Occupational Exposure to Sharp Instrument Injuries among Dental, Medical and Nursing Students in Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Campus, Navi Mumbai, India

ABSTRACT Background Sharp instrument injuries among health care students significantly increase the risk of transmission of different blood-borne pathogens which can lead to serious consequences including death. Objectives The study was carried out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with sharp instrument injuries among the health care students in the Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Campus, Navi Mumbai and to make recommendations to the institutional authorities about measures to be undertaken to prevent such injuries among the students. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted among 700 health care students which included dental, medical and nursing students during their clinical training at Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Campus, Navi Mumbai from May 2012 to July 2012. It was a self-administered questionnaire with a 1-year recall period for sharp instrument injury. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. Results The questionnaire was completed by 627 students of which 76.4% of nursing, 75.4% of dental and 48.7% of the medical students had experienced sharp instrument injuries in the past 1 year with hollow-bore needle being the most common instrument causing such injuries. Overall, 77.4% of the students had not reported the incident of the injury and only 34.4% of the students had taken postexposure prophylaxis. Conclusion Educational interventions with effective training on proper handling and disposal of sharp instruments and postexposure prophylaxis along with the formation of a reporting center are some of the recommendations which can reduce the occupational exposure to sharp instrument injuries among the health care students. How to cite this article Hussain JSA, Ram SM, Galinde J, Jingade RRK. Occupational Exposure to Sharp Instrument Injuries among Dental, Medical and Nursing Students in Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Campus, Navi Mumbai, India. J Contemp Dent 2012;2(2):1-10.

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Knowledge and awareness among nursing students regarding the COVID-19: a cross sectional study

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20202536 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 2518

Author(s):

K. P. Joshi ◽

Leena Madhura ◽

Deepak Jamadar

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Self Report ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

Care Providers ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Outbreak Response ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: The health care providers are at the front line of the outbreak response of current pandemic of COVID-19 and exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection. Rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a major cause of concern for the healthcare profession in all over the world. All health care professional must stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak. This research paper deals with the knowledge and awareness about COVID-19 among nursing students.Methods: By non-probability snowball sampling method the sample size was 407. Predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used in this study. Questions were related to knowledge and awareness about current COVID-19. The participant was directed to complete the self-report survey by online. The data was tabulated and analysed statistically. MS-Excel and Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0 used for all statistical analysis.Results: A total of 407 nursing students participated in this study. Over all 75.58±3.21 participants showed good knowledge and awareness about COVID-19. Around 87.47% respondents were aware about high risk age group for COVID-19. 83.54% participants were aware about concept of hand hygiene and 83.37% were well aware of PPE for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases.Conclusions: The study participants showed adequate basic knowledge and awareness of COVID-19. There is a strong need to implement periodic educational interventions and training programs on infection control practices and other updates of COVID-19 across all healthcare professions including nursing students.

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Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.19160 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula ◽

Wafa Ali Aldhaleei ◽

Jamal Rahmani ◽

Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Mahabadi ◽

Deepak Kumar Bandari

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Media ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Delayed Treatment ◽

Care Workers

BACKGROUND During the first week of March, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak reached more than 100 countries with over 100,000 cases. Health care authorities have already initiated awareness and preparedness activities worldwide. A poor understanding of the disease among health care workers (HCWs) may result in delayed treatment and result in the rapid spread of the infection. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs about COVID-19. METHODS A cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted among HCWs about COVID-19 during the first week of March 2020. A 23-item survey instrument was developed and distributed randomly to HCWs using social media; it required 5 minutes to complete. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of association among variables, with significance set to P<.05. RESULTS Of 529 participants, a total of 453 HCWs completed the survey (response rate: 85.6%); 51.6% (n=234) were male, 32.1% (n=147) were aged 25-34 years, and most were doctors (n=137, 30.2%) and medical students (n=134, 29.6%). Most participants (n=276, 61.0%) used social media to obtain information on COVID-19. A significant proportion of HCWs had poor knowledge of its transmission (n=276, 61.0%) and symptom onset (n=288, 63.6%) and showed positive perceptions of COVID-19. Factors such as age and profession were associated with inadequate knowledge and a poor perception of COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS As the global threat of COVID-19 continues to emerge, it is critical to improve the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs. Educational interventions are urgently needed to reach HCWs worldwide, and further studies are warranted.

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INTERPROFESSIONAL ATTITUDES INFLUENCE THE READINESS OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS STUDENTS FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL LEARNING

INDONESIAN NURSING JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND CLINIC (INJEC) ◽

10.24990/injec.v2i1.137 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Catharina Dwiana Wijayanti ◽

Kristina Lisum

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Research Method ◽

Statistic Analysis ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Interprofessional Learning ◽

Health Care Professions ◽

Academic Settings ◽

Second Year

Background and Purpose: Collaboration among health care profession is required to create synergism in delivering health care at various clinical setting. This collaboration should be initiated at the academic setting through interprofessional learning. The Purpose of this research was to identify the influence of interprofessional attitudes to readiness of health care professions students for interprofessional learning.Method: Research method used quantitative with descriptive comparative design and cross sectional approaches. RIPLS and IPAS survey were completed by 180 medical and nursing students. Results: The majority of respondents were 20 years old, 134 were female and 53 respondents were in second year level. From Chi square statistic analysis, it was found that that there were no relationship between age, gender and level of academic with readiness for interprofessional learning (pvalue >.05). However, there was a significant relationship between interprofessional attitude of medical (p=.000; α=.05) and nursing students (p= .001 α=.05) with readiness for interprofessional learning. Conclusion and recommendation: It was suggested that interprofessional attitudes of health care professions students should be develop properly in the academic settings, thus it will bridge the gap between others health care professions.

