scholarly journals Why Patients Use Traditional Medicine in Burn

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 840-844
Author(s):  
Mohammad Qtait, MSN, RN ◽  
Farid Abu Liel MSN, RN ◽  
Salwa Massad PHD ◽  
Ayman Asfour RN
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Demographic Variable ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traditional Therapy ◽  
Rapid Healing ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Background: People from different cultural and thinking backgrounds have used different forms of Traditional Medicine as a means to managing their diseases or trauma. Objective: To know why people use the traditional medicine in burn. Methods: Use questionnaire and divided tow section first demographic variable second section contain 13 items and divided three subsection to know why people go traditional therapy (1) they are dissatisfied in some way with conventional treatment; (2) the patients' values, customs and (3) Beliefs and think. Additional predictor variables explored included demographics. Design : Cross-sectional study was conducted in main governmental hospital contain burn unite south of Palestine during the one year January 2020 to 31 December 2020 with burns and use traditional therapy admitted to burn unite any percent. Result: admitted to burn unite in Hebron government hospital 290 patient in 2020 with percent 29% of admission use traditional therapy. The study participants were; 53.0% males, child and more than 50%, and 46.1% from participant use alternative medicine before. According to information to use 22% from participants, know from friends, 53.3% know from internet, 16.8 form media as radio and TV, 15% know from family, 7% from participants know from health care worker as physician and nurses, the main dissatisfaction with conventional medicine with percent 53%, the second cause the patients' values, customs with percent 46%, the third cause Beliefs and think 45%. Conclusion: For use can, summary first for burn is convinced that traditional therapy is best than convention medicine, due not leave scar and rapid healing based on experiment in. Society and elderly. Another explanation for using traditional medicine in burn think as philosophy no side effect for medication the mixture that uses from nature not contain chemical material, and thought the body it's myself can use anything to treatment the body.

Prevalence of neck pain in migraine and tension-type headache: A population study

Cephalalgia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sait Ashina ◽  
Lars Bendtsen ◽  
Ann C Lyngberg ◽  
Richard B Lipton ◽  
Nazrin Hajiyeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neck Pain ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Primary Headaches ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Reported Data

Background We assessed the prevalence of neck pain in the population in relation to headache. Methods In a cross-sectional study, a total of 797 individuals completed a headache interview and provided self-reported data on neck pain. We identified migraine, TTH or both migraine and TTH (M+TTH) groups. Pericranial tenderness was recorded in 496 individuals. A total tenderness score (TTS) was calculated as the sum of local scores with a maximum score of 48. Results The one-year prevalence of neck pain was 68.4% and higher in those with vs. without primary headache (85.7% vs. 56.7%; adjusted OR 3.0, 95% CI 2.0–4.4, p < 0.001). Adjusting for age, gender, education and poor self-rated health, in comparison with those without headaches, the prevalence of neck pain (56.7%) was significantly higher in those with M+TTH (89.3%), pure TTH (88.4%) and pure migraine (76.2%) ( p < 0.05 for all three group comparisons). Individuals with neck pain had higher TTS than individuals without neck pain (15.1 ± 10.5 vs. 8.4 ± 8.0, p < 0.001). Conclusions Neck pain is highly prevalent in the general population and even more prevalent in individuals with primary headaches. Prevalence is highest in coexistent M+TTH, followed by pure TTH and migraine. Myofascial tenderness is significantly increased in individuals with neck pain.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Urge to Operate: One-year Neurophysiological Follow-up in Severe CTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28
Author(s):  
Alireza Ashraf ◽  
◽  
Zahra Hooshanginezhad ◽  
Attiyeh Vasaghi ◽  
Nima Derakhshan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Function ◽  
Symptom Relief ◽  
Sensory Nerve ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sensory Nerve Action ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Low Amplitude

