scholarly journals Attitude of Indian Medical Fraternity Towards Body Donation - A Cross Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (32) ◽  
pp. 2587-2591
Author(s):  
Darshna Gulabrao Fulmali ◽  
Preeti Prabhakarrao Thute ◽  
Harsha Atul Keche ◽  
Vilas Keshavrao Chimurkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Body Donation ◽  
Medical Colleges

BACKGROUND There is a worldwide scarcity of cadaver for teaching as well as for research. Many private as well as government medical colleges relay only on unclaimed bodies, but this scarcity of cadaver cannot be replenished with the unclaimed bodies alone. Despite the importance of body donation for medical education, cadaveric donation remains suboptimal worldwide. Body donation programs are still in their infancy in our country. The success of these programs depends upon the ability of our health care professionals in motivating the society at large. Thus, it is crucial that our medical fraternity and health care professionals themselves support and favour this issue. Hence this study was carried out to know the attitude of medical fraternity towards body donation program. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the faculties of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sharad Pawar dental college and Ayurvedic college at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical science, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha. Study duration was from July 2018 to July 2019. Inputs from all the study participants were obtained on the basis of questionnaire about the attitude towards body donation after taking their consent. The questionnaire was collected from the participants’ and the data obtained was assessed statistically. RESULTS The study revealed significant negative attitude of medical fraternity towards body donation. It was observed that 21.7 % male & 3.7 % female faculties from medical colleges, 11 % male and 5.71 % female faculties from dental colleges and 25 % male and 10 % female faculties from Ayurvedic colleges were willing for body donation whereas 96 % of faculties from medical colleges, 92 % from dental colleges and 89 % ayurvedic faculties were not willing to donate their bodies for dissection purpose because they had an awful experience in the dissection hall. They had witnessed the dishonoured condition of the cadaver in dissection hall. 95 % of faculties from medical college, 92 % dental faculties and 90 % ayurvedic faculties stated that to get dissected on the table was an atrocious feeling. CONCLUSIONS The success of body donation programs depends upon the ability of health care professionals in motivating the society for voluntary body donation. Negative attitude of medical fraternity towards body donation may interfere with this role. Developing the practice of respecting and honouring the cadaver, from the very beginning of the career will help to change the attitude of medical graduates towards body donation. Competency no AN82.2 from volume 1 UG curriculum, module no 1.5 from ATCOM module may help to change the attitude of budding doctors. KEY WORDS Medical Fraternity, Body Donation, Competency No AN82.2, Module No 1.5

scholarly journals Strategies for Re-opening Physiotherapy OPDs Post COVID-19 Lockdown – A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amarjot Singh Gill ◽  
Nistara Singh Chawla ◽  
Sandeep Singh Saini
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Practice Pattern ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The practices of various health-care professionals have been improvised to accommodate the on-going covid-19 pandemic situation. Different guidelines have been set in place to ease the process of re-opening of non-elective healthcare services like out-patient physiotherapy clinics. Although the measures taken should be guided by evidence based information, major consensus amongst practicing therapists needs to guide the India physiotherapy clinics. Objective: To identify and present the opinions of different physiotherapists about the various strategies for re-opening the out-patient physiotherapy clinics. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted. Over 169 participants were selected to participate in the survey according to the pre-decided inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data was collected and saved via google forms. Result and conclusion: A majority of respondents had a consensus over different strategies for re-opening the physiotherapy OPDs. These were regarding different measures to be adapted including modifications in the clinic infrastructure and the practice pattern. This would help in smoothly re-instating the physiotherapy services post the covid-19 lockdown.

scholarly journals Social Networking App Use Among Primary Health Care Professionals: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

10.2196/11147 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e11147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc X Marin-Gomez ◽  
Francesc Garcia Cuyas ◽  
Ramon Reig-Bolano ◽  
Jacobo Mendioroz ◽  
Pere Roura-Poch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Health Care Professionals’ Perceptions of Home Telemonitoring in Heart Failure Care: Cross-Sectional Survey

10.2196/10362 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. e10362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Thon Aamodt ◽  
Edita Lycholip ◽  
Jelena Celutkiene ◽  
Anna Strömberg ◽  
Dan Atar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Heart Failure Care ◽  
Home Telemonitoring

scholarly journals The Perception of Evidence for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Current Practices after Cardiac Surgery: A Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

Thrombosis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani N. Mufti ◽  
Roger J. F. Baskett ◽  
Rakesh C. Arora ◽  
Jean-Francois Légaré
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Venous Thromboembolism ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Thromboembolism Prophylaxis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vte Prophylaxis ◽  
Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death in patients undergoing surgery. However, VTE prophylaxis practices in cardiac surgery are based on noncardiac surgical literature. The objective of our study was to extract current patterns of VTE prophylaxis practices in cardiac surgery patients. We also aimed to identify health care professionals knowledge of available evidence supporting VTE prophylaxis in adult cardiac surgery patients. Methods. A web-based survey was developed and sent to all Canadian cardiac surgery centers with the intent to have the survey distributed to all personnel involved in the perioperative care of adult cardiac surgery patients. Participation in the questionnaire was voluntary and anonymized. Results. Thirty-five responses were obtained. Sixty-nine percent reported having an established protocol for VTE prophylaxis. However, 83% reported using VTE prophylaxis in their daily practice despite lack of protocol. The majority (60%) believed that the class of recommendation was high despite the lack of evidence. Conclusions. Our survey demonstrated the following. (a) Majority of Canadian centers employ VTE prophylaxis, with considerable variability. (b) There is a misconception among health care professionals about the strength of evidence supporting VTE prophylaxis in cardiac surgery. Our findings highlight the need for appropriately designed studies to fill this knowledge gap.

scholarly journals CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF ATTITUDE, PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICES AND DENTAL TREATMENT IN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN SOUTH CANARA DISTRICT.( KARNATAKA)

2014 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 028-032
Author(s):  
K.S Sharath ◽  
Manavi Prabhu ◽  
Biju Thomas ◽  
Shamila Shetty
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Practices

Abstract Objective: The purpose of the study is to estimate the knowledge, attitude and practise of the oral hygiene,and dental treatment, and its correlation with everyday oral hygiene practices among the health care professionals of south canara district ( Karnataka) Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted on 200 health care professionals between Jan 20th to Feb 20th 2013.Two hundred health professionals were asked to answer a questionnaire containing 15 questions.Data once collected was analysed using SPSS software. Results: 56.3% health professionals visited the dentist once in six months. 26% health professionals felt that unavailability of time is the main factor influencing dental visits. Main cause of taking a dental appointment in 33% subjects was found to be dental caries. 54.6% obtained information on oral hygiene practices through mass media followed by 22.3 % who obtained it directly from the dentist.59.2% brushed their teeth twice daily.50% used medium bristle tooth brush.48.5 % had a brushing time of 3-5 min. 41.5% did not use any other oral hygiene aid.28.64% got scaling done in the last 3-6 months. 56% did not have an habit of using a tooth pick. 43.3% used combination of circular, vertical and horizontal method of brushing.45.5% felt that scaling caused loss of enamel. Conclusion: It appears that knowledge, attitude, and behaviour attitude, practice and knowledge of oral hygiene practices and dental treatment in health care professionals in South Canara district is gud.Though more information needs to be provided about other oral hygiene aids.

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