2) years. About 533 (51.5%) used antibiotic during the year 2015. 705 (68.12%) of the student display wrong answer regarding the uses of the antibiotic. 53.5% depending on the previous prescription on self-medicated antibiotic (SAM), followed by their experience (14.5%) and pharmacy advice (11.3%). 45.9% did not have any idea about the antibiotic name they used. Majority of the students (62.6%) stop antibiotic once improvement is achieved, whereas (28.1%) complete the course till the end of the last dose. 75.4% of the studied populations saving at least one antibiotic at home while 62.7% sharing antibiotic with others. 35.3% of the studied population did not experienced antibiotic-related side effects, while 19.3% experience nausea. About 57.6% believed that broad spectrum is better than narrow-spectrum antibiotic, 70.4% deny that higher doses enhance recovery, (57.3%) believes that low dose decrease side effect. 51.9% depend on their good medical knowledge for SMA, while 20.3% was to save time, 18.8% dependent on pharmacy expert where only 9% was to save money cost.Conclusion: The majority of the sample had a fair level of knowledge in relation to antibiotics. Initiation of national program and campaigns toward antibiotic uses to raise the public awareness about the hazardous of antibiotic misuse/abuse is essential to decrease the gap between antibiotic use and attitude.

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