Training medical students to improve the management of people with epilepsy

Purpose: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and perception of medical students prior to and after a training course about epilepsy. Methods: We used a KAP questionnaire with sixty-one questions which assesses knowledge, attitude and practice of epilepsy. Questionnaires were completed by 185 medical students, before and after epilepsy training. We compared the answers to see whether the lecture had changed the knowledge, attitude and practice in epilepsy. Results: One hundred and six students completed the questionnaire before an eight hour course on epilepsy and 79 students completed the questionnaire one year after the course. Comparison of the knowledge scores prior to (mean=53.9, standard deviation=11.4) and after the course (mean=63.8, standard deviation=11.9) showed that students had improved knowledge after the course (t-test=5.6, p < 0.001). Discussion: Training course on epilepsy for medical students can promote improvement in the knowledge, attitudes and perception regarding epilepsy, which is maintained one year later. These results highlight the importance of continuous educational programs within the Medical Curriculum

Hubungan antara Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Safe Behavior Pekerja dalam Upaya untuk Menegakkan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja

Number of work accidents that occurred are still quite high and cause major losses. The behavior of the workers should be improved in an attempt to prevent workplace accidents and to support safety in the workplace. The behavior of workers divided into three domain, which consists of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP). KAP measurements identify what is known and done by workers and how the theirs attitude in performing their daily work.The aims of this study were to determine the level of KAP of safe behavior and to indentify the relationship between knowledge, attitude, practice safe behaviors of workers.Data obtained by conducting interviews and distributing questionnaires to 41 workers in West Assembly unit at PT. XYZ. The contingency coefficient was used to calculate the strength of the relationships among variables. The results of this study showed that there is a moderate relationship between knowledge and the the attitude of safe behavior (R: 0,405), the very low relationship between knowledge and action of safe behavior (R: 0,042), and attitude and practice of safe behavior (R: 0,087).The conclusions of this study are the workers knowledge and attitude of safe behavior is quite good but the practice of safe behavior need some improvement. The suggestion of this research is to provide skills and safety training. The management also needs toincreasesafety supervision. Furthermore, managementshould provide punishment and reward in an attempt to increase overall worker safety behavior.Keywords : KAP,measurement, safe behavio

Prevalence and attitudes of smoking among secondary school teachers in Hadramout coastal districts, Yemen

A descriptive KAP study about smoking was conducted in all the ten secondary schools in Hadramout coastal districts during October 2004 – April 2005 and a total of 317 teachers were enrolled in the study (182 male, 135 female teachers). The findings revealed that about 8% of the teachers were smokers; all smokers were males (prevalence 14%). Only 10% of teachers had received training to limit smoking among students, and 27% had educational materials about harmful effects of smoking. The study concluded that low smoking prevalence, good knowledge and attitudes of teachers, especially female teachers, toward smoking may offer a chance for smoking prevention strategies in secondary schools

Knowledge, attitude and practice about cancer of the uterine cervix among women living in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Background: Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Nevertheless, the level of women's awareness about cervical cancer is unknown. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) are important elements for designing and monitoring screening programs. The study purpose was to estimate KAP on cervical cancer and to identify associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kinshasa, DRC, including 524 women aged 16-78 years (median age 28; interquartile range 22-35). The women were interviewed at home by trained field workers using a standardized questionnaire. The women's score on knowledge, attitude and practice were dichotomized as sufficient or insufficient. We used binary and multiple logistic regression to assess associations between obtaining sufficient scores and a series of socio-demographic factors: age, residence, marital status, education, occupation, religion, and parity. Results: The women's score on knowledge was not significantly correlated with their score on practice (Spearman's rho = 0.08; P > 0.05). Obtaining a sufficient score on knowledge was positively associated with higher education (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 7.65; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 3.31-17.66) and formal employment (adjusted OR 3.35; 95% CI 1.85-6.09); it was negatively associated with being single (adjusted OR 0.44; 95% CI 0.24-0.81) and living in the eastern, western and northern zone of Kinshasa compared to the city centre. The attitude score was associated with place of residence (adjusted OR for east Kinshasa: 0.49; 95% CI 0.27-0.86 and for south Kinshasa: 0.48; 95% CI 0.27-0.85) and with religion (adjusted OR 0.55; 95% CI 0.35-0.86 for women with a religion other than Catholicism or Protestantism compared to Catholics). Regarding practice, there were negative associations between a sufficient score on practice and being single (adjusted OR 0.24; 95% CI 0.13-0.41) and living in the eastern zone of the city (adjusted OR 0.39; 95% CI 0.22-0.70). Although 84% of women had heard about cervical cancer, only 9% had ever had a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test. Conclusions: This study shows a low level of knowledge, attitude and practice on cervical cancer among women in Kinshasa. Increasing women's awareness would be a first step in the long chain of conditions to attain a lower incidence and mortality

