A population-based study of teenage marriage in Upper Egypt

Background: Early marriage of teenage girls before the age of 18 is a serious problem concerning public health that perils the girls' childhood in developing countries. The current study aims to highlight the socioeconomic background and the adverse drawbacks of teenage marriage in Upper Egypt.Methods: A population-based, cross-sectional study was conducted on 962 married females who were selected randomly by using a multistage random sampling technique. The participants were attending four urban and four rural primary health care facilities in Beni-Suef governorate, Upper Egypt in the period between May 2018 and October 2018. An interviewing questionnaire was designed to detect the suspected socio-demographic factors associated with teenage marriage.Results: The mean age of marriage of the studied participants was 18.7±3.5 years. The study revealed that 50.8% of the studied population was 18 years or less at marriage versus 49.2% married at age more than 18. Also there is a significant difference between the age of marriage and the educational level of both husbands and wives (p<0.001). The rate of accidental hemorrhage (3% versus 1.4%), placenta previa (2.2 versus 0.6%), eclampsia (1.8% versus 0.4%), and intrauterine growth restriction (3% versus 0.6%) were significantly higher in those married before 18 years (p=0.028, 0.036, 0.038, 0.005, respectively).Conclusions: This study demonstrated a significant relationship between the marital age and the implicated socio-demographic determinants. Adverse sexual relationship and pregnancy outcomes were significantly related to the age of marriage.

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The Correlation Between Marital Age and The Incidence of Cervical Cancer

10.53350/pjmhs211561509 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 1509-1510

Author(s):

Dwi Margareta Andini ◽

Dessy Lutfiasari

Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Early Marriage ◽

Rank Test ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Marriage Age ◽

A Value ◽

Age Of Marriage

Background: Cervical cancer (neck of the womb) is a malignant tumor that grows in the cervix (the lowest part of the uterus attached to the top of the vagina). Aim: This study aims to investigate the correlation between marital age and the incidence of cervical cancer. Methods: This research was correlation analytic with a cross-sectional approach. This study's population was all patients in Gambiran Hospital in obstetric and gynecology poly, and the sample size was 34 people chosen by simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used the medical record. The bivariate analysis used the Spearman rank test. Results: The analysis shows that there were two independent and dependent variables, namely marital age and the incidence of cervical cancer, with ρ value = 0001< α = 0.05 indicating that there was a correlation between marital age and the incidence of cervical cancer with a value of r = 0.549 showed that there is a relationship between the age of marriage with cervical cancer incidence. Conclusion: This research is expected to be an input to make people more healthy and open to receive health information, especially if a family has a child of early marriage age. Keywords: Cervical Cancer, Marital Age

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HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN REMAJA PUTRI TENTANG PENDEWASAAN USIA PERKAWINAN TERHADAP RISIKO PERNIKAHAN USIA DINI

Jurnal Kesehatan ◽

10.38165/jk.v11i1.197 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1434-1443

Author(s):

Agi Yulia Ria Dini ◽

Vina Febriani Nurhelita

Keyword(s):

Univariate Analysis ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Early Marriage ◽

