AWARENESS OF DRUG USE OF OUTPATIENTS AT THONG NHAT HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Tung Hiep ◽  
Nguyen Huu Nhan ◽  
Nguyen Huu Phuoc ◽  
Bui Dang Lan Huong
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Source Of Information

Objective: To survey outpatient awareness of drug use at Thong Nhat Hospital.Subjects and methods: cross-sectional descriptive study on 120 patients who were given health insurance drugs waiting to take drugs, before entering the counseling room from September 1st, 2020 to December 1st, 2020 at the Thong Nhat hospital.Results: Patients based on reference of the drug name in the prescription at 51.15% and take drugs each time according to the prescription when being prescribed many drugs at the same time (57.50%). Using refresh water to take medicine accounted for 68.33%. There were 59.16% of patients taking the whole pill. Some patients took medicine following the other way such as breaking the pill before taking it (11.67%); Dissolve the drug in water (7.5%). Most of the patients (89.17%) learned about drug instructions. Doctors were the source of information for patients (61.67%) and the majority ofpatients (57.5%) heard counseling on drug use.Conclusion: The proportion of patients based on reference of the drug name in the prescription and taking each time according to the prescription when being prescribed many drugs at the sametime was moderate. Most patients used refresh water to take medicine and take whole pill. Most patients learned about medication instructions. Physicians were the primary source of informationfor patients and the majority of patients heard advice about drug use.

CONSULTATION OF MEDICINE USE IN OUTPATIENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Dang Minh Tri ◽  
Bui Dang Phuong Chi ◽  
Nguyen Huu Nhan ◽  
Doan Ngoc Giang Lam
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Long Time

Objectives: To survey the patient’s counseling necesssary and counseling activities of medicine use in outpatients at Thong Nhat Hospital. Objects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 120 patients who were given health insurance drugs waiting to take drugs, before entering the counseling room and 60 counseling conversations about drug use by pharmacists for patients from September 1st, 2020 to December 1st, 2020 at Thong Nhat Hospital. Results: Patients wishing to be counseled about drug use (58.33%). The reason that patients did not want to be consulted about drug use was mainly treated for a long time of patients (79.49%) and consulted by their doctor (58.97%). The patients wanted to have advices on both their medicines and diseases, accounting for 61.43%. The majority of patients participating in the study were fully consulted about the drug contents and prescription (61.67%). Before pharmacists started consulting, most of the patients asked questions with general counseling content (55.0%). Conclusion: The proportion of patients wishing to be consulted about drug use was moderate. The main reason why patients did not want to be consulted about drug use was mainly treated for a long time of patients and consulted by their doctor. Mostly, patients wanted advices on both their medicines and diseases. The majority of patients were fully consulted about the drug contents and prescription.

Nutrient supplementation among pregnant women in China: an observational study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Tao Han ◽  
Jingwen Dong ◽  
Jiangtao Zhang ◽  
Chenxiao Zhang ◽  
Yuxuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Folic Acid ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nutrient Supplementation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Objective: To clarify nutrient supplementation usage and primary source of information among pregnant women in China. Design: This cross-sectional study used information on nutrient supplementation and primary source of information collected via face-to-face interviews. Data on the usage of folic acid, calcium/vitamin D, iron, vitamins, docosahexaenoic acid, and other dietary supplements were collected. Primary source of information were categorized as family/relatives, friends/co-workers, the Internet, books/magazines, television/radio, doctors, other people, and oneself. Setting: Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Chengdu, China. Participants: 1081 Chinese pregnant women aged ≥ 20 years with singleton pregnancies. Results: In all three trimesters of pregnancy, usage was highest and most stable for folic acid (81.7%), followed by vitamins (vitamin A, B-group vitamins, vitamin C, and multivitamins; 75.0%), whereas calcium/vitamin D (51.4%) and iron (18.1%) usage was low, potentially indicating a deficiency risk. All supplementation usage percentages increased with pregnancy duration (p < 0.05). Notably, approximately 10% of the pregnant women in our study did not use any nutrient supplementation, and this was especially common in early pregnancy. More than 50% of the women reported getting information on nutrient supplementation from family members, and about 30% reported getting this information from doctors. Conclusions: Among pregnant women in China, awareness about nutrient supplementation increases as the pregnancy progresses, but some types of nutrient supplementation (such as calcium/vitamin D and iron) remain at low levels. It is necessary to pay more attention to the health education of pregnant women in China, and the influence of family members should be emphasized.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN KEJADIAN KANKER PROSTAT PADA PENDERITA DIABETES MELLITUS DI RSUP H. ADAM MALIK MEDAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Surya Martua Horas Harahap
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Prostate Cancer Patient ◽  
Transitional Cell ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Genetic Mutations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prostatic Gland ◽  
Age Range

