scholarly journals Knowledge and practices of bed sore prevention among staff nurses working in a selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
R Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ulcers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Special Unit ◽  
Costs Of Treatment ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Theory Practice Gap ◽  
General Wards

The majority of pressure ulcers are preventable. Nurses should be able to constantly observe their client’s skin for breaks or impairment in skin integrity. Pressure ulcers not only cause suffering to the patients but also increases nurses’ work­load in clinical setting. Prevention of pressure ulcers is a significant nursing concern to reduce the costs of treatment and patients’ suffering. To assess the level of knowledge and observe the practices of bed sore prevention among staff nurses working in general wards as well as special units. A descriptive, cross sectional and participating observational method was adopted. This study was conducted in Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India among 60 staff nurses working in general wards and special units. Non probability, purposive sampling technique was used. Semi structured self administered questionnaire was developed for assessing knowledge and observation checklist was developed for practice of bed sore prevention for data collection procedure. Data were entered in SPSS 17.0 version and analyzed using in terms of descriptive (Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and mean percentage) and inferential statistics (Inde­pendent t test, ANOVA and correlation). Findings highlight a difference in knowledge between special (73%) and general (62%) based nurses regarding pressure ulcers. Similar results were also found for practice. Overall discrepancies between knowledge (68%) and practice (53%) were reported for staff nurses regarding bed sore prevention. The results showed special unit nurses’ practice significantly better (60.29%) than general ward nurses (46.68%). Although 40% of overall staff nurses achieved excellent level on knowledge, none of them crossed the excellent level on practice. It is concluded that knowledge and practice of bed sore prevention among nurses working within specialists and generalist ward differed and a theory practice gap exists which has implications for patients care suggesting the need for a specific educational interven­tion to respond to this need. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices of bed sore prevention among staff nurses working in a selected hospital, Ludhiana, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
R Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Ulcers ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Special Unit ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Instructional Module ◽  
To Come ◽  
General Wards

The majority of pressure ulcers are preventable. Nurses are able to constantly observe their client’s skin for breaks or impairment in skin integrity. Pressure ulcers not only cause suffering to the patients but also increases the workload on nurses. To identify the deficits in knowledge and practices of bed sore prevention among staff nurses’ working in general wards as well as special units and to prepare a Self Instructional Module (SIM) for improving the quality of nursing practices.An exploratory approach and participating observation approach was adopted. This study was conducted in Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India among 60 staff nurses working in general wards and special units. Purposive sampling method was used for data collection with self prepared questionnaire. Multiple-choice questions were administered for study the knowledge level and an audit form with checklist for assessment of practice. The data was analyzed using in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics. SIM was developed based on the deficit found in the result. Staff nurses working in special units have significantly better knowledge (72.92%) than the nurses in general wards (62.50%). Similarly, the results showed special unit nurses practice significantly better (60.29%) than general ward nurses (46.68%). Overall knowledge of staff nurses was higher (67.71%) as compared to their practice (53.49%) regarding bed sore prevention. Although 40% of overall staff nurses achieved excellent level on knowledge, none of them crossed the excellent level on practice. It strongly suggested developing SIM for them. Self instructional Module was developed inferring the results that staff nurses’ working in special units have excellent (deficit only 2.08%) knowledge in different areas of knowledge compared to staff nurses working at general wards (deficit 12.50%) where as 100% of respondents did not achieve excellent level on practice regarding Bed Sore prevention. Hence all of them need improvement in practices of Bed Sore prevention to come up to excellence level.

Assessment of Gap Between Knowledge and Practice of PPES among Healthcare Professionals During Covid-19”

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2736-2738
Author(s):  
Rizwan Sadiq ◽  
Fazal Wadood ◽  
Muhammad Faizan ◽  
Muhammad Abubakar ◽  
Naimal Fatima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Job Title ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
General Wards

