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0000-0002-1835-8719
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University of Gondar
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Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 21-10-2020
Abstract: nowledge and skill gaps exist among people from developing and developed countries when locating and using health information. These gaps can be minimized through improved awareness of health information sources. his research study aims to assess the preferred source of health information used by university students from developing countries. web-based survey is used as a data collection tool to gather information from a s le of 901 undergraduate students. Binary logistic regression analysis method is used to identify factors associated with sources of health information. esults reveal that the Internet (82.8%) and television/radio (41.4%) are the primary source of health information among students from Malaysia and Ethiopia, respectively. Higher health literacy level (p = 0.04), higher perceived severity of health problems (p-value = 0.04), and poor perceived health status (p = 0.03) have a positive effect on the choice of the Internet as a primary source of health information. In addition, limited health literacy level (p = 0.03) contributed to the use of television/radio as the primary source of health information. he Internet and television or radio are used as the primary source of health information by university students. Health literacy, perceived severity of health problems, and perceived health status are found to affect the use of the Internet as a primary source of health information. Results could help health promoters to pass their health messages via the source that university students prefer.
Publisher: Medknow
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-11-2012
DOI: 10.1007/S00192-012-1981-Y
Abstract: Pelvic floor disorders affect many women in high-income countries. Since little is known about such disorders in Africa, this study aimed at assessing the prevalence and risk factors in an Ethiopian community. We also assessed the validity of a prolapse questionnaire. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 395 women, recruited by a systematic random s ling technique. Women were interviewed about symptoms of urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse by female nurses. Additionally, pelvic examinations were performed in 294 (74.2%) participants to assess anatomical prolapse using the simplified Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification staging system. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were employed. The median age of participants was 35.0 years. Thirty-one women reported urinary incontinence (7.8%), 25 (6.3%) symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and 2 (0.5%) faecal incontinence. Anatomical pelvic organ prolapse stage II-IV was detected in 162 (55.1%) of women who underwent pelvic examination. The questionnaire for prolapse assessment had poor validity (38.3% sensitivity and 95.4% specificity) even in cases of clinically relevant prolapse (stage III or IV). After adjustment, carrying heavy objects for 5 or more hours a day, history of prolonged labour and highland rural residence were associated with anatomical pelvic organ prolapse. Self-reported incontinence seems low in northwest Ethiopia. The prevalence of symptomatic prolapse was low despite a high prevalence of prolapse signs. Notably, heavy carrying and prolonged labour increased the risk of anatomical prolapse stage II-IV. The methods of assessing pelvic floor disorders in a low-income context need further development.
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