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Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ◽

10.2196/19160 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. e19160 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula ◽

Wafa Ali Aldhaleei ◽

Jamal Rahmani ◽

Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Mahabadi ◽

Deepak Kumar Bandari

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Media ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Delayed Treatment ◽

Care Workers

Background During the first week of March, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak reached more than 100 countries with over 100,000 cases. Health care authorities have already initiated awareness and preparedness activities worldwide. A poor understanding of the disease among health care workers (HCWs) may result in delayed treatment and result in the rapid spread of the infection. Objective This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs about COVID-19. Methods A cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted among HCWs about COVID-19 during the first week of March 2020. A 23-item survey instrument was developed and distributed randomly to HCWs using social media; it required 5 minutes to complete. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of association among variables, with significance set to P<.05. Results Of 529 participants, a total of 453 HCWs completed the survey (response rate: 85.6%); 51.6% (n=234) were male, 32.1% (n=147) were aged 25-34 years, and most were doctors (n=137, 30.2%) and medical students (n=134, 29.6%). Most participants (n=276, 61.0%) used social media to obtain information on COVID-19. A significant proportion of HCWs had poor knowledge of its transmission (n=276, 61.0%) and symptom onset (n=288, 63.6%) and showed positive perceptions of COVID-19. Factors such as age and profession were associated with inadequate knowledge and a poor perception of COVID-19. Conclusions As the global threat of COVID-19 continues to emerge, it is critical to improve the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs. Educational interventions are urgently needed to reach HCWs worldwide, and further studies are warranted.

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Active Shooter: What Would Health Care Students Do While Caring for Their Patients? Run? Hide? Or Fight?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2019.67 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 173-177

Author(s):

Nicole McKenzie ◽

Carolina Wishner ◽

Martha Sexton ◽

Danielle Saevig ◽

Brian Fink ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Active Shooter ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Professional Programs ◽

Patient Centric

ABSTRACTObjective:The aim of this study was to explore the clinical decisions that health care students would make if faced with an active shooter event while providing patient care.Methods:A cross-sectional study design was used to survey 245 students from 6 different professional programs. Participants read 4 case-based scenarios, selected 1 of 4 actions in a multiple-choice format, and responded to an open-ended question. Demographic questions asked whether participants had been a victim of violence and whether they have taken a certified active shooter course. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics and chi-square testing.Results:For each case, most students chose “patient-centric” versus “provider-centric” actions (range: 66%–94% and 4%–17%, respectively). The gender of the patient made no difference in actions. Those who attended a certified active shooter course tended to act with more “provider-centric” concerns than those who did not take such a course.Conclusion:A significant majority of interprofessional health care students, when presented with specific case-scenarios, declared they would act to protect themselves and their patients during an active shooter event. This “patient-centric” attitude transcends the oversimplified “Run-Hide-Fight” axiom and must be addressed by all health care educational institutions.

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Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards vaccination: a survey of university students in Europe

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1404 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

A Callegaro ◽

L Chinenye Ilogu ◽

O Lugovska ◽

S Mazzilli ◽

A Prugnola ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Students ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Online Survey ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

High Level ◽

Coverage Rates ◽

The University ◽

Vaccination Knowledge

Abstract Background Immunisation programs are still facing substantial challenges in achieving target coverage rates. This has been attributed to the growing negative individual vaccination attitudes and behaviours. Most of the current studies assessing vaccination knowledge, attitude and beliefs targets adults. However, young people represent future parents and health care professionals. The objective of this study was to investigate vaccination knowledge attitudes and behaviours among university medical and non-medical students in Europe. Methods We performed a cross-sectional online survey between April and July 2018. The study participants were students attending different faculties at the University of Antwerp, Belgium and the University of Pisa, Italy. We described sample characteristics. The effect of risk factors was tested with univariate and multivariate logistic regressions. Results A total of 2079 participants completed the survey including 873 medical students and 1206 from other faculties. The average of vaccination knowledge, attitudes, and confidence was respectively 5.51 (SD: 1.41), 4.66 (SD: 0.14) and 5.28 (SD: 0.57) on the 6-points scale. Our respondents demonstrated a high level of awareness with respect to their vaccination history. In total, 67.7% (n = 1407) reported to have received at least one vaccine in the previous five years; only 6.0% (n = 35) did not receive any vaccine in the previous 10 years. According to logistic regression analysis Italian students had significantly higher knowledge, attitude and confidence scores than Belgium respondents. Students of medicine scored significantly higher compared to non-medical students. Conclusions In order to reduce the gaps in vaccinations knowledge between non-medical and medical students we should plan educational interventions. In this way the number of future sceptical parents could be decreased. Further studies are required to explain the differences between countries. Key messages Young adults are the parents and the health care professionals of the future, for this reason their vaccination knowledge attitudes and behaviours should be carefully monitored. European non-medical students have lower vaccinations knowledge, attitudes and confidence compared with medical student. In order to fill these gaps, we should plan educational interventions.

