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Tytuł:: Barriers to ocular tissue donation in acute clinical settings
Autorzy:: Prous, M.
Ponto, M.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1917618.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2015
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: tissue donation
corneal donation
missed potential donors
Opis:: Introduction: Nearly all patients who die in Intensive Care Units (ICU’s) and Emergency Departments (ED’s) are potential corneal donors. However, the number of referrals from these groups remains low.Purpose: To identify the number of potential corneal donors in four ICUs and one ED and to ascertain how many proceed with donation.Materials and methods: The electronic medical records of all patients (n=233) who died in the five participating units from July to December 2014 were retrospectively reviewed using existing ocular tissue donor criteria to assess the number of potential donors. The Eye Donor Database and the Potential Donor Audit were also reviewed to determine how many potential corneal donors proceeded with donation. Results: Out of the 73% (n=170) eligible cornealdonors, 79% (n=100) were potential tissue-only donors and 21% (n=36) had the potential to donate solid organs and at least one tissue (corneas). While all 36 potential organ and tissue donors were referred to the Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation (SN-OD), none of the 100 potential tissue-only was referred to Tissue Services. Of the 36 potential organ and tissue donors referred to the SN-OD, only 11 proceeded with corneal donation.Conclusion: The results of this audit highlight a low conversion rate from a relatively high number of potential corneal donors. There is a need to increase corneal donation awareness among healthcare professionals and the public. It is also recommended the implementation of strategies to maximise the number of referrals.
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2015, 5, 2; 134-141
2083-1617
Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Testing knowledge of eye donation: a survey of intensive care nurses
Autorzy:: Prous, M.
Ponto, M.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1917704.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2016
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: Corneal donation
tissue donation
attitudes
views
knowledge
intensive care
nurses
Opis:: Introduction: Corneal transplantation is a sight restoring procedure that enhances the recipient’s quality of life. Most deceased patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) are potential eye donors, but the number of referrals from this group remains low. Understanding how nurses view eye donation and identifying their educational needs is vital in order to increase donation rates while offering choice to patients and families. Purpose: To assess nurses’ knowledge about the identification and referral of potential eye donors. Materials and methods: An online, 18-item, questionnaire survey assessing the knowledge, training and views towards eye donation was emailed to 100 ICU nurses working in a tertiary NHS Trust. Fifty-eight percent (n=58/100) of nurses completed the questionnaire. Results: The majority of nurses (n=50/58) could not identify the medical contraindications to eye donation, just one was aware of the referral process and only two reported that they received previous training on eye donation. Overall, participants were in agreement that corneal transplants improve the recipients’ quality of life (n= 50/58) and that offering eye donation should be considered as part of end-oflife care (n=43/58). However, only seven felt confident raising the subject with relatives. Conclusion: ICU nurses play a pivotal role identifying and discussing the potential for donation. However, the results of this survey showed that the majority of responding nurses lacked knowledge, training and confidence to effectively undertake this role. Therefore there is a need for educational programmes that focus on eye donation and communication skills to be able to offer the choice to patients and families. There is also a scope for research to evaluate the efficacy of educational programmes and their impact on donation rates
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2016, 6(1); 86-94
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Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Keeping going, why osteopaths of retiring age still practice – a qualitative study
Autorzy:: Hamilton, F.
Ponto, M.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1916340.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2014
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: osteopathy
professional practice
work
career
longevity
retirement
Opis:: Introduction: Osteopathy is a manual healthcare practice which has its roots in alternative and complementary medicine. The last thirty years have seen significant political, educational and professional developments in osteopathy in the UK. Against this changing landscape, perhaps it is not surprising that only 8% of the profession are over 60. However to take Antonovsky’s salutogenic approach , the question is not so much why most osteopaths retire, but why some do not. Purpose: To explore the perceptions and experiences of a group of osteopaths who remain in practice past state retirement age. Materials and methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven mature osteopaths. An interpretive phenomenological approach was used to analyse the data. A brief validated personality questionnaire was also completed to derive trait characteristics of the group. Results: Four themes emerged, with Finance and Health represented thus supporting existing literature. Career as a theme was strongly evident, with sub-themes of autonomy, generativity, helping others, success, relationships and regulation also apparent. The last theme Self, incorporated identity, interests, personal relationships and perceptions of work and retirement. Personality profiles were in line with those expected of contented employees and longevity, but at odds with the osteopathic profession as a whole. Conclusion: Making sense of ‘not retiring’ is completely coherent for mature osteopaths who enjoy career satisfaction, good health, and high self-esteem. Whilst, for the most part, they have financial and social ‘buffers’ to cope with retirement, it is their choice to remain in work, beyond the retirement age.
