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Patient’s Knowledge and Satisfaction Regarding Nursing services and Physical Infrastructure of a Tertiary Care Hospital Situated in Rural area of Northern India (Haryana) Manisha Rani1 , Jyoti Phougat2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13390

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Background: Nowadays health care quality is a universal concern. The health sector is changing rapidlydue to the escalating requirements and desires of patients. The most appropriate method to measure a client’sexperiences about available hospital services is a patient satisfaction survey. Present study aimed to assesspatient’s knowledge and satisfaction regarding nursing services and physical infrastructure. Methods: 330patients were selected by purposive sampling technique attending various indoor departments of the selectedhospital. Self-structured checklist and three-point rating scale each containing a total 90 sets of items usedto assess knowledge and satisfaction. The reliability coefficient for the knowledge tool was 0.87 by KR 20and satisfaction was found 0.85 by Cronbach’s Alpha. Result: Study results showed that more than half(59.7 %) patients had very good level of knowledge regarding availability of services. 72.4% & 69.7% ofpatients were satisfied with Nursing services and physical infrastructure facilities respectively. Item wisedistribution of level of satisfaction among patients regarding nursing services reveals that “nurses hearyou carefully(64.5%)”, “explain patient’s condition to the family (64.5%),” and “Adequate space in ward(75.5%)” was found ranked 1st with the highest satisfaction, whereas “provide psychological counseling”,“Toilet facility and cleanliness(32.1%)” was found ranked lowest. A significant low positive correlation foundbetween mean knowledge and satisfaction scores regarding nursing services and physical infrastructure asevident by computed ‘r’ value (0.38)Conclusion: Using these necessary responses from the patients, various shortcomings can be pointed outand notify to hospital administration for improvement of the nursing care services & physical infrastructure.
Medicolegal cases : A Potential Source of Coronavirus (SARSCoV-2) Infection in Indian Police Personnel Mayank Gupta1 , Amit Kumar Nayak2 , Praveen Kumar Tiwari3 , Taneesha Gupta4 , Surendra Kumar Pandey5
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India accompanies the world witnessing a rapidly spreading global pandemic of Covid-19. On 24 March,the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown that triggered the mass migration of daily wagesworkers back to their native states. Without prior testing for SARS-CoV-2, it imposed a new challengetowards the authorities to prevent the possible spread of infection. The study aims to determine the infectionstatus of migrants who died in the jurisdiction of Varanasi district during their journey and the possible risk ofspread of Covid-19 to frontline workers. The study was conducted between 24 March 2020 and 10 July 2020.A total of 6 cases came to our department who died during travel. The nasopharyngeal and oropharyngealswabs were taken after the body arrived in the mortuary and sent for detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCRmethod to the Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), Department of Microbiology of ourInstitute. A total of six cases were included in this study, of which 3 were positive for SARS-CoV-2 whileothers were negative. None of them had symptoms of Covid-19 infection, such as respiratory difficulties,sore throat or fever. The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were limitedin scope to hospital deaths and lacked guidelines to be followed by police personnel while investigatingunnatural deaths. This brings the police personnel at risk of contracting Covid-19 infection as the cases aregetting tested after the arrival at mortuary. The only way of protection is prevention, which mandates layingdown the guidelines at the earliest.
Lunar Cycle and its Correlation with Unnatural Death in Different Age Group Mayank Gupta1 , Amit Kumar Nayak2 , Praveen Kumar Tiwari3
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It is believed abstraction that the Planets and stars influence human health and psychology is a popular notionin astrological science in India. However, debates are still ongoing about the exact effects and their extentand quality. This study aims to deduce the correlation between unnatural deaths in different age groups andthe lunar cycle in 2819 cases. The cases were selected from the dead bodies brought into the mortuary of thedepartment for medico-legal postmortem examination from the various police stations of Varanasi betweenthe duration of 1st January 2013 to 17th July 2014. The compiled data were studied and analyzed statisticallyby employing the ‘one-way parametric ANOVA.’ It was observed that out of 2819 cases the most affectedage group was between 21-40 years (52.4%) followed by the age group 41-60 years (23.1%) and 13-20 years(13.7%). The insignificant rise in unnatural death among different phases of the lunar cycle of different agegroups indicates minimal correlation and association with the lunar cycle. A detailed study may be done inthe future considering one parameter at a time.
