Papers by Rajaa A . Mahmoud
International journal of health sciences
Background: Occupational hazards are defined as workplace issues that have likely to raise the ha... more Background: Occupational hazards are defined as workplace issues that have likely to raise the hazard of our health, which can be categorized as biological and non-biological. Health care providers are challenged with a variety these hazards including physical, chemical, and psychological ones. Material and method: a cross-sectional study was conducted among participants in Al Nasiriya Heart center done by face-to-face interviews to find out the relation between socio-demographic characteristics and occupational hazards. A total sample 300 employee were included in the study. Result: The study found a significant relationship between age group, Radiological and psychological risks of occupational hazards (p.value of 0.004 and 0.030). In regards to the relationship between educational level and risk factors of occupational hazard. The study also found a significant relationship between the level of education and biological risk of occupational hazards (P.value 0.0010) with non-signif...
The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2019
Background: Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a hea... more Background: Patient satisfaction is defined as the total judgments made by the recipient of a healthcare as to whether-or not-their expectations have been met. It is an important measure of healthcare quality as it offers information on the provider's success to meet the clients' expectations. The Study Objectives: The study aimed at measuring patient's satisfaction in primary health centers of Basrah governorate with a comparison between primary health centers that follow family medicine strategy versus general primary health centers. Methodology: It's a cross sectional study involved patients attended primary health care centers in Basrah governorate during June 2016. Standard check lists and questionnaires from Iraqi Ministry of Health were used to measure five main indicators of patient satisfaction including: appearance, credibility, responsiveness, security and empathy with a four likert scale to measure the satisfaction of patient. A total sample included 456 patients. Results: The lowest Cronbach's coefficient alpha value was found by the study to be in the "general appearance" dimension which included the general infrastructural appearance of the health facility with appropriate waiting areas for the attendees, cleanliness and lighting of the facility in addition to the general look and appearance of the health workers and service providers. While "assurance" dimensions shows the highest percentage of satisfaction. In addition, no significant difference was revealed for the chosen satisfactory dimensions between the health care centers providing family-medicine services compared to those with no family-medicine ones. Conclusions: The study remarks important weaknesses in some of the patient satisfactory dimensions including general appearance, responsiveness, apathy and assurance. However, it provides an evidence of having no significant difference for the chosen satisfactory dimensions between the health care centers providing family-medicine services compared to those with no family-medicine ones.
Kazan medical journal, 2019
Aim. Study of the relationship of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in tumor cells of... more Aim. Study of the relationship of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in tumor cells of ascites and primary tumor in patients with ascitic form of ovarian cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to the AP scheme (doxorubicin + cisplatin). Methods. The level of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) was assessed using PCR-RT in epithelial cells of ascites and primary tumor tissue obtained intraoperatively after 2–4 courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy according to the AP scheme from 25 patients with a verified diagnosis of ovarian cancer (serous adenocarcinoma) at stage III–IV according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Processing of the results was performed using the software package Statistica 10. Results. An increase in the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA in epithelial cells of ascites in 60% of samples was established. In the intraoperatively obtained tumor tissue after 2–4 cour...
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2019
Chronic “non-communicable” disease is a term that describes any disturbance in the function of th... more Chronic “non-communicable” disease is a term that describes any disturbance in the function of the body structure and metabolism that results in chronic change of the individual's usual life style. However, despite knowing the great importance of knowing the risk factors of chronic diseases, very little information is known about the awareness level of university students on this issue.
Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and th... more Background: Reproductive Health and Family planning is critical for the women's health and their families, and according to the World Health Organization, the right of having reproductive health services including family planning is identified as one of the targets of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Objectives: This study aimed to explore the utilization of reproductive health services, together with having opinions and satisfaction of the target group regarding these services. Subjects and method: A client satisfaction and knowledge assessment questionnaire was used through health facility exit face to face with a total of 265 women at governmental health facilities in Basrah Results: The study showed that only 27% of the interviewed respondents were completely satisfied with the service they received and among those who were not satisfied, crowding of the health facility was the main cause of non satisfaction. 34% of the respondents were found to have an...
The Medical Journal of Basrah University
Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for ... more Background: Medical records documentation is an important legal and professional requirement for all health professionals. They include information which describes all aspects of patient's care. But, despite the importance of medical records to support better quality service provided at the health facilities, incomplete documentation is very common all over the world. Objective of the study: to assess the documentation completeness level of the medical records in the different inpatient wards of Basrah General Hospital. Methodology: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional one. Medical records of 268 inpatients from Basrah General Hospital during June 2016 were included from four departments of the hospital (medicine, surgery, pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology). A standard Iraqi Ministry of Health inpatient medical record with a two-level scoring system for assessing the level of documentation completeness were used in the study. Results: the overall documentation level for the medical records included in the study was generally poor in 78% of the records. Surgical department was found to be the worse in documenting patient's notes related to medical history, while Gynecology and Obstetrics department was found to be the worst in documenting the medical examination assessment and the physician's notes related to the patient's state and details of any improvement / deterioration of his/her condition. Conclusions and recommendations: The present study confirmed obvious incompleteness of documenting medical data for inpatient records in Basrah General Hospital especially in the general surgery, internal medicine and Gynecology and Obstetrics words. This is specifically found for the Physician notes (patient's state and details of any improvement/deterioration of the condition) and the Clinical pharmaceutical sheet. A hospital based quality improvement project to improve the medical record documentation completion is highly recommended to be implemented by the Quality Assurance Unit of Basrah Directorate of Health.
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Papers by Rajaa A . Mahmoud