According to Kemenkes RI, in 2013, the number of prostate cancer patient is 0.2% or approximately 25,012 patients. Prostate cancer is a malignancy in the prostatic gland and more than 95% of prostate cancer is adenocarcinoma, the other 5% is transitional cell and neuroendocrine carcinoma or sarcoma. Up to now, the etiology of prostate cancer is still unknown, but it involves multifactor and genetic mutations. This study is a descriptive study design with a retrospective cross sectional in the Urology Division of the Department of Surgery, General Hospital of H. Adam Malik Medan during period January to December 2014. From this study we found about 261 patients of Diabetes Mellitus who visited surgery, but only as many as 41 people (15.7%) performed prostate biopsy, and of the 41 people who had the most prostate cancer were 24 people (58.5%). The highest age range was 70-74 years (37.5%), with PSA values more than 50 ng / ml as much (33.3%), and the highest Gleason score in the range of 5-6 (50%)

Occupational safety in nurses working in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gulsah Camci ◽  
Sidika Oguz ◽  
Turabi Karadag ◽  
Betul Bayrak
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Work Patterns ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mean Values

Abstract Objective: To determine the occupational safety of nurses working in a tertiary care hospital. Methods: The cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital at Kocaeli University, Turkey, from January to March 2016, and comprised nurses working at the hospital. A questionnaire and the occupational safety scale were used to collect data. The Occupational Safety Scale has seven subscales. Frequencies, percentages, mean values and standard deviations were calculated during data analysis. Results: Of the 200 nurses, 180(90%) were female and 88(44%) had 6-11 years of professional experience. The overall mean score of the scale was 2.593±0.770. Nurses working in daytime had better score on the healthcare screening and registry systems subscale compared to nurses working in shifts (p=0.020). There were no differences between the other subscales and work patterns (p>0.05). Conclusion: The nurses were found to have poor occupational safety. Key Words: Nurse, Occupational safety, Occupational health, Occupational disease Continuous...

Brand’s Cool Dimension Effect on Customer Satisfaction and Its Implication to Visual E-WoM

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Trihadi Pudiawan Erhan ◽  
Purnamaningsih Purnamaningsih ◽  
Nosica Rizkalla
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Source Of Information

As Word of Mouth (WOM) progress as one of the most potent marketing instruments, millennials are a vital contributor to the growth of eWOM. Considering how powerful eWOM is and the significance of millennials as the generation that derives the transformation of eWOM as the primary source of information for the customer, it is important to know the variables that drive millennial customers desire to provide information about product and service through their own social media account. This study then employed structural equation modeling to analyze the data. This study finds that out of the two, cool factors only hedonic cool is proven to have a positive and significant influence on customer satisfaction. The other finding is that active Visual eWOM activity of customer are positively influenced by customer satisfaction.

scholarly journals Use of medicines and other products for therapeutic purposes among children in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (suppl 2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol ◽  
Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares ◽  
Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi ◽  
Mareni Rocha Farias ◽  
Paulo Sergio Dourado Arrais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Emergency Visits ◽  
Acute Conditions

