The adverse effects of peripheral neuropathy caused by chemotherapy include numbness, tingling, irritation, burning, difficulty keeping balance, and a chilling sensation. CIPN is one of the symptoms that has the potential to negatively impact the patient's quality of life (QoL), the treatment plan, and their overall safety. Objectives: To determine oncology nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and its development in cancer patient. Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 172 registered nurses from two public hospitals were chosen with convenient sampling to see if there was an association between their knowledge and practice about chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in regard with its development in cancer patients. Three revised questioners were used to get information about nurses’ knowledge, practice and 1 questioner from patient about neuropathy development. (Knowledge, practice and neuropathy devolvement). Results: Knowledge showed that 56.4 % of participants had fair knowledge and Practice showed that 49.4 % of participants had fair practice, while 47.1% of patient had developed mild neuropathy. Chi square test was performed to see the association which showed a significant association between neuropathy development with nurses’ knowledge and practice as results were 0.000 (p-value is <0.005 taken as significant). Conclusions: There is a critical need to enhance oncology nurses' abilities in neurological assessment, and a reliable method of CIPN evaluation is essential. Guidelines for the treatment and evaluation of CIPN, as well as further studies in different health institutions to generalize the results across Pakistan, are urgently needed.
Introduction: Nosocomial infections, also described as healthcare-associated infections (HAI), are illnesses that occur in hospitals or other healthcare settings. Infection obtained while receiving care and was not aware at the moment of hospitalization. Hospital - associated infection occurs when a client is taken to a hospital for a long or short term for particular treatment reasons but has no indication of infection time of admission. Nosocomial infections can always be microbial, prion, highly infectious, or parasitic, but they can be observed with in wind, inside the body, or on surfaces.(1) Objective: To assess the knowledge among nurses regarding spread of nosocomial infection. To identify association between knowledge about nosocomial infection and demographic variables of staff nurses. Place and duration: University Lahore teaching hospital Lahore, Pakistan. This study approximately took in 5 months (September, 2021 to January, 2022). The data is collected in 1 month. Methodology: A cross sectional study design was used in of University Lahore teaching hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Questionnaire distributed among staff nurses and data analyzed by SPSS software (version 21). All male and female Staff nurses having age20-60 years, who have more than one year working experience were included. Sample size of n=159 staff nurses were taken by using convenient sampling. Throughout the study, participants' identities were kept strictly confidential to ensure research participants protection. Results: The results of study show that 23.9% of individuals demonstrated excellent knowledge of nosocomial infection transmission. 46.5 percent of individuals had good knowledge about nosocomial infection spread, whereas 29.6 percent had poor knowledge about nosocomial infection spread. Conclusion: We concluded that nurses had a good knowledge regarding spread of nosocomial infection. Antibiotic resistance in emerging pathogens can be reduced by following sound and health care delivery techniques devised by infection control committees, preventing transmission of these illnesses with suitable antimicrobial usage methods. Keywords: Knowledge, nurses, nosocomial infection
Delays in diagnosis of TB can lead to more severe illnesses, complications, and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. Objective: To identify the frequency and reasons of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: The study was conducted at the TB & Chest ward of Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Well-systemized questionnaire was being used to collect the data. A sample of n=150 was recruited through convenient sampling. Results: Out of total 150 applicants, 101(65.6%) were male and 49(31.8%) were female. Out of total 150 respondents, 51(33.1%) responded yes they have medical knowledge and 99(64.3%) responded no, 106(68.8%) responded yes they take self-treatment and 44(28.6%) responded no, 92 (59.7%) responded yes they take anti TB treatment and 58(37.7%) responded no, 45(29.2%) responded positively to question about health facility near home and 105(68.2%) responded no, 103(66.9%) responded yes they were satisfied with health care system and 47(30.5%) responded no, 61(39.6%) responded yes they have knowledge regarding TB and 89(57.8%) responded no, 71(46.1%) responded yes they had previous history of TB and 79(51.3%) responded no, and 77(50%) responded yes they have fear in expressing TB among society and 73(47.4%) responded no they have no fear in expressing TB among society. Conclusions: The study concluded that the most significant part of the delay in diagnosing TB is associated with the time between the first medical visit and diagnosis, which often leads to misdiagnosis. The authors recommend frequent health education and support programs for high-risk patients.
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