scholarly journals Ways of Coping among Nurses in the Context of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Thembelihle Ntuli ◽  
Mashego TAB ◽  
Nesengani DS ◽  
Wyatt G
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Perinatal Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Coping Scale

<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: To determine the coping strategies used by nurses providing maternal and perinatal care in the hospitals of the Limpopo Province, South Africa. <strong>Methods</strong>: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in public hospitals (1tertiary, 2regional and 3district hospitals).A sample ofnurses andunit managers on duty at the time of visit was asked to complete the Ways of Coping Scale (WCS) questionnaireanonymously.Principal ComponentAnalysis was used to test factor structure from the original 32-items WCS questionnaire.<strong>Results</strong>: A total of 83 nurses participated in the study, of which 98% were females and (59%) married. The most frequent coping strategies used were acceptance/adaptation, substance use and emotional eating, denial/avoidance, spiritual and seeking social help. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Therefore, it is recommended that psychological support programs should be implemented to deal with stressful situations at workplace.</p>

scholarly journals Assessment of learners’ exposure to health education and promotion at school in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oni H. Tosin ◽  
Takalani G. Tshitangano
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
School Participation ◽  
Physical Changes ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Health Education And Promotion

Background: School participation and educational attainment among adolescents have been rising rapidly in the developing world. Thus, to attain Millennium Development Goal 6 (Combat HIV and/or AIDs, malaria and other diseases), it is crucial to seize the opportunity to educate and encourage teenagers about healthy choices and proper social behaviours that will continue into adulthood.Aim: This study aimed to assess the exposure of rural secondary school learners to health education and promotion at schools in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.Setting: This study was carried out at 10 secondary schools in Vhumbedzi educational circuit.Methodology: The study adopted a cross-sectional quantitative approach. Data were collected from 338 randomly selected learners from 10 secondary schools that make up a rural Vhumbedzi circuit in the Limpopo province. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data.Results: The findings showed that, 102 (66.07%) male and 121 (67.60%) female learners reported that they were taught about physical changes that occur during adolescence. In the same vein, most of the participants (n = 128, 84.39%) and (n = 152, 85.39%) males and females respectively claimed to have been taught about sexually transmitted diseases.Conclusion: In this study the secondary schools in the Limpopo Province of South Africa are making efforts to uphold and expose their learners to health education and promotion at school.Keyword: Health education and promotion, adolescents, school, learners

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESSORS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN NURSING TECHNICIANS

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra de Souza Pereira ◽  
Carla Araujo Bastos Teixeira ◽  
Emilene Reisdorfer ◽  
Mariana Verderoce Vieira ◽  
Edilaine Cristina da Silva Gherardi-Donato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Occupational Stressors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT This is a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, with cross-sectional design that investigated the stressors experienced by nursing technicians working in general hospital and identified the coping strategies most used by them. The sample contained 310 participants. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Ways of Coping Scale were used. For the analysis we used descriptive statistics and calculated the Cronbach's alpha. 60% of professionals used the strategies focused on the problem; 57.4% attributed their stress to working conditions, 26.8% to relationships in the workplace, 5.5% to the lack of reward at work and only 0.6% to problems personal. We conclude that strategies focused on the problems were the most used, indicating an approximation of the stressor in order to fix it. The identified stressors indicate the need for planning, stimulating and recognizing nursing professionals.

scholarly journals The practice of hand hygiene in the maternities of the public hospitals of Lubumbashi

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Cesarean Sections ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hand Rubbing ◽  
Maternity Hospitals ◽  
The One

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate the practice of hand hygiene in the maternities of the public hospitals of Lubumbashi. Method and techniques: We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study in which the population consisted on the one hand of the technical rooms of the maternity hospitals and the operating rooms for cesarean sections and on the other hand the nurses responsible for these maternities. The observation technique using an observation guide of the WHO model allowed us to collect the data. Results: Hand hygiene was not properly carried out in the maternity wards of Lubumbashi's public hospitals. Most of the prerequisites before hand washing and hydro-alcoholic hand rubbing were not respected, the prerequisites for surgical hand washing were observed only at 21.4%:e wearing of short-sleeved clothing (43.0%),absence of jewelry (78.6%), short nails without varnish and false nails (50.0%). In the absence of hydroalcoholic solution (SHA) (71.4%) for the friction, they used denatured alcohol (28.6%). The duration of soaping and friction was in an interval between 11 to 20 seconds or 42.9% and that of hygienic hand washing was observed at 28.6%. The duration of surgical and antiseptic hand washing was 21 to 40 seconds to 35.7%. Only 21.4% of the departments surveyed had used the broad-spectrum antiseptic foaming solution, no structure had a sterile disposable brush for hygienic and surgical hand washing, 2/14 departments surveyed had sterile disposable towels, the water used had not undergone bacteriological control and only one service, ie 7.1%, which had non-manually operated bins. Conclusion: Hand hygiene is not properly carried out in maternity hospitals in Lubumbashi's public hospitals, due to a lack of equipment and knowledge on this practice, equipment must be provided and staff trained in hand hygiene.

scholarly journals Persistent Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children under Five Years Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7580
Author(s):  
Perpetua Modjadji ◽  
Josephine Mashishi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
School Education ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five

