The Effects of Physical Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life Among Working Mothers Living in Amman: A Correlational Study.

Background: Jordan has a high prevalence of physical inactivity, a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases. Working mothers are a high-risk group who face significant barriers to physical activity and experience a decline in their quality of life.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the potential impact of physical activity adherence on health-related quality of life and physical fitness among a sample of working mothers.

Knowledge and compliance to prevention of central line-associated blood stream infections among registered nurses in Jordan.

Background: Central line-associated bloods tream infections (CLABSIs) are among the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Aims: To assess the rates of CLABSIs and to investigate predictors of knowledge and compliance of registered nurses to central venous catheters (CVCs) maintenance care bundle in intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: A cross-sectional correlational design was used.

Indicators of Healthcare Services Utilization among the Syrian Refugee Population in Jordan: An Observational Study.

Background: Sufficient healthcare services utilization among the Syrian refugee population is one of the most important human rights. Vulnerable populations, such as refugees, are often deprived of sufficient access to healthcare services. Even when healthcare services are accessible, refugees vary in their level of utilization of these services and their health-seeking behavior.

Healthcare providers' intention to leave their jobs during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Aims: During the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), healthcare providers confronted risks of disease transmission to themselves and their family members, resulting in physical and psychological burdens. This might affect their decisions to leave their jobs temporarily or permanently, fearing infection and protecting their families. This study examined the factors related to the intention to leave a job among healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.

The Willingness of the Healthcare Professionals Working in Healthcare Institutions to Accept the First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Jordan: A National Survey.

Health workers play an important part as role models, advocates for vaccination, vaccinators and educators in a community. Furthermore, they are at high risk of being infected with COVID-19 as they are on the frontlines. Thus, this study purposed to determine the willingness of the healthcare professionals working in healthcare institutions to accept the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Jordan.

Emergency Room Nurses' Attitudes toward Family Presence during Resuscitation: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Although there are guidelines that encourage the family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, literature that reported on the healthcare team's attitudes suggested that this practice is often discouraged, and it remains a debatable topic.

Aim: To assess the Emergency Room Nurses' Attitudes toward family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures.

Research Design: A cross-sectional descriptive correlation research design was used for this study.

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Toward COVID-19 Among Jordanian Residents During the Quarantine Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey.

Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a communicable disease transmitted via respiratory droplet from 1 person to another caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study aims to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of Jordanian people toward COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the paper explores the lack of perception and adherence to preventive measures toward COVID-19.

The impact of obesity on self-esteem and academic achievement among university students.

Background: Previous studies showed that obesity was correlated with many negative social and health outcomes including poor academic achievement and low self-esteem.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of obesity and to identify the impact of obesity on self-esteem and academic performance among university students.

Method: The study used a correlational design to achieve the study objectives.

MRI of non-specific low back pain and/or lumbar radiculopathy: do we need T1 when using a sagittal T2-weighted Dixon sequence?

Objective: To show that for the MRI workup of non-specific low back pain and/or lumbar radiculopathy, the acquisition of T1-weighted sequences in the sagittal plane could be waived when using an FSE T2-weighted Dixon sequence.

Materials And Methods: Three musculoskeletal radiologists retrospectively reviewed fifty lumbar spine MRI examinations performed for non-specific low back pain and/or lumbar radiculopathy. Two protocols were separately analyzed in the sagittal plane: a standard protocol (T1-weighted, in-phase, and water-only images of an FSE T2-weighted Dixon sequence) and a simplified protocol (fat-only, in-phase, and water-only images of an FSE T2-weighted Dixon sequence).

An explorative study of workplace violence against nurses who care for older people.

Aim: To explore the prevalence of workplace violence among nurses who care for older people and its association with working stress, job satisfaction and quality of care in Jordan.

Design: A cross-sectional design was used.

Methods: A cluster random sampling was used to select three public hospitals, three private hospitals and 17 healthcare centres in Amman, Jordan.

MRI T2 Mapping of the Knee Providing Synthetic Morphologic Images: Comparison to Conventional Turbo Spin-Echo MRI.

Background Use of a T2 mapping sequence in addition to the conventional knee MRI protocol increases sensitivity to early cartilage lesions but is time consuming. Purpose To test the in vitro validity of quantitative data from an accelerated parallel T2 mapping sequence (combined generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition and model-based accelerated relaxometry by iterative nonlinear inversion [GRAPPATINI]) of the knee and to compare in vivo synthetic images generated with this sequence with those generated with conventional morphologic sequences. Materials and Methods T2 estimations with GRAPPATINI were validated in vitro in comparison with T2 estimations with routine multisection multiecho and reference standard single-section single-echo spin-echo T2 mapping sequences by using a Bland-Altman plot.

