
Dr.Jamal A.S. QaddumiAn-Najah National University · Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr.Jamal A.S. Qaddumi
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Background
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in healthcare, with a significant impact on nursing practice. As future healthcare practitioners, nursing students must be prepared to incorporate AI technologies into their job. This study aimed to explore the associated factors with nursing students’ intention to use AI....
Background: Early risk stratification tools for COVID-19 patients have been indicated yet there are few data about their ability to effectively detect clinical deterioration among COVID-19 patients. Objectives: To evaluate the NEWS-2 to predict severe morbidity and mortality for COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals. Methods: We conducted a prosp...
Background: Early risk stratification tools for COVID-19 patients have been indicated yet there are few data about their ability to effectively detect clinical deterioration among COVID-19 patients. Objectives: To evaluate the NEWS-2 to predict severe morbidity and mortality for COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals. Methods: We conducted a prosp...
Background: Early risk stratification tools for COVID-19 patients were indicated but little is known about their ability to effectively detect clinical deterioration among COVID-19 patients. Objectives: To assess the prognostic accuracy of NEWS2 in predicting severe morbidity and mortality in hospitalization for COVID-19 patients. Methods: A prospe...
Background
Anxiety affects the patient’s perception of postoperative pain and causes a significant increase in the consumption of analgesia postoperatively.
Objective
This study assesses the relationship between preoperative anxiety, postoperative pain and postoperative pethidine consumption.
Methods
A prospective cohort design was used. Data wer...
Background:
Providing care for people with dementia incorporates a level of burden which can affect quality of life for both the caregiver and the recipient of care. This study measures the level of burden experienced by Jordanian caregivers for people with dementia and explore related predictors.
Methods:
Through a cross-sectional survey, parti...
Introduction It is crucial to have tools to predict the clinical deterioration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. We aimed to study the efficacy of the National Early Warning Scoring System (NEWS2) application in predicting the risk of clinical relapse and outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients at Palestinian specialized centers f...
Introduction
Emergency nurses who are working in direct contact with COVID-19 patients are at an increased risk of developing secondary traumatic stress disorder. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, predictors, and consequences of secondary traumatic stress among emergency nurses in Palestine during the COVID-19 pandemic
Methods
The study u...
Background
Post-laparoscopic shoulder pain is very common after laparoscopy. One method to reduce postoperative shoulder pain is the pulmonary recruitment maneuver. It is used to reduce post-laparoscopic shoulder pain. This study utilizes a truly experimental, double-blinded, prospective randomized design to assess the effect of pulmonary recruitme...
Abstract
Background: Anderson’s model provides a theoretical structure to understand use of health service. This scoping review aimed to examine the application of Andersen’s behavioral model in different studies.
Methods: Related studies that were published between 2012 and 2021 were retrieved by searching PubMed,
Science Direct, and CINAHL databa...
Background
Gabapentinoids are often administered preoperatively, as they have been shown to reduce postoperative opioid consumption and pain scores however sedation has always been a concern because of sedative side effect.
Objective
This study was intended to compare oral gabapentin versus oral pregabalin sedative effects and complications in pat...
Purpose:
This study investigated the contact lens care compliance, noncompliance reasons, bacterial contamination rate, and the behaviors associated with contamination among university students in Palestine.
Patients and methods:
133 Habitual soft contact lens wearers were recruited in this study and interviewed using a face-to-face questionnair...
Background:
All healthy Arab individuals are obligated to abstain from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from dawn to sunset during Ramadan, which is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. Fasting effects various body systems, apart from the renal system. Fasting can also increase serum creatinine levels because of dehydration. Our aim was to examine...
Background
Cancer patients frequently experience unrelieved pain as a significant symptom. However, several studies have found that cancer-related pain is frequently undertreated.
Purpose
This study aimed to understand the pain experiences of cancer patients who were newly engaged in a multidisciplinary pain management program (PMP) at King Hussei...
Background:
Right ventricular (RV) function is an important prognostic predictor for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Non-invasive evaluation of RV function by simple electrocardiogram (ECG) is not yet evident. The purpose of this article was to investigate the presence and association of pathological right ventricular changes in synthesiz...
Purpose: To compare the 36-month visual acuity, refraction, corneal topography, and corneal pachymetry outcomes of the conventional and accelerated corneal collagen crosslinking in progressive keratoconic eyes. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 191 eyes of 76 patients. 91 eyes were treated with conventional crosslinking (C-CXL; 3mW/ cm 2 for 3...
Purpose
This article aims to evaluate how the subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) respond to the intravitreal injection of bevacizumab and to assess the correlation between these changes. It will also assess the use of the baseline SFCT as a predictor for BCVA changes in eyes of treatment-naive, diabetic mac...
