Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding organ donation among adult Population of an Urban field practice area of a medical college in Durgapur, West Bengal, India

Background: There is a gradual decrease in health status and daily functioning in patients with end stage organ failure and timing of death remains uncertain. Organ transplantation is the only cure to such patients. Organ donation rate in India is only 0.26 per million. This is due to lack of awareness about the need of organ donation and the ignorance of common men and medical fraternity about the importance, procedures, benefits and legal issues of organ donation. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding organ donation among medical interns.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 160 interns with a pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire in order to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding organ donation. Data collected was analysed using SPSS software.Results: The mean age of the interns was 23.03±0.73 and majority were females (70%). 79.4% of interns were having adequate knowledge and majority (77.5%) were willing for organ donation. Only 5.6% had donor card. Willingness for organ donation was significantly associated with knowledge about organ donation. The major barrier for organ donation was fear of organs misuse. Most common source of information was found to be internet.Conclusions: Though most of the interns had adequate knowledge, still gaps exist in their knowledge, attitude and practices. By giving right knowledge and orientation medicos can be become future organ donors who can then easily motivate their patients to follow the path.

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A cross sectional study to assess the oral health knowledge, attitude and practice among school children in rural field practice area of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20184822 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (12) ◽

pp. 5385 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D. B. Padmini ◽

Selvi Thangaraj ◽

T. S. Ranganath ◽

Netravati Ambiger

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

School Children ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Oral Health Knowledge ◽

Medical College ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Field Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Oral health is an integral part of the general health and well being of an individual. Dental caries, periodontal disease and oral mucosal disease constitute the major oral health problems in developing countries. To follow healthy oral habits it is essential to have good oral health knowledge and attitude. Good oral health related knowledge among school children is considered to be an essential prerequisite for improving oral health in a community. The objective of the study was to assess the oral health knowledge, attitude and practice among school children in rural field practice area of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI), Bengaluru.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 140 middle school children choosen randomly from government schools of Nelamangala, Rural field practice area of BMCRI, during September - November 2016. Data was collected using semi- structured questionnaire by interview method and was analyzed by descriptive statistics.Results: Out of 140 students, 67 were males, 73 were females. 49 (35%) students knew that sweetened food or drinks causes dental caries. 60 (42.86%) of them knew that there can be decay of tooth if they do not brush daily. 120 (85.71%) agreed that self care is important to prevent dental problems. 82 (58.57%) had a practice of brushing teeth twice daily.Conclusions: In the present study, there is a gap in the oral health knowledge and practice among school children, which needs to be filled up by regular oral health education to children, parents and teachers as well.

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Improving Nurse’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Nurse’s Role in Organ Donation Process in a Context-based Learning Course

10.21203/rs.3.rs-250195/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Soleiman Ahmady ◽

Toktam Masoumian Hosseini ◽

Mohsen Masoumian Hosseini

Keyword(s):

Organ Donation ◽

Change Score ◽

Time Interval ◽

Learning Method ◽

Process Data ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Donation Process ◽

Two Stages ◽

Nurse Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background: The Nurse’ knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward their roles in the Organ Donation Process are extremely important to the success of organ donation. Therefore, the nurses involved with this phenomenon should be aware of their roles. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Context-Based Learning educational program on Nurse' knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about Nurse's Role in Organ Donation Process.Methods: In this Experimental study, Through Random Assignment, 3 ICU Wards of Gheam Hospital of Mashhad university of medical science devoted to Context-based Learning (Intervention) and 6 Wards devoted to Workshop Group (Control). Then through the Stratified Random Sampling Allocation Method, Demandable Nurses That Determine based on Pilot Study Were Selected and Intervention Was Done on 60 ICU Nurses (each group, n=30(. The CBL Training was performed in 3 sessions, every session length 2 hours, and the Time Interval between Sessions was 1 week. In the workshop group, Intervention was performed in two stages, every stages length 3 hours and between two stages was last 1 week. Both groups before and 1 month after intervention complete the questionnaire of Assessing Nurse's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Nurse's Role in Organ Donation Process. Data Analysis was done by SPSS11.5 software and by using t-test, Paired test, Wilcoxon, Man-whinny, and Chi-Square.Results: Change Score of Knowledge in Context-Based Learning was (43/4± 13/1) greater Than Workshop Group (14/3± 4/0) that statistically was Significant (p<0/001). Also in Attitude Change Score in Context-Based Learning was (28/7 ± 21/2) greater Than the Workshop group (13/1± 8/7) which statistically was Significant (p<0/001). Furthermore, in Practice Change Score in Context-Based Learning was (73/6± 21/1) greater Than the Workshop group (23/3± 6/8) which statistically was Significant (p<0/001).Conclusion: Based on Results, the Context-Based Learning Method had more effect in increasing the average Level of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about the Nurse’s Role in the Organ Donation Process rather than the Workshop Method. It is therefore suggested to utilize Context-Based Learning Method for the education of Nurse's Role in Organ Donation Process.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice toward adverse drug reaction reporting among practicing clinicians at a tertiary care hospital