Predictors of nurses' stress working with older people admitted to acute care setting.

Aim: To identify the predictors of nurses' work stressors who care for older people (i.e., over age 65 years) in Jordan.

The influence of leadership behavior, organizational commitment, organizational support, subjective career success on organizational readiness for change in healthcare organizations.

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of leadership behavior, organizational commitment, organizational support and subjective career success on organizational readiness for change in the healthcare organizations. The authors want to determine if nurses who had higher levels of organizational commitment, organizational support and subjective career success relationships were more open and prepared for change. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational survey design was conducted using self-reported questionnaires to collect data from registered nurses.

The effects of leadership competencies and quality of work on the perceived readiness for organizational change among nurse managers.

Purpose This paper aims to set a leadership guidance program that can promote nurses' knowledge of leadership and, at the same time, to enhance their leadership competencies and quality of work to promote their readiness for change in healthcare organizations. Design/methodology/approach A pre-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest design was utilized. Out of 90 invited to participate in this study, 61 nurses were accepted to participate.

Severe pelvic injury: vascular lesions detected by ante- and post-mortem contrast medium-enhanced CT and associations with pelvic fractures.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to compare arterial and venous contrast medium extravasation in severe pelvic injury detected by ante- and post-mortem multi-detector CT (MDCT) and determine whether vascular injury is associated with certain types of pelvic fracture.

Methods: We retrospectively included two different cohorts of blunt pelvic trauma with contrast medium extravasation shown by MDCT. The first group comprised 49 polytrauma patients; the second included 45 dead bodies undergoing multi-phase post-mortem CT-angiography (MPMCTA).

Nurses' caring and empathy in Jordanian psychiatric hospitals: A national survey.

Nurses working in psychiatric hospitals need to acquire the skills of therapeutic communication and empathy, and have higher levels of caring. The present study aims to investigate the level of caring and empathy among nurses working in psychiatric hospitals. A cross-sectional survey was utilized to collect data from 205 nurses recruited from three psychiatric hospitals in Jordan.

Jordanian Critical Care Nurses' Practices Regarding Enteral Nutrition.

In Jordan, there is a gap in literature regarding nurses' practices of enteral nutrition. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess nurses' practices regarding enteral nutrition of critically ill adult patients. A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used to collect data through self-reported questionnaires and descriptive analyses were used to display the results of the study.

The perception of hospital safety culture and selected outcomes among nurses: An exploratory study.

The objectives of this study were to examine nurses' perceptions of the hospital safety culture in Jordan and to identify the relationships between aspects of hospital safety culture and selected safety outcomes. Data from 242 registered nurses in five Jordanian hospitals were analyzed. Aspects of hospital safety culture and outcomes were measured using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Violence against nurses in emergency departments in jordan: nurses' perspective.

Violence against nurses in emergency departments (EDs) has become a widespread phenomenon affecting nurses' job satisfaction and work performance. Literature is scarce regarding prevalence rates and causes of violence directed toward nurses in Jordan. The present study investigated violence experienced by Jordanian nurses in EDs and causes of violence from their perspectives.

Investigating critical care nurses' perception regarding enteral nutrition.

Background: Evidences showed that nurses lack the needed knowledge to administer nutritional care. Besides, nutritional information was found to be incomplete in patients' record, and nurses' responsibilities regarding EN were not well understood. In Jordan, literature regarding nurses' perceptions of EN is scarce.

Predictors of ICU patients' pain management satisfaction: A descriptive cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: (1) To assess Jordanian ICU patients' pain characteristics (intensity and interference) and levels of pain management satisfaction; and (2) to determine potential predictors of pain management satisfaction among ICU patients.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was utilised using the American Pain Society-Patient Outcome Questionnaire to survey 139 Jordanian ICU patients from different health care sectors in Jordan.

Results: High levels of pain and pain interferences were reported by participants, which were higher than those reported by previous studies in other countries.

Jordanian women's personal practices regarding prevention and early detection of breast cancer.

Background: Breast cancer, as a leading cause of mortality, is responsible for 12.5% of all deaths in Jordan.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe Jordanian women's personal practices and perceptions of breast cancer screening tests.