Their job satisfaction ought to be a topic of principal importance for health care organizations. The aim of the present review was to assess the main literature regarding the relationship between the leadership styles and the staff nurses job satisfaction. The search was accomplished in EBSCO and PubMed databases. The result of this review indicat...
The fatigue that regularly comes from cancer is termed cancer-related fatigue, and it is a very common symptom in patients with cancer who have received chemotherapy. The present review paper was planned to appraise the basic literature on the topic of the non-invasive techniques to manage cancer-related fatigue. The electronic exploration of liter...
There is a dearth of research conducted in Jordan regarding contributing factors of physical activity among school students. The current study investigated the contributing factors of physical activity among Jordanian school students. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 260 students using a self-reported questionnaire. The...
There is a dearth of research conducted in Jordan regarding contributing factors of physical activity among school students. The current study investigated the contributing factors of physical activity among Jordanian school students. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 260 students using a self-reported questionnaire. The...
The COVID-19 and obesity are pandemics that adversely influence the health and well-being of children. This paper was intended to review the most important literature regarding the lifestyle and obesity among children during COVID-19 pandemic. The electronic searching was carried out in three databases: Google scholar, CINHAL, and PubMed. The COVID...
Background
Even though literature revealed the problem of nurses’ knowledge deficit regarding the care of chest drain in general, no study that investigated the prevalence of chest drains in ICUs and nurses' knowledge of chest drain among Jordanian nurses was found in the literature. This study aims were to describe the prevalence rate of chest dra...
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) is a stress caused heart condition, it might be transient or complicated with other irreversible conditions. Recently, many case reports were released indicating of COVID-19 cases complicated with TC. This paper aimd to review studies that examined the correlation between COVID-19 and TC. An electronic search was carri...
Pain management is an integral parts of nursing care and is one of the most important patient rights. This short review is intended to examine the knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management among ICU nurse's. This paper is used the electronic searches:google scholar, PubMed, CINAHL and World Health Organization (WHO).Nurses had good knowledg...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is considered as the foremost common hospital-acquired risk associated with patients on a ventilator, and there are numerous avoidance techniques that can be connected by Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in arrange to diminish the hazard of frequency of VAP in ICU. This paper aimed to evaluate the effect of the...
Corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and is considered a global challenge. This short review intends to investigate the knowledge of nurses regarding prevention protocol of COVID-19 in emergency departments. The searching was carried out in electronic data bases: Google s...
Nursing isa riskyprofession. Nurses faces a lot of stressors. The purpose of paper to review the previous researches discussed the impact of nurse's job stress on nurses' performance.This paper is used the electronic searches: Google scholar, EBSCO and CINAHL.This paper discussed the level of stressand different types of stressors among nurses in d...
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and increased hospital stay time and costs after the operation. This paper aimed to review studies that explored the potential effectiveness of using depilatory cream to decrease the occurrence rate of surgical site infections as early preparation of cleaning area of the...
Endotracheal tube suction (ETS) is an invasive procedure which done by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses to keep airway clear from lung secretion, many complications may occur if these procedures done without sufficient knowledge and good practice accord-ing to evidence-based practice among ICU nurses. This review aimed to evaluate the level of the...
Purpose:
The aim of this study is to evaluate the short anatomical and visual outcomes of scleral buckling surgery in relation to the pattern of presentation of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in the presence of different situations and risk factors.
Methods:
A total of 206 eyes of 203 patients who underwent scleral buckling surgery for...
Abstract
Background: Shared governance is examined through a framework for developing independent
decision making in professional nursing practice and improving patient care outcomes.
Aims: This study is designed to obtain a baseline measurement of the degree of shared
governance in a selected children’s hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: The study...
Although many studies discussed evidence-based practice among general nurses, few studies were found by the researchers among intensive care unit nurses. Also, no study has been conducted to investigate the predictors of evidence-based practice among intensive care unit nurses in Jordan. Therefore, this study aims to identify the predictors of evid...
Background:
Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a multifactorial disease of the interpalpebral ocular surface and tear film that leads to discomfort, fatigue and disturbance in vision. DED affects patients' quality of life and leads eventually to decrease of productivity. Moreover, it has a considerable socioeconomic burden. It is a growing underdiagnosed he...
Objectives: The study aimed at assessing the stressors among hemodialysis (HD) patients and finding out whether there is any relation between these stressors and patients' characteristics in the North of the West Bank. Methods: A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive–analytical study was carried out. Data collection took place at three governm...
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Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a serious vasoproliferative disorder that can affect extremely premature infants. It continues to be one of the most important preventable causes of blindness in children. Our study is aimed at finding the incidence of ROP and its association with some risk factors in Palestine.