Pengaruh Independensi, Kompetensi, Pengetahuan dalam Mendeteksi Kekeliruan dan Pengalaman Auditor terhadap Pertimbangan Tingkat Materialitas (Studi Empiris pada Kantor Akuntan Publik di Bandung)

This study was aimed to examine the influence of independency, competence, knowledge to detect errors , and experience of auditor to the materiality level consideration. The population of this study are auditors who worked.on the Public Accounting Firms (KAP) and listed on the Directory Indonesian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (IAPI) 2016 in Bandung. The samples of the study are all companies were selected by purposive sampling method. Based on the criteria, 50 auditor who worked on 10 KAP were chosen as the samples of this study. This study used multiple linear regression analysis was used to test whether the independent variables affect the dependent variable. Data analysis for hypothesis test was done with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) ver. 16. Results of regression testing (t-test) showed that the independency, competence, knowledge to detect errors, and experience of auditor have a significant relationship with the level of materiality on Public Accounting Firm (KAP) in Bandung. The amount of R Square (R2) of 0,512 gives the sense that the rate of 51,2% materiality considerations can be explained by the independency, competence, knowledge to detect errors, and experience of auditor while 48,8% can be explained by other variables

Management of Diabetes Mellitus among Elderly Men and Women-Impact of Intervention Programme

The present research aimed at studying the effect of an educational module as an intervention programme in the management of Diabetes Mellitus among the elderly with regard to the improvement in their knowledge, attitude and practices. The sample constituted 80 elderly of whom 40 were men and 40 were women in the age group of 65 to 76 years. Structured Interview Schedule (SIS) developed by the investigators on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) with regard to diabetes was used for assessment. The module of educational programme was developed by the investigators for the benefit of diabetic people covering different aspects in the management of the disease. A repeated measure design was followed; accordingly, the sample were administered SIS to assess their initial KAP and they were provided intervention programme for a period of two months. Later, two months after the intervention, post assessment was conducted administering the same SIS. A comparison of pre and post test scores on KAP regarding diabetes was made. The statistical significance of mean difference in the scores was carried out using ‘t’ ratios. The findings revealed that both men and women respondents and the two age groups showed higher scores after intervention, on KAP regarding diabetes, than the pre intervention scores and individual differences in the score was also reduced considerably during post test

Pain management practices by nurses: An application of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) Model

Pain is one of the most common reasons that drives people to go to hospitals.It has been found that several factors affect the practices of pain management. In this regard, this study aimed at investigating the underlying determinants in terms of pain management practices.Based on reviewing the previous studies and the suggestions of the KAP model, it was hypothesized that the main elements of the KAP model (attitudes and knowledge) significantly predict the variation in the practices of nurses regarding pain management. A questionnaire comprising the KAP model’ s constructs , i.e. knowledge and attitude towards pain management ,as well as pain management practices, was used to collect data from 266 registered nurses ( n=266) who are deemed competent in the management of patients’ pain in the Jordanian public hospitals. The two constructs, attitude and knowledge, which are the main determinants of the KAP model were found to independently predict nurses’ practices of managing patients’ pain.Knowledge of pain management was found to be the strongest predictor.Additionally, it was found that about 69% of the variance in pain management could be explained by the constructs of the KAP model. Therefore, it is recommended that the Jordanian hospitals and universities focus on nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards pain management in order to enhance their practices in the field of pain management

On the Feature Discovery for App Usage Prediction in Smartphones

With the increasing number of mobile Apps developed, they are now closely integrated into daily life. In this paper, we develop a framework to predict mobile Apps that are most likely to be used regarding the current device status of a smartphone. Such an Apps usage prediction framework is a crucial prerequisite for fast App launching, intelligent user experience, and power management of smartphones. By analyzing real App usage log data, we discover two kinds of features: The Explicit Feature (EF) from sensing readings of built-in sensors, and the Implicit Feature (IF) from App usage relations. The IF feature is derived by constructing the proposed App Usage Graph (abbreviated as AUG) that models App usage transitions. In light of AUG, we are able to discover usage relations among Apps. Since users may have different usage behaviors on their smartphones, we further propose one personalized feature selection algorithm. We explore minimum description length (MDL) from the training data and select those features which need less length to describe the training data. The personalized feature selection can successfully reduce the log size and the prediction time. Finally, we adopt the kNN classification model to predict Apps usage. Note that through the features selected by the proposed personalized feature selection algorithm, we only need to keep these features, which in turn reduces the prediction time and avoids the curse of dimensionality when using the kNN classifier. We conduct a comprehensive experimental study based on a real mobile App usage dataset. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework and show the predictive capability for App usage prediction.Comment: 10 pages, 17 figures, ICDM 2013 short pape