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2014, 4, 1; 165-171
2083-1617
Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Venous Thromboembolism Audit; where are we now and how can we improve?
Autorzy:: Woodward-Stammers, E.
Ponto, M.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1918455.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2017
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: Venous thromboembolism
hospitalised patients
thromboprophylaxis
audit
prevention
Opis:: Introduction: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is the term used to describe blood clots in the deep veins. It is considered to be a significant healthcare topic due to the high incidence in hospitalised patients. National body in the UK (NICE) recommends risk assessment, the appropriate prescription of thromboprophylaxis and the provision of patient information to all patients over the age of 18 years admitted to hospital. Despite the introduction of national guidance, patients develop hospital related VTE. It is therefore essential to establish compliance of VTE prevention policy and provide recommendations where improvements are necessary. Purpose: To assess current practice within an acute hospital in reducing the risk of VTE in patients admitted to hospital against NICE guidance and to identify methods of improvement to ensure adherence to VTE prevention guidelines. Materials and methods: A local audit was carried out using a tool which was designed to measure clinical practice against national standards for VTE prevention. PDSA cycle was used for a systematic process to be followed. A snapshot sample of 60 inpatient records was selected to be audited on medical and surgical wards of an acute trust. Data was analysed using excel, histograms were produced and percentages calculated to identify adherence of VTE prevention policy in practice. Results: The audit found that 67% (n=40/60) audit proformas were completed in the allocated time frame; 88% (n=35) of patients had a recorded risk assessed for VTE and bleeding on admission to hospital. Only 18% (n=7) of patients in the audit received verbal information on VTE prevention on admission and none received written information. Furthermore, 10% (n=4) of patients who required anti- embolism stockings did not receive them and 40% (n=16) of patients did not receive appropriate chemical thromboprophylaxis. Conclusion: Risk assessment and administration of prevention methods can considerably reduce the risks of patients developing VTE thus enhancing patient safety and quality of care provided by the healthcare sector. This audit demonstrates inconsistencies in providing correct VTE prevention methods to patients throughout an acute hospital trust and highlights key recommendations for improvement.
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2017, 7(1); 69-77
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Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Prevalence of thromboembolic (VTE) events in a South London District hospital: a retrospective study
Autorzy:: Woodward-Stammers, E.
Ponto, M.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1918927.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2020-06-10
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: Thromboembolism; hospitalised patients; prevention
anticoagulation
Opis:: Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been defined by many professionals as the term to describe deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It is a condition where a thrombus (blood clot) forms in the deep veins usually the lower limbs. DVT can often propagate to the lungs causing PE which can result in significant health complications including instant fatality. The disease occurs in 1 in 20 people in the United Kingdom (UK) at some point during their life time Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of VTE in a South London hospital over a period of 3 years. The objectives of the study were to explore the characteristics of VTE by examining potential correlations with demographic variables of gender, age and ethnicity. Another objective was to distinguish between hospital-associated VTE and community-associated VTE and to identify prevalent types of VTE. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective, quantitative study using convenience sampling. Records of 1728 patients diagnosed with VTE between 1st January 2014 and 31st December 2017 were selected. The data was collected using a clinical computer system to gather patient demographics and identify whether the episode of VTE was related to a hospital admission. Data was analysed using SPSS 23 in order to create descriptive statistics. Spearman’s correlation test was carried out to assess potential correlations between incidences of VTE with age. Jonckheere trend tests were used to assess the significance of trends. Results: The highest incidence of VTE was among the white population n=1470 (85.1%). The average age of the participants in the study was 66.96 years (standard deviation 17.8), There was a positive correlation between incidence of VTE and age (r=0.078, p=0.001). There were more females diagnosed with VTE, n=895 (51.8%) than males n=833 (48.2%). This trend was significant at 0.05. Conclusion: VTE is a concern for the general population and is a major health problem affecting 99 people per 100,000 of the population each year. This common disease is prevalent among all individuals irrespective of age, ethnicity or gender and is not always related to episodes of hospitalization. Further research is needed to examine risk factors and rates of VTE and to establish whether individual events are triggered by transient or acquired influences and causal relationships
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2020, 10(1); 82-91
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Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Learning styles and Locus of control in undergraduate medical, nursing and physiotherapy students: a comparative study
Autorzy:: Ponto, M.
