Papers by Noha Al-Shdayfat
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
COVID-19 has affected all aspects of human life so far. From the outset of the pandemic, preventi... more COVID-19 has affected all aspects of human life so far. From the outset of the pandemic, preventing the spread of COVID-19 through the observance of health protocols, especially the use of sanitizers and disinfectants was given more attention. Despite the effectiveness of disinfection chemicals in controlling and preventing COVID-19, there are critical concerns about their adverse effects on human health. This study aims to assess the health effects of sanitizers and disinfectants on a global scale. A total of 91,056 participants from 154 countries participated in this cross-sectional study. Information on the use of sanitizers and disinfectants and health was collected using an electronic questionnaire, which was translated into 26
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Objective. To examine the interrelated impacts of work-related stress, compassion satisfaction (C... more Objective. To examine the interrelated impacts of work-related stress, compassion satisfaction (CS), and job satisfaction on burnout (BO) and secondary traumatic stress (STS) among nurses using structural equation modelling (SEM). Methods. A cross-sectional design was used to survey 727 nurses at a teaching hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia. Three scales were used: the Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS), and the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). Data were analysed using SPSS and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS), and SEM analysis was conducted to confirm the interrelations among variables. Results. The final model had a good fit for the obtained data (X2 = 2.726, RMSEA = 0.032). Stress is directly related to BO and STS, and the following variables were directly related to STS: job satisfaction, BO, and CS. Lastly, BO mediated the relationship between stress and STS. Conclusion. It is crucial to analyze the effect of stress, CS, and job satisfaction which s...
Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal
Background: Dysmenorrhea "painful menstruation" Common disorder that influence females' daily lif... more Background: Dysmenorrhea "painful menstruation" Common disorder that influence females' daily life activities", Kegel and pelvic rocking exercise have been used to reduce primary dysmenorrhea. Aim: this study aimed to compare the effect of Kegel versus pelvic rocking exercise on primary dysmenorrhea intensity among adolescents at secondary female's schools in al-Mafraq Jordanian city. Design: A quasiexperimental research design. Setting: This study was carried out at three governmental secondary schools at Al-Mafraq Jordan city. Subject: A convenient sample of 216 student with dysmenorrheal were recruited. They are randomly, assigned into two groups (Kegel1& Pelvic rocking exercise2). Tools: Data was collected through three tools, basic data structured Interview schedule, WALIDD primary dysmenorrhea intensity scale and retrospective associative symptom scale (RSS)). Results: Mean age of the studied sample was (17.11 ± 0.84 &17.11 ± 0.84) years old in both studied groups respectively. In addition, 77.7 % of group 1 and 66.7% of group 2 suffered from severe dysmenorrhea while 25.9 % & 33.3% respectively had moderate dysmenorrhea. After 8 weeks became mild in 48.15, moderate in 36.9% and only 15.75 sever in group 1 while group 2 became mild in 3.7%, moderate 74.1% and severe 22.2%, effect size indicate mild relation among group 1 (0.486) and low in group 2 (0.250).while associative symptoms was moderate in two thirds (65.7% and 58.3%) of both groups before intervention, after 8 weeks were significant in posttest p (0.024) became 100% mild in group 1 while 95.4% in group 2 .the effect size moderate in both groups favor to group 1 (0.745 & 0.522) respectively .Conclusion: this study concluded that exercise significantly reduced intensity of primary dysmenorrhea. Recommendations: Kegel exercise technique should be advocated as a non-pharmacological approach for management of primary dysmenorrhea.
Jordan Journal of Nursing Research
Background: Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) has been known to improve the mother-infant attachment pro... more Background: Skin-to-skin contact (SSC) has been known to improve the mother-infant attachment process with a variety of positive outcomes. Objectives: This qualitative study aimed at exploring the Jordanian mothers’ experiences in proving direct SSC to their preterm infants in one Jordanian neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after the introduction of this care approach for the first time. Design and Methods: A descriptive phenomenological research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 10 Jordanian mothers who provided SSC to their pre-term infants in an NICU. Results: Three themes emerged from the data analysis. The first theme described how SSC has the power of physical closeness, in which SSC created a change from an anxiety state to a serenity state, as well as a positive ‘back to the womb’ feeling for mothers and their infants. The second theme described how SSC enhanced motherhood by promoting the mothers’ feelings as mothers, facilitating b...
Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
The current study investigates the student nurses' attitudes and opinions towards their health pr... more The current study investigates the student nurses' attitudes and opinions towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic using social media. Background: Social media and networking have become the most secure modes of communication among health care providers and their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic all over the world. However, it is the primary means of disseminating health information about disease prevention and control. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 296 student nurses aged 19-49 enrolled at twelve Jordanian universities (6 public and six private) in Jordan. The research team developed the self-administered questionnaire to explore the student nurses' attitudes towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic using social media and the Internet. Results: Findings revealed that the student nurses had positive attitudes towards their health promotion role during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of student nurses are using social media to raise the awareness of their community about COVID-19 prevention. Conclusion: The current research findings provide baseline data on the student nurses' attitudes about the proper utilization of social media to enhance their community health about COVID-19. Given the student nurses' positive attitudes about their role in COVID-19 health promotion, we strongly recommend that they be provided with the necessary knowledge and skills to demonstrate effective health education.
The current study aimed to assess the quality of life (QOL) and to determine its predictors among... more The current study aimed to assess the quality of life (QOL) and to determine its predictors among Jordanian women undergoing breast cancer treatment at public referral hospital in Amman, Jordan. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used; two hundred women participated in the study. The QOL-Breast Cancer Version (QOL-BC) questionnaire was used to collect the data. The worst overall mean QOL scores of participants for each domain were for fatigue and pain in the physical domain; distress from cancer diagnosis and distress from chemotherapy treatment in the psychological domain; fear of the occurrence of cancer among relatives and family distress from the illness in the social domain; and the importance of religious activity and change of spiritual life as a result of cancer in the spiritual domain. Regression analysis revealed that type of surgery, type of treatment, chemotherapy dose and stage were good predictors of the QOL of women with breast cancer. Jordanian women undergoing...
This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of Internet Addiction among a sample of Jor... more This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of Internet Addiction among a sample of Jordanian adolescents. Internet usage has been dramatically increased in Jordan. The intense use of Internet among adolescents has been studied in different parts of the world. This study investigated the Internet Addiction (IA) and its association with some socio-demographic factors among Jordanian adolescents. It is a descriptive cross sectional study carried out in Mafraq governorate, located in North Jordan. A convenient sample of 2415 adolescents was obtained from schools (7th to 12th grades), the mean age of the sample was 15.5 years old (SD=1.5). The Arabic version of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used to collect the data. Results showed that the majority (93.78 %) of the participants were found to be addicted on Internet. Approximately two thirds (65%) were severe to moderate addicts. The statistics showed a significant influence of some socio-demographic variables on the ad...
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare
Purpose Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most important health issues faced by women worldwide.... more Purpose Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most important health issues faced by women worldwide. The purpose of this study is to identify Jordanian women’s knowledge, barriers and measures pertaining to risk factors and screening choices of CC (Pap smear tests). Design/methodology/approach This study applied a cross sectional design by collecting data from a convenient sample of 200 women between 20 and 70 years of age in health and public centers in Jordan. Data was then analyzed using the descriptive statistical tools of SPSS, version 21. Findings The findings revealed that 55.5% of the participants had no information about the Pap smear, and 75% did not know the risk factors. Moreover, 50% of the sample did not know where to take the test, and 50% reported a lack of encouragement from the husband to undertake the test. More than half of the participants (56.5%) expressed fear that cervical screening would be a painful examination even though they reported not having any previous...
BACKGROUND Acceptance of Electronic Health Record systems is considered an essential factor for a... more BACKGROUND Acceptance of Electronic Health Record systems is considered an essential factor for an effective implementation among the Healthcare providers. In an attempt to understand the healthcare providers’ perceptions on the Electronic Health Record systems implementation and evaluate the factors influencing healthcare providers’ acceptance of Electronic Health Records, the current research examines the effects of individual (user) context factors, and organizational context factors, using Technology Acceptance Model. OBJECTIVE The current research examines the effects of individual (user) context factors, and organizational context factors, using Technology Acceptance Model. METHODS A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used, in which 319 healthcare providers from five public hospital participated in the present study. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which was based on the Technology Acceptance Model. RESULTS Jordanian healthcare providers...
Nursing Open
To evaluate the level and identify predictors of nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes of pai... more To evaluate the level and identify predictors of nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes of pain management.
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
ABSTRACT The current study aimed to assess Jordanian parents' knowledge and beliefs about the... more ABSTRACT The current study aimed to assess Jordanian parents' knowledge and beliefs about the effects of violent media on children's aggressive behavior. A sample of 262 parents of children aged 6–11 years completed a Media Quotient questionnaire about children's media habits, media effects, and children's aggressive behavior. Parents reported that their children spend an average of 4.83 h (SD = 2.12) watching TV, 3.20 h (SD = 2.29) playing video games, 1.07 h (SD = 0.88) listening to music, and only 0.52 min (SD = 0.67) reading for pleasure per day. Parents have a moderate level of knowledge about the media effect (M = 15.49, SD = 3.439). Children of parents who have adequate knowledge about the media effect, spend less time watching TV (r = −.355, p < .001), playing video games (r = −.265, p < .001), and listening to music (r = −.347, p < .001). Ninety-two percent (n = 241) of parents were concerned about the amount of sexual and of violent content their children see in movies or on TV. Children who spend more time playing video games (r = −.201, p = .004) show aggressive relational behavior. This study suggests that increasing parents' knowledge of media of evidence-based programs may have a protective effect on children's behavior.
