Stress has been recognized as a 20th century disease and donates to health problems worldwide, nursing students are exposed to numerous stressors during their studies and clinical training. Determining stress and coping strategies among them will have significant consequences for the nursing career. Aims: to illustrate level of stress and identify coping strategies among nursing students at Damanhour University, Egypt. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was used. Setting: the study was conducted at faculty of nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt. Subjects and methods: A systematic random sampling of 400 nursing students at academic year 2018-2019. Results: Students perceived moderate level of stress, most commonly attributed to transportations and academic. The most frequently used coping mechanism was religious and acceptance. The study found that gender and living with family are good predictors of coping strategies. Conclusion: The nursing students were exposed to moderate stress due to different stressors. In response, they frequently used different strategies for coping and recommended the need for stress management programs and the provision of suitable support.
Background: In early March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) to be a global pandemic. This fatal disease may have a severe impact on quality of life, personal resilience, and academic performance. Aim of the study: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life, resilience, and academic performance difficulties among recovered patients in Egypt. Study Design: A descriptive exploratory cross sectional research design was used. Study Settings: The current study was conducted among Egyptian subjects living in 27 governorates using an online survey method. Study Subjects: The study was carried out on a 405 Egyptian who were responded to the online questionnaire. Data collection tools: Health-Related Quality of Life, Personal Resilience and Academic Performance Difficulties among Recovered COVID – 19 Patients Assessment Survey Questionnaire was used which include five main parts (part I, & II to assess sociodemographic data, and history and risk factors, part III to Health-Related Quality of Life, part IV to assess personal resilience, and part V to assess the academic performance).
Background: Women's health is mostly affected by their quality of life; when it comes to breast cancer in particular, the loss of a breast traumatically affects a women's quality of life. Health education and community health support are aids to improve these group health as well as their quality of life. The aims of this study are to determine aspects allied with quality of life among El-Beheira Governorate post-mastectomy women and assess the levels of women's satisfaction regarding mobile-based health education. Research design: a descriptive research design was used. Settings: This study was carried out in Damanhour Oncology Center (DOC). Subjects: this study was carried out on a convenient sample of 200 women. Data collection tools: data were collected using two tools: the women's structured interview questionnaire sheet and the Quality-of-Life Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-100). Results: More than half of the studied women (56.0%) had poor quality of life, and the physical domain received the lowest percent score (45.24±16.07) followed by the spiritual domain (47.28±18.70). Conclusion: the study concluded that the Quality of life of post-mastectomy women on hormonal therapy may be positively affected in the domains of environment, and level of independence. Otherwise, it may be affected negatively in physical and spiritual health domains. Women were satisfied by the mobile-based health education delivered to them. Recommendations: Mobile-based health education must be intensified to raise public awareness and raise their QoL. Health education interventions to improve the quality of life of post-mastectomy women should be focused on the physical and spiritual health domains.
Background: The potential for hearing loss among younger generations is escalating every year. Likewise, the use of earphones has been thought to degrade a college student's academic performance. Hearing loss is an issue among the younger age group requires immediate attention. Aim: In light of this, this study was conducted in order to illustrate the impact of educational program about earphones hazards and healthy hearing on knowledge, perception and practices of students in Zagazig University. Design: A quasi-experimental pre/post-test design was adopted to carry out this study. Setting: the study was conducted at faculties affiliated to Zagazig University Subjects: The total number of the randomly selected students was 1532 Tools: data was collected using three tools; tool (I) A self-administered questionnaire entitled data about socio-demographic characteristic, tool (II):A students' knowledge, perception and practices questionnaire:, and tool (III) hearing loss designed questionnaire. Results: put on show that approximately less than two thirds (64%) of studied students used earphones, there was a marked improvement in participant's knowledge, perception and practices regarding earphones hazards and healthy hearing post implementation of educational program, what's more, health problems were declined after implementation of the program, Conclusion: students had knowledge gaps regarding hazards of earphones and hearing health, the education program had positive impacts on knowledge, perception and practices of the studied students. Recommendations: Establishing national campaigns to promote knowledge about the hazards of earphones among adolescents and young adults and raising parents' awareness through national and social media to shed the light on hearing health.
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