Preparing new normal: the health literacy assessment on the Covid-19

Purpose: This study was aimed to assess the health literacy of the COVID-19 for both of the knowledge level on the Covid-19 and the health protocol compliance by the medical and the non-medical student. Method: This rapid action research was conducted from July-August 2020. Respondents were Indonesian students who voluntarily fulfilled the online questionnaire. A total 208 respondents participated in this study (104 students for each group). Data analysis was performed by using chi square. Furthermore, an animation video was developed and published through Instagram TV as the follow up assessment. Results: The result showed that the medical students had better knowledge (41.8% vs 33.2%, p-value=0.000) and health protocol compliance (6.3% vs 2.4%, p-value=0.049) than the non-medical students. The lowest compliance towards health protocol of the both groups was the physical distancing. Moreover, the health education regarding physical distancing by using animation video had reached audiences. According to the audiences’ comments, the video made them aware of the importance of physical distancing. Conclusion: It was important to improve health literacy for preparing new normal, and it should be developed based on the need assessment.

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Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Tindakan Menjaga Kesehatan Gigi Mulut dengan Keluhan Subyektif Permasalahan Gigi Mulut pada Mahasiswa Kesehatan dan Non Kesehatan

e-GIGI ◽

10.35790/eg.9.1.2021.32676 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tira H. Skripsa ◽

Audrey A. Unique ◽

Donna Hermawati

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Medical Students ◽

Health Problems ◽

P Value ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Consecutive Sampling ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Subjective Complaints ◽

Oral Condition

Abstract: Individual behavior related to oral health could cause poor oral condition. Health behavior consists of domains of knowledge, attitude, and action related to health, including oral health. This study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between knowledge and action to maintain oral health and subjective complaints related to oral condition of medical and non-medical students. This was an analytical and observational study with a cross sectional design. Samples were medical and non-medical students obtained by using the consecutive sampling technique. Data were collected at Diponegoro University using online questionnaire through the Google form platform regarding knowledge, actions to maintain oral health, and subjective complaints of oral health problems. Data were analyzed by using the chi-square test. The results showed that the majority of students had a high level of knowledge about dental and oral health, meanwhile, their action to maintain oral health was in moderate level. The levels of knowledge and action to maintain oral health of medical students were better than of the non-medical students. Dental and oral health problems most frequently complained were recurrent aphtous ulcers (RAU) and dental caries. The chi-square test showed a p-value of 0.023 between the action to maintain oral health and subjective complaints of oral health problems. In conclusion, there was a significant relationship between the action to maintain oral health and subjective complaints of oral health problems.Keywords: knowledge, action to maintain oral health, dental and oral health problem Abstrak: Salah satu faktor penyebab permasalahan gigi dan mulut ialah perilaku terkait kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Perilaku kesehatan terdiri dari domain pengetahuan, sikap, dan tindakan yang berkait-an dengan kesehatan termasuk kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan keluhan subyektif permasalahan gigi dan mulut pada mahasiswa kesehatan dan non kesehatan. Jenis penelitian ialah observasional analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Sampel penelitian ialah mahasiswa kesehatan dan non kesehatan, diperoleh dengan teknik consecutive sampling. Pengambilan data dilakukan di Universitas Diponegoro dengan menggunakan kuesioner online melalui platform Google form ten-tang pengetahuan, tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut, dan keluhan subyektif permasalahan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Analisis statistik menggunakan uji chi-square. Hasil penelitian menun-jukkan tingkat pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut mahasiswa umumnya tinggi, sedangkan tindak-an menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut umumnya berada pada kategori sedang. Tingkat pengetahuan dan tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut mahasiswa kesehatan lebih baik daripada yang non kesehatan. Permasalahan yang terbanyak dikeluhkan ialah recurrent aphtous ulcers (RAU) dan karies gigi. Uji chi-square mendapatkan nilai p=0,023 untuk hubungan tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan keluhan subyektif permasalahan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah terdapat hubungan bermakna antara tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan keluhan subyektif permasalahan kesehatan gigi dan mulut.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, tindakan menjaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut, masalah kesehatan gigi mulut

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Orthodontics-Awareness Amongst Medical Students

Orthodontic Journal of Nepal ◽

10.3126/ojn.v10i3.35496 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 49-56

Author(s):

Türkan SEZEN ERHAMZA ◽

Kübra A ARSLAN ÇARPAR

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Statistical Evaluation ◽

P Value ◽

Chi Square ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Treatment Procedures

