1.Evaluation on the healing effects of "Bot ngam tri" (herbal medicine for soaking anus), used in post-operation
Journal Reasearch of Vietnam Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy 2004;0(12):24-28
The study assessed effects of “Bot ngam tri” in treatment for patients in Surgery Department of the National Hospital of Traditional Medicine. The results: “Bot ngam tri” improved wounds for patients after haemorrhoid surgery. 15 day after treatment, good result was 83.3%, moderate result was 16.7% and poor result was 0%. The medicine had effects with dose 10 gam per soak time, twice a day. There was not clinical and subclinical side effects
Medicine, Herbal
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surgery
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Wound Healing
2.Using Online Respondent Driven Sampling for Vietnamese Youths' Alcohol Use and Associated Risk Factors.
Melvyn W B ZHANG ; Bach Xuan TRAN ; Huong Lan Thi NGUYEN ; Huong Thi LE ; Nguyen Hoang LONG ; Huong Thi LE ; Nguyen Duc HINH ; Tran Dinh THO ; Bao Nguyen LE ; Vu Thi Minh THUC ; Chau NGO ; Nguyen Huu TU ; Carl A LATKIN ; Roger CM HO
Healthcare Informatics Research 2017;23(2):109-118
OBJECTIVES: The average alcohol consumption per capita among Vietnamese adults has consistently increased. Although alcohol-related disorders have been extensively studied, there is a paucity of research shedding light on this issue among Internet users. The study aimed to examine the severity of alcohol-related disorders and other associated factors that might predispose individuals towards alcohol usage in a sample of youths recruited online. METHODS: An online cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,080 Vietnamese youths. A standardized questionnaire was used. Respondent-driven sampling was applied to recruit participants. Multivariate logistic and Tobit regressions were utilized to identify the associated factors. RESULTS: About 59.5% of the males and 12.7% of the total youths declared that they were actively using alcohol. From the total sample, a cumulative total of 32.3% of the participants were drinking alcohol, with 21.8% and 25.0% of the participants being classified as drinking hazardously and binge drinkers, respectively. The majority of the participants (60.7%) were in the pre-contemplative stage. CONCLUSIONS: A high prevalence of hazardous drinking was recognized among online Vietnamese youths. In addition, we found relationships between alcohol use disorder and other addictive disorders, such as tobacco smoking and water-pipe usage. Our results highlighted that the majority of the individuals are not receptive to the idea of changing their alcohol habits, and this would imply that there ought to be more government effort towards the implementation of effective alcohol control policies.
Adolescent
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Adult
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Alcohol Drinking
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Alcohol-Related Disorders
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Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Drinking
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Humans
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Internet
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Male
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors*
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Smoking
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Surveys and Questionnaires*
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Vietnam