Publications by authors named "Ejercito Mangawa Balay-Odao"

Background: Artificial intelligence integration into healthcare has gained significant attention in recent years, with its use ranging from disease diagnosis to surgical assistance. While artificial intelligence's potential to improve patient outcomes and optimise patient care is undeniable, concerns regarding privacy, transparency, and the potential for medical errors persist. To take full advantage of artificial intelligence's transformative abilities, understanding patient perceptions and attitudes towards its integration into medicine is crucial for ethical considerations and health outcomes.

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The study aimed to explore the reasons for nurses' coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines. This study used descriptive, phenomenological qualitative research. The data were collected from 13 Filipino nurses using an unstructured interview questionnaire from June 2021 to October 2021.

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The "Hospital's Culture of Nursing Research Scale" (HCNRS) is a critical assessment tool in health care research. It was created in response to the rising acknowledgment of nursing research's critical role in improving patient care outcomes. This study aimed to develop the HCNRS to assess the nurses' perceptions of the hospital's culture of nursing research.

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Aim: To explore the perspectives of Kazakhstani healthcare professionals on environmental sustainability in healthcare.

Design: An exploratory qualitative design.

Methods: Four focus group discussions (FGDs) on environmental sustainability in healthcare were conducted among healthcare professionals (nurses, physicians, midwives and physical therapists) from June to August 2023 in three cities of Kazakhstan.

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Background: Compassion and empathy form the bedrock of nursing, essential for sincere and integral healthcare practice. This study delves into the multifaceted dimensions of caring in nursing, exploring its physical and emotional aspects. Nursing instructors are pivotal in infusing active learning strategies that cultivate caring behaviors among students, preparing them for healthcare's technical and compassionate aspects.

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This study sought to determine the student nurses' spirituality, religiosity, caring behavior, spiritual care, and personalized care. Further, it sought to determine the relationship between spirituality, religiosity, and caring behavior in student nurses' spiritual care and personalized care. The study used a descriptive correlational design using convenience sampling to collect data from 1248 student nurses in the Philippines from December 2023 to February 2024.

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Objective: Research plays a critical role in molding nursing as a profession. Healthcare organizations are challenged to build an organizational culture that cultivates the development of nursing research. Creating a culture of nursing research is constantly branded a vital component in advancing nursing science.

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  • Vaccine hesitancy among parents, especially highly educated Kazakhstani mothers, significantly impacts children's vaccination rates since they make the decisions about their kids' vaccinations.
  • A study involving 95 mothers used thematic analysis on responses from an online questionnaire to identify perceptions related to childhood vaccination hesitancy.
  • The analysis revealed four main themes: misconceptions about vaccination, fear of vaccine effects on children, distrust in the healthcare system, and social influences, suggesting the need for educational initiatives to build trust in vaccines among parents.
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The Aim Was: This study explored the perspectives of nursing, medical and public health students on environmental sustainability in healthcare.

Background: The healthcare sector has increasingly recognized the importance of adopting environmental sustainability over the past few years. This growing awareness emphasizes the need to thoroughly assess the connection between health care and environmental responsibility.

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  • The study explored how clinical instructors' caring behavior impacts the psychological well-being of nursing students at Shaqra University.
  • It involved a survey of 405 students using tools to measure perceptions of instructor care and students' well-being, conducted between November 2021 and February 2022.
  • Results showed high perceptions of instructor caring among students, a positive correlation between caring behaviors and well-being, and identified factors like gender and family structure as key influences on students' psychological health.
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  • This study explores how COVID-19 has affected student nurses' attitudes and career aspirations towards the nursing profession, aiming to fill a research gap on this topic.
  • Utilizing a survey of 726 student nurses in Saudi Arabia, the results showed that these students had low levels of anxiety and fear related to COVID-19, yet maintained positive views about nursing, with 86% wanting to pursue it as a career.
  • Key factors influencing their attitudes included personal connections to the profession, the pandemic's impact on mental health, and community context, suggesting that supportive environments can enhance students' commitment to nursing during challenging times.
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This multi-disciplinary, cross-sectional, and descriptive study investigated health care students' face mask use knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) and social distancing attitudes. The study was carried out from October to December 2021 and surveyed 543 health care students selected via convenience sampling from the three Shaqra University campuses in Saudi Arabia. Standard multiple linear regressions were conducted on face mask use KAP and social distancing attitude to identify their significant associated factors.

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Background: The learning process for nurses, including internships, was affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have made the nurse internship program more challenging and stressful for participants. Therefore, it is significant to explore the experiences of nurse interns during COVID-19.

Aim: This study aimed to explore Saudi nurse interns' field experiences during the pandemic.

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Aim: The study tested the validity and reliability of the "Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale" Arabic version (DRSES-A) among Saudi nursing students.

Background: Disaster self-efficacy is one such factor of increasing interest. Little research has explored disaster response self-efficacy despite growing evidence on disaster response preparedness in Saudi Arabia.

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Background: Addressing nursing students' lack of interest in providing care for the aged population is a global challenge for nursing educators. Despite global interest in student nurses' readiness for older people care, almost all the literature has been identified from single countries, predominantly with high income per capita. At present, no study has been conducted to provide evidence-based data related to this topic from a multi-country perspective.

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Aims: This study explores nurses' perceived spiritual well-being in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Nurses have been working heavy shifts under challenging workplace conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to anxiety and psychological stress. These various challenges at work place their spiritual well-being at risk.

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  • This study explores how structural empowerment and work ethics impact work engagement in millennial Saudi clinical nurses, filling a gap in research for this demographic in Arab countries.
  • Utilizing a descriptive correlation quantitative design, 250 millennial nurses completed an online survey that assessed various dimensions of work ethics, empowerment, and engagement.
  • Findings indicate that factors like marital and employment status, along with ethics and empowerment, are significant for enhancing engagement, suggesting that nursing management should implement strategies like recognition and rewards to boost morale and productivity.
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Background: Every person has a persona (or mask) which is the façade that every person shows to the world. Thus, males use façade to reveal or conceal their true feelings and emotions. Also, the male uses mental health façade to protect themselves from prejudice and judgment.

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In the continuous effort to minimize the devastating effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to curb the spread of the disease, hospital preparedness and resilience play significant roles in the psychological well-being of clinical nurses given that their work demands immediate action to adapt and adjust to stressors. Thus, this study investigates the hospital preparedness, psychological burden, and resilience of clinical nurses in addressing COVID-19 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A total of 281 clinical nurses participated in the survey from April 2020 to June 2020.

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