Anti-littering in developing countries: Motivating the people of Jordan.

Littering in developing countries remains a problem that has not been overcome, and past research based on a trial-and-error approach has not solved the problem. In this study, a questionnaire was constructed and distributed to the people of Jordan. People were asked to indicate what motivates them to use the litter bins.

The Incidence of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Phlebitis and Risk Factors among Pediatric Patients.

Background: Phlebitis is one of the most common complications of peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) that can lead to many complications, including higher medical costs and longer hospital stays.

Objective: To identify the incidence of phlebitis associated with PIVC and determine its risk factors among hospitalized pediatric patients.

Methods: An observational and cross-sectional design was used.

The Determinants of M-Health Adoption in Developing Countries: An Empirical Investigation.

Background: The potential benefit of mobile health (M-Health) in developing countries for improving the efficiency of health care service delivery, health care quality, and patient safety, as well as reducing cost, has been increasingly recognized and emphasized in the last few years.

Objective: Limited research has investigated the facilitators and barriers for the adoption of M-Health in developing countries to secure successful implementation of the technology. To fill this knowledge gap, we propose an integrative model that explains the patient's adoption behavior of M-Health in developing countries grounded on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, dual-factor model, and health belief model.

Patients' satisfaction with the quality of nursing care in thalassemia units.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients' satisfaction with the quality of nursing care in thalassemia units.

Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive research design was used. An Arabic version of the "Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality questionnaire" (PQNCQ) was used.

The Effect of Infection Control Course on Nursing Students' Knowledge of and Compliance With Universal Precautions: A Quasi-experimental Study.

Background: Knowledge of and compliance with universal isolation precautions are important issues and were found to be low in many previous studies. However, there were no Jordanian studies that have examined the effect of an infection control teaching course on nursing students' knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess knowledge and compliance levels, assess the relationships between knowledge and compliance, and examine the effect of infection control teaching courses on knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions among university nursing students.

Measuring Patient Safety Competence Among Nursing Students in the Classroom and Clinical Settings.

Background: Little is known of the extent to which patient safety (PS) education is addressed in nursing curricula in the classroom and clinical settings in Jordan.

Method: An Arabic version of the Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey was administered to a convenience sample of 297 nursing students from two governmental universities in Jordan.

Results: Nursing students were moderately satisfied about their knowledge and competencies regarding most PS dimensions; they also had more confidence about the knowledge and competencies they learned in the classroom than during the clinical training.

Surgical site infections after craniotomy: a matched health-care cost and length of stay study.

Objective: To assess the extra health-care costs and length of stay resulting from surgical site infection (SSI), as well as to identify the most frequent aetiological microorganisms of SSIs among Jordanian craniotomy surgery patients.

Method: A retrospective, descriptive, correlational and nested 1:1 matched case-control design was used. A computerised list of patients, who underwent surgery between May 2009 and March 2015, was generated in the targeted hospital.

How habit affects continuous use: evidence from Jordan's national health information system.

Implementing a health information system (HIS) to enhance healthcare services and patients' experience has become a growing trend in developing countries. Yet little is known about acquainted users' attitudes on continuing the use of an HIS after adoption. Healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses in particular) are reluctant to use HISs because they perceive them as an interruption of their interaction with patients, thus negatively influencing their efficiency.

Predictors of quality of life among older patients with cancer during treatment.

Background: Improving quality of life in older patients with cancer has become an important goal of healthcare providers.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of quality of life among older patients with cancer, aged 60 years and over during the treatment period.

Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted among 150 patients.

Diabetes self-care management practices among insulin-taking patients.

Background: Diabetes self-care management (DSCM) is complex because various factors and relationships influence its processes.

Aims: This study aimed to identify the level of DSCM, compare the levels of self care between patients with type 1 and patients with type 2 diabetes, and identify significant predictors of self-care among Jordanian patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who were taking insulin.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed using a convenience sample of 310 Jordanian patients.

Beliefs and Practices of Patients with Diabetes toward the Use of Herbal Therapy.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of using herbal therapy and the beliefs toward the use of this type of therapy among patients with diabetes. It also aimed to identify the significant predictors of these beliefs and the factors that increase the likelihood of using herbal therapy. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.

Stillbirths in Jordan: rate, causes, and preventability.

This study aimed to determine the stillbirth rate in Jordan and to determine the leading causes of stillbirths. Analyzing the stillbirth data from a large sample size of Jordanian women would be very valuable for planning the resources and improving the services. The data from the national study of perinatal mortality in Jordan were analyzed.

Educating intensive care unit nurses to use central venous catheter infection prevention guidelines: effectiveness of an educational course.