Introduction: The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of orthodontics, a specialty of dentistry,amongst Medical Students. Materials and Method: A sample of 550 students (279 female, 226 male aged between 18 and 36 years) were attented.Of the subjects, 58.6% (n = 296) were preclinical students, while 41.4% (n = 209) were clinical students. The students were informed about the questionnaire and asked to fill in the questionnaire forms. For the comparison of data between groups (gender, level of education), the chi-square test was used. A chi-square test was used for statistical evaluation and the p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: 385 students (76.2%) had heard the term orthodontics although 41.2% of the subjects knew that orthodonticswas concerned with malocclusions and their treatment. The question about treatment procedures was answeredas scaling by 35.8%, tooth polishing by 40%, tooth aligning by 89.9% of the students. The percentage of knowingorthodontics to be related to tooth aligning showed a significant difference between female and male (p = 0.006), andpreclinical and clinical students (p = 0.033). Of the participants, 42.8% thought that dentures, 83% brackets, 78.8% ofremovable appliances were used by orthodontists. Conclusion: Our results have shown that medical students should have more information about orthodontics, aspecialty of dentistry.

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Behavior of Medical Students toward Over-the-Counter Drugs in Comparison to Students from Other Faculties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i35b31911 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 129-135

Author(s):

Amar Fathi Mohamed Khalifa ◽

Yasser Nabil AlKhudairy ◽

Adel Ahmed Algahtani ◽

Bandar Mohammed Abduljabbar ◽

Fahad Majed Aldawsari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Self Medication ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Over The Counter ◽

Otc Drugs ◽

Professional Guidance

Background: Over-the-counter-drugs (OTC) are drugs that can be obtained by patients without a prescription from a physician. In Saudi Arabia, it has been reported that more than half of university students practiced self-medication and used OTC drugs. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study, among medical and non-medical students in Riyadh. The sample size was 421, by systemic random sampling. A pre-coded pre-tested online questionnaire was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS V 23. P-value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: There was no significant relationship between what the participants were majoring in and the usage of OTC drugs (p value= 0.373). Gender also had no relation with the use of OTC (p value= 0.168). Panadol appeared as the most commonly used OTC drug 62.9% for the relief of the most commonly mentioned factor which is headache 50.12%. Conclusion: Medical education didn’t have much of an effect on the use of OTC drugs. Moreover, professional guidance or advice was not considered most of the time for taking OTC, but the majority of respondents portrayed good behavior towards usage of OTC.

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Teaching Biostatistics to Medical Students of the Altai State Medical University

Politehnika ◽

10.36978/cte.3.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 7-11

Author(s):

Nina Trukhacheva ◽

Nikolay Pupyrev ◽

Ylia Alyabieva ◽

Svetlana Tschernysheva

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Categorical Data ◽

Learning System ◽

P Value ◽

Educational Goals ◽

Chi Square ◽

New Approaches ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Medical University ◽

Russian Medical

The current research presents some principles and settings in teaching biostatistics. The purpose of study is to enhance the teaching of biostatistics in Russian medical schools and overcome some problems by applying new approaches and innovation techniques. The research included the questionnaire of students, teachers and postgraduates of the Altai State Medical University. There were applied different approaches and studying by means of learning system MOODLЕ with differentiated courses in biostatistics. Categorical data were analyzed using the chi-square test and a P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The findings showed some new approaches and methods in education to improve the biostatistical competence of medical students. The changing in content of biostatistical course would increase students’ motivation if it were maximum approximated to the real medical cases. The analysis of the results proved that some approaches are more effective for teaching biostatistics. They allow students to study according to their personal educational goals and paths.

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Evaluation of obesity, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle associations with low back pain in young adults

AL-Kindy College Medical Journal ◽

10.47723/kcmj.v15i1.79 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 56-60

Author(s):

Laith Thamer Al-Ameri ◽

Nawras Alaa-Aldeen Hussein ◽

Dalia Ahmed Braisem

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Sedentary Lifestyle ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Low Back ◽

Chi Square ◽

Female Ratio ◽

Group Data

Background: low back pain is one of the most common public health problems and of the most common musculoskeletal complaint. Many risk factors have been considered for developing low back pain include smoking, obesity and sedentary lifestyle. Aim of study: To evaluate smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle associations with low back pain in young adults aged (18 – 39 years). Methods: a comparative cross sectional study for young adults aged 18 – 39 years, participants with low back pain as a symptom constitutes the first group, others free of this symptom considered as the control group. Age and gender matched in both groups. Smoking, obesity and sedentary life style variables collected and analyzed statistically using odd ratio and chi-square Results: One hundred patients were enrolled in the study after 12 patients being removed due to our exclusion criteria. 45 patients were with low back pain, 2:1 male to female ratio, For LBP group; data show 30:15 obese to none obese ratio, 23:22 smokers to none smoker ratio, and ratio of 35:10 with sedentary lifestyle compared to active one. While in the control group, data show 22:33 obese to none obese ratio, 16:39 smokers to none smoker ratio, and ratio of 23:32 with sedentary lifestyle compared to active one. Using Chi-square test, the P- value was of 0.0079, 0.025 and 0.0003 for obesity, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle, respectively. The odds ratio was 3, 2.55 and 4.86 for obesity, smoking, and sedentary lifestyle, respectively. All above results were statistically significant. Conclusion: Each of smoking, obesity and sedentary lifestyle is statistically correlated with low back pain in young adults' age group.

