
Mohammed ALBashtawyAl Al- Bayt University, Jordan · Community and Mental Health Nursing Department.
Mohammed ALBashtawy
Professor in community health nursing
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Introduction
Mohammed ALBashtawy currently works as A Professor and Consultant in community health nursing at Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing, at Al al-Bayt University, Jordan and a member of board of trustees at Amman Arab University. Ex-Dean for nursing school (2016-2020). ALBashtawy does research in community health, public health, school health, children and young people, workplace violence, nursing studies, and epidemiological studies.
Additional affiliations
September 2010 - July 2015
September 2010 - present
Education
September 2006 - December 2009
September 1994 - September 1996
Publications
Publications (317)
Nonfatal injuries are considered as one of the major public health hazards affecting schoolchildren, and the majority of these injuries occur at school or in the home. A cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of 3 months, March–May 2015. The participants were 4,355 Jordanian schoolchildren in Grades 7–12. The Pearson χ2 test was computed...
Ovarian cancer accounts for 3% of all female cancers and has a high mortality rate among gynaecological malignancies. Early diagnosis carries a high survival rate of 93%. So, this study was carried to assess the knowledge and awareness of Jordanian women about ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors. A cross-sectional survey design was used. 896 w...
Little is known about the oral hygiene patterns among schoolchildren in Jordan. A school-based cross-sectional study was performed from January to March 2010. A simple random sampling method was used. Each student participant completed a detailed questionnaire regarding oral hygiene habits. Data were coded and analyzed using SPSS software version 1...
Objective: This study aims to help school nurses gain a better insight into the prevalence of refractive errors (RE) in children in the Mafraq Governorate, and how it compares with other Jordanian provinces and internationally.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out to assess visual acuity and refractive errors among school children in M...
Background: Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a common disease in the ophthalmic world, characterized by eye irritation, foreign body sensation, stinging, photophobia, and blurred vision. Purpose: This study aimed to measure the quality of life (QOL) for dry eye participants among An-Najah University students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used. Stud...
Background Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are the leading cause of acute disease incidence worldwide and contribute to a substantial health-care burden. Although acute otitis media is a common complication of URIs, the combined global burden of URIs and otitis media has not been studied comprehensively. We used results from the Global Burden o...
Oral care is an important feature of nursing; it is known that oropharynx is considered the main reservoir of bacterial colonization, so the removal of oral infection is a major duty of all health care providers, particularly nurses. We performed this study to explore endotracheal tube and oral care practices for mechanically ventilated patients of...
Background
Various factors associated with attitudes toward the utilization of professional psychological help among the school-going population have been explored, but studies from Arabian Gulf countries are lacking. This study aimed to assess attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, examine how demographic factors and self-esteem...
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....
Summary
Background Diarrhoeal diseases claim more than 1 million lives annually and are a leading cause of death in children
younger than 5 years. Comprehensive global estimates of the diarrhoeal disease burden for specific age groups of
children younger than 5 years are scarce, and the burden in children older than 5 years and in adults is also
un...
Objective
To explore the clinical rationale of critical care nurses for personalizing monitor alarms. One of the most crucial jobs assigned to critical care nurses is monitoring patients’ physiological indicators and carrying out the necessary associated interventions. Successful use of equipment in the nursing practice environment will be improved...
Aims
This study aims to assess the correlation between antipsychotic drug use, psychological distress and cardiovascular risk factors among patients with schizophrenia.
Methods
A cross-sectional correlational design was used to obtain data from 143 patients with schizophrenia who were conveniently selected. Data were collected by assessing selecte...
Introduction
Pregnant women require social support and healthcare treatments that are specifically designed to address their quality of life (QoL) during this time, as this will help them get through this crucial stage with more resilience and comfort.
Objective
This study aimed to assess the relationship between the QoL of pregnant women and soci...
Patients requiring continuous mechanical ventilation benefit from easier airway management through tracheostomy, a standard treatment in critical care. However, gaps in nurses’ comprehension of tracheostomy car can lead to complications such as infections and airway blockages. Therefore, understanding nurses’ competency in tracheostomy care is esse...
Background
Patients with high-risk feet and diabetes are prone to develop diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs). To prevent DFUs and their costs and impacts on diabetes mellitus (DM) patients’ productivity and quality of life, patients’ foot self-care (FSC) practices are essential to screen for DFUs. Our study aimed to assess the self-efficacy and ou...
Background: As the largest group of healthcare professionals, nurses are essential for maximizing the standard of care provided to patients with palliative conditions. This study highlights the information currently available regarding the knowledge, challenges, and practice levels of critical care nurses in palliative care. Methods: To locate arti...
Objective
Nurses have a significant role in maintaining patient and healthcare safety. Thus, healthcare administrators should focus on nurse performance and create a friendly hospital work environment to ensure patient safety and healthcare quality. Limited studies have investigated the impact of nurses’ demographics on nurses’ error reporting prac...
