Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.22
O. Hussein
Lack of knowledge and inappropriate attitude towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment may affect the outcome of psychiatric’s morbidity and mortality. However, less systematic studies have been done on this area. This study aimed to assess the patients’ and relatives’ perspectives, i.e. knowledge, attitude and compliance on ECT in Khartoum State, Sudan. This was an observational hospital-based study conducted among 103 psychiatric patients and their relatives respectively who visited the Taha Basher and Eltigani Elmahi psychiatric hospitals during 2016. Both the patients and their relative inquired about different criteria of knowledge and attitude towards ECT. The percentage of score was calculated based on their positive answers by selecting the most appropriate answer or by calculating the mean of many positive answers. All the data were collected through a pre-designed questionnaire, and further analyzed statistically. Male was represented 61 (59.2%) and the commonest age group of patients was 16-30 years. The overall score of knowledge towards ECT among patients and their relative was 54.9% and 59.4%, respectively. Acceptance on the use of ECT were agreed by 43.7% of patients and more than 70% of patients and their relatives believed giving ECT for emergency psychiatric cases. Psychiatrist was the most frequent source of information reported by both patients (73.8%) and relatives (67%). Male relatives showed significantly higher attitude of recommending ECT treatment (p=0.004) for other patients. Patients and their relatives were reported to have moderate and better knowledge and attitude towards the use of ECT, respectively.
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.11
W. Cheah, Bin Hazmi Helmy, Binti Kamarulzaman Roslinda, bin Arif Mohd Taha, A. R. A. Akida
Hipertensi merupakan isu kesihatan awam yang penting yang memberi kesan ke atas populasi kanak-kanak. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menentukan prevalens tekanan darah tinggi dan kaitannya dengan obesiti di kalangan kanak-kanak berumur 6-12 tahun di divisyen Kuching, Sarawak. Ia merupakan kajian keratan rentas menggunakan persampelan rawak berlapis. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan alat antropometrik dan monitor tekan darah digital. Data dianalisa menggunakan SPSS versi 20. Sejumlah 1314 responden mengambil bahagian. Sejumlah 36.9% dari jumlah sampel didapati mempunyai berat badan berlebihan dan obes, 31% mempunyai lemak yang lebih dan obes, 29% mempunyai ukur lilit pinggang yang abnormal dan 32.8% mempunyai ratio pinggang-tinggi yang abnormal. Sebanyak 22.1% responden didapati berada dalam peringkat pra tekanan darah tinggi dan tekanan darah tinggi. Terdapat perbezaan signifikan antara lelaki dan perempuan dalam berat badan berlebihan dan obes, lemak badan yang berlebihan dan obes dan ratio pinggang-tinggi. Pribumi Sarawak didapati mempunyai risiko yang paling tinggi dalam penyakit darah tinggi, dan paling ramai dalam berat badan dan lemak badan yang berlebihan dan obes, dan juga ukur lilit pinggang dan ratio pinggangtinggi yang abnormal. Bagi mereka yang mempunyai penyakit darah tinggi, mereka didapati mempunyai berat badan dan lemak badan yang berlebihan dan obes, dan juga ukur lilit pinggang dan ratio pinggang-tinggi yang abnormal. Pemeriksaan untuk faktor risiko yang berpotensi harus dijalankan di peringkat umur yang muda untuk mengurangkan masalah penyakit kronik di dewasa. Ukuran tekanan darah harus dilakukan dalam pemeriksaan fizikal rutin untuk mengenalpasti kanak-kanak yang berisiko tinggi untuk rujukan selanjutnya.
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.01
M. Yunus
Gelatin sering digunakan dalam pembuatan kerangka kejuruteraan tisu kerana ia mempunyai ciri-ciri biologi yang baik, termasuk mempercepatkan penyembuhan luka. Genipin, bahan semula jadi yang diperolehi dari tumbuhan Gardenia, terbukti berkesan dalam memperkukuhkan ciri-ciri fizikokimia gelatin. Ulasan sistematik ini melaporkan pengetahuan terkini mengenai pengunaan genipin sebagai agen penyilangan gelatin. Dua pangkalan data elektronik telah digunakan, iaitu Scopus dan MEDLINE melalui Ebscohost. Carian dilakukan untuk penerbitan antara Januari 1999 hingga Disember 2018 menggunakan kata kunci ‘gelatin’ dan ‘genipin’. Makalah berbahasa Inggeris, yang melaporkan kegunaan genipin untuk pembuatan span gelatin telah dipilih. Terdapat 830 makalah dijumpai melalui carian kata kunci di mana 14 makalah telah dipilih dan dibincangkan dalam ulasan sistematik ini. Dapatan kajian termasuk kepekatan, suhu penyilangan, dan cara pembuatan yang optima untuk genipin. Kepekatan genipin yang optima adalah 0.5% dan suhu penyilangan yang optima adalah 25 ̊C. Keputusan kajian ini menunjukkan jurang pengetahuan dalam pengunaan genipin sebagai agen penyilangan gelatin dan lebih kajian diperlukan untuk mengisi jurang ini. Kajian ini menyediakan tinjauan meluas berkenaan pengetahuan terkini mengenai penggunaan genipin sebagai agen penyilangan gelatin.
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.17
K. B. Semran, L. Woon, M. Marhani
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.12
Teoh Seong Lin
{"title":"The Effects of Virgin Coconut Oil on Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts on Diabetic Wound Healing","authors":"Teoh Seong Lin","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"29 1","pages":"132-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89447739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.04
R. Zin
Solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) is a fibrotic neoplasm, also previously designated as hemangiopericytoma. STAT6 is a protein for signal tranducers and activators of transcription (STAT) family which is involved in immune function and early cell growth. Oncogenic alteration of STAT6 plays an important role for specific driver
孤立性纤维瘤(SFT)是一种纤维化肿瘤，以前也被称为血管外皮细胞瘤。STAT6是信号转导和转录激活因子家族(signal transducers and activators of transcription, STAT)的一种蛋白，参与免疫功能和细胞早期生长。STAT6的致癌改变在特定的驱动因素中起重要作用
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.03
Nurul 'Ain Arshad, M.A.K. Nellysha Namela, S. Teoh, M. F. Yahaya
Brain health deterioration is a worldwide health epidemic. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are among the most expensive diseases to treat, with direct care expenses exceeding those for cancer and heart disease. The consumption of overly processed food products over the time has contributed to the increasing number of health deterioration at an earlier age. Honey has been known worldwide through history to be one of the purest, and popular natural product to be consumed as a health booster notably due to its antioxidant and phenolic contents. In the recent decade, many studies were perfomed to understand the biological process of
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Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.13
M. Omar
{"title":"The Willingness of Community Pharmacists in Collaborative Care of Frail Elderly in Nursing Homes","authors":"M. Omar","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"103 1","pages":"142-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79461458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.07
Munirah Mansor
Point-of-care testing (POCT) of cardiac troponin device is aimed for improvement
心脏肌钙蛋白装置的即时检测(POCT)旨在改进
{"title":"Analytical Evaluation of Cardiac Poct: Humasis Hubi-Quanpro Troponin I","authors":"Munirah Mansor","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.07","url":null,"abstract":"Point-of-care testing (POCT) of cardiac troponin device is aimed for improvement","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"65 1","pages":"77-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73837115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.17576/mh.2019.1402.08
K. Morgan
{"title":"The Relationship between Depression and Anxiety and Heart Failure Patients’ Adherence to Self-Care Recommendations","authors":"K. Morgan","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"18 1","pages":"87-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80033756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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