Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.359082
Nagwa Ahmed Mohamed Souilm, Fatma Ata Abd El-Salihen
Test anxiety is a universal phenomenon affecting students at all levels. Efforts are needed to help students get and use coping strategies to alleviate such anxiety. The study aim was to investigate the effects of two specific types of meditation, namely Vipassana and Shamatha techniques, on test anxiety among nursing students. This open-label randomized trial was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University. It included 200 undergraduate Nursing students randomized into two intervention groups. Four tools of data collection were used in this study: (1)A self-administered questionnaire with the (2) Revised Test Anxiety Scale (TA), (3) the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-Positive (ATQ-P) ,(4) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) was used for data collection. The students in each group received the study intervention in small groups over one-month. The main results showed that the students in both groups had high pre-intervention scores of TA, with medians of 3.0 or higher, low scores of (ATQ-P), and high PANAS negative were low PANAS positive scores. The interventions led to significant decreases in TA and negative PANAS scores, with increases in ATQ-P and PANAS positive scores in the two groups (p<0.001). The multivariate analysis identified the use of meditation technique as the main negative predictor of the TA and PANAS -ve score, and a main positive predictor of the ATQ-P and PANAS +ve scores. Conclusion: Shamatha technique had a better effect on TA score. Vipassana or Shamatha meditation techniques can alleviate nursing students. The techniques are easily taught and are acceptable by students. Study recommended that , Boost students' competence to manage stress and anxiety by using mindfulness meditation techniques and developing interventions that can provide students with support as they fight with a test anxiety problem.
考试焦虑是一种普遍现象，影响着各个年级的学生。需要努力帮助学生获得并使用应对策略来缓解这种焦虑。本研究旨在调查两种特定类型的冥想（即 Vipassana 和 Shamatha 技术）对护理专业学生考试焦虑的影响。这项开放标签随机试验在贝尼苏伊夫大学护理学院进行。200 名护理专业本科生被随机分为两个干预组。本研究使用了四种数据收集工具：(1) 自填式问卷，其中包括(2) 修订版考试焦虑量表 (TA)、(3) 自动思维问卷--积极 (ATQ-P) 、(4) 积极和消极情绪表 (PANAS) 用于数据收集。每组学生以小组形式接受为期一个月的研究干预。主要结果显示，两组学生干预前的TA得分都很高，中位数都在3.0或以上，ATQ-P得分都很低，PANAS负分都很高，PANAS正分都很低。干预后，两组的TA和PANAS负分明显下降，ATQ-P和PANAS正分上升（P<0.001）。多变量分析表明，冥想技巧的使用是预测 TA 和 PANAS 负分的主要负面因素，也是预测 ATQ-P 和 PANAS 正分的主要正面因素。结论是沙马塔冥想技巧对TA得分有更好的影响。毘婆奢那（Vipassana）或沙玛他（Shamatha）冥想技巧可以减轻护理专业学生的压力。这些技巧易于传授，并为学生所接受。研究建议：通过使用正念冥想技巧，提高学生管理压力和焦虑的能力，并制定干预措施，为学生解决考试焦虑问题提供支持。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.351050
Aliaa Osama Soliman, Sabah Saad Al Sharkawi, Zeinab Fathy El-Sayed
Aim of the study: The study aimed to assess the nurse’s performance for care of neonate’s with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Research design: Descriptive design was used. Sample: A convenient sample included all available nurses at the NICU. Setting: This study was conducted at neonatal intensive car unite at Maternity& Pediatric hospital affiliated to Ain Shams University Hospital and Abo EL-Rish Hospital affiliated to Cairo University Hospital. Tool: Three parts were used for data collection (1) predesigned questionnaire format, include the demographic characteristics of studied nurses, and studied newborn. (2) Assessment of nurse’s knowledge about cyanotic congenital heart disease. (3) Attitude assessment scale. Result: shows that the mean age of studied nurses was 25.76±2.80 years, and near two thirds (62.9% & 61.4%) of them were males and had bachelor’s degree respectively. Conclusion: Nearly to two thirds of nurses had average knowledge, less than half of them had poor knowledge and more than one tenth of them had good knowledge about care of newborn with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Recommendations: Design training courses for nurses to improve their knowledge, practice, and attitude about cyanotic congenital heart disease.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.353620