P Value ◽

Early Age ◽

Adult Women ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Teenage Girls ◽

Risk Of Death ◽

Age Of Marriage

ABSTRAKPernikahan dini merupakan pernikahan yang dilakukan oleh salah satu pasangan yang memiliki usia dibawah umur 17 tahun. Pernikahan belum cukup umur ini marak terjadi di Indonesia, baik di desa maupun kota. Fenomena pernikahan dini di wilayah Ciayumajakuning berkontribusi sebesar 44,67% terhadap persentase perempuan yang pernah kawin usia dibawah 18 tahun di Jawa Barat. Perempuan yang menikah di usia dini berisiko kematian lebih tinggi akibat komplikasi saat kehamilan dan melahirkan dibandingkan perempuan dewasa. Tujuan peneliti adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan remaja putri tentang pendewasaan usia perkawinan terhadap resiko pernikahan usia dini di SMPN 9 Kota Cirebon Tahun 2019. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif kuantitatif dengan metode cross sectional, populasi pada penelitian adalah remaja putri kelas 8 SMPN 9 Kota Cirebon dengan teknik accidental sampling didapatkan sampel sebanyak 32 remaja putri.Instrumen penelitian ini adalah kuesioner tertutup. Hasil analisa univariat menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan remaja putri tentang pendewasaan usia perkawinan dengan frekuensi terbanyak adalah kategori cukup (50%) dan tingkat risiko pernikahan usia dini pada remaja putri terbanyak adalah pada kategori cukup (40,6%) . Hasil analisa bivariat menggambarkan adanya hubungan yang berarti ( p value < α) antara pengetahuan remaja putri tentang Pendewasaan Usia Perkawinan terhadap risiko Pernikahan Usia Dini di SMPN 9 Kota Cirebon.Kata Kunci : Pengetahuan, Pendewasaan Usia Perkawinan, Pernikahan Usia Dini ABSTRACTEarly age marriage is a marriage conducted by one of the couples who have under 17 years of age. Early age marriage often occurs in Indonesia, not only in rural but also in cities. The phenomenon of early marriage in the Ciayumajakuning region contributed 44.67% to the percentage of women who had married under the age of 18 in West Java . Young lady who married at an early age the risk of death is higher as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth than adult women . The researcher's aim is to determine the relationship of adolescent girls' knowledge about the age of marital maturity to the risk of early age marriage at SMPN 9 Cirebon City 2019. This research uses quantitative descriptive design with cross sectional method, the population in this study was the 8th grade teenage girls of SMPN 9 Cirebon City with an accidental sampling technique obtained a sample of 32 teenage girls. The research instrument was a closed questionnaire. Univariate analysis results show that the knowledge of young women about the age of marriage with the highest frequency is moderatecategory (50%) and the level of risk of early marriage in young girls is in the moderate category (40.6%). Bivariat analysis results show that there is a significant relationship (p value <α ) between the knowledge of teenage girls about marital maturity to the risk of early age Marriage at SMPN 9 Cirebon City.Keywords: Knowledge, Maturing Age of Marriage, Early Age Marriage

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Emotional Bonding and Sexual Activity During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross-National Pilot Study

Journal of Psychosexual Health ◽

10.1177/26318318211027482 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 263183182110274

Author(s):

Deblina Roy ◽

Sujita Kumar Kar ◽

SM Yasir Arafat ◽

Pawan Sharma ◽

Russell Kabir

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Sexual Relationships ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Emotional Bonding ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Mean ◽

Study Participants

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures have affected the sexuality and emotional bonding among the couple across the world. Objectives: We aimed to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the married people’s emotional bonding and sexual relationships in 3 south Asian counties (Bangladesh, India, and Nepal). Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among Bangladesh, India, and Nepal residents from April 3 to April 15, 2020. The survey was designed in English. The participants were selected through convenience sampling technique, the link of the online questionnaire was shared with the participants. Only participants older than 18 years and above, married, and living with their spouses were included in the study. Results: A total number of 120 respondents were included finally for analysis from the participating countries (India, Nepal, and Bangladesh). The mean age of the participants was 35.42 (±5.73) years; the majority were males under the age of 40 years and had completed postgraduation as their qualification. Among the study participants, more than half (53.8%) of the women reported being sexually active during the lockdown, whereas 41% of the men reported being sexually active. Among the sexually active participants, most women (57.7%) reported that they perceived positive emotional bonding with their partners. Nevertheless, there was no significant difference observed when compared with men. There are variations in responses. However, no significant association was identified. Conclusion: There are a few insights from the study, that is, there was no significant difference found in almost 3 countries in emotional intimacy. There had been a trend that there is improved emotional bonding with their partners, although no significant difference was observed.