Objective: To assess the gap between knowledge and practice of PPEs among healthcare professionals during COVID-19. Study design: Cross-Sectional study. Study setting: Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Study Duration: May-August 2020. Methodology: A total of 214 Healthcare professionals (including medical and paramedical staff) were included in this study using convenient sampling technique. Data was collected on pre-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire included information regarding age, sex, job title, working station, etc. then data was entered in and analyzed by using SPSS Version. 21. Numerical variables like age was presented as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical variables like sex, job title, working station were shown as percentages. Results: Our study included the subjects with 88 (41.1%) males and 126 (58.9%) females. Mean age of study subjects came out to be 26.6±3.954 years. It is observed that only 95 (44.4%) of the subjects have PPEs; only 85 (39.7%) were provided PPEs from their respective healthcare authorities and 137 (64%) can afford purchasing PPEs on their own. And there is a major gap seen between the knowledge about PPEs/ appreciation of their effectiveness and the practice of PPEs by these healthcare professionals. Regarding PPEs (which include gown, surgical mask, N-95 mask, gloves, goggles, head cover, shoe cover, social distancing, hand sanitizer and hand washing), this lag is seen majorly among the healthcare professionals working in general wards; less among emergency staff and least among the subjects working at flu filter clinic or isolation wards. Conclusion: Majority of healthcare professionals appreciate the effectiveness of PPEs against corona virus but don’t bring them into practice; either due to non-availability of PPEs or they have some attitude problem towards it. Keywords: Healthcare authorities, COVID-19, Knowledge, Practice, PPEs, Availability, Attitude

scholarly journals Knowledge and awareness on disaster management among medical professionals of a selected public and private medical college hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1342
Author(s):  
Atoshi Bazi Rahman ◽  
Mainul Alam Chaklader ◽  
Faisal Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Impact

Background: Disaster causes widespread destruction, disrupting people’s lives and causing human suffering with communities finding it difficult to cope. When the disaster occurs, human beings may not have the power to stop it from occurring, nevertheless they may have the power and ability to adapt or minimize the impact of the disaster on their lives. This study was aimed to assess the level of knowledge and awareness on disaster management among medical professionals.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the medical professionals from two selected medical college hospitals in Dhaka city of Bangladesh from January to April 2017. A total of 120 samples were selected purposively using two stages sampling technique. The data was collected using self-administered semi-structured questionnaire and was analysed using SPSS 20.0 version.Results: In this study half 60 (50.0%) of the study participants were in the age group 20-30 years and about 77.5% of the study participants were Muslims. About 64.2% of the study participants had less than 11 years of professional experience. Only 10 (8.3%) of the study participants had attended training on disaster management. About 30.0% of the study participants had good level of knowledge and only 49.2% had high level of awareness.Conclusions: The findings revealed that most of the study participants had not attended any training on disaster management. It also reported that the majority of the study participants had poor level of knowledge. Evacuation exercises need to be done for the entire hospital at least twice a year.

Hubungan Pengetahuan Tentang Manajemen Bencana Dengan Prevention Masyarakat Dalam Menghadapi Bencana Gunung Meletus Pada Kepala Keluarga Di Rt 06/Rw 01 Dusun Puncu Desa Puncu Kecamatan Puncu-Kediri

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Didit Damayanti ◽  
Pria Wahyu R.G ◽  
Muhanni’ah Muhanni’ah
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Volcanic Eruption ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Negative Impacts

Introduction: Disaster management is a dynamic, continual, and integrated process as to increase the qualities of the actions which are relevant to the process of observation and analysis of disaster as well as minimalizing the negative impacts, mitigation, readiness, early warning, immediate emergency, rehabilitation and reconstruction. The aim of this research is to analyse theconnection between disaster management and the prevention of community breakdown in order to face a volcanic eruption for every head of household. Method: The design of this research is correlational research with a cross sectional approach. The demographic group that is used for this research is the head of households in Rt 06/Rw 01 dusun Puncu desa Puncu, by using the purposive sampling technique which has been collected from the sampling of the 33 heads of households. Independent variable is the knowledge of disaster management, and the dependent variable is the prevention of community breakdown in the handling of the disaster. The data has been received by using the questionnaire, and the results have been analysed by using spearman rho test. Result:  As according to the statistics test, it is found that p-value= 0,000 on the significant level (α) = 0,05 and r = 0,752. It is concluded that there is a connection between knowledge and the prevention of community breakdown in handling of the volcanic eruption in Rt 06/Rw 01. This research shows that the level of knowledge within the community about disaster management and prevention in handling volcanic eruption has been increasing. Conclution: This is shown by the capability of the community in mitigating the effects of the disaster. It is hoped that the community will further engage in training education and simulation to reduce the negative impacts of a disaster. The location where the participants resideis Kelud Volcano, and it is therefore hoped that the communities are willing to participate in better handling of any disaster by joining the education training and simulation; Kata kunci : Pengetahuan, Manajemen bencana, Prevention.