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of the use of medicines and other products for therapeutic purposes in the Brazilian pediatric population and test whether demographic, socioeconomic and health factors are associated with use. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study (National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – PNAUM), including 7,528 children aged 12 or younger, living in urban areas in Brazil. Medicine use to treat chronic or acute diseases was reported by the primary caregiver present at the household interview. Associations between independent variables and medicine use were investigated by Poisson regression. RESULTS The overall prevalence of medicine use was 30.7% (95%CI 28.3–33.1). The prevalence of medicine use for chronic diseases was 5.6% (95%CI 4.7–6.7) and for acute conditions, 27.1% (95%CI 24.8–29.4). The factors significantly associated with overall use were five years old or under, living in the Northeast region, having health insurance and using health services in the last 12 months (emergency visits and hospitalizations). The following were associated with drug use for chronic diseases: age ≥ 2 years, Southeast and South regions, and use of health services. For drug use in treating acute conditions, the following associated factors were identified: ≤ 5 years, North, Northeast or Midwest regions, health insurance, and one or more emergency visits. The most commonly used drugs among children under two years of age were paracetamol, ascorbic acid, and dipyrone; for children aged two years or over they were dipyrone, paracetamol, and amoxicillin. CONCLUSIONS The use of medicine by children is considerable, especially in treating acute medical conditions. Children using drugs for chronic diseases have a different demographic profile from those using drugs for acute conditions in relation to gender, age, and geographic region.

scholarly journals Iodine Content of Salt in Retail Shops and Retailers’ Knowledge on Iodized Salt in Wa East District, Upper West Region, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Prince Kubi Appiah ◽  
Georgina Agartha Fenu ◽  
Francis Wadga-Mieza Yankey
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Iodine Content ◽  
Iodized Salt ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Salt Iodization ◽  
Source Of Information

Background. There are laws to enforce the universal iodization of salt to check the consequences of iodine deficiency in Ghana. These laws are to ensure that there are production and sales of iodized salt in the country. Yet, the availability of iodized salt in the county's households is still not encouraging, with data indicating that 93.8% of children have urine iodine <100 μg/dl. Hence, the study investigated the iodine content of salt in retail shops and knowledge of iodized salt among retailers in the Wa East District. The study will help the informed decision on strengthening and enforcing laws to achieve the universal salt iodization and the consumption of adequate iodized salt. Method. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. We used a questionnaire to collect quantitative data from participants and a rapid field test kits to determine the iodine content of salt. STATA version 14.2 was used to analyse data. Chi-squared and logistic regression models were used to examine the association between the dependent and independent variables and considered p value <0.05 as statistically significant. Findings. The retailers’ primary source of information about iodized salt was health workers (46.2%), with the majority (52.8%) of them having low knowledge of iodized salt. Notwithstanding the high knowledge of iodized salt, as high as 53.8% of the salts do not have adequate iodine (<15 ppm). Retailer’s sex (p=0.014), educational level (p=0.006), primary source of information about iodized salt (p=0.012), texture of salt being sold (p=0.023), and mode of displaying salt in the shop (p=0.003) were associated with knowledge of iodised salt. Again, retailer’s educational level (p=0.036), knowledge of iodized salt (p=0.034), texture of salt being sold (p=0.021), and method of displaying the salt being sold (p=0.004) were associated with an iodine content of the salt in the shop. Conclusions. Though policies have been implemented to promote production and consumption of iodized salt, the iodine content of salt in retail shops in the Wa East are not encouraging. We recommend the establishment of checkpoints along the production and distribution chain to ensure salt with adequate iodine reaches the consumer. Again, traders of iodized salt should have regular training on ways to preserve salt to maintain its iodine content.

