Perspectives of clinical students toward organ donation and transplantation: A cross-sectional descriptive study in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
VivianUzoamaka Muoneke ◽  
DorathyChinwe Obu ◽  
SamuelNkachukwu Uwaezuoke ◽  
UzomaVivian Asiegbu ◽  
AzubikeA Anya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitudes about Organ Donation among Patient Companion at a Tertiary Hopsital in Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahteme Bekele ◽  
Wubshet Jote ◽  
Tigist Workneh ◽  
Berhanu Worku
Keyword(s):  
Organ Donation ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Organ Donor ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Favorable Attitude ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Donor Pool ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Participants

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, the supply of organs continues to be much less than the demand. Many studies identify poor knowledge and negative attitude about organ donation for this. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude towards organ donation and associated factors among people who accompany patient during hospital visit at tertiary hospital in Ethiopia.METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 1st to May 31, 2019, at a tertiary hospital and the only transplant center in Ethiopia. The patient companions were interviewed with structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were presented and factors associated with good knowledge and favorable attitude were assessed using Binary logistic regression.RESULTS: A total of 414 patient companion participated in the study. The mean age of the respondents was 35+13years, and 252(60.9%) were males. Forty-four (10.6%) of the study participants had good knowledge about organ donation. Male gender was significantly associated with improved knowledge (AOR=2.127 95% CI: 1.036, 4.368). A favorable attitude towards donation was found in 219(52.9%) of the study participants. Participants who had completed secondary education were more likely to have unfavorable attitude towards organ donation (AOR=0.498, 95% CI: 0.290, 0.857).CONCLUSION: Knowledge about organ donation was found to be poor, and attitudes towards organ donation were found to be unfavorable among patient companions at a major medical center in Ethiopia. Strategies focused on education of the general public and broad dissemination of information on the benefits of organ donation will be critical for improving the organ donor pool.

scholarly journals Teething Beliefs, Misconceptions, and Practices Among Mothers Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: Implications for Child Health and Clinical Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Oladele Simeon Olatunya ◽  
Adewuyi Temidayo Adeniyi ◽  
Adefunke Olarinre Babatola ◽  
Odunayo Tolulope Fatunla ◽  
Oyebanji Anthony Olajuyin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Facility ◽  
Tooth Extraction ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Over The Counter

Introduction: Teething is a physiologic process that begins during infancy. However, some mothers often attribute certain symptoms to teething. In this study, we assessed the opinions and practices of mothers attending a tertiary health facility in Nigeria on teething. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study conducted among caregivers of children presenting to the out-patient department of a tertiary hospital, Southwestern Nigeria. Results: Five hundred and sixteen mothers were studied. The leading symptoms attributed to teething were fever 420 (81.4%), reduced food intake / appetite 320 (62.0%), diarrhoea 314 (60.9%) and vomiting 294 (57.0%). Some believed that teething is associated with convulsion 102 (19.8%), mouth ulcers 69 (13.4%), ear discharge 68 (13.2%), and no symptoms 41 (7.9%). Majority of the mothers 374 (72.5%) believed that teething requires treatment. Two hundred and four (39.5%) mothers had given their children oral analgesics for teething while 194 (37.6%) administered teething mixtures. These medications were more likely to be prescribed at the hospital or purchased over the counter (p < 0.05). Other treatments given included herbal concoction 46 (8.9%), local tooth extraction 22 (4.3%), enema 17 (3.3%), body scarifications 14 (2.7%), gum fomentation 14 (2.7%) and gum incision 12 (2.3%). Responders who attributed convulsion to teething were more likely to have incised their children’s gums (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study revealed that sundry symptoms were attributed to teething and harmful home interventions were done for teething. There is a need to educate the society on teething and discourage harmful practices for teething by caregivers.

scholarly journals Wastage of rarest blood and blood components can be stopped: 9 years retrospective and cross-sectional study at tertiary hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 3678
Author(s):  
Balkrishna H. Namdhari ◽  
Tapasya V. Bharati ◽  
Ashish P. Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Blood Components ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Inventory of blood/blood components suffer due to outdating of Rh Negative units. Rationale of this article is strategy of transfusion of O Rh Negative red cells to all. A Rh Negative red cells can be given to A Rh Positive, AB Rh Positive. B Rh Negative red cells can be given to B Rh Positive, AB Rh Positive. AB Rh Negative red cells to AB Rh Positive recipients. AB Rh Negative FFP/PRP can be given to all. Objective was to avoid out dating of Rh Negatives by studying the percentage of outdated Rh Negative units amongst the all outdated.Methods: This was 9 years observational, retrospective, cross sectional and descriptive study conducted at tertiary care hospital. Outdated units of Rh Negative blood and components were analysed from the year wise discard registers of blood bank. Percentage of Rh Negative units within all outdated units were calculated.Results: 198 Rh Negative units of whole blood and blood components within all outdated units was 29.11%. Out of 198 the 20 Rh Negative blood components were discarded.Conclusions: Adopt type and screen protocol to prevent outdating. Avoid to bleed the rare blood groups. Audit by hospital transfusion committee and implementation of MSBOS. Track O Rh Negative red cells transfusion to Rh Positive as quality indicator. Track/review transfusion of O Rh negative red cells to Non O Rh negative recipients. Track AB Rh Negative FFP/PRP transfusions to all.