scholarly journals PENGETAHUAN TERHADAP PERILAKU PERAWATAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN MULUT PADA ANAK USIA 9-12 TAHUN DI SDN 27 PEMECUTAN DENPASAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Carla Dianmartha ◽  
Sari Kusumadewi ◽  
Desak Putu Yuli Kurniawati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Care Behavior

Background: One of the factors that can affect oral health is health behavior. One of the predisposing factors that influence behavior is knowledge. A person who is aware of the importance of oral health can be seen from their knowledge. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between dental knowledge with their oral health care behavior in children age 9-12 years at SDN 27 Pemecutan Denpasar.Methods: Observasional research used cross sectional approach. The respondent in this research are 87 children age 9-12 years at SDN 27 Pemecutan Denpasar. The samples were taken by using systematic random sampling technique and questionnaire as the measuring instrument to know the level of dental knowledge and dental health care behaviour. Processing technique and data analysis used chi square statistic test.Results: The result of this research showed that the respondent who have ahigh level of knowledge had good behavior is 63,9%. Low knowledge level with less behavior was 80,8%. Respondents have good behaviour if the score of the questionnaire mean total value of questionnaire and respondents less behaviour if the score of the questionnaire < mean total value of questionnaire.Conclusions: It can be concluded there is a significant relationship between dental knowledge and oral health care behavior in children aged 9-12 years in SDN 27 Pemecutan Denpasar.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude regarding HIV/AIDS among patients attending medicine outpatient department in C. C. M. Medical College and Hospital, Durg

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 5095
Author(s):  
Suresh C. Gupta ◽  
Karan J. Jain ◽  
Anjana Tiwari ◽  
Indu Padmey ◽  
Nandkishor J. Bankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Outpatient Department ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the deadliest diseases that modern medicine has ever had to tackle. Understanding the knowledge about HIV/AIDS in general populations will help in formulating strategy for prevention and treatment. With this background, this study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS among general population.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at C.C.M. Medical College and Hospital, Durg during December 2018 to January 2019. The data was collected from 450 patients attending the medicine outpatient department. Study subjects were selected using convenient sampling technique. Patients giving consent and willing to participate were included in the study. The data was collected in predesigned and pretested questionnaire.Results: 77.11% study participants were aware that unprotected sex can lead to transmission of HIV, 73.78% knew that shaking hands will not transmit the disease. 79.8% knew that use of condom can prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS. Overall males had better knowledge than females. 76.85% said they would behave friendly with people having HIV/AIDS and 69.78% were willing to take care of relatives with HIV.Conclusions: This study indicates that majority participants have good knowledge about difference between HIV and AIDS, modes of transmission and prevention though they were not completely aware of it. The proportion of those with lack of correct knowledge though comparatively less, needs to be taken as a challenge and addressed through well planned health educational activities at various platforms including teaching hospital premises.

scholarly journals Study of Cervical Length in Bangladeshi Cadaver

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-28
Author(s):  
Zubaida Gulshan Ara ◽  
ASM Shafiqul Islam ◽  
Umme Kulsum Sharmin Zaman ◽  
Anjuman Ara ◽  
Reeva Aireen Busreea
Keyword(s):  
Uterine Cervix ◽  
Anatomical Variation ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Cervical Length ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Female Genital

This cross sectional descriptive study was done to see the length of the cervix in Bangladeshi cadaver to find out the anatomical variation and to compare it with other study findings. 60 post mortem specimens containing female genital organs particularly uterine cervix were collected by purposive sampling technique from cadavers of different age groups. All the collected specimens were fixed in 10% formalin solution. This study was carried out in the department of Anatomy, Mymensingh Medical College from July 2006 to June 2007. Both gross and fine dissections were performed to measure the length of the uterine cervix. We compare our study findings with that of the references. Maximum mean length of the cervix was found in the 13-45 years age group. It was 2.89 cm. CBMJ 2016 July: Vol. 05 No. 02 P: 26-28

scholarly journals Gambaran Perilaku Remaja Putri Terhadap Hygiene Genetalia Saat Menstruasi Pada Siswi Kelas X di SMA Negeri 5 Denpasar Tahun 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Ni Ketut Noriani, M.Kes ◽  
Ni Made Nurtini
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Behavior ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Genital Hygiene

