Infant Feeding Practices, Health And Nutritional Status: A Prospective Study Of Infants Seen At The University Of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Feeding practices during infancy are important determinants of a baby's future physical and mental well being because of the rapid growth spurts and development of organ and tissues during the first year of life. Hence the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between infant feeding practices and the health status of infants below six months of age. A prospective study was carried out to examine the relationship between infant feeding and the health status of infants in the first six months of life at the University of Malaya Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur. A total of 1 50 newborns from the medical centre were selected and fol lowed up for six months. Feeding practices were assessed monthly by questionnaire, frequency and duration of illnesses were recorded and anthropometric measurements were taken during monthly visits to the child health clinic

Association between Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Antenatal Women in Community Health Clinics in Selangor

The increasing prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in community was an alarming public health issue. The study aim was to identify the association between knowledge, attitude, and practice of antenatal women towards GDM. Knowledge and practice were found high among respondents, representing 87.6% and 54.1%. Regarding the association between knowledge, attitude, and practice, only level of knowledge had an association with the level of attitude with p-value 0.001, and the study also found that, in 1 point increase in knowledge corresponds to an increase of 0.059 in practice and 1 point increase in attitude corresponds to increase 0.088 in practice. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.308

The impact of perceived social support on quality of life in patient awaiting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery

Purpose of the study Perceived social support has been of concern among patients who are awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, yet the level of social support and its effect on an individual's quality of life are inconclusive. This study aimed to survey perceived social support and its effect on quality of life in patients awaiting CABG surgery at Outpatient Department of National Heart Institute, Malaysia. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed perceived social support and its effect on quality of life in 317 patients awaiting CABG surgery at Outpatient Department of National Heart Institute. All participants completed the 12-item Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and 26-item World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHO- QOL) questionnaires. Results Out of 317 respondents, 242 (76.3%) patients reported poor quality of life. However those aged between 31-50 years and Chinese patients reported significantly higher quality of life as compared to other groups with p-value of <0.05 in ANOVA test. Perceived social support was positively correlated with their quality of life in Pearson correlation test. A linear regression analysis confirmed that there was an association between perceived social support and quality of life with r-value of 0.59. Conclusion Evidence indicates that patients who perceived receiving social support while awaiting for their CABG surgery had better quality of life. The results from this study can facilitate health care personnel to design an appropriate structured pre-operative assessment on social support and education program for patients awaiting CABG surgery to improve their quality of life

The impact of perceived social support on quality of life in patient awaiting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) Surgery

Purpose of the study Perceived social support has been of concern among patients who are awaiting Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, yet the level of social support and its effect on an individual's quality of life are inconclusive. This study aimed to survey perceived social support and its effect on quality of life in patients awaiting CABG surgery at Outpatient Department of National Heart Institute, Malaysia. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed perceived social support and its effect on quality of life in 317 patients awaiting CABG surgery at Outpatient Department of National Heart Institute. All participants completed the 12-item Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and 26-item World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHO- QOL) questionnaires. Results Out of 317 respondents, 242 (76.3%) patients reported poor quality of life. However those aged between 31-50 years and Chinese patients reported significantly higher quality of life as compared to other groups with p-value of <0.05 in ANOVA test. Perceived social support was positively correlated with their quality of life in Pearson correlation test. A linear regression analysis confirmed that there was an association between perceived social support and quality of life with r-value of 0.59. Conclusion Evidence indicates that patients who perceived receiving social support while awaiting for their CABG surgery had better quality of life. The results from this study can facilitate health care personnel to design an appropriate structured pre-operative assessment on social support and education program for patients awaiting CABG surgery to improve their quality of life

