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{"title":"Peer Trainers Compared with Basic Life Support Trainers in Delivering Effective Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training to Secondary School Students","authors":"S. M. Jamal","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.08","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"41 1","pages":"88-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79450942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Four Siblings With Congenital Scoliosis and Dysmorphism: A Rare Case of Familial Spondylocostal Dysostosis","authors":"K. Ibrahim","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"106 1","pages":"266-273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77733519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Case of Miliary Adenocarcinoma of Lung Masquerading as Miliary Tuberculosis","authors":"N. Muhamad","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"18 1","pages":"274-279"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77760340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Challenges of Anti-Smoking Campaign in Malaysia from the Healthcare Provider Perspective","authors":"Muhammad Lokman Md. Isa","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.11","url":null,"abstract":"This study discovered challenging of the anti-smoking campaign from the perspective of healthcare providers in Kuantan. The objectives of this study were to explore the challenges of the anti-smoking campaign from healthcare providers’ views, to explore the awareness regarding the existence of Smoking Cessation Clinics and to explore the ways to improve anti-smoking campaigns. This study is important because it may aid Malaysian authorities to develop better strategies in promoting anti-smoking campaigns in the future. Purposive sampling was used in the collection of data and semi-structured interviews were conducted among five healthcare providers from three selected Smoking Cessation Clinics. This study found that healthcare provider felt that smokers who received treatment from the Health Centre had low understanding of the standard of procedure of smoking cessation procedure, low commitment and easily influenced by the public. Healthcare provider also felt that multidisciplinary task limited their focus to the client. Besides, they felt that the existence of smoking Cessation Clinic needs to be widely publicised to the community. Through the findings, the author recommend to improve the current approaches to reduce the number of smokers in Malaysia such as improving publicity to the public, enhancing the law of enforcement and providing incentives.","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"1 1","pages":"119-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84345773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mental Health State of Low Vision Patients using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale","authors":"Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"16 1","pages":"198-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77931105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scaffold Selection for Tissue Engineering in Dentistry","authors":"Farinawati Yazid","doi":"10.17576/mh.2020.1501.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2020.1501.04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"150 1","pages":"34-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77430922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Big-Five personality traits and quality of life in elderly Malaysian patients with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study","authors":"L. Woon, P. Gosse, Emily Samantha Kaunismaa, R. L. Mainland, A. Ravindran, N. Mustafa, H. Sidi","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-28516/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-28516/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background: Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent in the elderly population, with a significant impact on quality of life. This study aimed to explore the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in an elderly population with diabetes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center. Outpatients above 60 years old with a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruited. Sociodemographic and clinical information were obtained. Quality of life was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire and personality traits were assessed using the Big Five Inventory questionnaire. Depression and anxiety were measured with Beck Depression Inventory and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale respectively and controlled for in statistical analyses. Results: There were 170 study participants (median age=69.0 years; IQR: 65.0-73.0; 51.2% male). In stepwise linear regression models, higher conscientiousness scores (β=0.156; p=0.044) and lower neuroticism scores (β=-0.176; p=0.028) were associated with greater quality of life in the physical health domain. Higher extraversion scores (β=0.209; p=0.001) and higher conscientiousness scores (β=0.248; p<0.001) were associated with greater quality of life in the psychological health domain. Higher agreeableness scores (β=0.286; p<0.001) were associated with greater quality of life in the social relationship domain. Finally, higher agreeableness scores (β=0.327; p<0.001) and lower neuroticism scores (β=-0.223; p=0.001) were associated with greater quality of life in the environment domain. Conclusions: Personality traits were closely associated with all domains of quality of life among elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. Premorbid personality may have important role in moderating the impact of diabetes mellitus on the lives of elderly patients.","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"29 1","pages":"50-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2020-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90552166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors Associated with Successful Fasting among Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Patients during Ramadan: A Retrospective Recall Study","authors":"Le Ni","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.09","url":null,"abstract":"Among diabetic patients, fasting is associated with increased risk of ketoacidosis, hypoglycaemia and dehydration. Previous randomised controlled trials and prospective studies have shown that intensive pre-Ramadan education on fasting is able to help patients fast successfully during Ramadan. At the same time, observational studies show that many diabetic patients are still able to fast successfully throughout Ramadan despite deficiencies in knowledge about fasting practices. We conducted a retrospective recall study in Klinik Kesihatan Jalan Perak, Penang to determine the factors associated with successful fasting. Patients were selected using convenience sampling. Successful fasting was defined as a patient fasted as intended, and not having to break-fast due to hypo/ hyperglycaemia symptoms or hospitalization due to diabetic complications. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine independent factors associated with successful fasting. 113 patients were enrolled. 70.9% (n=80) of patients were able to fast successfully. Knowing the name of their diabetic medications were significantly associated with successful fasting (AOR=8.56, 95%CI: 2.04;35.8, p=0.003). Knowledge and fasting practices were not associated with successful fasting. We may identify patients who might not fast successfully by evaluating their understanding of their diabetic medications. They can then be targeted for further pre-Ramadan counselling. Nonetheless, an intensive pre-Ramadan counselling is still optimal if resources are available. Keyword: diabetes, fasting, knowledge patients for safe fasting. Although Ramadan fasting is one of the five Pillars of Islamic teaching (Al-Bakarah n.d.), teaching in Quran exempts the practice for individuals who might be exposed to ill health if fasting is practiced. Acute DM complication risks can be minimised if patient’s DM controlled is satisfactory. However, many high-risk type 2 DM patients (56.6% to 93.4%) still chose to fast due to strong personal beliefs (Babineaux et al. 2015; Tan et al. 2018). Based on observational studies, 54.6% to 64 % of type 2 DM patients were able to fast every day during Ramadan (Babineaux INTRODUCTION Fasting during Ramadhan requires careful adjustment of treatment and lifestyle during Ramadhan. This is because it poses a risk of acute diabetes mellitus (DM) complications among DM patients. The risks include ketoacidosis, hypoglycaemia and dehydration (Ministry of Health Malaysia (a) 2015; Ministry of Health Malaysia (c) 2014; International Diabetes Federation and the DAR International Alliance 2016; Mohd Fazrul & Tan 2018). Many studies showed inadequate preparation of","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"97-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85146315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preliminary Study of Craniofacial Superimposition by Mathematics Programming in a Thai Population","authors":"P. Mahakkanukrauh","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"20 1","pages":"235-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84654678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Medical Students’ Perceptions on the Adequacy and Effectiveness of Pharmacology Teaching during Preclinical Years","authors":"N. Mohamed","doi":"10.17576/mh.2019.1402.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/mh.2019.1402.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53946,"journal":{"name":"Medicine and Health","volume":"34 1","pages":"109-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82767364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}