Role of High Technology Medical Devices and Its Uses in Patient Care Mrideema Yadav1 , Shailesh Kr. Singh2 , Amit Kumar Pandey3 , Aseervatham Achary4 , Sandeep Tiwari5
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The healthcare sector has a vision of providing the best medical facilities to their patients leading to betterhealth care and minimum of medical errors. The healthcare sector tries to provide the patients access to highquality medical devices, safe and security, effective technology and safe products for their health. Increasingcomplexity of medical technology and consequences for training and outcome of care. The healthcare sectorhas created a safe sense of services with enhanced and swift technology which is patient reported outcomesto help the patients rate the quality and working of the hospitals to get a clearer picture. This is possible onlywith the help of technology and this research paper is a primary data based exploration where techlogy is inthe centre.
Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic: Anxiety, Stress & Depression among University Students Mridul1 , Bandana Bisht2 , Dhariti Sharma3 , Navdeep Kaur4
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COVID-19 pandemic has not only put people at risk of developing physical illness but also face mentaldistress. This pandemic disease is impacting almost every sector of economy as well as Indian educationsector that includes school, colleges and institutes. As everything is virtual with no physical movementmost of the mental health illnesses were triggered rapidly such as Depression, Anxiety and Stress. A crosssectional descriptive study design was done to assess the level of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in gradstudents who were undergoing online classes and the population for research study was all students studyingin bachelors’ program of universities. The sample size was 159 students and the tool used for the researchstudy was DASS 21. The researcher concluded that majority of students experienced moderate Depression27(16.98%), Anxiety27 (16.98%) and stress 23 (14.46%) due to online classes.
Reflection of Stress in the Oral Cavity Mutum Sangeeta Devi1, Manju J2 , Takhellambam Dhanapati Devi3 , Binita Sorokhaibam4 , Ravi Ranjan5
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Stress is based on the physical, mental, or emotional reaction to events which cause tension in the body ormind. Different types of diseases affect the human body, some of which may have an unknown etiology. Itis one such etiology that predisposes many diseases. Dentists often come across patients in their everydaypractice showing signs of stress and about their oral manifestations in the form of recurrent aphthous ulcer,oral lichen planus, and temporomandibular disorders, xerostomia, burning mouth syndrome, bruxism,periodontal disease, dental caries. Identification of such an emotional or psychological disorder stands tobenefit both the patient and the practitioner. Consequently, psychological management should be consideredwhen treating patients with any of these psychosomatic disorders. This review literature discussed commonoral manifestation of stress.
Parental Perception on the Effect of Various Factors in a Dental Clinic Affecting Child’s Behaviour Neethu Ann Preethy1 , Deepa Gurunathan2
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Background: Societal, professional views and parenting styles have evolved tremendously over the years.Thus, it is important to understand the parental perceptions on the various factors influencing child behaviourin the dental clinic.Aim: To record and evaluate the parent’s views regarding the various factors that influence child behaviourin a dental clinic.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 164 parents who were asked tocomplete a close-ended questionnaire divided into 4 categories- dentist, dental clinical settings, dentaltreatments and child related factors. This data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.Results: According to the study results, the parents perceived that the dental treatments and dental settingsplayed a significant role (p< 0.05) that affected the child’s behaviour in a dental clinic. There was nosignificant differences between the “yes” and “no” responses for the dentist and child related factors.Conclusion: The parental attitudes and styles are constantly changing as the society evolves. Thus it isimportant to understand and reassess their beliefs and update our way of managing the dental setup andtreatments regularly.
Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Expressed Practices Regarding the First Aid Management of Epilepsy among Patient’s Family Members in Selected Hospitals of Ambala, Haryana Neha Singh1 , Uma J. Deaver2 , Manpreet Sharma3 , Manish Bathla4 , Jyoti Sarin5
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The epilepsy is a symptom complex of several disorders of brain function characterized by recurring seizures.Practically epilepsy is not a disease but a symptom that may lead to further mental diseases. It includes lossof consciousness, excess movement or loss of muscle tone or movement, disturbances of behaviour, mood,sensation, and perception. Only the patient experiences the Epileptic fits or seizures causing a “sensation”within him/her. Most important thing in the epilepsy first aid management we have to stay calm; mostseizures last less than a few minutes. Help the person having the seizure from getting hurt by movingany nearby objects out of the way, as necessary.The research includes Quantitative approach and quasiexperimental non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Total 60 patient’s family members (30 inexperimental group and 30 in comparison group) were recruited. Conveniently 1 hospital were selected andthen the sample was chosen by convenience sampling technique. Tools in the study were selected variables,structured knowledge questionnaire and structured expressed practices scale. The mean post-test knowledgescore of experimental group was higher (14.67) than the mean post test score of comparison group (9.77)which was found to be statistically significant (‘t’ = 2.21, p = 0.00**) at the 0.05 level of significance. Themean post-test expressed practices score of the experimental group was higher (91.87) than the mean posttest expressed practices score of comparison group (74.50), which was found to be statistically significant (‘t’= 14.46, p =0.00**) at the 0.05 level of significance. No significant association was found among knowledgescores and expressed practices scores regarding first aid management of epilepsy among patient’s familymembers with selected variable. Video assisted teaching was effective to improve the knowledge andexpressed practices regarding First aid management Epilepsy among patient’s family members as there wasa significant difference between experimental and comparison group.
Variation in the Shapes of Coronoid Process of Dry Human Mandible of Gujarat Region Nirali Chavda1 , Priyanka Sharma2 , Kinjal Jethva3 , Kantilal Parmar4 , Hetal Vaishanani 5, A.R.Gand
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Introduction: Coronoid process is single the bony processes of the ramus of the mandible. It is a thin, triangulareminence, which is flattened from side to side. It differ in shape and size. The importance of frequency in theshapes of Coronoid process is important for maxillofacial surgeons as a graft material as well as for anthropologistsfor the detection of races.Aim: To determine the different shape of Coronoid process of mandible in both sides.Materials and Method: The Present study was conducted on 50 mandibles from the department of Anatomy,Baroda Medical College, Baroda. Variations in the shapes were observed, and photographs were taken.Results: Triangular shape of Coronoid process was most prominent as compare to hook and round shape.Triangular shaped Coronoid was seen in 70% shaped (Type: I) followed by Rounded shaped 26%, Hookshaped was least 4% respectively.Conclusion: This study will be helpful for maxillofacial surgeons, anatomists, forensic researchers,anthropologists.
Development of Physical and Mental Abilities in Fulfilling Children’s Rights in the Program of ‘Kampung Anak Negeri’ in Surabaya Novira Maharani Sukma1 , Irawati1
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As an obligation to protect the children, both physically and mentally, every child must be provided inaccordance with their welfare by providing guarantees for the fulfillment of children’s rights. The Indonesiangovernment’s concern for the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights has actually existed since theenactment of Law Number 4 of 1979 concerning Child Welfare. However, until the promulgation of theChild Protection Act to date, welfare and fulfillment of children’s rights are still far from what they shouldbe, mostly for street children and neglected children. The purpose of this research is to study how the effortsto fulfill children’s rights through the program specifically for street children and neglected children. Themethod used in this research is normative juridical. Based on the results of the study, that the KampungAnak Negeri Program in Surabaya was made as a social service for the fulfillment of children’s rights in theorphanage system, including meeting the needs of food, clothing, and shelter, as well as mental and spiritualguidance, behavior, children’s talents, and business skills that can improve child welfare after leaving later.