WORKPLACE SPIRITUALITY AND TURNOVER INTENTION IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR OF ISTANBUL

This research aims to examine the impact of workplace spirituality on turnover intentions in the healthcare sector of Istanbul. A twenty-three item scale was developed and the data was collected from 323 employees of the healthcare sector of Istanbul and the Multiple Regression Analysis was used as the statistical technique. Results indicated that all the dimensions of workplace spirituality namely meaningful work, spiritual association, compassion, and alignment values have a significant negative association with the turnover intentions. Therefore, it is recommended that practitioners in the healthcare sector of Istanbul be realize the importance of spirituality at the workplace in order to reduce the turnover intention among the employees

AWARENESS AMONGST YOUTH ABOUT USE AND ABUSE OF STEROIDS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Objective: Aim of present study was to analyze awareness regarding the use of steroids in the youth studying health sciences.  A descriptive, observational study was conducted from September to December 2017. Youth studying health sciences aged 21–25 years in Karachi were recruited for the study, among which (n=179) 50.99% were pharmacy students and (n=172) 49% were studying allied health sciences. Descriptive statistics (SPSS version 16.0) was used to analyze the results. Methods: Out of 400 questionnaires, the response rate was 87.75%. Majority students were knowledgeable about steroids and (72.64%) agreed that steroids should be sold as prescription only medicine in Pakistan (p= 0.00). Most of them n=147 (41.88%) had no idea about various modes of steroid abuse (p=0.00).Many participants (n= 109;31.05%) thought that steroids were found in toothpaste and dentifrices, cosmetics and ophthalmic preparations; n= 135 (38.46%) had no idea whether or not the steroids had interactions with opiates and cocaine, alcohol and benzodiazepines. Results: The perception was seen in n= 118 (33.61%) persons that nutritional alternative/supplements could be used to reduce steroid abuse; n= 79 (22.50%) used steroids for grooming upon prescription by medical practitioner. Allergic reactions were thought as the mild side effects of steroid use by n= 100 (28.24%) while n= 166 (47.29%) considered kidney and liver diseases as severe side effects of steroid use (p=0.00).   Conclusion: It is concluded that comprehensive information about the steroids was required by youth since they were studying health sciences. Some modifications in the curriculum have to be made for providing more information about substances like steroids to the health sciences students as steroids have a great impact not only physically but also psychologically. Peer Review History: Received 4 September 2018;   Revised 8 September; Accepted 12 September, Available online 15 September 2018 UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file:        Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 5.5/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Antonio José de Jesus Evangelista, Federal University of Ceará, UFC, Brazil, [email protected] Dr. Ali Abdullah Al-yahawi, Al-Razi university, Department of Pharmacy, Yemen, [email protected] Similar Articles: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON BENZODIAZIPINE (BZD) ABUSERS OF DHAKA CITY: A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF BANGLADESH ALCOHOL INFLUENCES AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR THAT INCREASES LIKELIHOOD OF INITIATING DATING VIOLENCE AMONG MALE YOUTH IN COLLEGES WITHIN WESTERN COUNTRIES: A SCOPING REVIE

Pharmaceutical quality control studies on gatifloxacin 200 mg tablets available in the pakistani market

The aim of present work was to compare the quality of different brands of gatifloxacin 200 mg tablets, collected from different retail pharmacies in the local market of Pakistan. Five different brands were characterized by physical and chemical parameters such as, weight variation, hardness, thickness, friability, disintegration, dissolution, uniformity of contents and assay. Among them dissolution either single point or multiple point, including release profile comparison is most important tool for establishing the quality of the product. Brand A was considered as a reference because it passed all physical, chemical, quality control test and it was also brand leader, while brands B, C, D and E were test brands due to their production in local pharmaceutical. Quality control tests were satisfactory and within the limits for all test brands. The aim either biowaiver study of all the brands should conduct or not the similarity and difference among the brands were measured. Results revealed that brand B and D shown the best similarity with brand A and least differential value when we used the model independent f2 factor for similarity and f1 factor for difference. Model dependent methods Zero order, First order, Higuchi release model and Hixson-Crowell method were also used and shown the concentration dependent release of drug, i.e. first order kinetic. The results showed that model-dependent methods were more discriminative than model-independent method. A criterion for selecting the most appropriate model was based on linearity (coefficient of correlation).Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Need For Health Education Programs: The Health Care Workers Insight

