Publications by authors named "Reffin N"
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- Violence against healthcare workers in primary settings is a rising concern, with little prior research compared to tertiary settings; a systematic review aimed to consolidate recent findings on this issue from studies published between 2013 and 2023.
- * The analysis included 23 studies categorized into themes such as prevalence, types of violence, contributing factors, and coping strategies; violence prevalence among primary healthcare workers was notably high, ranging from 45.6% to 90%, with verbal abuse being the most common form.
- * Key issues identified include a significant risk of violence perpetrated by patients and families, various factors leading to violence, negative consequences for workers and organizations, and prevalent under-reporting due to skepticism about the effectiveness of current workplace policies.
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- Healthcare drivers experienced significant stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly ambulance drivers, with 7.4% reporting stress levels, and anxiety heightened by factors like smoking and on-call duties.
- The study utilized a cross-sectional design, gathering data from 163 healthcare drivers using validated stress inventory questionnaires between August 1 and 31, 2020, while employing statistical analyses to identify stress associations.
- Key findings highlighted that smoking and on-call status were major contributors to perceived stress among healthcare drivers, but no link was found with factors like age or marital status.
In recent years, amphetamine-type-stimulants (ATS) have been extensively misused in South-East Asia, inducing major problems among methadone-maintenance-treatment (MMT) patients. We examine ATS-misuse prevalence and its determinants among MMT patients in East-Coast-Malaysia. A retrospective-observational study was conducted on government-subsidized medication for opioid-use-disorder (MOUD) treatment clinics involving 292 MMT-patients (98% males) who were selected using a multilevel-proportional-stratified random sampling technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the incidence of tuberculosis among healthcare workers is increasing yearly and exceeds the incidence of tuberculosis in the community in almost all the countries that report to the WHO. The problem is greater in countries with high burden of tuberculosis disease in the community. The cause of this problem may be contributed by the attitudes of the healthcare workers themselves, such as non-compliance of the procedures at their work tasks meant to prevent them from contracting the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCompliance of Healthcare Worker's toward Tuberculosis Preventive Measures in Workplace: A Systematic Literature Review.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
October 2021
Despite several guidelines published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and national authorities, there is a general increase in the number of healthcare workers (HCWs) contracting tuberculosis. This review sought to evaluate the compliance of the HCWs toward tuberculosis preventive measures (TPMs) in their workplace. Both electronic databases and manual searches were conducted to retrieve articles regarding the compliance of HCWs in the workplace published from 2010 onwards.
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