International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology ◽

10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20171090 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 845

Author(s):

Toshan L. Todar ◽

Manju Agrawal ◽

Rajesh Hishikar ◽

Anuja Jha ◽

Basant Maheshwari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adverse Drug Reaction ◽

Drug Reaction ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Reaction Monitoring ◽

Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring ◽

Medical College ◽

Monitoring Centre ◽

Adr Reporting ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Pharmacovigilance has evolved as an important tool for dealing with Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) both in pre-marketing and post-marketing scenario. Underreporting of ADRs at our Adverse drug reaction Monitoring Centre (AMC) led us to conduct this study to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of the practicing clinicians at our tertiary care Pt. J.N.M. Medical College associated Dr. B.R.A.M. Hospital, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, towards ADRs reporting.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study using pretested questionnaires consisting of 29 questions related to KAP of the practicing clinicians at Pt. J.N.M. Medical College associated Dr. B.R.A.M. Hospital, Raipur towards ADRs reporting. The percentage of responders for each question was calculated. All statistical analysis was performed in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.Results: Out of 135 questionnaires distributed only 100 were considered for analysis, so the overall response rate was 74.07%. We calculated the result from the 100 responders. Overall 77% responders were aware of existence of ADR monitoring system in India, while only 40% were aware of its existence at their hospital. Only 8% responders had reported ADRs to the National Pharmacovigilance Centre and 10% to the Adverse drug reaction Monitoring Centre (AMC) at their hospital. Lack of knowledge about where, how and whom to report ADRs, lack of time, inability to decide what to report (known or unknown ADRs) and unavailability of ADR reporting form were the important factors discouraging them reporting ADRs.Conclusions: Creating awareness regarding ADR reporting through CMEs among practicing clinicians and early sensitization at medical undergraduate level for medical students may improve the current ADR reporting rate.

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An epidemiological study on alcohol consumption and knowledge of its harmful effects on human health among rural adult population of adopted villages covered under field practice area of a private medical college in Udaipur, Rajasthan

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20184588 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (11) ◽

pp. 4874

Author(s):

Rupesh Kumar ◽

Rakhi Luthra ◽

Maitri R. Hathi

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Adverse Effects ◽

Human Health ◽

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Peer Group ◽

Adult Population ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Medical College ◽

Field Practice ◽

Harmful Effects

Background: Consumption of alcohol among adults is a serious public health issue worldwide. However the knowledge of adverse effects of alcohol consumption on human health is very negligibly less in small towns and villages of India. Present study was conducted to determine the extent of alcohol intake and the knowledge of its adverse effects on human health among adult population.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on randomly selected 400 rural adults from a field practice area of private medical college, Udaipur.Results: Prevalence of alcohol consumption was found to be (47.25%) with (49.36%) males and (39%) females. More than half of drinkers (55.9%) were belonging to 30-39 age group. Country liquor was preferred by (68.88%) and only (17.77%) consume English (IMFL). (56%) of alcohol consumers were drinking alcohol for more than a year. Most of the drinkers (49%) were induced by their friends, (24%) were induced/influenced by their parents. (42.25%) drinkers had knowledge of harmfulness of alcohol drinking; however the awareness per se did not have statistically significant effect for alcohol consumption. Results showed that the knowledge of excessive intake of alcohol can cause harmful effects on human health like Infertility to woman, irregular menstrual cycle, cancer were statistically significant (p<0.05) gender wise, while effects like depression, sleep disturbances, alcoholic hepatises, liver disease, malnutrition were statistically not significant (p>0.05).Conclusions: There is a need to enhance awareness on adverse effects of alcohol and at least bring down consumption level among heavy drinkers through peer group/family/community involvement.

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