Publications by authors named "Khaldoun Hamdan"
Background: Professional quality of life has received widespread concern in nursing over the last few years. Nurses with a high professional quality of life enthusiastically approach their work and provide excellent patient care. On the other hand, poor professional quality of life may affect nurses' quality of care, resulting in job dissatisfaction and jeopardizing patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a respiratory care bundle, including deep breathing exercises, incentive spirometry, and airway clearance techniques, on the quality of life (QoL) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in Jordan.
Materials And Methods: A quasi-experimental study design and convenience sampling method was used to recruit 120 COPD patients, with 54 in the intervention group and 66 in the control group. The intervention group received additional respiratory care bundle training, while the control group received only discharge instructions and an education program.
Aim: To assess patients' satisfaction with the quality of nursing care and the relationship between patients' characteristics and their level of satisfaction.
Design: A descriptive correlational cross-sectional design was used in this study.
Methods: Convenient sampling was utilized to include 1014 inpatients from six hospitals in Jordan: three private hospitals; two governmental hospitals; and one university-affiliated hospital.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with numerous changes in daily life conditions that could affect the psychological response of individuals worldwide.
Objective: The study aimed to describe and examine differences in depression, anxiety, and stress in relation to living conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was used.
Aim: To evaluate patients' satisfaction levels with primary healthcare services and providers in Jordan and assess differences in patients' satisfaction in relation to sociodemographic factors and accessibility to primary healthcare.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used in this study.
Sampling: A convenient sampling technique was utilized.
Background: There is a growing need for palliative care globally due to the rapid aging of the population and improvement in cancer survival rates. Adequate knowledge and a positive attitude are vital for palliative care nurses. The study's purpose was to examine nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward palliative care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The importance and efficacy of Preemptive analgesia in reducing pain for patients undergoing painful procedures still debatable and seldom investigated. The aim of this study was to describe intensive care nurses' perception of the importance of pain assessment and Preemptive analgesia prior painful procedures in critical care settings in Jordan.
Method: A cross-sectional descriptive design was used.
Although the current management of COVID-19 is mainly focused on efficacious vaccine and infection control, the most common psychological reactions (such as fear and anxiety) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have not been investigated and even neglected in patients with heart failure who are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality. We assessed COVID-19 related fear and anxiety among patients with heart failure and determined their associated factors. A cross sectional survey was conducted among 300 consecutive patients with heart failure during the period of March 2021−June 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate the perception of undergraduate nursing students in different countries in the Middle East about caring.
Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive, comparative design.
Methods: A total of 1,582 nursing students from six different countries in the Middle East completed the Caring Dimensions Inventory.
It is common practice in healthcare systems in the Arabic region to exclude relatives when patients receive treatment for critical emergent incidents or illnesses. This exclusion is despite family members' wishes for proximity and cultural and religious values that mean being with unwell people is considered a form of worship or religious act. The marked lack of implementation of relatives' wishes in this regard is coupled with a paucity of relevant policies, guidelines, and research, despite patient populations in these countries being traditional in nature, religious, and having strong connections within their families and extended social units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aims to explore nurses' perceptions of hourly rounding in Jordanian hospitals.
Background: Hourly rounding is a standardized and systematic process conducted by nurses to anticipate and address needs in hospitalized patients. The evidence on hourly rounding is mixed, and research is needed to affirm the benefits of implementing hourly rounding across different contexts.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines child marriage among Jordanian and Syrian adolescents, particularly refugees, in the context of the Syrian conflict.
- Interviews with 64 participants reveal significant influences from community intermingling, heightened vulnerability, and adolescents’ agency in rejecting child marriage.
- The findings suggest that the instability caused by the conflict has shifted marriage practices while highlighting opportunities for social change among the youth.
Aim: To examine the attitudes of undergraduate Jordanian nursing students towards death and caring for dying patients.
Design: A cross-sectional correlational design.
Methods: The Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying and Death Attitude Profile-Revised scales were used in this study with a convenience sample of 555 students from nursing schools in Jordan.
Background: Inadequate pain assessment and management is a problem in hospitalized patients that impairs their well-being. Intensive care unit nurses' pain practices are affected by several barriers and enablers.
Aims And Objectives: To explore intensive care unit nurses' pain education, perceived barriers, and enablers of pain assessment and management practices among critically ill patients.
Aim: This study aimed to understand the barriers to health services utilization by Jordanian families.
Background: Access to quality healthcare services is a significant issue facing healthcare systems. Healthcare systems must identify and apply measures to overcome barriers that face utilizing health services and thus increase clients' satisfaction.
Purpose: To explore: 1) the perceptions of Jordanian mothers of their children's health and illness; and 2) the strategies of Jordanian mothers regarding disease prevention and health promotion.
Design And Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used to select a sample of Jordanian mothers (n = 20) of children aged 6 to12 years. Semi-structured interviews generated data to which thematic analysis was applied.
Background: Systematic pain assessment is necessary to ensure effective pain management. Despite the availability of recommendations, guidelines, and valid tools for pain assessment, the actual implementation in clinical practice is inconsistent.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate intensive care nurses' pain assessment practices among critically ill patients in Jordanian hospitals.