Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease negatively affects many aspects of the patient's life, including psychological patterns, emotional reactions, and sleep quality. The study was aimed to: determine the relationship between cynical distrust, alexithymia, and quality of sleep among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Design: This study employed a descriptive correlational design. Setting: It was held at Alexandria's main University hospital's Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) department. A purposive sample of 100 patients with the diagnosis of IBD (50 patient with Crohn's Disease & 50 patient with ulcerative colitis. Methods: Data were collected using four different tools: Socio-demographic & Clinical data structured interview schedule, Cynical Distrust Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Results: The current study finding revealed that 86.4% of patients with Crohn's disease, and 87.5% of patients with ulcerative colitis who had high cynical distrust demonstrated alexithymia. In addition, 95.5% of patients with Crohn's disease, and 87.5% of patients with ulcerative colitis who had high cynical distrust display poor sleep quality. Conclusion:The current study established a statistically significant positive correlation between cynical distrust, alexithymia, and poor sleep quality among patients with inflammatory bowel disorders. Recommendation: Counseling for adequate sleep and emotional expressiveness can positively impact the phase of the disease. Additionally, assessing and intervening sleep and emotional disruptions in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases can aid in optimizing medicinal care and maintaining illness remission, as well as potentially modify disease prognosis.
Background: In light of the coronavirus pandemic, a team leader's ability to attain and maintain healthy workplaces is crucial. Nurse leaders should aim to mitigate workplace anxieties by promoting team cohesiveness, mutual support, and the wellbeing of members. Aim: This study was conducted at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic to assess the effect of leadership competencies on workplace civility climate and mental well-being at an Egyptian hospital for mental health. Design: Descriptive correlation design was used. Tools: Measures used were leadership competencies, workplace civility climate, and the Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale. Results: more than half of the sample were satisfied with leaders' competencies, three quarter of them rated the workplace environment as respectful, and more than three quarter of them reported moderate or good mental wellbeing. Statistically significant correlations were found between leadership competencies and both workplace civility climate and mental well-being. Conclusion: leaders at El Azazi Hospital were assessed as proficient and providing a positive civility climate, but were not sensitive to the mental wellbeing of staff. Recommendation: Future research to investigate what specific factors affect mental well-being among psychiatric nurses rather than leadership competencies is recommended.
Context: The use of technology and computers in health care has been reported to improve nurses' decision-making and competencies, which in turn increase the quality of health-care practice. Aim: of this study is to assess and compare nursing students’ computer self-efficacy and attitudes toward its use in a health care setting in the Faculty of nursing – Benha and Hail Universities. Methods: A descriptive comparative cross-sectional study design was used to achieve the current study aim. The study conducted in the Faculty of Nursing - Banha University, Egypt, and Faculty of Nursing – Hail University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Quota sampling of 219 students was chosen as follows; 190 students from the Faculty of Nursing - Banha University and 29 students from the Faculty of Nursing – Hail University. A structured self-administered questionnaire covering sociodemographic data, the pretest for attitudes toward computers in healthcare, and computer self-efficacy scales were the tool used to collect the study data. Results: 33% of nursing students from Benha University were have a realistic view of current computer capabilities in health care. In contrast, 28% of nursing students from Hail had a very positive view of computer use in health care. Nursing students at Hail University have the highest mean score compared to Benha nursing students (79.45±15.85 & 61.2±7.25, respectively) in their attitudes toward computer and computer self-efficacy. Benha nursing students have moderate computer self-efficacy compared with Hail nursing students who have a high computer self-efficacy level. A highly statistically significant relationship was detected between students' attitudes toward computers and computer self-efficacy (p-value=0.000). Also, there was a highly positive, statistically significant correlation between the demographic variables of nursing students and both students’ attitudes toward computers in health care and computer self-efficacy (p-value =0.00). Conclusion: Nursing students in both universities have a positive attitude toward computer use. A significant difference between the mean scores of the two groups in their attitude toward computer and self-efficacy was detected, with a highly statistically significant correlation between both students’ attitudes and their self-efficacy. Also, a significant relationship revealed between the studied students’ demographics and their attitude and self-efficacy. Future studies are recommended to evaluate existing technologies in terms of acceptance, effectiveness, and efficiency in real-life settings and to examine its effect on patient outcomes. Nurse educators should design training courses and educational programs to enhance computer self-efficacy beliefs among nursing students.
Background: In this era of technology, Internet use has tremendously increased worldwide. There are growing concerns about internet addiction among university students; hence, the students' pattern of use can adversely affect their executive functions and communication skills. Aim of the study: This study aimed to examine the effect of internet addiction on executive function and communication skills among university nursing students. Research Design: a descriptive, correlational study design. Study Setting: The study conducted in the college of nursing at Zagazig University, Egypt. Study Sample:A Convenience sample of (300) nursing students. Tools of data collection: Three tools utilized; namely, Internet addiction Test (IAT), Executive functioning scale. And Communication skill evaluation scale. Results: The findings of this study showed that (41%) of nursing students had moderate level of internet addiction, (44.7%) of studied nursing students had low level of communication skills while (42 %) of them had moderate level and (66%) of studied nursing students had moderate level of executive functions in addition to there was a negative highly statistically significant correlation between nursing students` total score of internet addiction, communication skills, and executive functions. Conclusion: The study concluded that there highly statistical negative correlation between nursing students` total scores of internet addiction, communication skills, and executive functions. Recommendations: Implementing more effective intervention programs for the vulnerable group of Internet addiction.
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