1.Perceptions and attitudes of 4th year medical students in clinical clerkship in the era of the Coronavirus disease 2019.
Journal of the Philippine Medical Association 2022;100(2):22-44
BACKGROUND:
In the advent of coronavirus disease
2019 global crisis, hands-on patient care and inhospital
training of fourth year medical students
were suspended across the globe and shifted to
remote online education. The aim of this study is to
assess the perception and attitude of the 4th year
medical students about clinical clerkship training
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS:
An online survey was sent to fourth-year
medical students in three medical schools in lloilo
City, from July 2021 to October 2021. The survey
questionnaire is a combined dichotomous, multiplechoice,
and Likert response scale questions.
RESULTS:
Of the hundred sixty-eight students who
completed the online survey, sixty-six percent did
not experience hospital rotation. On average,
students were very interested in COVID-19 (8.83)
and willing to join in patient care if requested by a
hospital or university to help during COVID-19
pandemic (8.65), but felt they were not ready (70%)
due to a lack of the ability for clinical practice
(90%). Most (82%) of the students expressed they
wanted to maintain hands-on clinical practice
education despite the pandemic. Overall, students
who have experienced hospital rotation have a
higher level of understanding of how much their life,
behavior (9.30), and role as a medical student (9 .74)
were affected by the pandemic as compared to the
rest of the students.
CONCLUSION
This present pandemic has affected the
medical students as a whole in areas of their role
as students, behavior, and life. Their lack of
confidence despite willingness to help correlated
to their inadequate clinical experience. Specific
policy adjustments concerning the curriculum of
clinical clerkship during this time of pandemic
should be revisited to tailor fit the students"
needs for safe education to help them prepare to
become a competent medical practitioner.
Attitude
2.Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the Filipino version of the Attitude to Disability Scale
Krysta Ellieza C. Perez ; Frances Rom M. Lunar ; Marvin Louie S. Ignacio ; Yves Y. Palad
Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development 2022;26(CAMP-UPM Issue):23-32
Background:
Negative attitudes towards disability must be addressed to promote better quality of life for Filipino persons with disability, but measures to identify these attitudes are not available in the local context. The World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life Disability Group's Attitude to Disability Scale (ADS) was identified to be a promising tool for this due to the participatory and cross-cultural approach used for its development and its good psychometric properties.
Objectives:
This study aimed to culturally adapt the ADS – Physical Disability forms to Filipino. The study also aimed to determine the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the translated forms.
Methodology:
The translation process followed recommendations from literature and WHO. The translated forms were pre-tested on 12 Filipino participants with similar profiles to target users to refine the translated forms. Data collection on 362 participants in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces was conducted to evaluate internal consistency of the forms using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Ninety-seven participants underwent retesting to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the translated forms using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC).
Results:
The translation process ensured semantic and conceptual equivalence with the original form and experiential appropriateness for Filipino use. Both translated forms demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.67 to 0.82). ICC estimates suggest poor to moderate test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.220 to 0.705).
Conclusion
The ADS - Physical Disability forms were culturally adapted to Filipino and were found to reliably measure attitudes towards disability of Filipinos, save for some improvements for test-retest reliability. Further studies are also recommended to ascertain the forms' validity.
Attitude
3.Assessment of attitude and practices toward breaking the bad news among physicians in a national tertiary government hospital for infectious diseases from October 2020 to October 2021
Leslie Mae T. Guy ; Racquel P. Evangelista-Lopez ; Ferdinand De Guzman
The Filipino Family Physician 2023;61(2):217-221
Background:
Delivering bad news to patients is one of the most difficult tasks of physicians that play a big role in the process of treatment and cooperation of patients. Patients generally have the right to be informed of their condition, but the debate over the importance of the attitude of telling the truth is still an issue.
Objective:
This study aimed to understand the attitude and practices toward breaking the bad news among physicians in a National Tertiary Government Hospital for infectious Diseases from October 2020 to October 2021.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study was conducted at the San Lazaro Hospital from October 2020 to October 2021. A self-administered questionnaire was adapted to elicit information on physicians’ knowledge and practices about breaking bad news to patients and their families. Inclusion criteria included all the practicing physicians assigned in the clinical areas either full time or part time medical specialists, residents and fellows and hospitalist in San Lazaro Hospital. Physicians who were assigned in the non-clinical areas and did not see or handle patients and non-employees of the institution and who refused to sign the informed consent were excluded. Total Purposive Sampling was utilized. Data were gathered using a validated 3-part 34 item personally administered questionnaire and was presented in Descriptive Statistics Frequency distribution for the demographics, ANOVA, Linear regression analysis.