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HUBUNGAN STATUS GIZI DENGAN KEJADIAN PIODERMA PADA BALITA DI DESA KUOK

PREPOTIF : Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat ◽

10.31004/prepotif.v4i2.1007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 210-216

Author(s):

Siska Indriyani ◽

Alini Alini

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Bivariate Analysis ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Case Group ◽

Chi Square ◽

Group Data ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Analytical Research ◽

Nutritional Status Of Children

Children under the age of five or under five are a group that is prone to nutrition, because they are prone to malnutrition due to lack of food needed. Malnutrition in children will cause decreased immunity, which means that the ability to defend themselves against bacterial infection decreases. Children who have less nutritional status have the potential to suffer from pyoderma. Lack of the amount of food consumed both in quality and quantity can reduce the nutritional status of children. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of pyoderma in toddlers (1-5 years) in Kuok Village, the working area of Puskesmas Kuok in 2020. This study used an analytical research design with a case control design. The sample in this study were 62 children (1-5 years). 31 samples for the case group and 31 samples for the control group. data collection through questionnaires. Data processing used univariate and bivariate analysis with the Chi-Square test. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between nutritional status and the incidence of pyoderma in toddlers (1-5 years) with p value = 0.001. By holding this research, the researchers expected parents of toddlers to pay more attention to the nutritional status of their children in order to avoid infectious diseases such as pyoderma.

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Hubungan Lama Duduk Terhadap Keluhan Nyeri Punggung Bawah

Jurnal e-Biomedik ◽

10.35790/ebm.v9i2.31808 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Ruth O. Hutasuhut ◽

Fransiska Lintong ◽

Jimmy F. Rumampuk

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Medical Students ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Sitting Time ◽

P Value ◽

Low Back ◽

Chi Square ◽

Design Data ◽

Cross Sectional

Abstract: Low back pain is a musculoskeletal disorder that is often found in society. Low Back Pain can cause quality of life to deteriorate and inhibits certain activities. Certain influential factors such as age, gender, Body Mass Index, stress, length of sitting, and posture when doing work. Low Back Pain is a risk to medical students. Purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sitting time and complaints of low back pain in students of the Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University. The research method used is an observational analytic method with a cross-sectional design. Data were collected using a questionnaire and then analyzed using the Pearson Chi-square test. The results showed a p value (p <0.001) between the length of sitting and complaints of low back pain, with a sitting time of 5- 8 hours. In conclusion, there is a significant relationship between sitting time and complaints of low back pain in students of the Faculty of Medicine, Sam Ratulangi University.Keywords: Low Back Pain, prolonged sitting, medical students Abstrak: Nyeri Punggung Bawah (NPB) merupakan gangguan muskuloskeletal yang sering ditemukan dalam masyarakat. NPB dapat menyebabkan kualitas hidup memburuk dan menghambat aktivitas tertentu. Beberapa faktor tertentu yang berpengaruh seperti umur, jenis kelamin, Indeks Massa Tubuh, stres, lama duduk, dan sikap tubuh ketika melakukan pekerjaan. NPB berisiko terjadi pada mahasiswa kedokteran. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan lama duduk terhadap keluhan nyeri punggung bawah pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode analitik observasional dengan desain potong lintang. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuisioner kemudian di analisis menggunakan uji statistik Pearson Chi-square. Hasil penelitian menunjukan p value (p < 0,001) antara lama duduk dan keluhan nyeri punggung bawah, dengan lama duduk 5- 8 jam. Sebagai simpulan, terdapat hubungan bermakna antara lama duduk terhadap keluhan nyeri punggung bawah pada mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi.Kata Kunci : Nyeri Punggung Bawah, lama duduk, mahasiswa kedokteran

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Gaya Hidup Berhubungan dengan Hipertensi

WIRARAJA MEDIKA ◽

10.24929/fik.v10i2.1120 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 66-70

Author(s):

Emdat Suprayitno ◽

Sri Sumarni ◽

Isqi Lailatul Islami

Keyword(s):

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

P Value ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Data Collection Technique ◽