Background and Aim: Several approaches have been proposed for the treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) based on its severity. The aim of this study is to determine the optimal management for severe CTS. Methods and Materials/Patients: This cross-sectional study was conducted for 22 months from August 2017 to June 2019 in a referral rehabilitation clinic in southern Iran. A total of 117 hands diagnosed with severe CTS were included in 78 patients according to Electrodiagnostic Study (EDX) reports (considering Sensory Proximal Latency (SPL) >3.6 msec, Sensory Distal Latency (SDL) >5.3 msec, Sensory Nerve Conduction Velocity (SNCV) <30 m/sec, Distal Motor Latency (DML) >6.5 msec as being severe) who refused to undergo surgery. Boston questionnaire was filled out and conventional EDX was carried out at the first and the 1-year follow-up visits. Results: In patients with a detectable Sensory Nerve Action Potential (SNAP), motor amplitude (P<0.002) and latency (P<0.01), SPL (P<0.003) and SNCV (P<0.006), and Boston parameters improved significantly in the one-year follow-up visit compared with the results at the first visit. However, improvement in patients with absent or low amplitude SNAP at the first visit was only observed in proximal sensory latency (P<0.005) and amplitude (P<0.003). Conclusion: There is a considerable chance for non-surgical improvement of patients with severe CTS in terms of symptom relief, hand function, and EDX parameters in those with detectable SNAP at the first visit; however, patients with undetectable SNAP have little, if any, the chance for improvement with conservative measures.

Characteristics of Female and Male Visitors to Practitioners of Acupuncture in the HUNT3 Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (05) ◽  
pp. 995-1010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audhild Løhre ◽  
Aslak Steinsbekk ◽  
Marit By Rise
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Acupuncture Treatment ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Characteristics of female and male visitors to practitioners of acupuncture were investigated in a large cross-sectional adult population in Central Norway. A total population health survey, HUNT3, conducted in 2008 with 50,827 respondents provided the data. Demographic variables, lifestyle, health, and use of conventional medicine were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression models. The one year prevalence of visiting a practitioner of acupuncture was 5.7% for females and 2.2% for males. Visitors of both genders were five times more likely to have had somatic complaints in the preceding year and were 2–3 times more likely to report poor global health than female or male non-visitors. Also, visitors of both genders were more likely to do hard physical activities every week, and they were less likely to live alone or be daily smokers. Further, female visitors were characterized by having higher education and were more likely to have a paid job than other females. Corresponding differences were not seen among males. Age showed limited associations with being a visitor, and for females only. Valid for both genders, our findings draw a picture of visitors to acupuncture treatment as persons who actively contribute to promoting their health through lifestyle choices of physical activity and non-smoking while simultaneously having worse global health and higher burdens of somatic complaints than other adults. In contrast to males, it is suggested that females may be more dependent on personal income, as indicated by higher education and being in a paid job, in choosing acupuncture treatment in addition to conventional medicine.

scholarly journals One Year is Not Enough to Adapt with a New Traditional Culture: Looking into the Cultural Heritage Elements and Practices Among Immigrants in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Nasir Yusoff ◽  
Sabarisah Hashim ◽  
Hue San Kuay ◽  
Faruque Reza
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
International Graduate Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
International Graduate ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

Adapting to a new traditional cultural environment has noteworthy implications for emotional manifestations, especially among immigrants who migrated to a new place. This study aimed to examine the effect of living duration (one-year cut-off period) among immigrants in Malaysia on their emotional manifestation towards the traditional culture of the ethnic majority. This study also examined the element of cultural items (games, clothes, or food) most affected during their adaptation in the new traditional culture environment. About 119 international graduate students (male; n=72, 61%) from a public university in West Malaysia who met the inclusion criteria took part in this cross-sectional study. They were selected using convenient sampling method. Using visualisation approach, two groups of immigrants with different living duration (less than a year versus a year or more) were asked to respond to the pictures of Malay traditional items (traditional food, game and clothes) that were projected onto the screen. While viewing the pictures, participants rated their emotional state of valence from one (low valence/high pleasantness) to nine (high valence/high pleasantness) according to the non-verbal pictorial measure of Self-Assessment Manikin Scale. Socio-demographic and acculturation scores were also collected. The study found the one-year duration of living in the country as insufficient for the immigrants to adapt to the new cultural environment. Traditional food seems to be the most affected cultural item. The tendency of immigrants to practice the Malay tradition explained 4% of the variance of immigrants’ emotional manifestation towards Malay traditional food. To conclude, the duration of living in a country is crucial to adapt to a new traditional culture. Unsurprisingly perhaps, traditional food in the particular country brought more emotional property than other cultural items.