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Study of Maternal and Fetal Outcome among Booked and Unbooked Patients at tertiary Hospital

Birat Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.3126/bjhs.v5i2.31376 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 1027-1030

Author(s):

Shanti Sunuwar Subedi ◽

Rakina Bhansakarya ◽

Sajjan Kumar Sharma

Keyword(s):

Sampling Technique ◽

Secondary Level ◽

Tertiary Hospital ◽

Fetal Outcome ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Difference

Introduction: To evaluate the maternal and perinatal outcome in booked and unbooked cases. Objectives: To assess the maternal and fetal outcomes in unbooked and booked patients. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional comparative study conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from Augustti2019 to January 2020. Using a convenient sampling technique, 204 samples were taken and cross-sectional study was done. Results: There were total 204 cases in this study;102were booked and 102 were unbooked. In this study, 85(83%) of booked cases were educated up to secondary level as compared toti65 (64%) of unbooked cases. There was no significant difference in Apgar score in 1 and 5 minute between booked and unbooked cases. More babies in the unbooked group were transferred to NICU as compared to the booked group and the difference was significant (9.8%vs 1.9%). Greater proportion of booked cases had spontaneous vaginal delivery (81.3% vs 59.8%) and complications like preterm delivery, anemia, preeclampsia/ eclampsia, complicated labor and puerperal sepsis was also less in the booked group. Conclusions: The study showed that unbooked mothers and their newborns had higher chance of having complications.

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Prevalence of anxiety disorder among workers with cancer in Amman, Jordan

10.1101/2020.04.08.20058032 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Abdel Rahman Aref Ali Abu Shreea ◽

Lee Khuan ◽

Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail ◽

Nasrudin Subhi ◽

Sobuh (Moh’d Sobhi) Ahmad Abu-Shanab ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Marital Status ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sample Population ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Long Term Conditions ◽

Cancer Data ◽

Patients With Cancer ◽

Significant Difference

AbstractIntroductionCancer is now being recognised as a long term conditions due to advances in treatments that increase the survival rate of patients with cancer to as long as 10 years from the time of the disease. Anxiety is among the commonly discovered psychiatric illness in patients with cancer and is often neglected. Approximately 10% of patients with cancer are affected with anxiety worldwide. Hence, this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety disorder and its associated factors among workers with cancer in Jordanian population.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at the King Husain Cancer Centre (KHCC) in Amman, Jordan. Proportional sampling technique was used to obtain the sample population of 355 workers with cancer. Data were collected through self-administered Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) questionnaire and analyses were carried out using SPSS version 25.ResultsResponse rate of 100% were obtained from the participants. Prevalence of anxiety disorder among workers with cancer was recorded at 20.8% with male (23.1%) having the higher prevalence rate than female (17.3%) workers with cancers. A significant difference in anxiety between marital status (p=0.025), types of cancer (p=0.001), treatment types (p=0.024) were observed. A multiple regression was run to predict anxiety disorder from marital status, type of cancer and treatment types. These variables statistically significantly predicted anxiety disorder [F(3, 351) = 8.117, p < .001, R2 = 0.225].ConclusionThere is high prevalent of anxiety disorder among workers with cancer in Jordan. Predictors of anxiety among workers with cancer were also identified in this report.

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Emotional Intelligence and Self Esteem in Male and Female School Students

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0402.153 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Dr. Syeda Razia Bukhari ◽

Syeda Ishrat Fatima ◽

Amenah Rashid ◽

Farhana Saba

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Economic Status ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Self Esteem ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Male And Female ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Difference ◽

