scholarly journals Understanding and Perceptions of Skin Donation and Skin Banking among Health Care Professionals – Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern India

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrs. Serma Subathra Arunachalam ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Average Hospital ◽  
Skin Banking

Introduction: The skin is our body’s most diverse organ. Other organs, such as the kidneys and liver, could be impaired and somehow still function, but the loss of 40percent of someone’s skin can be fatal. In developing countries, burns led to the deaths of the majority of people. The study aimed to establish the relationship between medical professionals’ awareness and attitudes regarding skin donation and skin banking. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, AIIMS, Odisha, between August 2020 to November 2020. A total of 124 health care practitioners from AIIMS, BBSR responded to the survey questions. It is divided into five sections: Social and economic data; Skin donation awareness survey, and skin bank attitude scale. Results: Less than half of health care professionals, 53.74 %, reported a lack of awareness of skin donation, and 56.16 per cent said lack of understanding of skin bank. The fair, positive relationship prevailed among skin donation awareness, and then either attitude (r=0.36, P=0.01), and a similar relationship existed between skin banking awareness and attitude (r=0.32, P=0.01). According to the report’s findings, having a clear understanding of skin donation and skin banking leads to positive behaviours. Conclusion: In this review, health care professionals’ awareness of skin donation and skin banking is average. Hospital and nursing administrators should be actively involved in education programmes to enhance nurses’ education and increase awareness about skin donation and skin banking.

scholarly journals Estimation of Anti-HBs Titer in Health Care Professionals of a Tertiary Care Centre of Southern Assam

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 510-515
Author(s):  
Debadatta Dhar Chanda ◽  
Atanu Chakravarty ◽  
Barnamoy Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Protective Level ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chewing Tobacco ◽  
Increased Risk

Background- Due to occupational exposure to blood, body fluids and sharps, the health care professionals are at increased risk of contracting the Hepatitis B virus infection than general population. To combat this, all the health care professionals must be immunized with protective level of anti-HBs but anti-HBs titer gradually wanes with passage of time and may be influenced by gender, smoking or chewing tobacco, diabetes mellitus etc. This study was thus carried out to find the percentage of health care professionals with protective titer of anti-HBs and find the association (if any) of low anti-HBs titer and factors like gender, smoking, diabetes mellitus and time elapsed post vaccination. Method- This cross-sectional study has been carried out with proper ethical clearance from May2018- September2019 in Serology section of VRDL under Department of Microbiology in a Medical College of Southern Assam on serum samples collected from 150 health care professionals vaccinated with 3 doses of recombinant HBsAg vaccine atleast 5years back. Anti-HBs IgG concentration was measured by conventional ELISA in multistandard mode. Result- Out of 150 participants,95 were males and 55 were females.27 participants smoked/chewed tobacco,8 had diabetes mellitus. Booster dose was received by 23. Protective level of anti-HBs IgG (>10 IU/ml) was found in 66% (98/150) of HCP only. Low anti-HBs titer has been found to be significantly associated with Diabetes mellitus (p–0.03) and passage of more than 10 years post primary vaccination(p-0.005) but no significant association has been found with gender, smoking and history of blood transfusion. Conclusion- HBsAg vaccine doesn’t impart everlasting protection. So, all HCP, especially those with co-morbidities should get their anti-HBs titer estimated after vaccination to check out for adequate seroconversion and attainment of protective titer. If found inadequate, they should go for repeat vaccination /booster doses. Keywords: Healthcare professionals, Vaccinated, Anti HBs IgG, Assam,

scholarly journals Assisted dying and voluntary euthanasia: awareness and perception among health care professionals in a tertiary care centre, South India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2280
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Kothari ◽  
K. C. Premarajan ◽  
Sethuramachandran Adinarayanan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Voluntary Euthanasia ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Supreme Court Of India ◽  
The Supreme Court

Background: On March 2018, the supreme court of India adjudicated passive euthanasia legal which was termed as obsolete by Indian Council of Medical Research. There are varied opinions because of difference in terminologies used in the country. As per the current Indian legislations, the procedure of voluntary euthanasia and assisted dying is illegal. Hence, this study aims in understanding the awareness and perception towards the same.   Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all the 369 health care professionals employed in the selected departments of a tertiary care institute during the study period. The questionnaire used was content validated and pre-tested before administering it to the participants. It consisted of five domains (in a five-point Likert scale) and were summarized as proportions.Results: Most of the doctors (64%) and nurses (59.3%) said that euthanasia is illegal in India. About one fourth of the responders encountered a situation where the patient asked for assisted dying or voluntary euthanasia. A total of 65.3% of the participants agreed that it is helping the patient to die and not killing them.Conclusions: The study demonstrated that the health care professionals had favourable responses for half of the statements. Re-looking into the verdict by the supreme court of India, standardising the terminologies and advocating for ‘advance medical directive’ would be welcoming steps in deciding the future of assisted dying/voluntary euthanasia in the country.

