Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2013 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 8 Articles
The study defines a correlational observation to assess the knowledge and attitude about consuming fatty diet and blood cholesterol level among adults. Tools used for assessment are Socio demographic data of the adults, Structured questionnaire to assess the levels of knowledge among adults, Rating scale (five point Likert) to assess the levels of attitude among adults. Sample of the study comprised of 60 adults in Mahalakshmi Layout Bangalore. Observations revealed that 31 (51.66%) had moderate level of knowledge about consuming fatty diet and blood cholesterol whereas 21 (35%) of respondents had adequate level of knowledge and 8 (13.3%) of the respondents had inadequate level of knowledge about consuming fatty diet and blood cholesterol and Regarding attitude level majority of the respondents 45 (75%) have moderate level of attitude about consuming fatty diet and blood cholesterol whereas 11 (18.3%) of respondents have unfavorable attitude and 4 (6.66%) of the respondents have most favorable attitude towards consuming fatty diet and blood cholesterol. The tool used for the study is reliable and feasible....
The study assesses the knowledge regarding bio-medical waste management among GNM intern’s. Tools used for assessment are socio-demographic data of the GNM intern’s and structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge among GNM interns. Sample study comprised 50 GNM intern’s in BLDEA’s Shri B M Patil Institute of Nursing Sciences, Bijapur. Observations depicts that majority of the respondents 33 (66 %) had good knowledge, 16 (32 %) of respondents had average knowledge and 10 (2 %) of the respondents had poor knowledge about bio-medical waste management....
Background: The work aimed at assessing the demand for nursing care from elderly patients at ICUs, based on the TISS-28 scale.\r\n Objective: The research was based on the patients� classification method employing the TISS-28 scale.\r\n Methods: The investigation involved 100 assessment sheets of elderly patients staying at a randomly selected ICU in Lublin from February to April 2010.\r\n Results: Data analysis proved elderly patients� TISS-28 scores were highest for basic activities- 9.31 (SD-2.14), however, lower scores were reported for respiratory therapy 3.45 (SD-1.89). A general TISS-28 assessment for the whole research cohort was 23.64. This means that patients should be provided with nursing care level of one nurse per two patients per shift.\r\n Conclusions: The more advanced the patients� age the lower the assessment of therapeutic interventions within the scope of basic activities and circulation therapy, but at the same time, the higher the assessment of respiratory therapy and other interventions....
This paper reports part of a bigger study whose aim was to develop an empowerment model that could be used to enhance nurse\r\nleaders� participation in health policy development. A Delphi survey was applied which included the following criteria: expert\r\npanelists, iterative rounds, statistical analysis, and consensus building. The expert panelists were purposively selected and included\r\nnational nurse leaders in leadership positions at the nursing professional associations, nursing regulatory bodies, ministries of\r\nhealth, and universities in East Africa. The study was conducted in three iterative rounds. The results reported here were gathered\r\nas part of the first round of the study and that examined the extent of nurse leaders� participation in health policy development.\r\nSeventy-eight (78) expert panelists were invited to participate in the study, and the response rate was 47%. Data collection was done\r\nwith the use of a self-report questionnaire. Data analysis was done by use of SPSS and descriptive statistics were examined. The\r\nfindings indicated that nurse leaders participate in health policy development though participation is limited and not consistent\r\nacross all the stages of health policy development. The recommendations from the findings are that health policy development\r\nprocess needs to be pluralistic and inclusive of all nurse leaders practicing in positions related to policy development and the\r\nprocess must be open to their ideas and suggestions....