scholarly journals Alcohol consumption in young people between 18 and 24 years according to sociodemographic characteristics

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1144-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Belen Villace ◽  
Alicia Ruth Fernandez ◽  
Moacyr Lobo da Costa Junior
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Young People ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Area Of Concern ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

OBJECTIVE: to identify alcohol consumption in young people between 18 and 24 years of age in the province of Córdoba who participated in the National Survey of Risk Factors, according to sociodemographic characteristics. METHOD: a quantitative, analytic and cross-sectional study was undertaken in a sample of 240 young people. The alcohol consumption and sociodemographic characteristics were analyzed using bivariate analysis, risk ratio and confidence intervals. RESULTS: the lifetime prevalence of alcohol consumption corresponded to 79.17%, the one-year prevalence to 72.91% and the one-month prevalence to 57.08%, while episodic abuse and regular hazardous consumption corresponded to 25.55% and 24.19%. Consumption levels in the last month were higher among males (p=0.0028), single people (p=0.0001), with a secondary education degree (p=0.0306). CONCLUSION: in the province of Córdoba, drugs use, including alcohol, has not been an area of research interest in recent years, although alcohol abuse is associated with other risk factors, like accidents and violence, and is a factor of comorbidity and early mortality. Therefore, alcohol consumption in young people represents an area of concern and, once characterized, preventive actions should be adopted.

scholarly journals FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND INVOLUNTARY JOB ABSENTEEISM AMONG NURSES IN TEACHING HOSPITAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Adibah Mat Saruan ◽  
Hanizah Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Fadhli Mohd Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Surgical Field ◽  
Care Of Elderly ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Taking Care

Dual competing responsibilities between work and family are the challenges faced by most of the healthcare staff. Ineffective handling of these responsibilities may contribute to absenteeism which further disrupt the quality of work and reduce customer satisfaction. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of job absenteeism and to identify the association between family responsibilities and job absenteeism among nurses in teaching hospital.  This was a cross sectional study targeted to nurses working in medical and surgical field based in a hospital. Questionnaires were distributed using stratified random sampling. Those with working services of less than one year were excluded. The mean age was 35.9 (SD=6.44) years old. Majority were female (94.0%) and Malay (96.0%). The one-year prevalence of absenteeism was 78.0% and majority were due to emergency leaves. Taking care of elderly and no help obtained for taking care of child showed significant associations with job absenteeism which both yielded four times higher odds for being absent. Employees with additional family responsibilities should receive support by the organisation to prevent further job absenteeism among nurses.

Internalizing Behavior During the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Vierhaus ◽  
Arnold Lohaus ◽  
Indra Shah
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Internalizing Behavior ◽  
Longitudinal Assessment ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The One