Cross-sectional descriptive study on the epidemiology of operated female breast tumor cases in a tertiary hospital of Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
RehamYousef Al-Ghamdi ◽  
KhloodMohammed Bosaeed ◽  
KhandakerAbu Talha ◽  
Mohammad Asadullah ◽  
MohamedAbdul Samie Mitkis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Breast Tumor ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Breast

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF OUTPATIENT PRESCRIPTIONS FROM VARIOUS CLINICAL SETTING IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL, SAUDI ARABIA

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
SULTAN M ALSHAHRANI
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Outpatient Setting ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Of Prescribing ◽  
Outpatient Prescriptions

Objective: The quality of prescribing influences, to a large extent, the health outcomes of patients as errors made could result in adverse drug reactions.The aim of this study is to assess determine the quality of outpatient prescriptions in various clinical settings in Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Methods: An observational, cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in various community pharmacies where the prescriptions receivedwere analyzed for their quality.Results: The prescriptions were checked for the completeness of the patients’ biodata (name, age, sex, and hospital number), categories of drugs,prescribing by generic name, legibility of prescriber’s writing, the name, and signature of the prescriber. Two hundred and fifty prescriptions werecollected and used for analysis. A significant number of the prescriptions were written in illegible (26%) handwriting. The name (15%), age (48%),and sex (46%) of the patient were not mentioned in the majority of the prescriptions. Most of the prescriptions (94%) failed to demonstrate thepresence of address, height, and weight of the patient. Brand name of the drugs was mentioned in all the prescriptions, with only 17% of them havingthe generic name. The doctor’s name, signature was present in 81% and 70% of the prescription, respectively.Conclusion: Study shows that there is a need for improvement in the quality of prescription written by doctors. The adoption of a computer-aidedprescribing system in an outpatient setting would go a long way in achieving this objective.

Evaluation of Drug Utilization Pattern Using WHO Prescribing Indicators in Endodontic Department at a Tertiary Hospital in Eastern Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1191-1195
Author(s):  
Sushmita Shrestha ◽  
Navin Agrawal ◽  
Deependra Prasad Sarraf
Keyword(s):  
Drug Utilization ◽  
Inappropriate Prescribing ◽  
Systemic Infection ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
World Health ◽  
Utilization Pattern ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prescribing Indicators ◽  
Essential Drug List ◽  
Dental Practitioners

Introduction: Irrational or inappropriate prescribing practice is common in developing countries that can lead to ineffective treatment, prolonged hospitalization, harm to the patient, increased treatment cost and development of drug-resistant organisms. The prescription of antibiotics and other drugs in endodontics is limited to patients with progressive and diffuse swelling and with systemic infection. However, antibiotics continue to be over-prescribed by more than 66% dentists without a rational justification.Therefore, the periodic assessment of drug utilization pattern is important to know the existing pattern of drug use, decrease adverse effects and provide feedback to the prescribers. Objective: To evaluate the drug utilization pattern in endodontics using the World Health Organization prescribing indicators. Methodology: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted among the patients visiting the outpatient department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics. After obtaining the informed consent, the relevant data were collected on a self-designed proforma by reviewing the health cards of the patients. The WHO prescribing indicators were calculated. Descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS version 11.0. Results: Out of 187 patients, 101 (54%) were female. Mean age was 38.9±16.6 years. Majority of the patients suffered from acute apical periodontitis (30.5%). A total of 281 drugs were prescribed to 187 patients. Paracetamol+Ibuprofen (44.1%) was the most frequently prescribed drugs. Most of the patients were prescribed one drug (78.6%).  Average drug per prescription was 1.5. Majority of the drugs (89.0%) were prescribed from Essential drug list of Nepal. Conclusions: Analgesics were the most frequently prescribed drug. The prescription practice was rational. There is need to increase the number of medicine prescribed from National List of Essential medicines.Educational initiatives should be undertaken to further strengthen the rational prescription among dental practitioners.

GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PERSONAL HYGIENE TENTANG MENSTRUASI PADA SISWI SMP

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Zaim Ashari
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Behavior

During menstruation blood vessels in the uterus are very easily infected because germs easily enter and cause diseases of the reproductive tract. Some of the most common disorders are vaginal discharge and pruritus vulvae (vaginal itching). However, this complaint can be prevented by maintaining the cleanliness of the female organs early on, namely with good menstrual personal hygiene. This study aims to describe the level of personal hygiene knowledge about menstruation. This research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach, with a total sample of 90 people taken by total sampling technique. The results showed that the majority of respondents had enough personal hygiene behavior as many as 82 people (91.1%), while good menstrual personal hygiene behavior was 3 people (3.3%), and respondents who had behaviors classified as less than 5 people ( 5.6%). Based on complaints on reproductive organs, respondents who experienced vaginal discharge were 85 people (94.4%) and itching around the genitals was around 83 people (92.2%).

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