Rania Hamdy Mohammed, Doaa Mansour Ali
Background: commercial drivers who abuse psychoactive substances may engage in criminal/violent behavior, risky sexual behavior, driving under the influence of a substance, rape, fighting, and robbery, or dispossessing commuters of their valuables. Aim: The present study aims to assess knowledge and factors related to the use of psychoactive substances among commercial vehicle drivers. Design: A descriptive correlation design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at four car stations. Sample: A multistage stratified sample of 285 commercial car drivers. Results: the present study reflects drivers’ reports, 56.1% of drivers take power drinks, 35.1% and 16.1% of them take Marijuana and Cannabis. Also, 42.8% and 19.6% of them take sleeping pills such as phenobarbital and drink beer respectively. Conclusion: poor knowledge about psychoactive hazards and highly statistically significant differences between personal, and work-related data, types of psychoactive substances, reported reasons, and hazards knowledge. Recommendation: Organizing training programs for commercial drivers about psychoactive health hazards that cover different settings in Egypt.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.350819
Fatma Kamal Ali, Ola Abdel-Wahab Afifi Araby Ali, Fatma Mansour Abdel Azeem Barakat
The inadequate quality of care provided to mothers and newborns is the primary cause of the high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, likely due to healthcare providers lacking skills in managing the initial stage of labor. In order to guarantee high-quality nursing care, competencies fill the gap between education and practice. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of competency-based education on maternity nurses' performance and quality of care regarding management of first stage of labor . Design: A quasi-experimental research design (One-Group, Time series quasi-experimental design). Setting: The research was conducted at obstetrics and gynecological emergency department (labour unit) at Benha University hospitals in Qaliubya governorate, Egypt. Sample: A convenient sample of 53 maternity nurses . Data collection tools: Four tools were used to collect data: A structured interviewing questionnaire (Personal characteristics of maternity nurses and Maternity nurses' knowledge questionnaire), Observational Practical Checklists, Nurse competency scale and Quality of Nursing Care Scale. Results: There was a statistical significant improvement in maternity nurses' total knowledge, total practices, total competency and total quality of care regarding management of the first stage of labour at immediately post-intervention and follow up phases compared to pre-intervention phase. It was revealed that total mean scores of studied nurses' knowledge, practices, competency and quality of care were higher at immediately post-intervention and follow up phases compared to pre-intervention phase. Conclusion : The implementation of competency based education was effective in improving maternity nurses' total knowledge score, total practices score and total quality of care regarding management of the first stage of labour. Recommendation: It was recommended that ongoing competency-based education is essential for maternity nurses to improve their knowledge, practices, competency and quality of care regarding management of labour
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.353621
Eman Galal Mohamed Kahlil, Nawal Kamal Abd Elkhalek, Evon Saber Shokre Hanna, Samah Mohamed EL sayed sayed Ahmed, Yousif A.
