The mean methylmercury concentration in hair of a Papua New Guinean population was 15.5 micrograms/g (range = 3.2-50.5 micrograms/g). Nearly all individuals consumed fish 2 to 3 times daily. In contrast, the mean methylmercury concentration in hair of a nearby control group who consumed a similar amount of fish was 6.4 micrograms/g (range = 0.62-25.7 micrograms/g). A control group that consumed fish much less frequently had a mean methylmercury concentration in hair of 2.4 micrograms/g (range = 0.33-9.0 micrograms/g). No statistically significant variations in methylmercury concentrations in hair were found with sex or age within any of the three populations.
Introduction: Among all health care providers, nurses have a significant role to provide Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, and Emotional care to individuals, families, and communities. To make nurses more effective in the workplace it is important to enhance nurse’s quality of work life. The quality of work provided by nurses can be improved by knowing their Physiological, Psychological well-being and involvement at work. Moreover, different Environments and Setups of Public and Private Sectors Hospitals can have positive or negative impact on the quality of nurse’s work-life. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the quality of nurse’s work-life in Public and Private Sector Hospitals.
Material and Methods: The research done at Khyber Teaching Hospital and Rehman Medical Institute Peshawar with a cross-sectional study design. From 218 Participants Pretested and Structured Brooks Nurses’ Quality of Work-life questionnaire Brooks was filled. Data entered in SPSS for categorical variables frequency and percentages were done while for continuous variables mean and standard deviation was done.
Results: A total of 218 nurses from Rehman Medical Institute and Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar Participated in the Research with a Mean Age of 28.47 and a Standard Deviation of 6.41. Chi Square test was used for association of Quality of Nurses Work Life (QNWL) and Two types of Hospitals. A major portion of the Sample i.e., 80.3% have Moderate Quality of Nurses Work Life, 18.8% have High Quality of Nurses Work Life, while less than 1% of the sample has low Quality of Nurses Work Life. The Mean Quality of Nurses Work Life Score for Public Hospital was 160±15.15 while for the Private Hospital the Mean Quality of Work Life Score was 172.07±20.57 which shows that Private Hospital Nurses had a High Quality of Work Life than Public Sector Nurses. The Overall Mean QNWL Score both for Public and Private Hospital Nurses was 165.23±18.37 with a Minimum Score of 67 and a Maximum Score of 217.
Conclusion: The Research concluded Moderate QNWL among Public and Private Sector Nurses. Furthermore, despite inadequate salaries and poor job security Private-Sector Nurses were shown to have a higher QNWL than Public Sector Nurses.
Background: Cancer is considered the most fatal diseases which is accountable for Cancer second leading cause of death in the developed country like United States and contributes to a high mortality rate in all age groups. Patient with cancer face life-threating situation through the period of diseases process. Aim: To explore the spiritual well-being and hopelessness among the leukemia patient and it correlation with each other. Methodology: A descriptive correlation design was used while patient with leukemia were the study participants and HMC and IRNUM were study setting. Sample size of the study was 320 while using consecutive sampling technique. Data was collected through two valid and reliable questionnaires of spiritual well-being and hopelessness, after the approval of study by IRB. Results: In the study majority of the participants were male 213(67%) and female 107(33%) In spiritual well-being the higher number of participants was moderate spiritual well-being (66%), followed by higher spiritual well-being (22%) and poor spiritual well-being (12%). The higher number of participant hopelessness were moderate (49%), then severe hopelessness (28%), and mild hopelessness (23%). Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a positive correlation between spiritual well-being and hopelessness. Spiritual and religious well-being is important to cope with these issues and improves quality of life. Keywords: Hopelessness, Cancer, spiritual well-being, leukemia
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