Methods:
Fro...
Background
Ramadan fasting is compulsory for all healthy adult Muslims. Although sick people are exempted from Ramadan fasting, some patients such as hemodialysis patients prefer to fast during Ramadan. The effect of Ramadan fasting on clinical outcomes and biochemical markers among hemodialysis patients is not clear. The aim of this study was to e...
The aim of this study is to measure the pressure ulcers (PUs) incidence and its related variables among adult intensive care patients. A prospective descriptive study was conducted among 140 patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of governmental hospitals in Palestine to determine the incidence of PUs and to evaluate PU risk factors. Res...
Background and Purpose
The Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) is a commonly used measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study was to review research articles that used the SF-12v2 survey for three age groups: adolescents, young to middle-aged adults, and middle to older-aged adults.
Methods
EBSCO, CINAHL,...
Aim
To determine the prevalence rate and the potential risk factors of pressure ulcers (PUs) among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) departments of the government hospitals in Palestine.
Methods
A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive analytical study was carried out in five government hospital intensive care units in four different P...
Background: Fall is a sudden, unintentional change in position causing an individual to land at a lower level. Aim: This study will find out the relationship between the nursing home structure and prevalence of falling down in nursing homes. Method: Face to face Questionnaire for collecting information has been conducted after survey some previous...
Background and Purpose: The Short Form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) is a commonly used measure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study was to review research articles that used the SF-12v2 survey for three age groups: adolescents , young to middle-aged adults, and middle to older-aged adults. Methods: EBSCO, CINAHL...
Background:
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disorder of the developing retina of preterm infants due to defective vasculogenesis. The aim of the study was to analyze the level of awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice of pediatricians about ROP in the West Bank, Palestine.
Methods:
A questionnaire was designed on the knowledge, attitu...
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Mortality data are essential for many aspects of everyday public health practices at both national and international levels. Despite the current developments in various aspects of the medical field, the apparent inability of physicians to complete death notification forms (DNF) accurately is still worldwide concern. The aim of this stu...
Overview: Different studies have examined the prevalence of pressure ulcers in acute care settings, but few have provided information on features of pressure ulcers that develop in the hospital stay. This issue is important to hospital care providers because it has implications for the timing of preventive interventions.
Aim:Determine the prevalen...
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The aim of the study was to undertake a psychometric analysis of the Psychiatric Nurses Methods of Coping Questionnaire (PNMCQ) - Arabic version when used to measure coping skills in psychiatric nurses in Jordan.
Method:
A descriptive, cross-sectional design was adopted in this study. A demographic questionnaire and the 35-item PNMCQ...
Background
The death notification forms (DNFs) are important documents. Thus, inability to fill it properly by physicians will affect the national mortality report and, consequently, the evidence-based decision making. The errors in filling DNFs are common all over the world and are different in types and causes. We aimed to evaluate the quality of...
Hypertension and pre-hypertension are major contributors to morbidity. Early detection of hypertension and pre-hypertension among adolescents may prevent their complications. A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension among adolescents attending government high schools in Nablus city, Pales...
Older adults are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with long-term conditions than those in other age groups. The aim of this study was to examine long-term conditions associated with, and predictive of, primary health care (PHC) service use among older adults living in the Irbid Governorate of Jordan over the previous one, six and 12 months. Cros...
Purpose
To screen for keratoconus and potential associated risk factors in a tertiary student population sample.
Population and Methods
This cross sectional study included 1234 students attending An-Najah National University (Nablus, West Bank, Palestine), that were randomly selected from a total of 20,000 university students. 634 (51.3%) student...
Background. Recently, the percentage of older adults in developing countries has increased significantly. Objective. This study examined patterns and factors associated with primary health care services utilization in the past 1, 6, and 12 months. Method. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 190 older adults in the Irbid gov...
Background: Fall is a sudden, unintentional change in position causing an individual to land at a lower level. Aim: This study will find out the relationship between the nursing home structure and prevalence of falling down in nursing homes. Method: Face to face Questionnaire for collecting information has been conducted after survey some previous...
Pressure ulcer remains a significant problem in the healthcare system. In addition to the suffering it causes patients, it bears a growing financial burden. Although pressure ulcer prevention and care have improved in recent years, pressure ulcer still exists and occurs in both hospital and community settings. In Jordan, there are a handful of stud...
BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are health problems that resulted in human suffering, pain, disfigurement, loss of productive time, and financial burden. Despite the fact that PU is largely preventable (Elliott, McKinley & Fox, 2008) and recent advances in health care, PU rates are significantly increased in health care facilities (EPUAP, 2009)....
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