Abnormal ECG: Arrhythmia & what to do when emergency.

Never miss a beat! Being diagnosed with a cardiac disease can be frightening, but early recognition and emergency can save many lives

ICU survivor’s facing with risk of cardiovascular and respiratory problem: What should you do as healthcare provider?

The risk of cardiovascular and respiratory events after admitted to ICU is not known, and these events may explain increased long-term mortality in survivors of ICU patients. Mobility is the best medicine in Managing of critical illness survivors with cardiovascular & respiratory problem

Know your heart and normal ECG

The heart is a muscle that pumps blood to all parts of a body. The blood gives oxygen and nourishment it needs to work properly in the body

Knowledge, awareness and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan.

Introduction: Coronary heart disease (CHD) had been found as the global cause of death of millions of people till now. The lack of knowledge of CHD which consists of its symptoms and risk factors was believed to be the factor of people getting CHD. Objective: This research aimed to determine the level of knowledge, awareness and perception about CHD symptoms and risk factors among residents in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods/ Study Design: A cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. A total of 400 participants who presented at four shopping malls in Kuantan city were included in this study. A convenient sampling had been used to recruit the subjects from four selected shopping malls. The recruited participants were adult who live in Kuantan, Pahang that aged 18 years old and above, willing to participate, able to read and write. Participants who filled the consent were given a set of validated self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 22.O. Findings: Majority of the participants were Malays with mean age among 18 to 39 years old. Of the 400 samples, majority had high knowledge of CHD (83.8%), poor awareness (37.3%) and poor perception (35.5%) of CHD. There was an association between age and knowledge, age and awareness level, age and perception, gender and awareness, race and awareness, educational degree and knowledge, and educational degree and perception with p value of less than 0.05 Conclusion: : Residents of Kuantan had poor knowledge, awareness and perception of CHD. Therefore, public health intervention are needed in Kuantan, Pahang to provide knowledge and awareness of coronary heart disease symptoms and risk factors

Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan students

Objective: This study aimed to survey the knowledge, awareness, and perception of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan campus students towards tuberculosis (TB) disease. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried in six faculties (Kulliyyah) in IIUM Kuantan campus using an adopted self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected after obtaining ethical approval and analyzed the data by using SPSS version 20.0. Result: Relatively low level of knowledge and awareness (73.8%) and high stigma (67.9%) about TB disease was found among IIUM Kuantan students. There was a significant association between type of Kulliyyah and level of knowledge and awareness. The level of TB perception does not have any significant association with the level of knowledge and awareness of TB disease. Conclusion: These findings would suggest that more efforts should be made to improve the knowledge, awareness, and perception of students regarding TB disease

Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, awareness, and perception about CHD symptoms and risk factors among residents in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 participants who presented at four shopping malls in Kuantan city. A convenient sampling method was used to recruit participants. A self-administered questionnaire was used in collecting data. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 22.0. Results: Majority of the participants were Malays with mean age among 18---39 years old. Of the 400 participants, the majority had high knowledge of CHD poor awareness and poor perception of CHD. There was an association between socio-demographics and knowledge, awareness, and perception level towards CHD with p-value <0.05. Conclusion: These study findings indicated that public health promotion and intervention are needed in Kuantan, Pahang regards to knowledge and awareness of CHD symptoms and risk factors

The effect of fasting during Ramadan towards improvement of type 2 Diabetes mellitus

Introduction: Globally, the number of people with diabetes has been increasing trend in this modern day. Thus, this study aimed to explain the main factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), to compare the random or fasting blood sugar before, during and after fasting month (Ramadan), and to determine the association between fasting and improvement of T2DM. Method: The total respondents of this study were 58 patients from Medical Outpatient Department. This study was used retrospective cohort study design. The data collected and recorded based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The fasting blood sugar for before, during and after the month of Ramadan was recorded in the designed form. The data were analysed by using SPSS version 20. Results: There were three factors of T2DM, obesity, smoking, and family history. There was no significant change of fasting blood glucose result for the comparison of three periods of time except one pair with p value of less than 0.05. There were no significant for the association between fasting and improvement of T2DM. In this study, researcher states that <0.05 was significant pvalue. Conclusion: This study concluded that there was no association between fasting and T2DM. This might be related to many factors such as the behaviour and disciplined of people in desire of consuming food and limited data collection

The impact of electronic gadget uses with academic performance among secondary school students

Introduction: Many school students who own electronic gadget spent most of their time on it. As a result, both of the aspect of academic achievement and health status is affected as they are too dependent on electronic gadget. Objective: The general objective of this study was to determine the association of electronic gadget use with academic performance and health status among selected secondary school students in Kuantan, Pahang. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, cross sectional study by using convenient sampling was conducted on sample size of 233 school students at three selected secondary schools involving SMK Pelindung, SMK Bukit Goh and SMK Teluk Chempedak. The instrument used was structured questionnaire to assess the total time spent on electronic gadget, students’ academic performance and students’ health status. The data was analysed by using SPSS version 20 in term of descriptive statistic and Pearson Chi-Square test to test the significant association. Result: There were 233 school students who involved in this study and majority of them (59.2%) were Malay. For gender, 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. In total of 48.1% students were spending time more than 6 hours on electronic gadget and the remaining 51.9% students spending time less than 5.99 hours on electronic gadget. Based on the findings, the result showed that there were significant association between race, gender, parent income, level of dependency, academic performance and health status and the total time spent on electronic gadget but opposing, there were no significant association between years started using electronic gadget and total time spent on electronic gadget. Conclusion: Majority of students who spent more time on electronic gadget use has high level of dependency towards gadget, poor academic achievement and good health status. Thus, the healthcare providers should plan effective intervention such as introduce application on electronic gadget for academic purposes and health tracking to overcome these problems so that students can balance between their academic achievement and health status and increase wellness and health among school students

Factors affect the social engagement among community dwelling older person: community nurses perspective.

INTRODUCTION: Remaining involved in activities that are meaningful and purposeful and maintaining chose relationship. METHOD: Descriptive qualitative research approach. CONCLUSION: Promoting a considerate cultures in all levels of society is fundamental to create friendly and conducive environment for all people

A cross sectional study on factors influencing attendance to eye screening

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is on a rising trend globally and the complications of DM particularly diabetic retinopathy are kept on escalating. However, the number of patients who underwent proper eye screening in Malaysia is still unsatisfactory. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was carried out among 170 DM patients using self-administered questionnaires. The data was analyzed by using SPSS in understanding the facilitators and barriers for eye screening among DM patients. Chi-square test was used for the relationship between sociodemographic data, the knowledge score, and the frequency of eye screening. Results: Majority of participants 45.9 % (n=78) highlighted that lack of information regarding diabetes and not understanding the significance of eye screening are the barriers to eye screening. Whereas, 10.6% (n=18) reported lack of access to healthcare facilities, 6.5% (n=11) experienced time limitation and 2.9% (n=5) suffered financial issues. However, more than half of participants (58.2%) have good knowledge related to diabetic eye complication. There was a significant difference between educational level with patients’ attendance in yearly eye screening; χ2 = 8.32, df = 2, p<0.05. Conclusion: Lack of information received by the patients on the importance of eye screening and communication issues seems to be prominent and become the reasons for patients not attending eye screening. For further research, the improvement of default tracking systems and the provision of eye-related educational material are important to enhance health literacy among diabetic patients and the population of Malaysia