abstract background: effective patient–professional communication can be of crucial importance to long-term psycho-social outcomes in patients with cancer. a cross sectional study was conducted to examine cancer patients' satisfaction with regard to various aspects of communication and information given by nurses. methods: a proportional stratified sampling method was done and data collect...

BACKGROUND People with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) constitute the high-risk group for transmission of HIV. The present study was planned to estimate the prevalence of HIV and syphilis in patients attending STI Clinic and to assess the socio-demographic determinants of the study subjects. METHODS A cross sectional descriptive study of three-month duration was undertaken from January...

BACKGROUND It has been reported that the onset of schizophrenia and the physical complications after its onset are related to diet. Diet has been considered as a variable factor of the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. However, the results of studies on this relationship have been inconsistent. Nutrients are consumed as a mixture in the diet. It is difficult to study them in isolation because they...

This study's main objective is to explore chemistry students' attitudes towards the learning policies implemented during Covid-19 Pandemic. Method: study used a quantitative approach with cross-sectional survey method. Respondents were 201 students majoring in at university Surabaya, Indonesia. The data collection instrument was questionnaire developed research and validated through confirmator...

Aim. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in a range of harmful effects on the developing foetus and newborn, called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The identification of pregnant women who use alcohol enables to provide information, support and treatment for women and the surveillance of their children. The AUDIT-C (the shortened consumption version of the Alcohol Use Disor...

OBJECTIVE To explore some of the problems encountered in the postal administration of the Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Questions that seem to present particular difficulties for the group are identified. In addition some of the written comments from the questionnaires and people's responses to questions on how difficult they found the SF-36 are discussed. DESIGN The study group were asked to comple...

PURPOSE To study the prevalence of the usage of herbal medicines among cancer patients. METHODS This study was carried out between October 1, 2009 and May 31, 2011, by using face-to-face interviews with cancer patients attending oncology departments (clinics and outpatient clinics, chemotherapy units). A special questionnaire was filled in during the interviews. RESULTS Of the patients 68.2...