Impact of internal displacement on psychosocial and health status of students residing in the hostel of Anbar University, Iraq

Al-Samarrai, Mustafa Ali Mustafa; Any, Ban Nadhum Al; Al-Delaimy, Ahmed K.; Yahyaa, Badeaa Thamer; Jadoo, Saad Ahmed Ali

doi:10.47108/jidhealth.vol3.iss1.25

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“…Therefore, the respondents rated the satisfaction moderate to a high level. In contrast, our respondents belong to the central and western regions, subjected to successive waves of armed violence, and forced displacement, with insecurity and lack of services [15,16,37].…”

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“…The lack of medical services in the countryside may be considered one of the main weaknesses in managing the security, services, and reconstruction files in conflict-affected areas. Ali jadoo et al [15] and Al-Samarrai et al [16] found that most of the IDPs have refused to return to their homes due to the security situation and lack of services.…”

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Patient satisfaction in outpatient medical care: the case of Iraq

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Background: Healthcare providers are increasingly interested in patient satisfaction as an indicator to assess the quality of health services. This study investigates the level of satisfaction among Iraqi patients attending the outpatient (OP) clinic. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from October to December 2019 among outpatient attendees in two busiest centers in Iraq. A convenience sample of 235 (response rate of 88.0%) completed the self-administered short-form patient satisfaction questionnaire (PSQ-18). The independent variables included socio-demographic, economic, and self-perceived health status. Data were analyzed in SPSS, where descriptive analysis (mean ± standard deviation) and univariate (independent sample t-test, ANOVA test) and multivariate linear regression “Enter technique” was done at 0.05 level of significance and 95% confidence interval. Results: The mean age of respondents was 39.3 (±14.8). The sample was mostly women (55.3%), and 37.4% in the age group of 30-49 years. More than half of participants residing in the urban regions (54.5%) from families of monthly household income less than 500,000 Iraq Dinars (USD 400). However, the majority (70.6%) have the first visit to the OP clinic, and 53.6% self-perceived health as good or very good. Results of multiple linear regression showed that patients residents in rural regions (B= 5.4 , P <0.001), married (B= 4.8, P <0.001), unemployed (B= 4.7, P <0.001) and low educated (B= 1.5, P <0.051) exhibited higher service satisfaction score compared to urban residents, single, employed and high educated participants respectively. However, patients aged fifty years and more (B= -2.1, P <0.001) and those with poor health (B=-2.5, P <0.001) exhibited lower service satisfaction scores compared to young age patients and the healthy participants, respectively. Conclusion: The high demand for the use of health resources in metropolitan cities by the rural population indicates inequality in the distribution of health services and an increase in the rural-to-urban displacement.

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Patient satisfaction in outpatient medical care: the case of Iraq

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“…More than onethird (35.9%) of our sample browse the Internet and 28.2% use smartphones for social media. In a similar situation to the COVID-19 quarantine, a previously conducted study in Iraq among internally displaced people showed that 29.3% of university students used smartphones for social media as alternatives to their previous social life [40]. Saadeh et al [27] found that about 85.0% of 6,157 surveyed undergraduate students in Jourdan had "increased or greatly increased" the usage of smartphones during the COVID-19-related quarantine.…”

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Prevalence of text neck syndrome among Iraqi medical students: a cross-sectional study

