Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) suffer more than 2 million occupational needle-stick injuries (NSIs) annually. Goal: To determine the global prevalence and causes of NSIs among HCWs. Methods: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, three databases (PubMed, Web of science, and Scopus) were searched for reports from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018. The random effects model was used to determine the prevalence of NSIs among HCWs. Hoy et al.’s instrument was employed to evaluate the quality of the included studies. Findings: A total of 87 studies performed on 50,916 HCWs in 31 countries worldwide were included in the study. The one-year global pooled prevalence of NSIs among HCWs was 44.5% (95% CI: 35.7, 53.2). Highest prevalence of NSIs occurred in the South East Asia region at 58.2% (95%, CI: 36.7, 79.8). By job category, prevalence of NSIs was highest among dentists at 59.1% (95% CI: 38.8, 79.4), Hypodermic needles were the most common cause of NSIs at 55.1% (95% CI: 41.4, 68.9). Conclusion: The current high prevalence of NSIs among HCWs suggests need to improve occupational health services and needle-stick education programs globally.

https://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.5334/aogh.2698/galley/2898/download/

Global Prevalence and Device Related Causes of Needle Stick Injuries among Health Care Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The Parental Stressor Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PSS:NICU) is a well-validated tool to assess different sources of stress in parents during the NICU hospitalization of their infant. The present meta-analytic study assessed the relative impact of different NICU-related sources of parental stress in a pool of studies conducted in a wide set of different countries. Also, differences in stress levels by parent gender and country, as well as the impact of infants’ neonatal characteristics and clinical conditions were explored. Records were searched on PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science (January 1993–December 2019). A purposive open search string was adopted: [“PSS:NICU”] OR [“PSS-NICU”] OR [“Parental Stressor Scale”]. A multiple random-effect meta-analysis was conducted on data from 53 studies extracted by independent coders. Parental role alteration emerged as the greatest source of stress for both mothers and fathers. Mothers reported higher stress levels compared to fathers. A significant difference emerged only for the subscale related to sights and sounds physical stimuli. No significant effects of infants’ neonatal characteristics (gestational age, birth weight) and clinical conditions (comorbidities) emerged. A marginal positive effect of NICU length of stay emerged on the global level of parents’ stress. The current meta-analysis underlines that parental stress related to NICU admission is a worldwide healthcare issue. Immediate and tailored support to parents after the birth of their at-risk infant should be prioritized to reduce parental stress and to promote mothers and fathers’ emotional well-being and new-born neurodevelopmental outcomes.

A global perspective on parental stress in the neonatal intensive care unit: a meta-analytic study

Findings suggest that the SBP increases the likelihood that a student eats a substantive breakfast and that it also leads to a higher-quality breakfast.

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Eating Breakfast: Effects of the School Breakfast Program.

Parents’ Responses to Stress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Aims and objectives: To present parents’ lived experience of having a preterm infant cared for at the neonatal unit until discharge from hospital-based neonatal home care (HNHC). Background: Becoming a parent to a preterm infant has been reported as an experience that may influence the parent's lifeworld also after discharge. Interventions have been implemented at the NICUs, for example introduction of family-centred care aiming to reduce parent–infant separation, increased integration of the parents, to support them in their altered parental role. Design: A descriptive phenomenological interview study. Methods: Six parent couples at a NICU in Sweden were included and interviewed individually after discharge from HNHC. The interviews were analysed from the perspective of caring sciences using a descriptive phenomenological method. The study followed the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist. Result: The journey from birth to discharge from hospital-based neonatal home care affected the parents’ lifeworld. The parents’ experiences differed. Mothers experienced more physiological reactions that triggered feelings of existential loneliness and guilt and difficulties in combining the role of mother with partner. The fathers faced conflicts managing their partners’ demands, family challenges and employers who claimed their time and energy, which negatively affected their transition into fatherhood. Both mothers and fathers experienced ambivalent feelings in the relationships with the professional staff, which was more strongly expressed by the mothers. Conclusion: It is important for healthcare providers to help parents clarify their individual needs and values in caring for a preterm infant to help them achieve parental and family well-being. Relevance to clinical practice: These findings can guide healthcare providers to help parents improve care for their preterm infants in the NICU. Integrating a person-centred approach such as supportive person-centred dialogues focused on parents’ individual needs might be one way to support parents. (Less)

Parents' journey caring for a preterm infant until discharge from hospital-based neonatal home care-A challenging process to cope with.

Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Sleep Disturbance among Jordanian Mothers and Fathers of Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Preliminary Study

1. Faculty of Nursing, Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan 2. Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan 3. Faculty of Nursing, Irbid National University, Irbid, Jordan 4. Faculty of Nursing, Al-AlBayt University, Al-Mafraq, Jordan 5. Faculty of Nursing, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan 6. Faculty of Allied Medical Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology Irbid, Jordan

https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/5568/4560

Quality of Life and Fatigue among Jordanian Cancer Patients

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an asthma education program on schoolteachers' knowledge. Pre-test-post-test experimental randomized controlled design was used. A multistage-cluster sampling technique was used to randomly select governorate, primary schools, and schoolteachers. Schoolteachers were randomly assigned either to the experimental group (n = 36) and attended three educational sessions or to the control group (n = 38) who did not receive any intervention. Knowledge about asthma was measured using the Asthma General Knowledge Questionnaire for Adults (AGKQA). The results indicated that teachers in the experimental group showed significantly (p < .001) higher knowledge of asthma in the first post-test and the second post-test compared with those in the control group. Implementing asthma education enhanced schoolteachers' knowledge of asthma. The asthma education program should target schoolteachers to improve knowledge about asthma.

The effect of asthma education program on knowledge of school teachers: a randomized controlled trial.

BackgroundHealthcare workers are exposed to a range of factors related to diseases as well as infectious organisms. They are also exposed to needlestick injuries (NSIs) due to a lack of common and uncertain reporting system. The NSIs are a potential hazard for healthcare workers that were recognized

Knowledge and Practices of Jordanian Nurses on Needlestick Injuries: An Evaluative Study

The aim of this research is to assess the relationship among the smoking status of primary school children with demographics and the smoking characteristics of their parents. In addition, to identify any factor(s) considered strong predictor(s) of academic achievement. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used in this study. A cluster random sample of 453 primary school children was obtained from both genders. Smoking was measured by the self-reported smoking behavior questionnaire and the educational achievement was measured by “Jordan Certificate of Primary Education.” The results indicate that there is a significant correlation between smoking status rpb ((451) = -.44, p < .001), age of smoking initiation r ((451) = -.30, p < .001), daily cigarettes r ((451) = -.12, p < .01), and smoked 100 cigarettes in lifetime rpb ((451) = -.28, p < .01) with academic achievement. In multiple hierarchical regression analysis, Model 1 explained 12% of variance with academic achievement. By adding the smoking characteristics Model 2 explained 28% of the variance with academic achievement. The conclusion is that there is a correlation between smoking and academic achievement.

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Mariam M. Kawafha

Papers

Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Sleep Disturbance among Jordanian Mothers and Fathers of Infants Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Preliminary Study

Quality of Life and Fatigue among Jordanian Cancer Patients

The effect of asthma education program on knowledge of school teachers: a randomized controlled trial.

Knowledge and Practices of Jordanian Nurses on Needlestick Injuries: An Evaluative Study

Factors Affecting Smoking And Predictors Of Academic Achievement Among Primary School Children In Jordan