Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.17.7.218
Kebadnew Mulatu, Tensaykahsay
Background: Hypertension is one of the major noncommunicable chronic diseases in the globe which is now changed from a relative rarity to a major public health problem. Because now a day's, globally cardiovascular disease accounts for approximately 17 million deaths a year, nearly one-third of the total death. Of these, complications of hypertension account for 9.4 million deaths worldwide every year. Hypertension is responsible for at least 45% of deaths due to heart disease, and 51% of deaths due to stroke. The study aimed to assess the magnitude and associated factors of hypertension among the age group of 18 years and above in Southwest, Ethiopia, 2020. Method: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 356 adults were recruited for the study. A pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were carried out to assess the association of independent variables with hypertension and P-value <0.05 was considered as significant. Result: A total of 351 participants were included in the analysis. About 17.7% of the respondents had elevated their Blood pressure. Sex (AOR = 6.7, 95% CI 2.10-21.53), age (AOR= 2.6, 95% CI.1.07-7.40), and body mass index (BMI), (AOR=2.8, 95% CI. 1.14-6.93 and AOR=8.5, 95%CI.1.68-42.45), and vigorous physical exercise (AOR=3.9, 95% CI. 1.40-11.13) were significantly associated with hypertension. Conclusions and recommendation: The study showed that the overall prevalence of hypertension was higher in the study area which was comparatively higher in men than females. The study also showed that BMI, sex, age, and engaging in vigorous physical exercise were found to be significant factors that influence hypertension in the study area. Community-based screening programs should be established for hypertension in this community.
背景:高血压是全球主要的非传染性慢性病之一，现已从一种相对罕见的疾病转变为一个主要的公共卫生问题。因为现在每天，全球心血管疾病每年造成大约1700万人死亡，几乎占总死亡人数的三分之一。其中，高血压并发症每年在全世界造成940万人死亡。高血压导致至少45%的心脏病死亡，51%的中风死亡。本研究旨在评估2020年埃塞俄比亚西南部18岁及以上年龄组高血压的程度及相关因素。方法:以社区为基础进行横断面调查。这项研究共招募了356名成年人。使用预先测试和结构化的问卷来收集数据。采用双变量和多变量logistic回归评估自变量与高血压的相关性，p值<0.05为显著性。结果:共有351名参与者被纳入分析。约17.7%的受访者血压升高。性别(AOR= 6.7, 95% CI 2.10-21.53)、年龄(AOR= 2.6, 95% CI 1.07-7.40)和体重指数(BMI) (AOR=2.8, 95% CI)。1.14 ~ 6.93, AOR=8.5, 95%CI.1.68 ~ 42.45)，剧烈体育锻炼(AOR=3.9, 95%CI。1.40-11.13)与高血压显著相关。结论与建议:研究表明，研究区高血压总体患病率较高，且男性高于女性。研究还发现，BMI、性别、年龄和从事剧烈体育锻炼是影响研究地区高血压的重要因素。应在该社区建立以社区为基础的高血压筛查项目。
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.21767/2049-5471.1000186
Ana Juana Tambasco
About 25% of strokes for elderly patients are due to acute cerebral hemorrhage. Consequently, treatments to improve prognosis should be identified. The aim of the present study is to identify a clinical nursing pathway for patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage, improving the clinical effects and nursing satisfaction and reducing adverse reactions.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.21767/2049-5471.1000184
Jordan A. Siegel, A. Humar, Hannah Cheng, Andrew Krane, N. Ahmed, A. Tevar, P. Gianaros, J. Steel
Background: The aims of the study were to examine if living donors followed the recommended UNOS medical visits postsurgery examinations and to assess if medical outcomes after donating a kidney were different by insurance status. Methods: Data was collected from the medical records of 680 consecutive living kidney donors between January 2010 and June 2015. Results: Significant predictors of having health insurance included higher levels of education (p=0.007) and being married (p=0.031). Post-surgical visits were lower for those without insurance at six months (43% versus 77%; p=0.029) and one year (35% versus 77%, p<0.001) than those with insurance. A robust trend was observed whereas lack of health insurance was predictive of higher systolic blood pressure (p=0.05). Significant predictors of higher systolic blood pressure included being older (p<0.001), male (p<0.001); and non-Caucasian (p=0.012). Significant predictors of higher diastolic blood pressure were being male (p<0.001) and non- Caucasian (p=0.020); and prior drug use (p=0.003). Conclusion: Development of interventions to improve postsurgical follow up for kidney donors without insurance is warranted to potentially reduce poor health outcomes such as hypertension post kidney donation.
