Background: Road traffic accidents represent a community and governmental concern in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. In addition, road traffic accidents injuries are among the main causes of physical impairment and functional dependency.... more
Background: Road traffic accidents represent a community and governmental concern in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. In addition, road traffic accidents injuries are among the main causes of physical impairment and functional dependency. Therefore, performance of activity of daily living of those injured patients are severely affected due to loss of independence. Subsequently, quality of life is affected as well. Objective: To develop, implement and evaluate the impact of “ADL self-management module” on health related quality of life among road traffic accidents’ patients. Methods/design: A quasi experimental study design will be conducted in Saudi Arabia in which 152 orthopedic patients with lower extremities fractures due to road traffic accidents who have difficulty in carrying out daily activity will be recruited from the study hospitals based on Barthel Index. The patients in the intervention group will provided with the ADL Self-Management Module in a form of an educational materi...
Background: Health related quality of life is gaining importance in examining people’s health outcomes. It is related to how good or bad people’s lives are, and to the degree of their overall wellbeing and life satisfaction level.... more
Background: Health related quality of life is gaining importance in examining people’s health outcomes. It is related to how good or bad people’s lives are, and to the degree of their overall wellbeing and life satisfaction level. Independency in self-care and basic activity of daily living is among the most crucial elements that could potentially affect people’s health related quality of life. The objectives of this review are to determine related studies that examined various interventions to improve the functional ability of patients with chronic diseases or injuries on health related quality of life and to identify the most common types of interventions, instruments, as well as studies designs. Materials and Methods: Literature review was performed through an electronic search of the related studies using the words “Activity of Daily Living”, and “Intervention”. Different electronic search engines were utilized, including PubMed, Science Direct, CINHAL and Medline. A specific se...
Background: High maternal and child mortality rates continue to affect many nations around the world. This includes the Philippines, where these deaths are exacerbated by a low rate of facility-based deliveries. Hence, a financial... more
Background: High maternal and child mortality rates continue to affect many nations around the world. This includes the Philippines, where these deaths are exacerbated by a low rate of facility-based deliveries. Hence, a financial incentive scheme (the Maternal Care Assistance Program) has been implemented to address the issues. Objectives: This study examined the status of the Maternal Care Assistance Program (MCAP), maternal and child health over a four-year period, and the relationship between them. Methodology: A cross-sectional design was employed, using secondary data from records in the Rural Health Units (RHUs) of 37 municipalities of the Leyte province in the Philippines. The Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman rank correlation were used to test hypotheses. Findings: We found a pattern of decrease in the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). Facility-based deliveries (FBDs) increased significantly over the four-year period. However, the results failed...
