Point prevalence survey
Antibiotic prescribing patterns at a leading referral hospital in Kenya : a point prevalence survey
... have not previously reported antibiotic utilization patterns within a level 5 facility in Kenya. This is important as this is a leading teaching hospital in Kenya providing direction to others. In addition, the recent ...
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use and resistance at a referral hospital in Kenya : findings and implications
... A point prevalence survey was carried out with data abstracted principally from patient medical records supplemented by interviews from physicians when ...
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Antibiotic prescribing in paediatric inpatients in Ghana: a multi-centre point prevalence survey
... countries, point prevalence sur- veys of antibiotic use have been found useful in generat- ing such data ...multicentre point prevalence survey conducted between September and December ...
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Palliative care need among inpatients in acute general hospitals in Nepal: a point prevalence survey
... cross-sectional, point prevalence survey of in-patient beds occupied in the internal medicine, geriatric, surgery, orthopedic and pediatric departments at Patan Hospital, Patan Academy of Health ...
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Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence survey
... The point prevalence study involved the survey of inpa- tients records from hospital folders and was conducted in selected units of KBTH between February and March ...The survey instrument ...
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Carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in a tertiary university hospital in Albania—a point prevalence survey
... 110 are classified as intensive-care. Surveillance systems for Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) caused by MDRO have been established in most European coun- tries; the highest proportions of resistant isolates have ...
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Comparative point prevalence survey of antimicrobial consumption between a hospital in Northern Ireland and a hospital in Jordan
... The hospitals included in the present study were sec- ondary care hospitals; the Antrim Area Hospital in Northern Ireland (N. Ireland) and the Specialty Hospital in Jordan. The Antrim Area Hospital (426 beds) is a ...
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The prevalence of healthcare associated infections among adult inpatients at nineteen large Australian acute-care public hospitals: a point prevalence survey
... a prevalence rate higher than the 1984 Australian study of ...the prevalence of infection, changes in health care ...from point preva- lence studies and a future national surveillance program should ...
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Point prevalence survey of peripheral venous catheter usage in a large tertiary care university hospital in Germany
... The prevalence of HAI in patients hospitalized in German acute care hospitals has been estimated to be approximately ...of prevalence rates for PVC range from 24 to 100% across different countries ...
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Vol 6, No 2 (2012)
... A point prevalence survey of 381 paediatric medical inpatients in the 11 public hospitals in Cape Town in November 2008 showed that 70% of them were in central hospitals, with ...
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Carriage of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococci and Their SCCmec Types in a Long Term Care Facility
... Following an outbreak caused by staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type V methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a point-prevalence survey of the nasal carriage ...
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Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Associated Factors among Adults in Benin in 2015: Results of the National Survey of Non Communicable Disease Risk Factors
... The age group of adults who were the most at risk in our study was similar to that found in Nepal in 2011, where the age group from 36 to 49 was concerned by smoking [23]. It was also similar to that found in Uganda in ...
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Comorbidity of poor sleep and primary headaches among nursing staff in north China
... the prevalence varied for different headache types ...epidemiological survey was available to describe sleep disorders and headache comorbidity rates in detail, but several small clinical studies have ...
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Prevalence, associated factors and predictors of anxiety: a community survey in Selangor, Malaysia
... Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS) among 2646 employees aged 18–65 years showed psy- chological demands (related to work load) predicted the incidence of depressive and anxiety disorders among male and ...
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Prevalence and predictors of unintended pregnancy among women: an analysis of the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey
... Results: Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) and 95 % Confidence Intervals (95 % CI) were reported. Overall, the prevalence of unintended pregnancy among Canadian women was 27 %. The odds of experiencing an unintended ...
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Prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis in Ethiopia: a meta analysis
... 49 survey districts were identified from the 24 studies; however, five sites were not included into the map due to lack of unique location ...observed prevalence (size of the point is proportional to ...
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Prevalence of neck disability due to text neck in the population of goa: A survey
... (LBP)is significantly associated with PC-use habits, the use of mobile phones and tablets, academic stress, and depression 3 . Zhi Shan et.alin across-sectional questionnaire study with a population of university ...
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The Warped One: Nationalist Adaptations of the Cuchulain Myth
... This dissertation also provides directions for future research. Substantively, a qualitative study investigating people’s perceptions of the risk of arrest for IPV may provide better insight into the deterrent ...
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A Comparative Analysis of Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Sexual Function in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
... the prevalence of psychiatric co- morbidity between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, because of : (1) the age of onset in type 1 diabetic patients, is markedly different with type 2 diabetic patients:(2) the ...
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Prevalence and management of antibiotic associated diarrhea in general hospitals
... In our sample, 4 patients screened positive for Clostrid- ium difficile . Comparing this figure proved difficult as pub- lished rates are calculated in a variety of ways, using different denominators. In the review of ...
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