Despite years of interventions intended to reduce child malnutrition in South Africa, its negative effects, stunting in particular, persist mainly among children under five years old living in under-resourced regions. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors among 404 children under age five attending childcare services with their mothers in selected healthcare facilities of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Anthropometry, socio-demographics and obstetric history were collected. Height-for-age, weight-for-age and body mass index-for-age Z-scores were used to determine stunting, underweight and thinness among children, respectively. Logistic regression analyses were performed to generate the factors associated with malnutrition. Stunting (45.3%) was the prevalent form of malnutrition among children under age five, affecting boys (51.7%) more than girls (38.8%) and children aged 12–23 months (62.4%) more than those <11 months old (40.1%), in addition to the overall prevalence of underweight (29.0%) and thinness (12.6%). Boys had increased odds of stunting (adjusted odds ratio, AOR = 2.07, 95% CI: 1.26–3.41, p = 0.004) and underweight (AOR = 2.17, 95% CI: 1.32–3.57, p = 0.002) than girls. Children aged 12–23 months were more likely to be stunted (AOR = 4.79, 95% CI: 2.36–9.75, p ≤ 0.0001) than children aged ≤11 months. Delayed introduction of solid foods increased the odds of stunting (AOR = 5.77, 95% CI: 2.63–12.64, p ≤ 0.0001) and underweight (AOR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.08–3.89, p = 0.028). Children with normal birth weight were less likely to be thin (AOR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.19–0.92, p = 0.029) and underweight (AOR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.17–0.68, p = 0.003) than children who had low birth weight. Children whose mothers had obtained secondary school education (AOR = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.16–0.97, p = 0.044), and Grade 12 or post-Grade 12 education (AOR = 0.32, 95% CI: 0.12–0.83, p = 0.020) were less likely to be stunted than were children of mothers who had only primary school education. Suboptimal complementary feeding predisposed children to stunting and underweight. National nutrition programs should be context-specific to improve the introduction of complementary foods among children, especially in the remote and poor areas.

scholarly journals Characterizing Herbal Medicine Use for Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail D. Hughes ◽  
Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade ◽  
Roxanne Beauclair ◽  
Oluchi N. Mbamalu ◽  
Thandi R. Puoane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Disadvantaged Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urban South

Economic challenges associated with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the sociocultural outlook of many patients especially in Africa have increased dependence on traditional herbal medicines (THMs) for these diseases. A cross-sectional descriptive study designed to determine the prevalence of and reasons for THM use in the management of NCDs among South African adults was conducted in an urban, economically disadvantaged area of Cape Town, South Africa. In a cohort of 1030 participants recruited as part of the existing Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, 456 individuals were identified. The overall prevalence of THM use was 27%, of which 61% was for NCDs. Participants used THM because of a family history (49%) and sociocultural beliefs (33%). Hypertensive medication was most commonly used concurrently with THM. Healthcare professionals need to be aware of the potential dualistic use of THM and conventional drugs by patients, as this could significantly influence health outcomes. Efforts should be made to educate patients on the potential for drug/herb interactions.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies Adopted by Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in Preparation for Transplant

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Marina Kohlsdorf
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Kidney Transplant ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Psychosocial Interventions ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Coping

AimThis paper aimed to analyze the coping strategies adopted by patients in preparation to kidney transplant, as well as associations between coping and socio-demographic data.MethodA total of 76 patients took part in this descriptive, exploratory study. While waiting for the first medical consultation regarding kidney transplantation, participants answered the Brazilian version of the Ways of Coping Scale.ResultsThe main coping strategies adopted corresponded first to religiosity, then problem focused coping and seeking for social support. There were statistically significant associations between coping categories and gender, marital status, monthly income, children’s ages, and time in dialysis.ConclusionThis study highlights the main coping strategies adopted by patients in preparation to kidney transplant, and it also reveals associations between some socio-demographic data and coping. These results may promote further psychosocial interventions, which may help to improve preparation to kidney transplants, promoting better adaptation and treatment adherence as well as fewer psychological burdens.

Alexithymia and coping strategies among medical students

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S695-S695 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Messedi ◽  
I. Feki ◽  
B.N. Saguem ◽  
R. Masmoudi ◽  
J. Masmoudi
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
University Life ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Tas 20

IntroductionUniversity life is stressful for the student, which is characterized by disturbed emotional regulation or alexithymia. To face these stressful events he must use certain coping strategies.ObjectivesStudying the prevalence of alexithymia and exploring coping strategies among medical students, and establish the relationship between these parameters.MethodsIt was a cross-sectional study of 97 students in Sfax university medicine (Tunisia). We used:– a questionnaire containing demographic and clinical data;– Toronto alexithymia Scale (TAS-20): a score ≥61 indicates alexithymia;– WCC (Ways of Coping Checklist-r Folkman) with 3 factors: problem-focused, emotion-focused and social support coping.ResultsThe average age of participants was 24.07 years (±2.71); the sex ratio (M/W) was 0.4. They were smoking in 36.1% and sedentary in 43.3% of case. They had a nibbling activity in 57.7%. The average score of TAS-20 was 50. 92 10.46 and alexithymia was found in 16.5% of students. Alexithymia was significantly correlated with smoking (P = 0.003) and physical inactivity (P = 0.025). Most students (72.2%) opted for problem-focused ways of coping with a highest score at WCC = 29.21. A significant correlation was found between alexithymia and coping strategy with emotion-focused (P = 0.02). The TAS score was significantly higher among students who resort to this ways of coping = 26.11. (P = 0.002).ConclusionThis study explored the role of alexithymia in stress management ubiquitous in university life. A high level of alexithymia could be a detrimental factor in stress management. Psychological support aimed specifically alexithymic dimension is indispensable.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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