Knowledge greatly affect a person’s behavior. Lack of knowledge of young women against genital hygiene, especially during menstruation will cause reproductive problems such as infection, itching, redness, vaginal discharge, bad odor etc. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of the level of knowledge of the behavior of young women against genital hygiene during menstruation in female students of SMP Negeri 5 Junior High School Denpasar in 2016. This studyused analytical design with cross-sectional approach. The subjects were all 8th year students of SMA Negeri 5 Junior High School Denpasar Sampling used non-probability sampling with saturated sampling technique. The number of samples in this study was 78 respondents. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. Data analysis techniques used statistical test of Spearman Rho. This results showed that a significant level <0.05, p value<0.001 and direction of a positive correlation (+) and correlation strength 0.385 meaning lower levels of relationship. Then Ho was rejected but Ha was accepted which means there was a correlation between the level of knowledge of the behavior of young women about genital hygiene during menstruation. It can be concluded that the higher the level of knowledge of young women the better the genital hygiene behavior. The reverse was also true the less the level of knowledge of young girls, the more bad genital hygiene behavior. It suggested that the students should maintain good genital hygiene behavior.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Pubertal Health among Adolescent Girls

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Binita Dhakal
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Adolescence is a critical period and is associated with physical and psycho-social changes induced by puberty, which builds personality, behaviour, and future health of the adolescents. Thus, the aim of the study was to find out the knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal health of adolescence girls.Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Bharatpur Metropolitan City’s secondary level schools. A total of 183 adolescent girls were selected using probability simple random sampling from 5 schools out of total 43 schools which were also selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured self-administered questionnaire for knowledge and likert’s scale was used for attitude regarding pubertal health. Results: Study findings revealed that 61.4% of the students belonged to early adolescence (11-14) age group with the mean age 14.27±1.33 years. Majority (80.3%) had moderate level of knowledge and around half (48.6%) had positive attitude. Knowledge and attitude varied with the respondents’ level of education (p=0.001), relation to sibling (p=0.013) and source of information by elder sister (p=0.022), teachers/school (p=0.001).Moderately positive correlation was found between knowledge and attitude which was highly significant (r=0.395, p<0.001).Conclusions: Majority of respondents had moderate level of knowledge and half of the respondent had positive attitude regarding pubertal health. Findings of the study emphasizes on improvement in education of adolescent girls which can help uplift health status and minimize vulnerability to health issues of pubertal health. Keywords: Adolescents; attitude; knowledge; pubertal health; puberty.

scholarly journals Magnitude of hypothyroidism among patients of cholelithiasis in a tertiary care centre in rural West Bengal: a prospective study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 3375
Author(s):  
Jaganmoy Maji ◽  
Debjyoti Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Stone Formation ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Gall Stone ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Elder Patients ◽  
A Prospective Study

Background: Cholelithiasis is a common pathology of the gall bladder affecting about 10 to 15% of the adults in western countries and 2 to 29% in India. More than 80% of the patients with cholelithiasis are asymptomatic. Hypothyroidism may cause gall stone formation due to the hyperlipidemia, motility disorders affecting the bile duct and sphincter of Oddi.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Department of Surgery, Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital, Bankura from March 2019 to February 2020 for duration of one and half year. The sample size was 54 and consecutive non-probability sampling technique was used for the sampling. All the collected data were recorded in a pre-designed proforma and analyzed in MS excel.Results: Out of 54-patients with cholelithiasis, 28% patients were from the age group 45-54 years.40% patients were hypothyroid pre-dominantly females. Among 30-female patients 11 (26.82%) were hypothyroid and among 11-male patients 2 (15.38%) were hypothyroid. Hypothyroidism in male and female was statistically significant.Conclusions: This study was introduced to determine the relationship between hypothyroidism and cholelithiasis. It was concluded that hypothyroidism was more common in female, obese and elder patients. The gender distribution of the hypothyroidism in patients with cholelithiasis was statistically significant while all other variables were statistically not significant.  

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