Background : Women with hysterectomy suffer from many psychological and emotional problems. the psychological state and coping strategies of post-hysterectomy women are unclear and need to be identified. So, the Aim of the current study was : To determine the effect of educational guidelines about coping strategies on anxiety and depression among women post-hysterectomy. Design : A quasi-experimental research design was used to fulfill the aim of this study (one group pre-test-post-test design). Setting : The study was conducted in the obstetric and gynecologic department at Mansoura University Hospital. Subjects : Based on the non-probability purposive sampling technique, a sample of fifty women with hysterectomy was selected. The following criteria were used to choose the women post-hysterectomy who participated in this study. Tools: Tool )I(:- A structured interview questionnaire , Tool )II(: The Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale, Tool )III(:- The Zung Self-rating Depression Scale , and Tool )IV(:- The Brief COPE Scale Results: Findings revealed that there was a highly statistically significant reduction in the anxiety and depression among women post-hysterectomy after educational guidelines about coping strategies implementation than before implementation. Conclusion : The result was concluded that implementation of the educational guidelines about coping strategies had a positive effect on reducing anxiety and depression among women post-hysterectomy after implementation compared to before. Recommendations : Generalization of educational guidelines about coping strategies for all women post-hysterectomy to alleviate their reduced anxiety and depression. establishing emotional support groups to help women go through their feelings and worries about undergoing a hysterectomy and supplying accurate information about hysterectomy that covers both medical and mental health care
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.350649
Rania Reafaat Abdelkader Atia
Patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome have found that deep breathing exercises effectively reduce physiological parameters. The study aimed to explore the effect of deep breathing exercise application on physiological parameters among patients with acute coronary syndrome. Design : To achieve the aim of the current study quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test with a control group design was adopted in this study. Setting : Thestudy was conducted at the coronary care unit, cardiology ward, and cardiology clinics at Sohag University Hospital. Sampling: A total of 100 with acute coronary syndrome were selected from previous settings based on purposive sampling Then divided randomly into two groups: the experimental group and the control group in each one (n=50) . Tools for data collection: Tool I : Structured questionnaire; composed of two parts. Part 1 : Patients' demographic data. Part 2 : Patients' Medical History Assessment Sheet, Tool II: Physiological Data Assessment Sheet .Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in physiological parameters such as heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation among patients in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion : According to the results of the study, the deep breathing exercise application has a significant positive effect on improving physiological parameters among patients with acute coronary syndrome. Recommendation: Breathing exercises are suggested to be applied to routine care given for patients with acute coronary syndrome .
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.351213
Fatma Gaber Ahmed, Hanan Ibrahim Ahmed, Shimaa Fathy Miky
Background: Physical disability is defined as a limitation in a functional domain that arises from the interaction between a person’s intrinsic capacity, and environmental and personal factors. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of physical disabilities on quality of life for soldiers to assess the effect of physical disabilities on quality of life for soldiers. Design: A descriptive design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Outpatient Rehabilitation clinics, in EL Agouza Police Hospital”, Egyptian Ministry of Defense &“El Wafaa wa El Amal Hospital.” Sample: Purposive sample of 200 soldiers with physical disabilities, who attended the previous outpatient clinics over 6 months Tools: three tools were used for data collection, first tool an interviewing Questionnaire sheet, second tool soldiers' activities of daily living (ADL) and third tool quality of life questionnaire. Results: The mean age of soldiers was 28.31±4.23 years, two third of studied soldiers had unsatisfactory knowledge about physical disability, about half of soldiers had good daily activities, two third of soldiers had average quality of life profile. Conclusion: There was a significant relation between physically disabled soldiers’ activities of daily living and quality of life. There was a significant relation between physically disabled soldiers’ health needs and quality of life. Also there was a significant relation between physically disabled soldiers’ knowledge and quality of life. Recommendations: Design rehabilitation program for soldiers related to physical disability to enhance their quality of life.
背景：肢体残疾是指一个人的内在能力与环境和个人因素相互作用而导致的功能领域的限制。目的：本研究旨在评估身体残疾对士兵生活质量的影响。设计：本研究采用描述性设计。研究地点本研究在埃及国防部 EL Agouza 警察医院和 El Wafaa wa El Amal 医院的康复门诊进行。样本：目标样本：200 名肢体残疾士兵，他们在 6 个月内曾在门诊就诊 工具：使用三种工具收集数据，第一种工具是访谈问卷表，第二种工具是士兵日常生活活动 (ADL) 问卷，第三种工具是生活质量问卷。结果士兵的平均年龄为（28.31±4.23）岁，三分之二的士兵对肢体残疾的认识不尽人意，约一半的士兵日常活动能力良好，三分之二的士兵生活质量一般。结论肢体残疾士兵的日常生活活动与生活质量之间存在明显关系。肢体伤残士兵的健康需求与生活质量之间存在显著关系。此外，肢体伤残军人的知识水平与生活质量之间也有重要关系。建议为身体残疾士兵设计康复计划，提高他们的生活质量。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.356403