Results:
A total of 100 participants was included and based on socio-demographic characteristics of respondents toward breaking the bad news. Majority of the respondents were aged 35 – 54 years old with 52 or 52%, female with 69 or 69%, were fellows with 41 or 41%, specialty was Family Medicine with 36 or 36%, and majority of the respondent’s qualification was GP with training with 46 or 46%. The study revealed that sex (t = -2.070, p = 0.042) had significant association to the attitude and practices toward breaking the bad news among practicing physicians at 0.05 level of significance. Thus, male respondents has had higher attitude and practices toward breaking the bad news as compare to female respondents.
Conclusion
According to the findings of this study, clinicians at San Lazaro Hospital demonstrated a good attitude and practice regarding breaking the bad news between October 2020 and October 2021. The researcher believed want to help their patients, and most of them have the necessary knowledge and skills for breaking bad news.
Attitude
4.Obesity - risk and our attitude
Journal of Practical Medicine 2002;435(11):16-19
The obesity is growing in the Western Pacific Region. Currently, is have been not the major health problem in viet nam; however, the experts anticipated a rapid rise in prevalence in viet Nam during coming years, with high prevalence will be found in youngsters. The prevalence of obesity is highest in people aged 20 - 50 years. Women are more susceptible than men. The prevalence is increasing with the growth of the socioeconomic and different according to geographic, race and ethnic characteristics. Studies demonstrated that the criteria for obese classification applied for Europeans and Americans could not be used for Asians, especially for people from ASEAN countries. WHO introduced new criteria for this condition that can apply to this region since year 2000. To prevent effectively this condition, Viet Nam must implement active and appropriate measures right now.
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Attitude
5.Current attitude of families when the children were ill in Vietnam
Journal of Practical Medicine 2000;392(12):93-95
The use of health services was an important factor to reflect knowledge, behavior and level of "health culture" of parent when their children were ill. Only 28.3% of children were received consultation and treatment under indication of physicians. The rest patients were diagnosed and treated according to habit, experiences. More than 83% of interviewees answered the poor people did not come to see a doctor because high hospital bursar compared with their income. That was main cause of increase of morbidity and mortality rate in children, especially in the mountain and remote areas.
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6.Attitudes, barriers and facilitators to the conduct of research in government hospitals: a cross-sectional study among specialists in government hospitals, northern states of Malaysia
Teh Lei Choo ; Prema Muninathan ; Choy Mun Pung ; G.R. Letchuman Ramanathan
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2017;72(1):26-31
Introduction: Specialists constitute a major ‘driving force’
and catalyst for growth of research in their speciality. A
clearer understanding is required as to what motivates their
participation in research as well as the barriers they faced.
This research aims to study the attitudes, barriers and
facilitators faced by specialists and to identify strategies to
promote and sustain research activities in their hospitals.
Methodology: A cross-sectional survey using selfadministered
questionnaires was conducted among all
specialists working in government specialist hospitals in the
northern states of Malaysia.
Results: Out of 733 questionnaires distributed, 467 were
returned giving a response rate of 63.7%. Ninety-nine
percent of the respondents believed that research benefits
patients while 93.3% think research helps in their
professional development. However, 34.8% think that under
their present working conditions, it is unlikely they will
participate in research. The major barriers identified were
lack of funds for research (81%); lack access to expertise,
software or statistical analysis (78.4%); interference with
daily work schedule (75.1%) and inconsistent manpower in
their department (74.2%). There are three barriers with
statistically significant difference between hospitals with
CRC compared to hospitals without CRC; lack of funds,
mentors and access to expertise, software or statistical
analysis. The demographic factors, attitudes and barriers
contributing to involvement in research also investigated.
The main facilitators for the conduct of research are
potential to benefit patients and potential for professional
development.
Conclusion: Taking note of the findings, the Ministry of
Health can implement appropriate strategies to improve
specialist participation in research.
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Attitude
7.Knowledge, attitude, and intention to practice pre-marital testing among midwifery students in Vietnam
Chinh Van Nguyen ; Nhan Thi Nguyen ; Tram Thi My Nguyen
Philippine Journal of Nursing 2021;91(1):74-80
Background:
Hereditary diseases are considered one of the most common causes of death and morbidity in infants and children. It significantly burdens the health system, family, and society. Pre-marital testing is one of the most proactive and effective ways to prevent hereditary diseases, infectious diseases, and congenital abnormalities.
Purpose:
To examine the level of knowledge and attitudes regarding pre-marital testing and the intention to practice pre-marital testing; and, To identify the correlation between knowledge, attitudes, and intention to practice pre-marital testing among midwifery students.
Methods:
Adescriptive correlational study was conducted from May to July 2020 among 150 midwifery students at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The research consists of a questionnaire with four main parts: demographic characteristics, knowledge about pre-marital testing, attitudes toward pre-marital testing, and intention to practice pre-marital testing. Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis were used for data analysis. The significance level of the statistical test was set up at α = .05.
