scholarly journals Medicos: knowledge and attitude on Nipah at Malappuram district, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 784
Author(s):  
Kanniyan Binub
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Nipah Virus ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Health Ministry ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Good Attitude

Background: A recent epidemic of Nipah virus affected few districts of Malabar in Kerala, Southern India. Eighteen people died, remarking case fatality rate of 94.7%. Early diagnosis within second case by doctors and prompt control activities by the health ministry saved more lives. Objective was to study knowledge and attitude about Nipah among medical students of Malappuram District.Methods: The study was conducted among 200 MBBS students of tertiary medical college at Malappuram district, North Kerala. A pre structured questionnaire was used to study on knowledge and attitude related to Nipah among medical. Then the data was collected, analyzed and entered into Excel. The frequency of awareness among medical students was expressed in proportions.Results: Majority had good attitude and half of them had good knowledge about the disease. Most of students have been aware about the virus by social media (40.5%) as major source of information followed by news/newspaper (34%), (17.5 %) internet and (8%) by awareness programs.Conclusions: Topic about Nipah virus disease should be inculcated in medical textbooks elaborately. Special training programs for medical students should be on focus and health education sessions should be enhanced. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude about Nipah virus infection among medical students, Mysuru, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3213
Author(s):  
Preetha Susan George ◽  
Narayana Murthy Mysore Ramaiah
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Nipah Virus ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Good Attitude

Background: As the deadly Nipah virus, which took the life of 18 people in 2018, resurfaces in Kerala, Karnataka being nearby state is put on high alert, among which Mysore is one such district. Even with a case fatality rate of 94.7%, early treatment and prompt control activities by medical professionals can save more lives. So with this background and relevance, the study intends to assess the knowledge and attitude about Nipah virus infection among the medical students of JSS Medical College, Mysuru district, as medical students must have a good insight about the effect of diseases on communities and individuals.Methods: The study was conducted among 4th term and 8th term MBBS students of JSS Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka. The study sample of 271 was obtained by convenient sampling method. The study was done over a period of 3 months (April 2019 to June 2019). Data regarding knowledge and attitude was collected using pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS-24. Appropriate statistical tests were applied to find out association and was expressed statistically significant at a p value<0.05.Results: Majority of the students were aware about the Nipah virus infection and 97% were aware about the recent outbreak in Kerala. 43.5% of the students had good knowledge regarding the epidemiology and treatment of Nipah virus infection and 47.20% had acceptable knowledge on Nipah virus. 33.60% of the students had good attitude regarding the preventive aspects of Nipah virus infection.Conclusions: Majority of the students 97% were aware about the recent outbreak of Nipah virus infection in Kerala. Around 43.5% of the students had good knowledge regarding the epidemiology and treatment of Nipah virus infection and 33.6% of the students had good attitude regarding the preventive aspects of Nipah virus infection. Students from previously affected places had good knowledge and attitude regarding Nipah virus.

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

BJPsych Open ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Remdesivir (GS-5734) protects African green monkeys from Nipah virus challenge

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (494) ◽  
pp. eaau9242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Lo ◽  
Friederike Feldmann ◽  
Joy M. Gary ◽  
Robert Jordan ◽  
Roy Bannister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Disease ◽  
Antiviral Treatment ◽  
Lethal Dose ◽  
Nipah Virus ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Emerging Pathogen ◽  
Lethal Challenge ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Virus Challenge ◽  
Green Monkeys

Nipah virus is an emerging pathogen in the Paramyxoviridae family. Upon transmission of Nipah virus from its natural reservoir, Pteropus spp. fruit bats, to humans, it causes respiratory and neurological disease with a case-fatality rate about 70%. Human-to-human transmission has been observed during Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh and India. A therapeutic treatment for Nipah virus disease is urgently needed. Here, we tested the efficacy of remdesivir (GS-5734), a broad-acting antiviral nucleotide prodrug, against Nipah virus Bangladesh genotype in African green monkeys. Animals were inoculated with a lethal dose of Nipah virus, and a once-daily intravenous remdesivir treatment was initiated 24 hours later and continued for 12 days. Mild respiratory signs were observed in two of four treated animals, whereas all control animals developed severe respiratory disease signs. In contrast to control animals, which all succumbed to the infection, all remsdesivir-treated animals survived the lethal challenge, indicating that remdesivir represents a promising antiviral treatment for Nipah virus infection.

scholarly journals Assessment of medical students’ attitude towards didactic lectures taken in pharmacology in a private medical college