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Background: Excessive use of portable electronic devices causes neck flexion and the emergence of text neck syndrome (TNS). This study aims to explore the prevalence of TNS among medical students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Iraq. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional web-based study was conducted from 1st to 20th March 2021 at the faculty of medicine, Diyala University, Iraq. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among the medical students using Google Form through social media (WhatsApp group). The semi-structured questionnaire included the sociodemographic, the valid smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV), and the neck disability index (NDI). Univariate, bivariate, and multiple logistic regression were used to analyze the data. SPSS version 16. The statistical significance is considered at less than 0.05. Results: Out of 273 medical students included in the study, 59.3% were males, unmarried (88.3%), and from the 1st year (21.6%). The mean age of students was 21.27 ± 1.74 years. The prevalence of text neck syndrome was 64.5%. About two-thirds (61.5%) of students were addicted to their smartphones and used them more than five h/daily (63.7%). Factors associated with neck disability were the students who did not warm up neck muscles before using the smartphone (OR = 8.796, 95% CI: 1.724 to 24.884), addicted to the smartphone (OR = 6.803, 95% CI: 3.455 to 13.397), experienced increase in daily hours using the smartphone during the COVID-19 related quarantine (OR = 5.370, 95% CI: 2.523 to 11.427), maintained smartphone use five hours and more daily (OR = 2.818, 95% CI: 1.422 to 5.587), had neck pain (OR = 2.876, 95% CI: 1.356 to 6.098), the female gender (OR = 2.756, 95% CI: 1.221 to 6.221), and those who did not have a frequent break when using the smartphone (OR = 2.693, 95% CI: 1.329 to 5.454). Conclusion: In conclusion, the prevalence of neck disability was high among the surveyed medical students. Addiction and excessive smartphone use with a lack of attention to warm up the neck muscles before usage was the most prominent predictors of neck disability.

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“…Several studies published over the past two decades have extensively discussed what is happening in Iraq. Nevertheless, we can sum up the goals of the invasion of Iraq in bringing down the modern Iraqi state and replace it with sectarian parties and militias; destroying most of the Iraqi infrastructure and making it a target for systematic looting and sabotage; creating an environment for unprecedented administrative and financial corruption; tearing apart the societal fabric and pushing towards the sectarian tension and internal fighting, as it happened in the fabricated sectarian war in 2006 and allowing terrorist organizations to invade Iraq such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) when storming most of the central and western parts in mid-2014 [6,[11][12]. Unfortunately, the health sector has had its share of destruction.…”

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Evaluation of health system in Iraq from people's point of view: a comparative study of two different eras

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Background: Since the 2003 United States–British Coalition military invasion, Iraq has been in a state of continuous deterioration at all levels, including the health sector. This study aimed to elicit the viewpoints of the Iraqi people on the current health system, focusing on many provided health services and assessing whether the public prefers the current health system or that was provided before the invasion. Methods: A cross-sectional survey designed to explore the Iraqi people’s opinions on their health system. A self-administered questionnaire using a multi-stage sampling technique was distributed in five geographical regions in Iraq to collect the data from the head of household between 1st October and 31st of December 2019. Multiple logistic regressions were recruited to determine the significant contributing variables in this study. Results: A total of 365 heads of households (response rate: 71.7%) with the mean age of 48.36 + 11.92 years (ranged 35-78) included in the study. Most of the respondents (61.4%) complained of healthcare inaccessibility, 59.7% believed that health resources were not available, 53.7% claimed a deterioration in the quality of care, and 62.2% believed that the political / media position did not contribute to positive changes during the past two decades. Indeed, most respondents (66.0%) believe that the current healthcare system is worse than before. In the multivariate analysis, there was a statistically significant relationship between the characteristics and opinions of the respondents. Young age group (p = 0.003), men (p = < 0.001), unmarried (p = 0.001), high educated (p = < 0.001), rural resident (p = < 0.001), unemployed (p = 0.003), monthly income of less than USD 400 (p = < 0.001), consider themselves to be unhealthy (p = 0.001), and those who think that people are unhappy now than two decades ago (p = 0.012) have a more negative opinion of the health system. Conclusions: Most Iraqis surveyed expressed disappointment from the health system after the 2003 US-led invasion. The current health system is faltering at all levels and does not meet the citizens' basic needs. Health Transformation Program (HTP) has become inevitable to develop an accessible, affordable, high-quality, efficient, and effective health system.

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Impact of internal displacement on psychosocial and health status of students residing in the hostel of Anbar University, Iraq

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Patient satisfaction in outpatient medical care: the case of Iraq

Patient satisfaction in outpatient medical care: the case of Iraq

Prevalence of text neck syndrome among Iraqi medical students: a cross-sectional study

Evaluation of health system in Iraq from people's point of view: a comparative study of two different eras

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