scholarly journals EFEKTIFITAS EKSHUMASI DALAM MEMPERKIRAKAN SAAT MATI DI BAGIAN ILMU FORENSIK DAN MEDIKOLEGAL FK UNSRAT BLU RSUP PROF. DR. R. D. KANDOU

e-CliniC ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Kojo ◽  
James Siwu ◽  
Johannis F. Mallo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Time Span ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Autopsy Report ◽  
Forensic Expert ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Abstract: Determination of time of death is very important in criminal or civil cases. Exhumation is demolition of grave or autopsy which is conducted for justice by the authorities and stakeholders and the corpse is subsequently examined by a forensic expert. It is expected that there will be some clues to reveal the time and cause of death. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of exhumation by using the time span ratio of deaths according to the autopsy report and deaths according to the results of the examination after exhumation. This was a retrospective descriptive study with a cross-sectional design using secondary data in the Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal Department, Prof Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado. There were 13 cases of exhumation from October untul December 2014, with a percentage of 46% effective and ineffective 54%. From the 7 ineffective cases, 3 cases with undetermined time of death because they were preserved. Four cases had the comparison between the letter of request and the results of the examination. The other 6 cases had accuracy of effective. Conclusion: Exhumation cases became ineffective due to the lack of cases found and preservation of the corpses.Keywords: time of death, exhumationAbstrak: Menentukan saat kematian penting dilakukan baik pada kasus kriminal atau sipil. Ekshumasi adalah penggalian mayat atau pembongkaran kubur yang dilakukan demi keadilan oleh yang berwenang dan berkepentingan dimana selanjutnya mayat tersebut diperiksa secara ilmu kedokteran forensik. Dari hasil ekshumasi dapat dilihat temuan pemeriksaan pada mayat yang dapat menentukan atau memperkirakan lama kematian dan penyebab kematian. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan efektif atau tidaknya ekshumasi dilihat dari perbandingan rentang waktu lama kematian menurut permintaan visum dan lama kematian menurut hasil pemeriksaan setelah ekshumasi. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif retrospektif dengan pendekatan potong lintang. Data sekunder diperoleh di Bagian Forensik dan Medikolegal FK Unsrat RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado bulan Oktober – Desember 2014. Kasus ekshumasi yang didapat sejumlah 13 kasus: 46% efektif dan 54% tidak efektif. Dari 7 kasus yang tidak efektif, 3 kasus tidak dapat ditentukan lama kematian menurut hasil pemeriksaan karena telah diawetkan terlebih dahulu dan 4 kasus mempunyai perbandingan hari antara surat permintaan dan hasil pemeriksaan. Enam kasus lainnya mempunyai ketepatan atau efektif. Simpulan: Pada penelitian ini, sebagian kasus ekshumasi tidak efektif karena minimnya kasus yang ditemukan dan sebagian kasus sudah dilakukan pengawetan.Kata kunci: saat kematian, ekshumasi

Social Media; its role in the infodemic of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. e188
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Akbar ◽  
Zubia Zaman ◽  
Muhammad Ahsan Abbasi ◽  
Imran Mansoor Raza ◽  
Muneeza Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Linear Correlation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
English Language ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Source Of Information

Introduction: A pandemic is defined as an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the global population.Objective: This study aims to observe the discrepancies that social media provides users in terms of information regarding COVID-19 and how that information can affect practices for prevention against the virus.Methods: A cross-sectional study, with a non-probability convenience sampling technique, was conducted during April 2020. An online survey was created on Google Forms in the English language, and participants were invited to complete and submit the form. A total of 402 responses were received in one month. Citizens of age 18-60 partook in the study, and respondents tested positive for Covid-19 were excluded from the study as it could lead to bias.Results: A total of 375 responses were selected out of the 402 responses received. Six responses were excluded who tested positive for Covid-19, and 21 responses were rejected as they were filled incompletely. The mean age of respondents was 27.53 years (S.D 8.188), and there were more females, 52.53% (n=197) than male, 46.67%(175) participants. A Pearson correlation (r) of 0.383 between knowledge and practices of people who use social media as their primary source of information suggests a moderate linear correlation. People who did not use social media as their primary source of information had a stronger linear correlation (r=0.640) between knowledge and practices.Conclusion: According to the study, social media provided people with correct knowledge as well as encouraged efficient practices while also contributing to the spread of false news and malpractices.

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