Cross Sectional Design

The aim of the research is to investigate that emotional intelligence and self-esteem in male and female school students. The present research design is research cross sectional design. Sample contained 200 students (100 =male, 100= female) (mean age = 14.16, SD = 0.740) all belonging to the upper, middle and lower Scio economic status. Whole sample was collected from different schools of Karachi, Pakistan with the help of convenient sampling technique. First, the confidentiality about the participants demographic information was assured after that about the purpose and procedure of research explained to participants. The participants who given consent of participation in research, the demographic form, Urdu version of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), and Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue) (K.V. Petrides) were administered on them. Statistical Analysis (t-Test for independent) applied to assess the difference of emotional intelligence and self esteem among male and female.The results reveals there is significant difference among emotional intelligence of male and female school students (t (198) = 6.597, P< .05) and there is also significant difference in self esteem of male and female school students (t (198) = 2.837, P< .05).

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Pediatric triage variations among nurses, pediatric and emergency residents using the Canadian triage and acuity scale

BMC Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1186/s12873-021-00541-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Saleh Alshaibi ◽

Tala AlBassri ◽

Suliman AlQeuflie ◽

Winnie Philip ◽

Nesrin Alharthy

Keyword(s):

Clinical Signs ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Weighted Kappa ◽

P Value ◽

Kappa Statistics ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Pediatric Residents ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Right ◽

Triage Level

Abstract Background Emergency care continues to be a challenge, since patients’ arrival is unscheduled and could occur at the same time which may fill the Emergency Department with non-urgent patients. Triaging is an integral part of every busy ED. The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) is considered an accurate tool to be used outside Canada. This study aims to identify the chosen triage level and compare the variation between registered nurses, pediatric and adult emergency residents by using CTAS cases. Method This study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City,Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire was used, and which contains 15 case scenarios with different triage levels. All cases were adopted from a Canadian triage course after receiving permission. Each case provides the patient’s symptoms, clinical signs and mode of arrival to the ED. The participants were instructed to assign a triage level using the following scale. A non-random sampling technique was used for this study. The rates of agreement between residents were calculated using kappa statistics (weighted-kappa) (95%CI). Result A total of 151 participants completed the study questionnaire which include 15 case scenarios. 73 were nurses and 78 were residents. The results showed 51.3, 56.6, and 59.9% mis-triaged the cases among the nurses, emergency residents, and pediatric residents respectively. Triage scores were compared using the Kruskal Wallis test and were statistically significant with a p value of 0.006. The mean ranks for nurses, emergency residents and pediatric residents were 86.41, 73.6 and 59.96, respectively. The Kruskal Wallis Post-Hoc test was performed to see which groups were statistically significant, and it was found that there was a significant difference between nurses and pediatrics residents (P value = 0.005). Moreover, there were no significant differences found between nurses and ER residents (P value> 0.05). Conclusion The triaging system was found to be a very important tool to prioritize patients based on their complaints. The results showed that nurses had the greatest experience in implementing patients on the right triage level. On the other hand, ER and pediatric residents need to develop more knowledge about CTAS and become exposed more to the triaging system during their training.

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A Study on Emotional Intelligence among School Going Adolescents in Kolkata

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies ◽

10.9734/ajess/2021/v14i430364 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 47-58

Author(s):

Bikash Chandra Ghorai ◽

Samayita Kundu ◽

Sunil Santra

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Data Set ◽

Intelligence Scale ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Understanding Emotions

The aim of the present study is to determine the level of emotional intelligence of school going adolescents; and to compare the emotional intelligence and its four dimensions/sub-factors i.e., understanding emotions, understanding motivation, empathy and handling relation of school going adolescents with respect to their gender, grade and board pattern of education. The present study was carried out on 288 higher secondary school students selected as sample from six schools of three different boards of education (viz. two WBCHSE, two CBSE and two ICSE) of Kolkata district in West Bengal using convenient sampling technique. This research is cross-sectional survey type study. The measuring tool in this research originally was of two-point emotional intelligence scale entitled as ‘Emotional Intelligence Scale (ESI – SANS) of Dr. A. K. Singh and Dr. S. Narain [1] which was translated in Bengali version by B. C. Ghorai and L. L. Mohakud [2]. After the initial exploratory analysis of the data, different statistical (descriptive and inferential) techniques are used to analyze the data set via SPSS 20. Results of the study revealed that there is no statistically significant difference in emotional intelligence and it’s sub-factors of school going adolescent with respect to their gender grade and board pattern of education. The findings provide a further need on how to more improve upon the emotional intelligence of school going adolescent. Implications and recommendations for developing emotional intelligence school going adolescent are discussed.

