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Unprecedented quarantine due to COVID-19 exposes individuals to withdraw from face-to-face interactions, which may influence communication and self-esteem (SE). Therefore, the overarching aims of this study are to examine the communication apprehension levels among female college students, and thus to investigate the moderating role of self-esteem on the relationship between communication apprehension and academic achievement. In this cross-sectional study, 287 female college students completed the survey, which was circulated through email. The survey included the following questionnaires: General Health Characteristics, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and Personal Report of Communication Apprehension Scale. The results showed that 28.2% of participants were categorized as having a high level of communication apprehension, and only 9.8% had a low level of communication apprehension. The SE reported an overall score of 24.3 ± 2.14, indicating a high self-esteem level among students. Th...

The objective of this study is to measure patient satisfaction level as well as satisfaction with waiting time at Khartoum dental teaching hospital. The study design is Descriptive, hospital based, cross sectional study. Data was collected by three questionnaires that were distributed to three hundred eighty four patients. All patients at the time of data collection were chosen. Data was analyzed by computer software. Ethical Approval was obtained from university of medical sciences and technology and informed consent was taken from all participants. There is no conflict of interest. Overall average of satisfaction is 73.4%. The main causes of dissatisfaction was long waiting time (42.7%) of the patients were waiting for more than 2 hours. The highest satisfaction level was found to be 55.2% and the waiting time for less than 30 minutes was 19% which reflects the lower rate of satisfaction(55.5% were not satisfied). Patients were highly satisfied by the services provided in Khartoum...

Teaching and learning strategies have a strong impact upon the self-efficacy, motivation and performance of the students. Teaching methods can enhance the basic cognitive abilities and achievement of students. Thus, it was found essential to study the impact of problem based learning and traditional teaching methods in relation to self-efficacy and performance. The main objective of this study was to provide evidence of the effectiveness of various teaching strategies by comparing them in terms of self-efficacy and academic performance among students. This study compared two teaching methods (PBL vs. Traditional teaching style) and its impacts on self-efficacy and academic performance of College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. A study was conducted during the first semester of academic year (1437-1438H / Sep 2016-Jan 2017). A study was carried out in two stages, having pre/post testing (two-time point intervention) of the students. The sample of this study comprised of (n=143...

Psychological perspective determines how people will intervene into problems, issue, cases and define their reasoning. It became more essential to study the psychological perspectives of medical students because they have to deal with human beings. In learning process, a teacher takes part in the learning process as a role model and becomes the greatest source of inspiration. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of psychological viewpoints of teachers on Health and Rehabilitation Sciences College students’ viewpoints. Method: Study was conducted during Sep 2016-Jan 2017, into two-time point intervention. The sample of this study comprised of (n=143) students and (n=8) teachers of college of health and rehabilitation sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University. Measures included were sociodemographic information data sheet and psychological view point scale. Results: Indicated that scores of students enrolled within traditional lecture b...

Substantial changes in life dynamics resulting from the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could have an impact on the quality of life (QoL) of mothers of children with and without disabilities. This study compared the quality of life (QoL) of mothers of children with disabilities (MCD) to the QoL of mothers of children without disabilities (CON) in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 lockdown. It explored mothers’ concerns and the type of support they need during the quarantine. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted during the lockdown. An online questionnaire was distributed to mothers raising children with and without disabilities in Saudi Arabia. A total of 340 mothers participated in the study by completing the survey: 93 MCD and 247 CON. The QoL of MCD and CON was assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Furthermore, detailed information was provided by the mothers regarding their needs and concerns during the lockdown. The results of the study revea...

The unprecedented outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a huge global health and economic crisis. The aim of the study was to examine the extent to which the resilience of a person is associated with the quality of life (QoL) of adults amongst Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of adults in Saudi Arabia. A total of 385 adults voluntarily participated in and completed the survey. The quality of life was measured using the “World Health Organization QoL”. The “Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale” instrument was also used to assess resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amongst the 385 participants, 179 (46%) showed a good QoL, and 205 (54%) reported a relatively poor QoL. The resilience was found to be significantly associated with QoL. The study further revealed that gender-based differences were dominant in the QoL; the men respondents reported a significantly higher QoL in all the domains in comparison to the women respondents. Th...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate the impact of burnout on the academic achievement of female students in the colleges of health sciences and to explore on their educational levels of study regarding burnout.Methods: Purposive sampling technique was used in this study and a sample size of 540 Saudi female students was chosen to participate in this study. The tools used were Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey for Students MBI–GS (S) to measure the level of burnout and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered on participants. The MBI–GS (S) proved internal consistency reliability at 0.86 across many samples.Results: The level of burnout among participants was 51.9%. Some 27.2% of the participants experienced mild burnout, while 14.4% showed moderate levels of burnout. Only 6.5% of participants displayed a high level of burnout, and they were among the Colleges of Pharmacy (25.0%) and Dentistry (10.1%).Conclusions: The study findings showed n...

Work context is essential to understand in relation to handle the stress at work that ultimately creates a feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction among health professionals. The current study was conducted to investigate the relationship of work context and work stress among sonographers (n=153) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Additionally, the study provided a gender-based comparison of both variables among sonographers. Work context was measured by administering subscale of work context derived from Work Design Questionnaire. Whereas, work stress was measured by Job Stress Scale. In addition, relationship of lifestyle was explored with work context and work stress. Data was collected through survey research forms. Results revealed the significant relationship of work context and work stress (r=.251, p=.002). Among lifestyle variables, perceived good health (r= .214, p=.008) and sleep (r=.242. p=.003) were found positively related with satisfaction toward work. Whereas, the strong pos...

The main objective of this study is to provide the relationship of Body Mass Index and the weight specific quality of life with psychological factors (i.e., self-esteem, and psychological well-being) among university students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Body mass Index (BMI) was calculated by using standards of World Health Organization. Three psychological measures validated and translated in Arabic language, namely, Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES), Brief psychological well-being scale (PWS) and impact of weight on quality of life (IWQoL) questionnaire were applied. Female university students (N=500) enrolled in bachelors’ programs were approached to gather data. Pearson correlation was conducted to measure the relationship of BMI and weight specific quality of life and further with self-esteem and wellbeing. Additionally, correlation is computed to measure the relationship of BMI and weight specific quality of life with...

... 54, No. 2, 2002 The Invisible Citizens Roaming the City Streets SALWA SAAD AWAD, Department of Education, University of Klagenfurt, Austria ... The Islamic teacher in the camp (the Imam), teaches children about many Islamic concepts like the holy war (Jihad). ...