Epidemiological and risk predictors of severity of school injuries

Accidents are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among schoolchildren. Epidemiological and risk predictors of injury severity were investigated among all school injuries presenting at the Students' Hospital in Alexandria during the scholastic year 1996-97. In all, 3422 injured pupils were surveyed. Age, nature of injury, place and mechanism of school injury and referral method were significant risk predictors for hospitalization. Age, referral method and nature of injury were significant predictors of referral to specialized health services. Injury severity score was significantly predicted by the presence of acute disease during time of injury, place and mechanism of injury as well as by provision of first aid and referral method and time

Sociodemographic determinants of management behaviour of diabetic patients. Part I. Behaviour of patients in relation to management of their disease

We studied 300 randomly chosen diabetic patients to assess their behaviours in relation to management of their disease. The majority had very good compliance with regular periodic check-ups [97.0%], urine and blood screening for sugar [94.3% and 96.0% respectively], adherence to the prescribed medicines [78.3%] and foot-care practices [75.0%]. However, 35.3% and 39.0% had poor compliance with regard to checking their blood pressure and weight monitoring. Among smokers, 30.2% stopped smoking and 42.2% decreased the amount smoked after being diagnosed with the disease. Dietary compliance was either satisfactory or very good for most patients

Sociodemographic determinants of management behaviour of diabetic patients. Part II. Diabetics' knowledge of the disease and their management behaviour

We aimed to: describe the level of knowledge of diabetic patients about the disease, show the relationship between demographic variables [age, sex and education] and level of knowledge and reveal the relationship between knowledge and management-related behaviour of diabetics. We found that a majority of diabetic patients [90.0%] had poor knowledge about the disease, 83.7% had poor knowledge about the complications associated with diabetes and 96.3% had poor awareness of how to control the disease. The poor level of knowledge that diabetics have about their disease suggests that health care providers need to be trained in the areas of information, education and communication

degree of satisfaction of the university nursing students with their learning experiences in Amman, Jordan and Alexandria, Egypt: a comparative study

This study was carried to compare between the degree of satisfaction of nursing students at Jordan University, Faculty of Nursing in Amman with their learning experiences with those of the Higher Institute of Nursing, Alexandria University so that nurse educators plan for satisfactory learning experiences. All students attending their last lectures in Amman [N=104] and Alexandria [N=460] were approached. A three-point scale questionnaire ranged from highly, moderately satisfied and dissatisfied was used to measure the degree of satisfaction. The study showed that the Faculty of Nursing students in Amman were moderately satisfied with the majority of learning experiences such as: selection through personal interviews, classrooms, library facilities and time for reading in the library, nursing facilities and learning facilities available on the hospital unit, their awareness of the objectives and programme content, current methods of teaching for theory and practice and the educational materials utilized as well as with the written examinations. Also, they were moderately satisfied with their relationships with faculty personnel, teachers, physicians and nurses, while their relationships with other students were highly satisfactory. They were dissatisfied with their selection through the registration office, overcrowding of the clinical setting and the practical examinations. On the contrary, the Higher Institute of Nursing students in Alexandria were dissatisfied with the majority of learning experiences except for the personal interview, library facilities, current methods of teaching in theory and practice and the written examinations where they were moderately satisfied