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1451
Author(s):  
Umamaheswari A. ◽  
Umamageswari M. S. ◽  
Sathiya Vinotha A. T.
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teaching Principles ◽  
Efficient Planning ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Didactic Lecture ◽  
Good Attitude

Background: To assess the attitude of second year medical students towards the teaching Principles in Pharmacology didactic lecture classes.Methods: It was a descriptive epidemiological and questionnaire based study. Second year students who were attending pharmacology lecture classes for a period of one month (nearly 8 lectures) were given questionnaire and ask to fill it by assessing the theory classes which was conducted throughout that month. Each question was graded with mark and finally total score was converted to 50 marks. Five-level Likert’s criteria were used to analyze few questions in the questionnaire. Data were analyzed by frequency distribution.Results: Out of 115 students who attended the questionnaire session, 61% students were having a very good and better attitude towards the faculty talking Pharmacology lecture classes and remaining students have a few lacking areas in the teaching mode which should be analyzed.Conclusions: Students have good attitude towards the faculty taking didactic lectures and the lacking areas can be future improved by efficient planning of interactive and interesting lecture methods for the usefulness of students as well as the teacher.

scholarly journals Study of self-drug administration among 3rd professional medical students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 3328
Author(s):  
Rabi Bhushan ◽  
Akash Chandra ◽  
Raj Kishore Verma
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Minor Illness ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
High Level ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Paracetamol Tablet

Background: Self-medication is very common in our day-to-day life which is an unhealthy and risky practice. Present study was done to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice among 3rd professional medical students of Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad.Methods: A questionnaire related to self-medication with consent was prepared and distributed among the students of 3rd professional. Data was collected and analysed the results expressed as counts and percentages.Results: Total 50 students participated in the study for taking self-medication and was no need to visit the doctor for minor illness. In maximum students, source of information of the drugs used for self-medication pharmacological based and learning process in the college. The source of drug was medical store. Most of the students took self-medication for loose motion and headache followed by cough, cold and fever. Out of total 50 students, most of the students took paracetamol tablet as self-medication.Conclusions: This study showed that third professional medical students after they studied pharmacological books, they do not use any wrong medicine as self-medication. High level of awareness of 3rd professional students has minimized self-medication.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding mental illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Gurung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Although recent advances in psychiatry have increased our understanding towards psychiatric disorders, many people are unaware about mental illness and its treatment. The negative attitude is known hindrance of providing quality service to mental ill people. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude about mental illness among nurses. The study was carried out in chitwan medical college, Bharatpur, Nepal. One hundred nurses working in different departments were the study population. A structured questionnaire was provided to the nurses for their responses. It was a purposive, descrip­tive study with 100 respondents of more than 2 years clinical experience. Almost all (99%) respondents mentioned that not all mentally ill are mad. Majority mentioned biochemical disturbances (99%) and genetic (51%) as cause of mental illness respectively. Respondents expressed their faith in psychiatrist (86%) in faith healers. This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards mentally ill people among the nurses. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v4i2.10863 Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2014; 4(2): 40-43

scholarly journals Difference in knowledge and attitude of students towards medical ethics in preclinical and clinical phases of medical course in Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Neelu Hirachan ◽  
Alok Atreya ◽  
Tanuj Kanchan ◽  
Nirmala Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Strong Base ◽  
Medical College ◽  
General Physical Examination ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Medical ethics is a core component in the standardization of medical practice of any nation. Due to this reason, knowledge related to this subject should be imparted to the medical students. Only then, the aim of providing a strong base in the medical field and making of an ideal doctor will be possible. Objective: The study was conducted to compare the status of knowledge and attitude of medical ethics before and after the medical ethics theory class among medical students of Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted in Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara from 1st to 31st August, 2018. A total number of 232 medical students were divided into two groups depending on whether they had attended medical ethics classes or not. Five point Likert scale was used in the responses of the participants and analyzed. Results: The study found that there was significant difference between two groups regarding the importance of consent for all minor operations (p=0.010), general physical examination (<0.001), genital examination of males (p<0.001) and females (p<0.001), treatment of children and adults in emergency and non-emergency without their consent. Similarly, students after medical ethics class compared to the ones not having attended any class strongly disagreed that euthanasia is legalized in Nepal (p-value<0.001). Conclusion: Students after medical ethics theory class had a better understanding of medical ethics compared to the students who did not. Furthermore, active teaching methods like group discussions, role play and pedagogy can be incorporated to have a more effective impact on the students.

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