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Waqf For Healthcare: Social Security of The Future
Get PDFWaqf originated from an Arabic term “waqafa” means to stop, to prevent and to detain some commodities in terms of land, mosque, farms and cash for the benefits of society. Each Muslim country globally either in developed, developing or third countries has its way in managing the waqf. However, the understanding of the waqf concept in healthcare delivery system (HDS) is still new in Malaysia. Therefore, there arises a need to further explore on this matter in order to understand its purpose, types of waqf that can be implemented in HDS, the management procedure and the mechanism in sustaining the waqf for future investment. The purpose of this mini-review is to highlight the current gap and the need to establishing a proper model on waqf in a healthcare setting prior to the implementation
The Need of Muslim Chaplain In Hospital-Based Services in Malaysia: A Scoping Review of Literature
Get PDFIntroduction: The roles of Muslim chaplain within the boundary of healthcare services in Malaysia should be brought into highlight as they can facilitate the provision of spiritual services for clients with various spiritual and cultural needs. Nonetheless, less attention has been paid to the collaboration between the Muslim chaplain and the healthcare professionals in the Malaysian healthcare settings. This paper provides a scoping review on the articles that can provide insight on the need for Muslim chaplain in the hospital-based services for Malaysia setting based on the expertise the chaplain can provide. Methods: A literature search was done with the keywords including chaplain* OR clergy* AND Muslim* AND hospital* via databases such as Web of Science, SCOPUS, MEDLINE (Proquest), CINAHL and Google scholar, A total of 15 articles has been reviewed and were included in this article to address the aim of this paper and they were limited to English and published within 2011 till 2021. Discussion: This review paper highlighted a discussion on the emerging need of Muslim chaplaincy in the 21st century, and their scope of practice in Hospital-based services as seen in the literature. This is followed by the issues on spiritual struggles among those admitted to hospitals. Conclusion: This paper thus provides recommendations for recruitment of Muslim chaplains, the need for training and future empirical work on the benefits of spiritual services provided by chaplaincy services for the sick.
Towards Maqasid al-Shari'ah Based Nursing Ethics
Get PDFNursing ethics denotes the moral philosophy in nursing practices or a system of principles governing the conduct of nurses that are distinguished between morally good and evil or right and wrong. This system of principles adopted much from conventional moral theories in nursing practices to help nurses figure out what actions are right and wrong. Islam plays a crucial role in providing guidelines on the permissibility and acceptability of nursing practices, especially for Muslim nurses. This study conducts qualitative approaches based on library research. This article discusses the concept of nursing ethics and how it differs from Maqasid al-Shari'ah concerning decision-making processes. Both promote the benefit and prevent harm, but Maqasid al-Shari'ah is more comprehensive in guiding nurses in nursing practices. Then, several applications are presented as examples of how Maqasid al-Shari'ah can be used as a binding principle in nursing ethics
Dietary Supplements: A Survey Use, Attitudes and Knowledge Among IIUM Kuantan Students
Get PDFObjectives: Dietary supplements have been recognized as products that are globally used, especially among university students due to its effectiveness and benefits towards health. In order to determine the efficiency of the supplements, the users must equip themselves with knowledge on the usage of dietary supplements. Hence, this study mainly aims to assess the usage, attitude and knowledge on dietary supplements among IIUM Kuantan students. Method: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional with stratified random sampling study among 349 undergraduate students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan campus. Data was collected using online questionnaires and shared with students from IIUM Kuantan campus. The data was analyzed by using IBM Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0. Results: The overall prevalence of dietary supplements used by the students in the university was 31.8%. On the other hand, students show to have positive attitude and good knowledge, 70.8% and 84.0%, respectively. There was an association between course study and presence of illness with the level of attitudes based on Fisher exact test with p-values of <0.05 representing statistical significance. The same test was used resulting in age and BMI were associated with the level of knowledge. Conclusion: Prevalence of dietary supplements used was lower than other local findings and most of the students depict a good level of knowledge and positive attitudes towards dietary supplements. nevertheless, educational information regarding dietary supplements still needs to be provided to university students as the number of consumers keeps rising
The Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Diabetic Patients During Ramadan at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan
Get PDFBackground: Diabetic patients are permitted to carry out devotion of fasting by following appropriate diet regimen, medication adjustment and recommended daily physical activity. Those who do not follow the medical guideline might increase the risk for acute complication associated with fasting. This study aims to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice among diabetic patients on fasting during Ramadan at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, where 62 diabetic patients were involved in this study. Convenience sampling was applied, and the study was conducted at HTAA including medical ward, orthopedic ward, surgical ward, eye ward and diabetic clinic. The data were analysis by using one-way ANOVA. Results: There were significant association between level of education factor with the attitude and practice of the diabetic patients during Ramadan with the p-value is lower than 0.05. The mean of the one-way ANOVA for attitude and practice were increased from the lowest to the highest of education level. Meanwhile, for the other sociodemographic variables (such as age, gender and receive health education), there is no significant association (p>0.05) with the level of knowledge, attitude and practice among the diabetic patients. Conclusions: The level of education showing the significant association with the attitude and practice which it implies that those who have higher education background possessed better attitude and practice management of diabetic fasting during Ramadan
A Health Education of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Systemic Reactions at University of Muhammadiyah Pekajangan Pekalongan
Get PDFThis community service was carried out due to the skyrocketing cases of Covid-19 at the time, yet people kept reluctant to get vaccinated because of their insufficient understanding and doubt toward the vaccine. Hence, to alleviate this condition, health education about the systemic reactions of Covid-19 vaccine and how to handle them was essentially needed. The purpose of this activity was to assess the level of pre and post knowledge on the Covid-19 vaccine’s Moderna. The activities started by doing preparation, and followed by delivering the health education and processing the collected data from the pretest and post-test as an evaluation. The data were analyzed by using a paired sample T-test. The results showed that before the health education, the average value of knowledge was 70.87 and increased to 95.70 after the activity with a p-value of 0.001. Thus, it is expected that the participants of this community service can socialize the knowledge they have gotten to the surrounding community so that people at large can take part in preventing wider transmission of Covid-19. To say the least, it can be concluded that this health education could increase people’s knowledge about various systemic reactions of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine and methods in overcoming the follow-up reactions
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Infection - Control Among IIUM Kuantan Nursing Students During Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak
Get PDFIntroduction: Infection Control (IC) is a procedure and evidence-based practice applied in healthcare settings that can prevent the transmission of pathogens and microorganisms to health care workers, patients and visitors. It is reported that nursing students were found lacking knowledge and skills regarding standard precautions in infection control. Low knowledge and skills were reported to have a negative effect on the students’ compliance to standard precautions. Objectives: This study aims to discover the knowledge, attitude and practice on infection control after COVID-19 outbreak among nursing students. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 194 nursing students in IIUM Kuantan using online self-administered questionnaire. Data was interpreted in descriptive and inferential analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Results: From 194 nursing students who participated in the study, the nursing students with good knowledge, attitude and practice were 57.2%, 56.2 % and 53.1%, respectively. There is association between gender and level of attitude (p=0.047). The results presented show that nursing students that have good knowledge showed significantly good attitude (p=0.002) and good attitude showed significantly good practice (p=0.001). Conclusion: The nursing student’s level of knowledge, attitude and practice were fairly good. There are association between gender and level of attitude but there are no significant associations between the other sociodemographic characteristics and level of knowledge, attitude, and practice on infection control. There are also associations between level of knowledge, attitude, and practice on infection control
Nurses' Perspectives on Family Involvement in Intensive Care
Get PDFObjective: The purpose of this study was to explore how nurses perceive the role of the family while caring for the patients admitted in intensive care of Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital, Brunei. Methods: An exploratory, qualitative design was used to explore nurses' insights on the inputs of family in intensive care. Ten nurses who fit the inclusion criteria were invited using a purposive sampling method. They were individually interviewed and were audio-recorded with the consent of the nurses. These interviews were coded and thematically analysed. Results: Three major themes emerged from the study, including importance of family presence, concern over patient safety and question about family readiness. Conclusion: The results of this study concluded that the family role is expressed through their 'presence' in intensive care which is significant in patient care. The study also identified concern over patient safety and query into the family readiness to get involved in the intensive care.