scholarly journals Awareness Regarding Implant Supported Dental Prosthesis; A Survey In Tertiary Care Set Up

2018 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 250-253
Author(s):  
Anum Baqar ◽  
Saman Hakeem ◽  
Farnaz Ilyas ◽  
Abid Mohsin ◽  
Fatima Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Implant ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Systemic Health ◽  
Implant Treatment

Objective: This research was aimed to assess the awareness and attitude regarding implant-retained prosthesis as the most advanced option for tooth replacement amongst residents of Karachi visiting tertiary care centre. Methodology: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in the department of Prosthodontics at Bahria University Dental Hospital, Karachi. Undertaking the demographic characteristics of patients, the objective was to determine the awareness and attitude toward implant supported prosthesis. Results: Amongst 380 responses retrieved, 9.8% of respondents were aware about the dental implant treatment. While correlating awareness with demographics features, awareness statistically increased with educational level (p= 0.00) and occupational category(p=0.01) of the participants. The friends and relative s(40.5%) were the main source of information regarding dental implant treatment modality. 54.1% were unwilling to undergo treatment with dental implant whereas high cost (55.2%)was the major limiting factor for implant treatment. 64.9% demanded dental insurance for getting the treatment. 45.9% had no knowledge regarding maintenance of implant supported prosthesis .73.0% had no idea regarding longevity of dental implant where as 86.5% were unaware of it’s impact on systemic health. Conclusion: The overall awareness regarding implant supported prosthesis was found to be minimal. This underlines the need of efforts and measures that should be made to raise the awareness and thus alter attitude towards dental implant therapy. Expensive rates (55.2%) was found to be the major limiting factor that should be relieved in the form of health insurance policies, especially in the developing countries like ours.

scholarly journals Strategies for Re-opening Physiotherapy OPDs Post COVID-19 Lockdown – A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amarjot Singh Gill ◽  
Nistara Singh Chawla ◽  
Sandeep Singh Saini
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Practice Pattern ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The practices of various health-care professionals have been improvised to accommodate the on-going covid-19 pandemic situation. Different guidelines have been set in place to ease the process of re-opening of non-elective healthcare services like out-patient physiotherapy clinics. Although the measures taken should be guided by evidence based information, major consensus amongst practicing therapists needs to guide the India physiotherapy clinics. Objective: To identify and present the opinions of different physiotherapists about the various strategies for re-opening the out-patient physiotherapy clinics. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted. Over 169 participants were selected to participate in the survey according to the pre-decided inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data was collected and saved via google forms. Result and conclusion: A majority of respondents had a consensus over different strategies for re-opening the physiotherapy OPDs. These were regarding different measures to be adapted including modifications in the clinic infrastructure and the practice pattern. This would help in smoothly re-instating the physiotherapy services post the covid-19 lockdown.

scholarly journals Social Networking App Use Among Primary Health Care Professionals: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

10.2196/11147 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e11147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc X Marin-Gomez ◽  
Francesc Garcia Cuyas ◽  
Ramon Reig-Bolano ◽  
Jacobo Mendioroz ◽  
Pere Roura-Poch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals A Study of awareness, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among health care professionals in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bareilly, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1784
Author(s):  
Krishna Singh ◽  
Kauser Sayedda ◽  
Richa Bhardwaj ◽  
Neha Yadav ◽  
Quazi Shahir Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Know How ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Awareness towards Pharmacovigilance among health professionals in any hospital is an important part of health care system. So, the present study was conducted to know the extent of awareness of Pharmacovigilance among health care professionals.Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study about knowledge, attitude and practices towards adverse drugs reaction (ADRs) and Pharmacovigilance was carried out at Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institue of Medical Sciences, Bareilly (U.P). 153 questionnaires were distributed among the Post graduate students, faculties, interns, nurses and pharmacists. 2-3 days time was given to fill the questionnaire.Results: Out of 153 questionnaires distributed, 99 filled forms were turned up for evaluation. Hence, response rate was 64.70%. 73.33% PGs, 100% faculty members, 53.33% interns, 36% nurses and 18.75% pharmacists were aware of adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) and Pharmacovigilance. Regarding reporting of ADRs, 86.66% PGs, 91.66% faculties, 73.33% interns, 88% nurses and 81.25% pharmacists were agreed to report ADR as it is mandatory and related to increased patients’ safety. Regarding discouraging factors for practice of reporting ADRs, 20% PGs, 16.66% faculties, 80% interns, 40% nurses and 68.75% pharmacists found ADR forms difficult to be filled. According to 66% faculties, 80% PGs, 66.66% interns managing patients are more important than reporting ADRs while 93.75% nurses and 76% pharmacists did not know how to report and where to report.Conclusions: The results of our study indicate that the acceptable number of health-care professionals had a good knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance. There was a huge gap between the ADR experienced, and ADR reported by the health-care professionals. So, there is need of conductance of CMEs, workshops and seminars related to pharmacovigilance for all heaith care professionals especially nurses and pharmacists so, that whole community can be benefitted.

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