{"title":"An Assurance of Insurance: Should Living Kidney Donors be Required to have Health Insurance?","authors":"Jordan A. Siegel, A. Humar, Hannah Cheng, Andrew Krane, N. Ahmed, A. Tevar, P. Gianaros, J. Steel","doi":"10.21767/2049-5471.1000184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21767/2049-5471.1000184","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The aims of the study were to examine if living donors followed the recommended UNOS medical visits postsurgery examinations and to assess if medical outcomes after donating a kidney were different by insurance status. Methods: Data was collected from the medical records of 680 consecutive living kidney donors between January 2010 and June 2015. Results: Significant predictors of having health insurance included higher levels of education (p=0.007) and being married (p=0.031). Post-surgical visits were lower for those without insurance at six months (43% versus 77%; p=0.029) and one year (35% versus 77%, p<0.001) than those with insurance. A robust trend was observed whereas lack of health insurance was predictive of higher systolic blood pressure (p=0.05). Significant predictors of higher systolic blood pressure included being older (p<0.001), male (p<0.001); and non-Caucasian (p=0.012). Significant predictors of higher diastolic blood pressure were being male (p<0.001) and non- Caucasian (p=0.020); and prior drug use (p=0.003). Conclusion: Development of interventions to improve postsurgical follow up for kidney donors without insurance is warranted to potentially reduce poor health outcomes such as hypertension post kidney donation.","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90560329","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 : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.194
Shakur S, Avondet C, S. K, Panahi S, Griffiths A, Izampuye E, K. A
{"title":"Piloting an Interactive Theater Program to Promote Intimate Partner Violence Awareness among Refugees Resettled In the United States","authors":"Shakur S, Avondet C, S. K, Panahi S, Griffiths A, Izampuye E, K. A","doi":"10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.194","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.194","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69692053","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 : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.195
Jones M, K. A, Elizabeth Levitt S, Juarez N, Holsti M
{"title":"Perspectives from Students in the Native American Summer Research Internship Program","authors":"Jones M, K. A, Elizabeth Levitt S, Juarez N, Holsti M","doi":"10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.195","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69692114","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 : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.1000193
T. Archer, M. Ricciardi
The conflicting and vicarious demands of occupations schedules, stressful life situations, unrestricted dietary habits, sedentary life-styles and metabolic compromization present some of the hazards that culminate in individuals’ sleep problems whether de facto experience, physiological expressions of health parameters or disorder/drug-related. Interventional therapies aimed at the avoidance of damaging insulin resistance and type II diabetes conditions extend the physical exercise benefits by their influences upon skeletal muscle tissue, with in addition exercise training inducing profound effects on adipose tissue. Regular exercise precludes nocturnal disturbance with associations to reductions in the prevalence of sleep disorders, i.e. most particularly obstructive sleep apnea and thereby improving sleep efficiency and integrity among, and across, most age-groups. In obstructive sleep apnea patients, dysregulated cardiovascular health, that may or may not counteract the elevated oxidative stress, proinflammatory development and sympathetic activation may alleviated through selective regimes of physical exercise. The presence of major gender difference in the quality and sufficiency of healthy sleep reinforces the requirement for selective life-styles to combat the encroachment of sleep inadequacy as a health hazard. Proper assessment of somatic and psychological health variables requires major planning and preparation.
{"title":"Health Benefit Manifestation of Improved Sleep, Physical Exercise and Selective Diets","authors":"T. Archer, M. Ricciardi","doi":"10.36648/2049-5471.1000193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2049-5471.1000193","url":null,"abstract":"The conflicting and vicarious demands of occupations schedules, stressful life situations, unrestricted dietary habits, sedentary life-styles and metabolic compromization present some of the hazards that culminate in individuals’ sleep problems whether de facto experience, physiological expressions of health parameters or disorder/drug-related. Interventional therapies aimed at the avoidance of damaging insulin resistance and type II diabetes conditions extend the physical exercise benefits by their influences upon skeletal muscle tissue, with in addition exercise training inducing profound effects on adipose tissue. Regular exercise precludes nocturnal disturbance with associations to reductions in the prevalence of sleep disorders, i.e. most particularly obstructive sleep apnea and thereby improving sleep efficiency and integrity among, and across, most age-groups. In obstructive sleep apnea patients, dysregulated cardiovascular health, that may or may not counteract the elevated oxidative stress, proinflammatory development and sympathetic activation may alleviated through selective regimes of physical exercise. The presence of major gender difference in the quality and sufficiency of healthy sleep reinforces the requirement for selective life-styles to combat the encroachment of sleep inadequacy as a health hazard. Proper assessment of somatic and psychological health variables requires major planning and preparation.","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82420851","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 : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.16.2.190
Hanan Alnuqaidan, Muayyad M. Ahmad