Purpose
This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitudes of 420 nurses toward caring for older people in primary health-care centers in the southern region of Jordan.
Design/methodology/approach
Data collected through an electronic survey was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0.
Findings
The fin...
Background
Stillbirth is a devastating and often avoidable adverse pregnancy outcome. Monitoring stillbirth levels and trends—in a comprehensive manner that leaves no one uncounted—is imperative for continuing progress in pregnancy loss reduction. This analysis, completed as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (G...
Introduction
Post-neurosurgery patients often experience pain and anxiety. Handheld finger-grip relaxation helps the body, mind, and spirit to achieve relaxation.
Objective
This study investigated the effect of a handheld finger-grip relaxation technique on pain and anxiety in post-neurosurgery patients.
Method
A quasi-experimental study of 160 p...
Introduction
Nurse–physician collaboration is a fundamental part of the healthcare information flow, while poor or improper collaboration could result in poor healthcare outcomes and increased medical errors.
Objective
This study investigated the relationship between nurse–physician collaboration and the perceived quality of healthcare services of...
Nurses are at the frontline, dealing with people’s most immense healthcare needs in stressful and demanding work environments. Consequently, it is essential to thoroughly examine how various coping mechanisms might affect the relationship between stress and quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to examine the mediation effect of both problem-focu...
Objective: The study aims at administrative empowerment in promoting community health in government and private hospitals in the south of Jordan from the point of view of nursing sector workers.
Methodology: The sample of the study to which the questionnaire was distributed consists of a group of employees (nursing supervisor, nursing teacher, head...
Background Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are the leading cause of acute disease incidence worldwide and contribute to a substantial health-care burden. Although acute otitis media is a common complication of URIs, the combined global burden of URIs and otitis media has not been studied comprehensively. We used results from the Global Burden o...
Background/Aims
Anaemia is associated with negative outcomes for both mothers and infants. Better understanding of its consequences could lead to improved guidelines for screening and treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate anaemia in pregnancy and adverse maternal and fetal outcomes among pregnant women in Oman.
Methods
This retrospec...
Background: Bullying has both immediate as well as long-term effects on the psychological adjustment and outcomes. Bullying in educational institutions is a problem in every nation in this world. Purpose: This study aims to determine the most common types of bullying and their association with psychosomatic complaints among university students in J...
Background: Determining the clinical neurological state of the patient is essential for making decisions and forecasting results. The Glasgow Coma Scale and the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) Scale are commonly used tools for measuring behavioral consciousness. This study aims to compare scales among patients with neurological disorders in...
Background: Because of the special nature of their patients, recent studies on burnout began to focus on pediatric rather than on general nurses. However, these studies mostly concentrated on selected covariates and lack comprehensiveness. Purpose: This paper aims to suggest a holistic theoretical model on burnout covariates among pediatric nurses....
Social anxiety disorder is the third most common disorder in the general population. Social phobia has a significant impact on nursing colleagues’ self-esteem. The purpose of the current study was to assess social anxiety and its relation to self-esteem among nursing students. The study was a cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 231 nurs...
Introduction
The use of technology to deliver psychosocial interventions such as cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) to individuals with dementia may improve their cognition and quality of life.
Objectives
This study aimed to investigate the participants’ experiences with digital CST in Jordanian care homes, as well as the acceptability of the dig...
Introduction
Physical activity is critical for health promotion and the prevention of noncommunicable illnesses, especially among teenagers. However, teenagers’ active participation in physical exercise may be hampered by perceived impediments to physical activity.
Objective
This study aimed to identify the external and internal barriers to physic...
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an abrupt transition to online learning in nursing education, presenting unprecedented challenges. This research aims to comprehensively assess the challenges faced by nursing students during this transition, exploring key issues, recommending strategies, and analyzing their impact on student perception...
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...
BACKGROUND: Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a readily treatable cause of visual impairment (VI). This study provides updated estimates of global and regional vision loss due to URE, presenting temporal change for VISION 2020 METHODS: Data from population-based eye disease surveys from 1980-2018 were collected. Hierarchical models estimated pr...
A high success rate of corneal transplants is evident. However, there is still a lack of corneal grafts available to meet demand, largely because donors are reluctant to donate. Given their critical role in future healthcare teaching and advocacy. There has not been much research on Jordanian nursing students’ perspectives on corneal donation, so i...
Background
Despite the advantages of vaccination in preventing maternal and fetal problems, there were many concerns in the medical community regarding vaccine safety for pregnant women, and this has put obstetricians in a challenging situation when it comes to advising their pregnant patients on whether to obtain the vaccine
Aim
This study was pe...
Purpose
This paper aims to validate and adapt the Arabic version of Holden Communication Scale (HCS) for assessing communication skills among old people with dementia in care home.
Design/methodology/approach
A study involving 210 elderly residents from Jordanian care homes was conducted, where they completed the Arabic version of the HCS. Interna...
