Measuring associations between social anxiety and use of different types of social media using the Swedish Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users: A psychometric evaluation and cross‐sectional study

Abstract Background Congenital hemoglobin defects are significant global health concern affecting more than 330,000 newborns every year. In Bangladesh more than half of the under-five children are anemic, but the contribution of hemoglobin disorders to childhood anemia is quite unexplored. Hence, the objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and pattern of hemoglobinopathies among anemic under-five (age 6–59 months) children visiting the hematology department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). Methods This was a retrospective cross-sectional study among anemic patients aged between 6 to 59 months conducted in the hematology department of RMCH from July 2018 to June 2020. The guideline of WHO was used to define the severity of anemia. Hemoglobinopathies was measured using standard methods. Chi-square test was used to find the association between two categorical factors. Results Female and younger children included in the study were more likely to suffer from moderate to severe form of anemia compared to their counterparts. Out of 534 patients 183 were suffering from different types of hemoglobinopathies (prevalence 34.3%). E-β-Thalassemia was the most common type of hemoglobinopathy (14%) followed by Hemoglobin E trait (11%) and β-Thalassemia minor (5.6%). Prevalence of these hemoglobin disorders was comparatively higher among female and older children (p < 0.05). Patients with E-β-Thalassemia and β-Thalassemia major of our study were mostly suffering from severe form of anemia while patients with hemoglobin E trait and β-Thalassemia minor were mostly suffering from mild anemia (p < 0.01). Conclusions A remarkable number of children were suffering from severe anemia and different types of hemoglobinopathies. Gender and age group were the risk factors of anemia and hemoglobinopathies among under-five children. Health authorities of Bangladesh should especially take care of anemic children in this country.

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Attitudes of Health Professional Educators Toward the Use of Social Media as a Teaching Tool: Global Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Medical Education ◽

10.2196/mededu.6429 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. e13 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Karan D'Souza ◽

Lucy Henningham ◽

Runyu Zou ◽

Jessica Huang ◽

Elizabeth O'Sullivan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Health Professional ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Teaching Tool ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Professional Educators ◽

Use Of Social Media

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Quality of Information and Future Directions. Comment on “Influence of Mass and Social Media on Psychobehavioral Responses Among Medical Students During the Downward Trend of COVID-19 in Fujian, China: Cross-Sectional Study”

Journal of Medical Internet Research ◽

10.2196/23168 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. e23168

Author(s):

Smriti Sasikumar ◽

Hafsa Omer Sulaiman ◽

Simran Bedi ◽

Mikhail Nozdrin ◽

Caroline Rundell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Downward Trend ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Quality Of Information ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Future Directions

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A cross-sectional study of pain severity in patients suffering from different types of primary headache in the hospital setting

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20201920 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 1740

Author(s):

Sanjay Prasad ◽

Abhay Paliwal ◽

Ram Ghulam Razdan

Keyword(s):

Primary Headache ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Tension Type Headache ◽

Pain Severity ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Headache Disorders ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Different Types ◽

Type Headache ◽

The Impact

Background: Primary headache disorders including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are of great importance to global public health due to its high prevalence, but very few studies have been conducted to know its prevalence and pain severity of different types of primary headache. Aim of this study was to investigate the subtypes and pain severity of different types of primary headache in hospital setting.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 200 sample size. Includes patients with Primary headache in department of Psychiatry, MGMMC, Indore. Patient aged between 18-65 years, both gender. Diagnosis of headache was done clinically in accordance with International Classification of Headache disorders (ICHD- 3). Semi-structured headache questionnaire, Comparative pain scale were used for assessment of samples.Results: Among 200 patients, Tension type headache was 73.5%, Migraine was 22%, Mixed headache was in 4.5% patients. Majority of migraine and mixed headache cases had severe pain at 93.2% & 55.6% respectively. Majority of TTH cases had moderate pain in 42.2% patients.Conclusions: Study has shown assessments of severity of pain, can be used to assess the impact of Primary headache on patient’s quality of life.

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The relationship between social media use, eating attitude and body mass index among nutrition and dietetic female students: A cross-sectional study

Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética ◽

10.14306/renhyd.25.1.1094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 78-86

Author(s):

Fatma Esra Güneş ◽

Şule Aktaç ◽

Dicle Kargin

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Eating Attitudes ◽

Female Students ◽

Eating Attitude ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Abnormal Eating Attitudes ◽

Abnormal Eating ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between media using habits, frequency and duration, and body mass index on eating attitudes. Material and methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted with female students who received nutrition and dietetics education in Istanbul. A questionnaire consisting of a socio-demographic questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40), and Social Media Attitude Scale was applied to 1248 female volunteers by the face-to-face interview method.Results: It was found that 35.7% of the participants had abnormal eating attitudes and 89.6% showed a positive attitude towards social media. 93.7% of the group with abnormal eating attitudes indicated a positive attitude towards social media, 0.4% had a negative attitude and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). It was observed that a significant difference between EAT-40 and thought of an eating problem, having a social media membership, and spending time on social media (p<0.05).Conclusions: Social media have an effect on nutrition dietetics students on abnormal eating attitude; it did not show a significant effect on BMI.

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