Background: Nurses' knowledge of central venous catheter-related infection (CVC-RI) prevention guidelines is poor, indicating that nurses do not receive proper education about these guidelines.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational course that aimed to improve nurses' knowledge about CVC-RI prevention guidelines.

Method: A sample of 131 nurses were randomly assigned to the experimental group (received an educational course) or control group (received no education).

Pressure Injuries Among Hospitalized Patients With Cancer: Prevalence and Use of Preventive Interventions.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of pressure injuries (PIs) in hospitalized patients with cancer.

Design: Multicenter, cross-sectional prevalence survey.

Subjects And Setting: The sample comprised 110 adults with cancer; their mean age was 50.

Assessing the impact of workplace bullying on nursing competences among registered nurses in Jordanian public hospitals.

Aim: To assess the impact of nursing competences on workplace bullying among registered nurses in Jordanian public hospitals.

Background: Workplace bullying has serious organizational and health effects on nursing staff. Little is known about the relationship between bullying and nursing competence worldwide.

Factors Associated With Infant Pain Severity Undergoing Immunization Injections.

Purpose: Factors influencing infants' behavioral and vocal (cry) response to painful stimuli are explored to improve pain management plans for infants undergoing immunizations.

Design And Methods: An observational study design was used. Pain responses of 60 to 75 days-old infants (44% male vs 56% female) undergoing two-month immunization injections were videotaped and coded using the Modified Behavioral Pain Scale (MBPS), and duration of total crying time during injection was recorded.

Nurses' compliance with central line associated blood stream infection prevention guidelines.

Objective:  To assess nurses' compliance with central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention guidelines related to maintenance of the central line and the predictors of compliance. Method: This was an observational study that used a descriptive cross-sectional design. A sample of 171 intensive care unit (ICU) nurses were observed and their compliance was recorded on a structured observational sheet.

Reality of obesity paradox: Results of percutaneous coronary intervention in Middle Eastern patients.

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the baseline clinical characteristics, coronary angiographic features, and adverse cardiovascular events during hospitalization and at 1 year of follow-up in obese patients compared with overweight and normal/underweight patients. Methods A prospective, multicenter study of consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention was performed. Results Of 2425 enrolled patients, 699 (28.

Attitudes of Jordanian Adolescent Students Toward Overweight and Obesity.

Background: Obesity is a serious public health problem especially among adolescents. Understanding adolescents' attitudes toward obesity and healthy lifestyle is a crucial step to develop effective health programs to treat and prevent obesity.

Objectives: To examine the attitudes toward overweight and obesity among Jordanian adolescent students and to identify the components of obesity prevention program that the students perceive as important.

The Effect of Cardiac Education on Knowledge and Self-care Behaviors Among Patients With Heart Failure.

Background: No studies have been conducted in Jordan to examine the effect of cardiac education on knowledge and self-care behaviors among patients with heart failure in Jordan.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a cardiac educational program on knowledge and self-care behaviors among patients with heart failure.

Method: A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design was used.

Nurses' work environment: indicators of satisfaction.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate nurses' perceptions of the nursing work environment in Jordanian hospitals.

Background: Previous research has indicated a strong relationship between nurses' work environment and their satisfaction at work. However, little is known about the situation in Jordan.

Knowledge and Attitudes of Jordanian University Students Toward Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Study.

People with epilepsy face stigma which arguably causes more suffering than the disease itself. The purpose of this study is to compare the knowledge and attitudes of nursing with nonnursing Jordanian university students toward epilepsy. A cross-sectional comparative, quantitative study was conducted.

Total homocysteine is positively correlated with body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and fat mass among overweight reproductive women: A cross-sectional study.

Conflicting associations between total homocysteine (tHcy), body mass index (BMI) lean body mass, and fat mass in the general population have been reported. We investigated the hypothesis that elevated tHcy levels are associated with increased BMI, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body fat mass percent. In Jordan, obesity and overweight are prevalent among reproductive women and hyperhomocysteinemia, along with obesity and overweight, are independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Students nurses' knowledge and prevalence of Needle Stick Injury in Jordan.

Background: Student nurses are at high risk of blood-borne pathogens transmitted via Needle Stick Injury (NSI). Understanding various aspects of NSI is essential if they are to avoid the risks associated with it.

Objectives: The study was conducted to measure student nurses' level of knowledge about NSI and to examine its prevalence and post-exposure measures in Jordan.

The prevalence and the predictors of insomnia among refugees.

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of insomnia and associated sociodemographic factors among refugees in Jordan. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with a representative sample of 373 refugees. The majority of refugees had moderate to severe insomnia ( = 196, 52.