International Journal of Nursing Education
Nurse Education Today
BACKGROUND The use of social media by university students is recognized worldwide. Student nurses... more BACKGROUND The use of social media by university students is recognized worldwide. Student nurses are no exception, yet no studies have been reported to investigate the nurse students' use and views of social media in Jordan. The current study aims to assess the validity and reliability of an Arabic version of the modified Students Nurses' Use and Views of Social Media survey. METHODS In a cross-sectional study conducted on 395 student nurses aged 19-39 enrolled at two universities (one public and one private) in north Jordan, information on their use and attitude to social media was obtained using the Arabic version of the Students Nurses' Use and Views of Social Media survey. Exploratory factor analysis and correlation matrices were conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the tool. RESULTS The Arabic version of the tool had a 0.84 alpha of internal consistency indicating a high level of reliability. The scale showed multi-dimensionality with items loading on two factors. CONCLUSION The Arabic version of the Students Nurses' Use and Views of Social Media questionnaire demonstrated initial reliability and validity. This study reports positive attitudes of Jordanian student nurses towards professional and academic use of social media.
International Journal of Nursing Education
Global Journal of Health Science
BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a worldwide issue. Emotional abuse of women is the second m... more BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a worldwide issue. Emotional abuse of women is the second most common form of abuse after physical abuse. Thus, this issue needs focus and attention especially among disadvantaged communities such as refugees.OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of emotional abuse among Syrian refugee women in Jordan.METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenient sample of 182 Syrian refugee women residing in Mafraq Governorate. Participants were recruited from Maternal…
Journal of Cancer Education
Refugees in Jordan have an increased burden of cancer due to hard conditions and low income. An i... more Refugees in Jordan have an increased burden of cancer due to hard conditions and low income. An increase in awareness of the early signs of cancer could prompt early diagnosis. The current study aims to explore the level of cancer knowledge and barriers to seeking care among Syrian refugees in Jordan. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was used. Two hundred and forty-one Syrian refugees living in the north of Jordan completed the Cancer Awareness Measure. The mean age was 27.9 (SD 9.1) years, ranging from 18 to 47 years. More than half (56%) of the participants were female. Participants were able to recognize a low number of symptoms (mean 4.4, SD 2.3) and risk factors (4.7 (out of 11), SD 1.9). The most commonly reported barrier was having no medical insurance (83.4%). Refugees’ knowledge of symptoms and risk factors was generally unsatisfactory. Barriers to seeking medical care were prevalent. Much work is needed to overcome barriers and enhance knowledge that can hinder early diagnosis and treatment.
Middle East Journal of Nursing
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a problem world-wide. Since it was identified; Western nat... more Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a problem world-wide. Since it was identified; Western nations have implemented extensive SIDS education campaigns to reduce SIDS risk which have resulted in dramatically decreasing SIDS death rates. In contrast, there is little information available about the impact of SIDS in Middle East (ME) countries where high infant mortality is common. STo investigate SIDS incidence rates across various ME countries, ascertain specific SIDS risk factors relevant to ME populations, categorise high risk groups and identify SIDS intervention programs in the ME. A structured literature review was performed. A total of 10,509 study were identified with 11 proving to be most relevant to the research purpose. The SIDS incidence rates data available in ME countries is extremely limited with only five studies addressing SIDS rates in the ME. For a range of reasons, many infant deaths are registered as “cause unknown” with no associated autopsy report or other det...
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2016
INTRODUCTION The Bedouin Health module was one of the proposed interventions funded by the Europe... more INTRODUCTION The Bedouin Health module was one of the proposed interventions funded by the European Union in 2007-2008, with a focus on health services and utilisation of these services for the Bedouin people in the north of Jordan. AIM This study aimed to evaluate the sustainability of integrating this module into the community health nursing courses at Al al-Bayt University, Jordan. METHOD Two focus group discussions were carried out with five faculty members and five students involved in the implementation of the Bedouin Health module. Leading questions were prepared for both groups. RESULTS Four main themes emerged across both focus groups: self-expression, sustainability, acceptance, and motivation. CONCLUSION The findings of this study identify how crucial it is for nursing students and faculty members to be culturally competent when practising community health care in the Bedouin community.
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