Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers Caring for Children with Leukaemia in the Paediatric Oncology Ward of King Saud Medical City, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Hands are the most common vehicle of pathogen transmission in a healthcare setting. Therefore, hand hygiene is the leading method of reducing healthcare-associated infections. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of hand hygiene and predictors for poor hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers who care for children with leukaemia in the paediatric oncology ward of King Saud Medical City (KSMC) in Saudi Arabia.

Nurses' knowledge of heart failure self-care education: A systematic review.

Background: The prevalence of heart failure is increasing, associated with high mortality and rehospitalization rate. The complexity and progressive clinical syndromes of heart failure have massively affected patients' quality of life. Heart failure self-care education provided by nurses seems to improve patients' knowledge and the clinical outcomes despite being in critical care or community settings.

Physical assessment skills practised by critical care nurses: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Physical assessment skills are essential to clinical decision-making in nursing as they help nurses to identify and respond to patients' deterioration. Nurses develop confidence and can detect any out-of-range parameters in diagnosing and treating patients. Prior studies surveyed 120 skills but did not explicitly assess critical care.

Depression, anxiety and quality of life in stroke survivors and their family caregivers: A pilot study using an actor/partner interdependence model.

Background: Depression and anxiety are common in stroke survivors as well as their family caregivers. However, it is not known whether each person's emotional distress contributes to their partner's quality of life (QOL).

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of depression and anxiety on QOL in stroke survivor-caregiver dyads using dyadic analysis technique - the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).

Oral care practice for the ventilated patients in intensive care units: a pilot survey.

Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infection in intensive care units (ICUs).  One factor causing VAP is aspiration of oral colonisation, which may result from poor oral care practice.  Oral care using tooth brushing can prevent formulation of dental plaque that can be a reservoir for microbes causing VAP.

Perception of intensive care unit stressors in Malaysian Federal Territory hospitals.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a therapeutic place for monitoring critically ill patients. However, it is a stressful area for the patients and it is causing them great anxiety. Previous studies have identified three groups of stressors in ICU namely; physical, psychological and environmental.