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

Predictors of Family Stress in Taking Care of Patients with Schizophrenia

Introduction: Taking care of schizophrenia patients is challenging and causes stress for the family involved. The study was conducted to identify the predictors of family stress present when taking care of a patient with schizophrenia. The ABCX Stress Theory of Hill was used as the theoretical framework. Methods: This study used a correlational design. The sample was 137 families who were caring for patients with schizophrenia at the Menur Mental Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. The sample was obtained by way of purposive sampling. The data was collected by a questionnaire and analysed by multiple regression to determine the relationship of the family’s structure, family knowledge, the burden of care, stigma, social support, the patient's illness duration, the patient’s frequency of relapse and the patient's severity level with family stress. Results: The results showed that the family’s stress was predicted by the family’s structure (p=0.029), stigma (p=0.000), the burden of care (p=0.000), and the patient’s frequency of relapse (p=0.005). The burden of care was the strongest predictor of family stress (Beta= 0.619). Conclusion: The patient's frequency of relapse and stigma were other kinds of family stressor. The stressors stimulated a negative perception, called the care burden. Limited adequacy of the family structure-function will inhibit the family in using other resources, creating family stress. Nurses may develop an assessment format that consists of the family stress predictors in order to create a nursing care plan specific to reframing the techniques of family stress management

Studi Komparatif Metode Discharge Planning pada Self Care Klien Stroke Ischemic

This study aims to determine the effect of implementing discharge planning on self-care for ischemic stroke clients at Advent Hospital and Al Ihsan Hospital, Bandung. The method used is quasi-experiment with pretest-posttest with control group design. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling. The results of the research show that the description of Self Care Behavior before and after discharge planning at the Adventist Hospital is that there is an influence of Discharge Planning intervention using flip sheets (audio visual video) and using ROM training tools, with a p-value of 0.01 &lt; 0.05, and Self Description Care Behavior before and after discharge planning at Al Hospital. Ihsan Bandung, There is an effect of Discharge Planning intervention using leaflets with a p-value of 0.01 &lt; 0.05. Furthermore, the description of Self Care Management before and after discharge planning at the Adventist Hospital shows the influence of the Discharge Planning intervention at the Hospital. Advent used a flip sheet (audio-visual video) and used a ROM training tool with a p-value of 0.01 &lt; 0.05 and there was no effect of Discharge planning intervention in the hospital. Al Ihsan used Leaflet with a p-value of 0.71 &gt; 0.05. The conclusion in this research is that there is an influence before and after discharge planning on self-care behavior in hospitals. Adventist and RS. Al Ihsan, and There is an influence before and after discharge planning is implemented on self-care management in hospitals. Advent but there is no influence before and after discharge planning on self-care management in hospitals. Al Ihsan. &nbsp; Keywords: Discharge Planning, Self Care, Self Management, Strok

Identification of novel transcripts and peptides in developing murine lens.

We previously investigated the transcriptome and proteome profiles of the murine ocular lens at six developmental time points including two embryonic (E15 and E18) and four postnatal time points (P0, P3, P6, and P9). Here, we extend our analyses to identify novel transcripts and peptides in developing  mouse lens. We identified a total of 9,707 novel transcripts and 325 novel fusion genes in developing mouse lens. Additionally, we identified 13,281 novel alternative splicing (AS) events in mouse lens including 6,990 exon skipping (ES), 2,447 alternative 3' splice site (A3SS), 1,900 alternative 5' splice site (A5SS), 1,771 mutually exclusive exons (MXE), and 173 intron retention (IR). Finally, we integrated our OMIC (Transcriptome and Proteome) datasets identifying 20 novel peptides in mouse lens. All 20 peptides were validated through matching MS/MS spectra of synthetic peptides. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report integrating OMIC datasets to identify novel peptides in developing murine lens

Integration of Islamic values in undergraduate nursing program: An expository analysis

Nursing is a caring profession which has sympathy, compassion, and helping others inherently which is known as soft skills in current modern day. Those skills are the foundation of Islamic values for a Muslim graduate nurse who should pose. Hence, this study aimed to address the importance of integrating Islamic values in the undergraduate nursing program. This paper provides an account that is intended as an expository analysis method for the integration of Islamic values in the undergraduate nursing program. Paying attention not only to the material world of human but also his or her soul and spirituality dimension. Thus, the subject area to investigate the effect of the integration on Islamic values or soft skills in the undergraduate nursing program is extremely recommended for future study