Background: Sophisticated health education is now become a prime requirement to bring improvements in health profiles of patients and their families. Health care activities play a significant role to keep health education at forefront. The aim of the present study isto determine the health care workers’ perception for the need of instituting health promotion and also identify their beliefs about the improvement of community health by conducting health literacy sessions. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from April to October 2016 in various districts of Karachi. A total 286 medical care providers including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dispensers/compounders, academicians and medical officers/quacks belonging to different organizations/institutions were approached.A structured questionnaire was developed containing different close ended items, seems to be necessary to meet objective of the study. Results: About 82.42% of them felt the need of health promotion services owing to their belief that such counseling would be beneficial in maintaining better health status of population. The lack of information was seen regarding drug-drug (24.12%) and food-drug interactions (25.87%). The most common issue, addressed by health care providers (68.53%) was the improvement in physical fitness via life style modification. The healthcare providers utilized various ways for spreading of information; however the role of media was highly encouraged by them. Conclusion: Institution of health education programs for residents is indeed necessary to reduce the risks of many communicable and non-communicable diseases.Therefore, such activities should be planned on regular basisin various areas of the city to provide maximum opportunitiesto individuals for participation. Health counseling also played a vital role and considered to be beneficial in the development of healthy community/society

Case Report: Urinary Tract Infection in a Diabetic Postmenopausal Woman With Multiple Episodes of Recurrence: An Antimicrobial Susceptibility dispute

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is caused by bacteria growing in urine and affect kidneys, bladder, ureters, and urethra. Women with diabetes are at high risk of developing UTI. This is a case of a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman with uncontrolled type-I diabetes mellitus and hypertension, who presented with an acute onset of dysuria, burning micturition, and increased frequency. This case highlights the shortfall in the preliminary management plan of performing imperative clinical laboratory investigations including urine detailed report (DR), urine culture and sensitivity(C/S), and plasma glucose testing to initiate antimicrobial treatment. UTI requires to be treated precisely in diabetic patients with the help of a comprehensive diagnosis for signs of dysuria, frequent urination, and pelvic pain. The treatment of UTIs should always begin with culture and sensitivity analysis while the patient is symptomatic, to initiate antimicrobial treatment. Comorbidities should be managed appropriately during treatment to achieve desired therapeutic outcomes

Spirituality Matters: A Structural Analysis of Workplace Spirituality and its Outcome

SMEs world over significantly contributes to employment generation and economic activities. But in SMEs, specifically in Pakistan, employees have a high turnover intention and low morale resulting in low job and organizational performance. Researchers believe that spirituality in the workplace can address these issues. Thus, this study aims to examine the effect of spirituality on job satisfaction, organizational performance, loneliness, and turnover intention. It also examines the mediating roles of loneliness and work values. The study collected a sample of 415 SME employees in Karachi. We found that workplace spirituality positively affects job satisfaction, loneliness, and turnover intention. Our results related to the effect of spirituality on turnover intention and loneliness contradicts the past literature. However, we found that loneliness mediates workplace spirituality and turnover intentions. Our results also support the moderating effect of work values on workplace spirituality and job satisfaction. A lack of social values may promote loneliness and unhappiness at work in SMEs and other business entities

THE ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS PERCEPTION TOWARDS CHANGE MANAGERS IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN SAUDI ARABIA

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of stakeholder's perception towards the change managers in the petroleum industry of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, the social skills, personal qualities and experience and expertise of the managers as a mediator between the change managers influence and the change management influence is investigated. This study employs a quantitative methodology for which questionnaires were distributed to petroleum industry employees, and a sample of 347 responses were collected for SPSS analysis. The results show that social skills and experience and expertise mediates between change manager influence and change management. The personal qualities show insignificant mediation between change manager influence and change management. This study suggests focus on manager's social skills and experience and expertise which leads to effective change management. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in human resource management