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Dental Implants among Dental Interns in Saudi Arabia – A Cross-Sectional Study

The Open Dentistry Journal ◽

10.2174/1874210602014010440 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 440-449

Author(s):

Khaled Alzahrani ◽

Abdulrahman Mohammed Alnafisah ◽

Khalid Gohormallah Alzahrani ◽

Khalid Ghalib Alharbi

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Dental Implants ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Practical Experience ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Males And Females

Objective: The aim of the study is to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of dental implants among dental interns in Saudi Arabia Materials and Methods: A self-designed, close-ended questionnaire was distributed among 205 interns chosen by stratified random sampling technique. The questionnaire consisted of 28 items pertaining to demographic characteristics, knowledge and practices of dental implants. Responses were coded and entered into spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel 16.0.) and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, IBM Version 22.0) and contingency tables and chi-square test (χ2). Results: The majority of the participants were males (64.4%), between 24-26 years of age (64%) and had a GPA between 4-5 (63.4%). The majority of the participants gained knowledge of dental implants through theoretical lectures (98.5%), and most of them (80%) knew, what material, an implant was made up of. Almost all participants (91.7%) knew that dental implants had surface modifications. Most (64.4%) believed that case selection is the most important criteria for the success of dental implant therapy, and this differed significantly among participants with respect to GPA (p=0.03). Many participants (60%) believed that the most important advantage of dental implants over fixed prosthesis is that reduction of adjacent tooth is not needed, and this differed significantly between males and females (p=0.026). There was a significant difference (p<0.001) between males and females when it came to confidence in independently restoring teeth using dental implants. 63% of the participants were confident to use dental implants in their future practice. Conclusion: Knowledge of dental implants among dental interns is satisfactory, but this study reveals that participants lack practical experience and would like to acquire more clinical skills. Limitations: The response rate of participants from each university was low, which made comparisons between different universities difficult because sample size from some universities was very small, which could not produce statistically accurate results.

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Prevalence and risk factors for myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria

African Vision and Eye Health ◽

10.4102/aveh.v76i1.369 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 76 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Uchenna C. Atowa ◽

Alvin J. Munsamy ◽

Samuel O. Wajuihian

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Refractive Error ◽

Age Groups ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Significant Difference

Aim: To study the prevalence of myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in public and private (primary and secondary) schools. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used for selecting participants aged between 8 and 15 years from 12 schools in Aba, Nigeria. Data were analysed for 1197 children who underwent a comprehensive eye examination. The children were divided according to the following criteria: age groups (group 1 [8–11 years] or group 2 [12–15 years]), gender (male or female), level of education (primary or secondary) and type of school (public or private). Myopia was defined as spherical equivalent refraction (SER) ≤ -0.50 D in the poorer eye.Results: The prevalence of myopia was estimated to be 2.7%. Of the 96 children with refractive error, 78.1% were uncorrected. In using logistic regression analysis, risk of developing myopia was associated with older age groups (odds ratio [OR]: 1.20; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.16–9.11; p < 0.010) and higher level of education (OR: 1.73; 95% CI, 1.05–2.86; p < 0.030). There was no significant difference in myopia prevalence between male and female children (p = 0.89).Conclusion: Although the prevalence of myopia and overall prevalence of refractive error in school children in Aba were low, the high prevalence of uncorrected refractive error is a significant public health problem. An effective and sustainable children’s vision screening programme is needed to prevent visual impairment and blindness.

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