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Do Health-Care Students Know About Chemical Biological Radioactive Nuclear Weapons?

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2021.307 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Cagla Yigitbas

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Nuclear Weapons ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Field Education ◽

Health Care Education ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Face To Face ◽

Survey Form ◽

Ongoing Training

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of students receiving different levels of health-care education (doctors, nurses, paramedics) on chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear weapons (CBRNW). Methods: This study was designed as a qualitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional research. The study reached 87.68% of the population. A survey form was created by the researcher in line with the literature. Ethical permission and verbal consents were obtained. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews. Results: It was observed that there was no difference between the enrolled departments, that the participants had very low levels of knowledge on the subject despite considering it a likely threat for Turkey, and that they thought the public and the health-care professionals in this field had insufficient knowledge. Sex, age, and field education were the variables that created a difference. Conclusion: Training regarding CBRNW should be further questioned and individuals should receive ongoing training to increase and update their knowledge and skills.

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Investigation of depression, anxiety and stress levels of health-care students during COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Health Review Journal ◽

10.1108/mhrj-10-2020-0070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Obay A. Al-Maraira ◽

Sami Z. Shennaq

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Self Report ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Psychological Counseling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Health Care Students ◽

Stress Levels

Purpose This study aims to determine depression, anxiety and stress levels of health-care students during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic according to various socio-demographic variables. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study was conducted with 933 students. Data were collected with an information form on COVID- 19 and an electronic self-report questionnaire based on depression, anxiety and stress scale. Findings Findings revealed that 58% of the students experienced moderate-to-extremely severe depression, 39.8% experienced moderate-to-extremely severe anxiety and 38% experienced moderate-to-extremely severe stress. Practical implications Educational administrators can help reduce long-term negative effects on students’ education and mental health by enabling online guidance, psychological counseling and webinars for students. Originality/value This paper is original and adds to existing knowledge that health-care students’ depression, anxiety and stress levels were affected because of many factors that are not yet fully understood. Therefore, psychological counseling is recommended to reduce the long-term negative effects on the mental health of university students.

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Association Between Lifestyle and Hypertension in Patients Referred to Health Care Centers of Ilam City in 2014

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n6p161 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 161 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Zahra Shafieyan ◽

Mostafa Qorbani ◽

Babak Rastegari Mehr ◽

Mohammad Mahboubi ◽

Aziz Rezapour ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Healthy Lifestyle ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Growth Stress ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Groups ◽

Chi Square ◽

Health Promoting ◽

The Mean ◽

Health Care Centers

INTRODUCTION: Lifestyle is referred to an individual’s healthy and unhealthy behaviors that can affect their health statues. The present study aim was association between lifestyle and hypertension in patients referred to healthcare centers of Ilam city in 2014.MATERIALS & METHODS: This research study was a case-control study. The data were collected through a standard questionnaire of health-promoting lifestyle profile (HPLPII) as well as the researcher’s direct visit to the health care centers in the city of Ilam. After the questionnaires were collected and classified, the data were entered into SPSS software and analyzed by descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, T-Tests and logistic regression.RESULTS: The mean and the standard deviation of the age of the main and the control groups were 57.1 (2.22) and 56.5 (2.99) years old, respectively. 10.9%of the control group and 25.5. % of the cases was smoking cigarettes or hookah. The results of the data analysis showed that the mean scores obtained by the main and the control groups on measures of physical activity, psychological growth, stress and total lifestyleare significantly different, so that the obtained score in the dimensions in patients with hypertension was significantly lower than the score obtained among the healthy individuals.CONCLUSIONS: According to the results it seems that educational interventions in the field of healthy lifestyle for individuals with hypertension risk can have an effect on controlling this disease and reducing its incidence.

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Factors associated with delay in seeking care by tuberculosis patients

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0680 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. 646-651 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dândara Nayara Azevêdo Dantas ◽

Bertha Cruz Enders ◽

Déborah Raquel Carvalho de Oliveira ◽

Caroline Evelin Nascimento Kluczynic Vieira ◽

Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Search Time ◽

Self Medication ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

A Value ◽

Primary Health ◽

Behavioral Variables

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify social, clinical and behavioral factors of tuberculosis patients that are associated with delay in the search for primary health care. Method: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 56 people on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in the city of Natal, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The data were collected through a structured instrument. The Chi-square and Fisher tests were applied to test the association between independent and dependent variables (search time). A value of p <0.05 was set as statistically significant. Results: No social or clinical variables were statistically associated with patient delays in the search for primary health care. Among the behavioral variables, self-medication and the first health service sought had a statistically significant association with the time for seeking care (p = 0.020, and p = 0.033, respectively). Conclusion: Self-medication contributes to the delay in the search for primary health care by tuberculosis patients.

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