Background
Caring for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a highly demanding task that can adversely affect the physical and psychological well-being of caregivers.
Objective
This study aimed to investigate the burden experienced by caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) in Oman and explore the factors associated with thi...
Introduction
Violence against healthcare workers in the workplace is a complex issue affecting various healthcare professionals. Workplace violence (WPV) poses significant occupational hazards to healthcare employees.
Objectives
To identify the causes, types, and perpetrators of WPV and explore the effects of violence on healthcare workers’ well-b...
Background
Intermittent catheterization (IC) has been identified as one of the critical techniques used by spinal cord injury (SCI) patients to cope with emptying the bladder, despite several problems impeding this procedure.
Aim
The study aimed accordingly to explore the lived experience of Arab male patients on IC after their SCI.
Design
This s...
Background Accurate assessments of current and future fertility-including overall trends and changing population age structures across countries and regions-are essential to help plan for the profound social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical challenges that these changes will bring. Estimates and projections of fertility are necessary to i...
This appendix provides detailed information on the methods for the paper “Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021 with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021”
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a family-based lifestyle intervention on reducing body weight among Jordanian children with obesity aged 6–9 years old. The pretest-posttest control group design was conducted among 162 children (75 in the intervention group and 87 in the control group) with obesity aged 6–9 years old at four primary schoo...
Introduction
Bedside nurses in the intensive care units are exposed to multiple challenges in their regular practice and recently have taken in ventricular assist device care in Lebanon since its introduction as a fairly new practice.
Objectives
To explore the experiences of nursing staff who work in Lebanese hospitals with Left Ventricular Assist...
Objective: Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an innovative concept that recognizes the lasting impact of psychological trauma. Critical care nurses’ attitude toward TIC plays an essential role in assessing, monitoring, and addressing trauma experienced by patients. This study aimed to describe critical care nurses’ attitudes toward TIC in critical care...
Background & Aim: Medication errors are a significant concern in healthcare, with effective management largely dependent on understanding its causes and reporting practices. This study aims to explore the experiences of Jordanian nurses in relation to medication error occurrence and reporting within the Jordanian context and the factors that may in...
Objective
The frequency of alarms generated by monitors and other electro-medical devices is undeniably valuable but can simultaneously escalate the workload for healthcare professionals, potentially subjecting intensive care unit nurses to alarm fatigue. The aim of this study is to investigate alarm fatigue and stress levels among critical care nu...
Background
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the online style of instruction started to replace the traditional style in Jordan.
Aims
This study aims to (1) assess the nursing students' perceived obstacles to online learning in Jordan; (2) explore significant relationships between participants' characteristics and their perceived obstacles; and (3) ass...
Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden over time and across age groups, sexes, and locations. The availability of disease burden estimates can promote evidence-base...
Summary
Background Lower respiratory infections (LRIs) are a major global contributor to morbidity and mortality. In 2020–21,
non-pharmaceutical interventions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic reduced not only the transmission of
SARS-CoV-2, but also the transmission of other LRI pathogens. Tracking LRI incidence and mortality, as well as the
p...
Background
Regular, detailed reporting on population health by underlying cause of death is fundamental for public health decision making. Cause-specific estimates of mortality and the subsequent effects on life expectancy worldwide are valuable metrics to gauge progress in reducing mortality rates. These estimates are particularly important follow...
Psychiatric nurses are challenged with high levels of stress, which, in turn, lower their professional quality of life (ProQoL) and job satisfaction and increase their intention to leave jobs in psychiatric settings. An adequate level of ProQoL improves patient care provision. The purpose of this study is to assess the levels, relationships, and pr...
Background
The magnitude of postpartum depression in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic is under-documented, and little is known about its potential social, demographic, and clinical correlates. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and related factors of postpartum depression among Jordanian mothers with a history of COVID-19 during pregnanc...
Background: Self‑medication is a global concern among professionals and non‑professionals, with a rapid increase in prevalence. The study aims to assess the prevalence of self‑medication and its associated factors among university students. Materials and Methods: A cross‑sectional, descriptive study was conducted in three universities, and a total...
Background
Global evaluations of the progress towards the WHO End TB Strategy 2020 interim milestones on mortality (35% reduction) and incidence (20% reduction) have not been age specific. We aimed to assess global, regional, and national-level burdens of and trends in tuberculosis and its risk factors across five separate age groups, from 1990 to...
Introduction
In general, undergraduate university students in the north of Jordan have a low level of physical activity.
Objectives
To examine the physical activity level, perceived barriers and benefits to physical activity, and the contributing factors among university students in north of Jordan.
Methods
A cross-sectional study design was used...
Background Accurate assessments of current and future fertility-including overall trends and changing population age structures across countries and regions-are essential to help plan for the profound social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical challenges that these changes will bring. Estimates and projections of fertility are necessary to i...