This investigation focuses on the question whether assessments of the development of internalizing behavior from childhood to adolescence are affected by the kind of research design (longitudinal versus cross-sectional). Two longitudinal samples of 432 second-graders and 366 fourth graders participated in a longitudinal study with subsequent measurements taken 1, 2, and 3 years later. A third sample consisting of 849 children covering the same range of grades participated in a cross-sectional study. The results show that the development of internalizing symptoms in girls – but not in boys – varies systematically with the research design. In girls, there is a decrease of internalizing symptoms (especially between the first two timepoints) in the longitudinal assessment, which may reflect, for example, the influence of strain during the first testing situation. Both longitudinal trajectories converge to a common trajectory from grade 2 to grade 7 when controlling for this “novelty-distress effect.” Moreover, when we control this effect, the slight but significant decrease characterizing the common trajectory becomes similar to the one obtained in the cross-sectional study. Therefore, trajectories based on longitudinal assessments may suggest more changes with regard to internalizing symptoms over time than actually take place, while trajectories based on cross-sectional data may be characterized by an increased level of internalizing symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) Evaluation of Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Md Tauhidul Islam Chowdhury ◽  
Mohammad Shah Jahirul Hoque Chowdhury ◽  
Mohammad Sadekur Rahman Sarkar ◽  
KM Ahasan Ahmed ◽  
Md Nazmul Kabir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
Computed Tomography Angiography ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multiple Aneurysm ◽  
Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
One Year ◽  
Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Background: In evaluation of non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage CT angiography (CTA) has 97-98% sensitivity and near 100% specificity. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the CTA findings of CT positive non traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Methodology: This is an observational cross sectional study performed in Neurology department of National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka over one year period (January 2019 to December 2019). Total 87 CT positive subarachnoid hemorrhage cases were purposively included in this study. All CT positive patients underwent CTA of Cerebral vessels for further evaluation. The angiography were evaluated by competent neuro-radiologists blinded about the study. Result: Among 87 patients, 40.2% were male and 59.8% were female. The average age was 53.33±11.1 years. Among the studied patient the source of bleeding was found 78.16% aneurysmal and 21.84% non-aneurysmal. 85.30% patients had single aneurysm and 14.70% had multiple aneurysm. The highest number of patient had Acom aneurysm (41.17%) followed by MCA (22.05%), ICA (13.23%), ACA (7.35%) and vertebral artery (1.14%) in order of frequency. Among the multiple aneurysm group most of the patients had combination of Acom, MCA and ICA aneurysm. Conclusion: From this study, we can conclude that CTA can be used as the primary diagnostic tool in evaluation of spontaneous SAH. Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2020;6(2): 78-81

Role of Fibrinolytic Therapy in Empyema Thoracis – A Hospital Based one year Cross Sectional Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-350
Author(s):  
Dr. Girish.L Dandagi ◽  
◽  
Venkat kalyana kumar. P ◽  
Dr. Dr.Isaac Mathew ◽  
Dr. Dr.G S Gaude Dr. Dr.G S Gaude
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Fibrinolytic Therapy ◽  
Empyema Thoracis ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Association between Short Hours of Sleep and Overweight/Obesity in Mexican Adolescent Population: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 939
Author(s):  
Ana Fresan ◽  
Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza ◽  
María Lilia López-Narváez ◽  
Tania Guadalupe Gómez-Peralta ◽  
Daniela Georgina Aguilar-Velázquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Obese Adolescent ◽  
School Based ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
Mexican Adolescents

Background/Aim: Obesity in adolescents is increasing; as such, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity in Mexican adolescents and examine its possible association with hours of sleep. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was carried out. This study included 863 adolescents aged between 11 and 16 years. The prevalence of obesity was estimated using the body mass index (BMI). The duration of sleep (and other information) was assessed by a self-reported questionnaire. The Cochran–Mantel–Hansel test for categorical variables and a general linear model for continuous variables were used to evaluate the interaction effect of BMI and sex with respect to sleeping and assessed activity conditions. Results: It was found that 47.6% of the adolescents were overweight/obese. Men were more frequently overweight/obese than women (52.6% vs. 41.8%, p = 0.002). Moreover, overweight/obese adolescents were younger and spent fewer daily hours watching television (p < 0.05). Men practiced sports more hours per week than women (p = 0.04). However, women spent more daily time on the internet (p = 0.05), and overweight/obese adolescent women slept fewer hours than overweight/obese men and adolescents with normal weight (p = 0.008). Conclusions: The development of strategies for the prevention of overweight/obesity and the improvement of sleep duration should include a gender perspective to improve health habits in Mexican adolescents.

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