Analytic Design

Abstract Hypertension is a major problem as a risk factor for death in cardiovascular disease caused by genetic and lifestyle factors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between hypertension and lifestyle in Poja Village, Gapura District. This study used a cross sectional analytic design. The population in this study were 73 people. The sampling technique was simple random sampling and data analysis used the Chi Square test, the data collection technique used online questionnaire forms (google forms). Chi square test results obtained P value = 0.001 <a (0.05), which means that there is a relationship between hypertension and lifestyle in Poja Village, Gapura District. Therefore it is important to always adopt a good and healthy lifestyle to prevent hypertension Keywords: Hypertension, lifestyle, the incidence of hypertension

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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES REGARDING ETHICAL AND MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES IN HANDLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG RESIDENT DOCTORS AT ZAINOEL ABIDIN HOSPITAL, ACEH, INDONESIA

Periódico Tchê Química ◽

10.52571/ptq.v18.n38.2021.06_suryadi_pgs_62_84.pdf ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (38) ◽

pp. 62-84

Author(s):

Taufik SURYADI ◽

Hijra Novia SUARDI ◽

Hanifah ZAIN ◽

Zinatul HAYATI ◽

Budi YANTI

Keyword(s):

Health Sector ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

P Value ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Medicolegal Issues

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world to become a pandemic, making the entire health sector overwhelmed. Hospitals as health service facilities continuously strive to provide optimal service to patients with the confirmed COVID-19 infection. Resident doctors usually handle COVID-19 patients at the Zainoel Abidin Hospital (ZAH). As the front liner in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, these resident doctors must have adequate knowledge and good attitudes in dealing with COVID-19 patients, especially regarding ethical and medicolegal. Aim: This study aims at finding out the level of knowledge and attitudes of resident doctors in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic at the ZAH, Aceh. Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among resident doctors (n=80) in the ZAH during November-December 2020 with a self-administered online questionnaire. It had been tested for validity by experts with a Content Validity Ratio / CVR of 0.738 and reliability of 0.732. The data were analyzed using the frequency distribution test (univariate) and the Chi square correlation test (bivariate). Results and Discussion: The results show that the majority of respondents had inadequate knowledge of ethical and medicolegal issues in handling the COVID-19 pandemic (70.0%); however, they had a positive attitude in overcoming ethical and medicolegal issues, i.e.77.5%. The chi square statistical test result shows no correlation between knowledge and attitude with a p-value of 0.077 (p-value >0.05). Conclusions: Therefore, it can be concluded that the theoretical knowledge of doctors was not sufficient to identify ethical and medicolegal issues, but the attitude in dealing with ethical and medicolegal issues was satisfactory. This result offers a new opportunity and challenge to increase the awareness of doctors in applying their knowledge and attitudes towards handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Contrast of Digital and Health Literacy Between IT and Health Care Specialists Highlights the Importance of Multidisciplinary Teams for Digital Health—A Pilot Study

JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics ◽

10.1200/cci.21.00032 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 734-745

Author(s):

André Pfob ◽

Chris Sidey-Gibbons ◽

Maximilian Schuessler ◽

Sheng-Chieh Lu ◽

Cai Xu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Literacy ◽

Digital Health ◽

Multidisciplinary Teams ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Career Stage ◽

Literacy Assessment ◽

Chi Square ◽

Ehealth Literacy ◽

It Department

PURPOSE Despite their promises, digital innovations have scarcely translated to technologies used in routine clinical practice, making the identification of barriers to successful implementation a research priority. Low levels of transdisciplinary skills represent such a barrier but so far, this has not been evaluated and compared between information technology (IT) and health care specialists. In this study, we evaluated the level of digital health literacy among IT and health care specialists. MATERIALS AND METHODS An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to staff at a breast cancer unit and an IT department of two German universities in December 2020. The survey questionnaire consisted of the previously validated eHealth Literacy Assessment Toolkit and additional questions with respect to age, profession, and career stage. Mann-Whitney or Wilcoxon rank-sum tests and two-sample chi-square tests were used for the analysis. RESULTS The survey was completed by 113 individuals: 70 (61.9%) IT specialists and 43 (38.1%) health care specialists. Health care specialists scored significantly higher on the health-related scales and IT specialists scored significantly higher on the digitally related scales. No single participant identified themselves to have the highest level of literacy on all survey questions (n = 0 of 113; 0%). Only one person (n = 1 of 113; 0.9%) consistently reported a high or the highest level of literacy. CONCLUSION Although IT and health care specialists showed great literacy in their respective disciplines, only few individuals combined both digital and health care literacy. Multidisciplinary teams and transdisciplinary curricula are crucial to bridge skill gaps between disciplines and to drive the implementation of digital health initiatives.

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