Purpose: This study aims to compare between highly-talented and low-talented nurses in regard to the quality of nursing care they provide as perceived by the nurses themselves. Methods: A descriptive comparative design was used to recruit all the available Kuwaiti nurses (N=72 nurses) from the 6 medical regions in Kuwait. Nurses’ talent was measured by using the self-assessment Nurse Competence Scale, the Gardner Career Commitment Scale, and the Nurses’ Contribution Scale. The quality of care was measured by the Nurses’ Assessment of Quality Scale. Results: 43 (59.7%) nurses were highly-talented. The findings revealed that there were no significant differences between the low-talented and the highly-talented nurses in terms of their characteristics. However, the quality of nursing care was better among the group of highly-talented nurses. Conclusion: One way to assess talent in nursing is by assessing the competence, the commitment, and the contribution of the nurses.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.196
Helen Dempsey-Henofer
Nonreligious people are underrepresented in the literature guiding end-of-life care. Moreover, much of what is written about nonreligious patients is written from a religious perspective. To address this deficit, the author conducted descriptive research by surveying online social media group participants using a quantitative questionnaire and qualitative feedback (N=263). Participants responded from closed social media groups for nonreligious people. Survey questions and responses offer insight into a nonreligious end-of-life dyad on the interrelated perceptions and experiences of nonreligious people regarding end-of-life healthcare. Participants responded to questions that assessed individual worldview description, openness to hospice services, feelings regarding chaplain services, expectations regarding fear of death, feelings on religious phrases, experiences of marginalization associated with their nonreligious affiliation, and perspectives regarding healthcare providers’ competency providing care for nonreligious people. Though not comprehensive, the survey results indicate common experiences and perspectives, which can in- form end-of-life practitioners providing care to this population. Through qualitative feedback, survey participants shared their experiences in healthcare settings and expressed a desire for healthcare professionals to be more aware of the needs of nonreligious people. Both the quantitative responses and qualitative feedback of participants is used to inform practice implications and recommendations made for caring for the whole nonreligious person.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.197
Ellina P, Middleton N, L. E., Kouta C
{"title":"Investigation of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health-Related Quality of Life across Europe: A Systematic Review","authors":"Ellina P, Middleton N, L. E., Kouta C","doi":"10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.197","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.36648/2049-5471.16.3.197","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69692262","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 : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.21767/2049-5471.1000188
G. R. Zarallo, María Zoraida Clavijo Chamorro, A. Luque, Rocío Mendo Condón
Introduction: Tobacco use is a major public health problem, a cause of premature and preventable morbidity and mortality, which often begins in adolescence. Objective: To analyze the prevalence and associated factors related to tobacco consumption among secondary, high school and university students of Caceres (Spain). Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of secondary, high school and university students from the city of Caceres, over 14 years old. Sociodemographic and consumption data and factors related to tobacco were collected. For the bivariate analysis Chi square was used for the qualitative variable. Results: 209 students have participated. The prevalence of tobacco consumption was usually 27.8%, 27.8% occasional and 44.5% were not consumers. The female gender with 30.6% and 20-24 years, those that contain the highest proportion of smokers. The factors related to starting smoking were other reasons (44%), tendency (16.4%) and relaxation (18.1%), which shows statistically significant differences (p<0.005). Almost all smokers, whether habitual or casual, have thought about stopping smoking (47.4%) or maybe they could try it (37.1%). Conclusion: The rate of tobacco users is high among students. This suggests the need to implement health education programs to prevent and reduce the rate of tobacco use since adolescence, to prevent them from adopting or maintaining this habit in adulthood, since a high percentage of smokers have thought in quitting smoking.
{"title":"Prevalence and Factors Related to Tobacco Use in Adolescent Students","authors":"G. R. Zarallo, María Zoraida Clavijo Chamorro, A. Luque, Rocío Mendo Condón","doi":"10.21767/2049-5471.1000188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21767/2049-5471.1000188","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Tobacco use is a major public health problem, a cause of premature and preventable morbidity and mortality, which often begins in adolescence. Objective: To analyze the prevalence and associated factors related to tobacco consumption among secondary, high school and university students of Caceres (Spain). Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of secondary, high school and university students from the city of Caceres, over 14 years old. Sociodemographic and consumption data and factors related to tobacco were collected. For the bivariate analysis Chi square was used for the qualitative variable. Results: 209 students have participated. The prevalence of tobacco consumption was usually 27.8%, 27.8% occasional and 44.5% were not consumers. The female gender with 30.6% and 20-24 years, those that contain the highest proportion of smokers. The factors related to starting smoking were other reasons (44%), tendency (16.4%) and relaxation (18.1%), which shows statistically significant differences (p<0.005). Almost all smokers, whether habitual or casual, have thought about stopping smoking (47.4%) or maybe they could try it (37.1%). Conclusion: The rate of tobacco users is high among students. This suggests the need to implement health education programs to prevent and reduce the rate of tobacco use since adolescence, to prevent them from adopting or maintaining this habit in adulthood, since a high percentage of smokers have thought in quitting smoking.","PeriodicalId":90151,"journal":{"name":"Diversity and equality in health and care","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84310270","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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