Background: Hypertension is a significant public health challenge contributing to cardiovascular disease and\r\nstroke, and leads to premature mortality and disability both globally and locally.\r\nObjective: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and to determine the awareness, treatment and control of\r\nhypertension in an urban Chinese population.\r\nMethods: A cross-sectional, quantitative survey design. A total of 1448 community residents were recruited from\r\nthe SuiGuoHu district using a stratified random sampling strategy. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires\r\nand health examination.\r\nResults: The prevalence of hypertension was 35.4%, significantly higher in women (40.8%) than in men (30.7%)\r\n(P<0.001). More than one third (37.9%) of those with hypertension were not compliant with prescribed medications,\r\nsignificantly higher among women (44.4%) than men (28.6%). Approximately 68% were aware, with women (75.6%)\r\nsignificantly higher than men (60.3%) (P<0.001). The treatment rates were 87.7% and women were less likely (46.7%)\r\nto have their blood pressure controlled than men (47.2%).\r\nConclusions: Our findings indicated that hypertension was highly prevalent. The rates of awareness, treatment\r\nand control were also higher than in previous China surveys. Overall, the present study showed that more women than\r\nmen suffered from hypertension and were treated. However, women were less likely to be compliant with medication\r\nor have their blood pressure under control. This information is important in enabling community health nurses to play\r\na vital role as a source of primary and secondary prevention of CVD to design a culturally sensitive program targeted\r\nat high-risk populations like older women and those living alone, so as to diminish the prevalence of hypertension and\r\nreduce the burden of CVD in urban areas, Wuhan of China....
The aim of the present study was to investigate what kinds of social supports contribute to the higher quality of life (QOL) of\r\nhome care patients with intractable neurological disease. We investigated the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF\r\n(WHOQOL-BREF) and social supports to 74 patients with intractable neurological disease in a city of the Aichi prefecture, Japan.\r\nAssociation between WHOQOL and social supports was examined using multiple logistic regression analyses adjusting activities\r\nof daily living (ADL). High WHOQOL scores were associated with ââ?¬Å?attending patient gatherings held by the public health center,ââ?¬Â\r\nââ?¬Å?having someone who will listen empathically to anxieties or troubles,ââ?¬Â and ADL. Physical health was associated with ADL, while\r\npsychological well-being was related to ââ?¬Å?having a hobby,ââ?¬Â ââ?¬Å?having someone who will listen,ââ?¬Â and ââ?¬Å?having a hospital for admission\r\nin emergencies.ââ?¬Â Patients not having someone who will listen were more likely to participate in the gatherings. The present findings\r\nsuggest that having someone who will provide emotional support is important for home care patients with neurological diseases.\r\nPatient gatherings held by the public health center were expected to provide patients with emotional support....
In an innovative group mentoring approach, four experienced midwives mentored four new graduates during their first year\r\nof practice. The new graduates were in practice as case-loading registered midwives having completed a three year Bachelor of\r\nMidwifery degree. Detailed data about the new graduatesââ?¬â?¢ concerns were collected throughout the year of the mentoring project. A\r\nrange of practice areasââ?¬â?administrative, working environment, professional culture, clinical issues and the mentor group itselfââ?¬â?\r\nwere prominent issues. New graduates were concerned about their own professional development and about relationships with\r\nothers particularly relationships within the hospital. Technical questions focussed more on craft knowledge that develops through\r\nexperience than on clinical skills or knowledge. Identifying these concerns provides a foundation for mentors, preceptors and\r\nthose designing professional development support programmes for the first year of practice. It may be that new graduatemidwives\r\neducated in a profession with a narrowly defined scope of practice have a different range of concerns to new graduates who have\r\nwider scopes of practice. The use of a group model of mentoring for supporting new graduate midwives proved stimulating for\r\nmentors and highly supportive of new graduates....
Violence against women is a serious health and social problem for women worldwide. Researchers have investigated the broad\r\nphysical and mental health consequences of violence against women but few have focused on immigrant and refugee women.\r\nWe assessed the history of violence and the impairment of physical and mental health among 60 women participants from the\r\nIranian and Sri Lankan Tamil communities in Toronto, Canada. Our survey findings revealed that the participants had experienced\r\nvarious types of violence throughout their lifespan, with psychological abuse by a spouse/partner occurring most frequently in the\r\npast 12 months. Commonly reported types of abuse included insulting, criticizing, and intimidation by partner (psychological\r\nabuse); slapping, hitting, and shoving (physical abuse); and forced sexual intercourse and sexually degrading acts (sexual abuse)\r\nby a partner/spouse. We found that a substantial proportion of the participants also had experienced physical and mental health\r\nimpairment, which could be a result of the various types of violence they had experienced throughout their lifespan. Research and\r\npractice implications are provided....
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