Amany ElshrabasyAbd- Elghaffar, Tahany Ahmed El-Senousy, Asmaa Abd El rahman Abd El Rahman, Amira Hedaya Mourad
Background: Postoperative delirium is a neurocognitive complication with adverse consequences that may extend far beyond surgical recovery. Postoperative delirium is associated with a delay in postoperative recovery, increased costs, and increased morbidity and mortality. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relation between delirium symptoms and patients’ outcomes during the postoperative period in intensive care units. Study design: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: This study was conducted in the intensive care unit at El-Demerdash hospital which affiliated to Ain Shams University hospitals. Subjects: Purposeful samples of 325 postoperative patients admitted to the intensive care unit were included in this study. Tools of data collection: (1) Patients' assessment questionnaire, (2) Richmond agitation-sedation scale, (3) Intensive care delirium screening checklist, (4) Outcomes assessment questionnaire. Results: The result of the current study showed that 73.3% of delirious patients had stayed in the ICU from 5-10 days, 43.4% remove intravenous lines accidently, 28.9% removed central line. There was a statistical relation between type of delirium and the studied patients’ cognitive dysfunction p-value < 0.05. Conclusion: Delirium symptoms among the studied patients were altered patients’ level of consciousness, attention, orientation and hallucinations. In addition to, psychomotor agitation / retardation, sleep/wake cycle disturbance and inappropriate mood/speech. As well, the results illustrated that there was no relation between delirium type and patients’ readmission to the ICU, stroke, acute kidney injury and ICU mortality. Recommendations: Patients in the intensive care units should be assessed for delirium symptoms for early management and to prevent further complications and improve patients’ outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.356806
Amal S. Abu-Almakarem
Background: Type2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global public health problem. Most diabetic people live in developing countries and Saudi Arabia is not an exception, however; the data is limited. Prediabetes is always a prodromal period to T2DM. Objectives: This study was designed to identify the prevalence of prediabetes and its associated risk factors in a group of healthy young men blood donors from the Al-Baha region in Saudi Arabia. Material and methods: A total of 165 Saudi-adult men between the ages of 20 and 57 years old participated in the study. A questionnaire was derived and pre-tested, then given to the participants to obtain appropriate data regarding age, nationality, job, living place, G6PD status, history of blood pressure, lifestyle, family history of diabetes, and smoking status. A pre-designed pro forma “Diabetes Risk Test” was used to calculate a risk-factor score of each participant for having T2DM. Blood pressure, weight, and height were measured, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) was used to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria. Results: This study showed a high prevalence of prediabetes (24.24%) and diabetes (3.03%). Factors that were significantly associated with prediabetes and diabetes included: age, BMI, smoking status, subject’s physical activity, consumption soft drinks and high fat diets, subject’s job, and subject’s blood group. Conclusion and Recommendation: This study found that prediabetes prevalence is high (24.24%) in Al-Baha-adult men between the age of 20 and 57 years old, which highlights the necessity for providing health education programs for Al-Baha-adult men, so they can amend the risk factors of prediabetes before they end up with full onset diabetes. This study also shows which risk factors are associated with prediabetes and diabetes within this cohort.
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Background: Nasogastric tube feeding is the most frequently used method of enteral feeding among critically ill patients and it is accompanied by some complications. Aim: Assess factors associated with nasogastric tube feeding complications among patients with cerebro-vascular stroke through assessing patients’ related factors and nurses’ related factors. Design: Adescriptive design was conducted to achieve the aim of this study. Settings: The study was conducted in three intensive care units, two units at Ain shams university hospital (Combined medical intensive care unit and neurological ICU). And one unit at El-demerdash hospital (Emergency ICU). Study subjects: A convenient sample of all available nurses 50 working in the previous mentioned settings and purposive sample of 100 patients. Tools: data were collected through using four tools Stroke patient’s assessment tool, nurse’s self-administered questionnaire, nurses’ practice observational checklist and Nasogastric tube feeding complications assessment tool. Results: The result reveals that 70% of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge and100 % of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory level of practice regarding NGT and 77% of patients had electrolyte imbalance and 59 % of them had weight loss. Conclusion: this result concluded that, there was a highly statistically significant relation between nurses’ years of experience, total knowledge, total practice and total complications with P-Value (0.000). Recommendations: Implementing educational program for nurses to improve their knowledge and practice regarding nasogastric tube.
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