KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF SECOND YEAR MEDICAL, DENTAL AND NURSING STUDENTS IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS TOWARDS ORGAN AND WHOLE-BODY DONATION

Background: Self medication practice has tremendously increased in the society that leads to unwanted consequences such as drug resistance and adverse drug reactions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the self-medication practices among the second year medical students of Government Medical College, Sagar.Methods: It was a questionnaire based descriptive study. A prevalidated questionnaire were given to the second year medical students. Data were analyzed using excel sheet and result were expressed as counts and percentages.Results: Males outnumber females in this study, 40 versus 35. The most common indication for which self medication was opted was cold and cough. The most common source of information used by the respondent were text book (61.29%) and pharmacist (45.16%). The attitude was positive towards self medication and favored self-medication saying that it was acceptable. Drug groups commonly used for self-medication included analgesics 77.41% and antipyuretics 50% and anta-acids 48.38%. Among reasons for seeking self-medication, 79.03% felt that their illness was minor while 64.51% preferred as it is due to previous experience.Conclusions: This study shows that self-medication is widely practiced among second year medical students of this institution. There is intense need to make them aware about the pros and cons of self-medication in order to ensure safe usage of drugs.

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Knowledge of Medical Students and Faculties of a Medical College Towards Human Body and Organ Donation: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association ◽

10.31729/jnma.6200 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 59 (234) ◽

Author(s):

Poonam Singh ◽

Naveen Phuyal ◽

Sagar Khadka ◽

Minani Gurung

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Human Body ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

The Body ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Body Donation

Introduction: The study of clinical anatomy is inseparable from cadaveric dissection. However, scarcity of cadavers is observed all over the world. So, body donation is propounded and is a major source of cadavers worldwide. However, nowadays, there is a scarcity of cadavers for the body dissection in the medical course & also due to the rise in the number of medical institutions in Nepal. This research aimed to find out the knowledge of medical and nursing students at a medical college regarding human body and organ donation. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 medical and nursing students in a tertiary care hospital of Kathmandu valley. After obtaining ethical approval, a semistructured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0. Results: Most of the respondents, 360 (90%) knew that organs could be donated from living donors as well as cadavers. A majority of the respondents 374 (93.5%) said that bodies could be donated for educational and learning purposes. The eyes were the most commonly donated organ. One hundred seventy five (43.5%) of the respondents were motivated to donate their bodies or organs. Self-motivation followed by motivation through media by celebrities, family members, and faculties were seen among the participants. Conclusions: We need a proper voluntary body donation act to facilitate medical teaching with the proper motivation of people for this generous gift to further the knowledge and expand the field of medical science.

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A cross sectional study on social media usage and health status among under graduate medical students studying in Government medical college Telangana

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192833 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (7) ◽

pp. 2959

Author(s):

Mavatkar Munnaji V.

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Physical Symptom ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Current Status ◽

Government Medical College ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

The Social ◽

Second Year ◽

Growth Of Science

Background: Today utilization of social media has become an integral part of young population. India is on the hike for development and internet has been the center point of that. Thus finding the current status is necessary.Methods: The design of the study was cross sectional observational study. Sample size of the study was 140 students from second year MBBS. The place of study was at Government Medical College, Telangana. The subject of the study was second year MBBS students. The study period was from November 2018 to January 2019. Study tool was standard social media addiction scale and a pre-tested semi structured questionnaire.Results: Total number of participants was 138. Amongst the social media users out of 136 about 88 (63.76%) students were found to be mild social media addict and about 50 (36.23%) students were found to be moderately social media addict. Most common physical symptom observed in social media users overall was disturbance in sleep, i.e., 13.2%.Conclusions: In today’s world were internet has become the basic need for growth of science and technology, it has also encroached on to the routine daily activity thus inhibiting the performance of the student by affecting him physically and psychologically.

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PERCEPTION ON DENGUE AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN MKCG MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS, BERHAMPUR, ODISHA- A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/2017/1456 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (93) ◽

pp. 6726-6729

Author(s):

Parsuram Jena ◽

Dhaneswari Jena ◽

Uttar Kumar Dandapat ◽

Srabani Pradhan ◽

Dillip Kumar Mahapatra ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

College Campus ◽

Construction Workers ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Medical College Campus

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Knowledge and attitude towards organ donation: a study among medical and nursing students of a medical college

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214278 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 5398

Author(s):

T. K. Ghose ◽

Jayant Deo ◽

Vipul Dutt ◽

Raju Agarwal ◽

Barun Bhai Patel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Organ Donation ◽

Linear Trend ◽

Technological Advancement ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

End Stage

Background: Organ transplantation is one such field of modern medical sciences which has progressed over the years and has given hope for those suffering with end stage organ diseases. There are lot of advancement in technology to preserve and transplant of organs but with this technological advancement also there are still gaps in awareness regarding the subjects. To find the gaps this study was carried out in medical college students.Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in medical college of Pune. 400 students were included in study with keeping 50% of prevalence about awareness in mind. Tool of data collection was a pre-structured questionnaire. Frequency, percentage, and chi square test Chi-square test for linear trend and was used to find associationResults: The 308 (77%) MBBS students and 92 (23%). Nursing students of all batches were included in the study. The 49.3% were aware about brain death, 68% students had fair knowledge and 10% had good knowledge about organ donation issues. The 82% students were positive, 94.5% students opined positively on policy on promotion of organ donation. The 52% students were ready to donate to anyone, while 30% students preferred to donate their organs to family members, 16% were ready to donate to their friends.Conclusions: Encouraging level of knowledge regarding organ donation, its legislative implications were present in medical and nursing students which was brought in this study.

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