Results:
The average age of students was 21.73 years old, most of them were unmarried (98%). More than three-quarters (80.7%) of them had good knowledge about pre-marital testing and (88.7%) of them had a positive attitude towards pre-marital testing. Most students (94.7%) have an intention to use a pre-marital test and believe in its benefits. Knowledge was positively correlated with intention to practice pre-marital testing (X2 = 5.10, p = 0.02). Likewise, attitude toward pre-marital testing was positively correlated with the intention to practice pre-marital testing (X2 = 12.57, p < 0.001).
Conclusions
The findings emphasized the important role of health education which is a keystone in improving pre-marital
knowledge, attitudes, and the practice of pre-marital testing to prevent hereditary diseases and improve people's health.
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8.Survey on knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and information, education and communication (IEC) in malaria control for Raglai people, Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province
Journal of Malaria and parasite diseases Control 2003;0(1):22-30
A cross-sectional survey on KAP and local IEC activities in malaria control for the ethnic minority people of Raglay was carried out in Khanh Hoa province's Khanh Vinh district in order to produce appropriate IEC materials for this group of population. The interviews of 400 random samples from 8 villages of two communes showed that 85.93% of respondents correctly understood the causes of malaria, 94.47% seek treatment in the health center if they got ill, and 82.22% correctly knew how to prevent from malaria. IEC for malaria control was made mainly through the local mass media of loudspeakers and health workers. Posters and leaflets were found to be poor and not highly effective. It is recommended to implement IEC campaigns on the face to face basis, community meetings, and network of local health communicators.
Malaria
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Therapeutics
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Knowledge
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Attitude
9.How People Understand Death: a Coorientational Look.
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 1998;28(2):270-279
Since death is an extremely subjective and unique experience, if we take into account the lack of understanding about death due to the difficulty in methodology, it is very important to try to understand the subjectivity of death. In this respect, Q-methodology that explains and shows the respondents' subjectivity by objectifying his subjectivity is employed as a solution to the questions in this study. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to provide data on how medical personnel should treat their patients, when, it comes to death ; by finding out the opinions of those who are being treated, namely the patients, and those who are providing the treatment, namely the medical personnel. It also by examined the characteristics and relationships between these two groups on attitudes to death. The results of this study show that medical personnel have two(fate-recipient, reality-oriented) types of response and patients have three(religion-dependent, science-adherent, sardonist) types. Medical personnel saw patients as having three(life-attached, traditionalist, death-rejector) types of response and to patients saw medical personnel as having two(rationalist, humanist)types. The relationship between the above-mentioned types will be examined in a coorientation model, the subjectivity of the medical personnel and the patient toward death indicates a relatively high understanding between the two groups under the great proposition of 'death'. Therefore, in their relationship with people who are facing death, the provider of care, namely the medical personnel, should identify the subjectivity of the patient before approaching them. By doing this, they can minimize the conflicts they might experience in establishing a therapeutic relationship, reduce suffering, and help the patient in greeting a more comfortable death. Throughout the study, Q-methodology expands out understanding of coorientation model that has only been approached with R-methodology. This study confirmed Q's potentiality and its validity in human subjective matters.
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Humans
10.Hepatic trauma \ufffd?determinants to treatment attitude in Viet Duc hospital
Quyet Tien Nguyen ; Hien Trong Duong ; Nghia Quang Nguyen
Journal of Surgery 2007;57(1):34-43
Background: Hepatic trauma is the second injury of closed abdominal injury, but it is the leading cause of death. The most of hepatic trauma due to closed abdominal injury caused by traffic accident. Objectives: To assess determinants to treatment attitude of hepatic trauma patients treated in Viet Duc hospital. Subjects and method: A cross-section descriptive study was conducted on 157 patients with closed abdominal injury (118 male, 39 female), was diagnosed with hepatic trauma, treated in Viet Duc hospital from January, 2004 to April, 2006. Results: The average age of patients were 28.9\xb113 for male, 28.8\xb112 for female. The common occupations were farmers (35.7%), workers (14.6%), no professional 14.6% and other jobs (35.1%). Combined injuries included: cranial trauma (9.6%), facial trauma (10.2%), chest trauma (17.2%), major bone trauma (7.6%). 19.7% patients with combined injuries were operated. 130 patients with hepatic trauma (82.2%) was detected by ultrasound, 1 patient with splenic trauma combined hepatic repture. The differences between shock of admission, level of hepatic trauma and the amount of blood in abdominal CT scans to treatment attitude were having a statistically significant with p<0.001, p<0.001 and p=0.005, respective. Conclusion: Recently, the treatment attitudes with hepatic trauma patients have more changed. Hemodynamic stability, clinical close monitoring, excluding combined injuries required surgery and assessing injuries by CT scans are important factors to indicate conservation therapy for hepatic trauma. Conservation therapy is safe and effective in the treatment of hepatic trauma in Viet Duc hospital.
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