Ooms, A.
Cowieson, F.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1916445.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2014
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Tematy:: learning styles
locus of control
healthcare students
Opis:: Introduction: Locus of control is a personality variable which influences expectancies that people have in relation to everyday outcomes. The orientation on the Locus of control can be internal or external. People with internal orientation on locus of control attribute outcomes to their own control whereas those with external orientation tend to blame others for what happens to them. Internal orientation on locus of control has been found to correlate with attainment and general student satisfaction. Locus of control has been explored in health care related disciplines as well as in relation to learning characteristics, education in general and academic performance in particular. Purpose: To explore potential relationship between learning styles and Locus of control. To examine possible differences, in the learning styles and Locus of control orientation between Medical, Nursing and Physiotherapy undergraduate students. Materials and methods: A cross – sectional survey of undergraduate medical, physiotherapy and nursing students was conducted, at an English London university. The Learning Styles Inventory and Locus of Control Internal External Scale were administered to a purposive sample of students in their first year of study (n = 379). Results: The BSc Nursing students had the highest Locus of Control score (mean = 12.43, SD 4.164) and medical students the lowest (mean = 10.32, SD 4.034). Students who were carers had a lower mean Locus of Control score of 10.65, SD 3.713 as compared with students who were not carers, Locus of Control = 12.39, SD 4.108. Linear regressions showed statistical significance of different Kolb’s learning styles on the Locus of Control. KOLB-Abstract Conceptualisation (AC) had a statistically significant impact on Locus of Control (p=0.022). The dominant learning style of the nursing students in this study was assimilating (35%) and accommodating (26%). Conclusions: The findings from this study demonstrate that perhaps learning styles are not necessarily profession specific and that maybe the nursing students in this sample used more balancing styles which were influenced by the teaching methods and their curriculum. The implications for future research and educators are also discussed.
Źródło:: Progress in Health Sciences; 2014, 4, 1; 172-178
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Pojawia się w:: Progress in Health Sciences
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Evaluation of bonding strength between selected polymer cements, root dentin and glass fiber reinforced composite posts
Ocena wytrzymałości połączenia wybranych cementów polimerowych z zębiną kanałową i wkładem wzmocnionym włóknem szklanym
Autorzy:: Wagner, L.
Ponto-Wolska, M.
Raszewski, Z.
Zadrożny, Ł.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/947167.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2016
Wydawca:: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Chemii Przemysłowej
Tematy:: polymer cements
fiber reinforced composite posts
bonding
strength tests
microcomputed tomography
cement polimerowy
wkłady wzmocnione włóknem szklanym
połączenie
wytrzymałość na zgniatanie
mikroobrazowa tomografia komputerowa
Opis:: The aim of the study was to assess the value of the breaking force of the bonding between selected polymer cements, root dentin and fiber reinforced composite (FRC) posts. Five resin based luting cements were selected for use in the study. Tests were performed on a total of 30 teeth, which were divided into two groups. Fifteen teeth were installed vertically and 15 with an angle of 45°. All samples were exposed to crushing forces in an Instron 4411 device. After the strength tests, each sample was analyzed by micro-CT (micro computed tomography) in order to verify that the forces did not cause defects in the areas of the adhesive connection. The differences observed in the present study only involved the posts that failed at different values of the acting forces – in the case of the vertical sample, x =532.5 N and in the case with an angle of 45°, x = 117.9 N. For the micro-CT images, there were no defects in the analyzed areas of the adhesive connections. Under the conditions of the current study, all selected polymer cements showed the required level of bonding.
Oceniono wytrzymałość połączenia cementów polimerowych z zębiną kanałową i wkładem wzmocnionym włóknem szklanym. Zbadano pięć rodzajów polimerowych cementów stosowanych do stałego osadzania wkładów. Przeprowadzono test wytrzymałościowy 30 próbek zębów, podzielonych na dwie grupy: 15 zębów osadzonych pionowo i 15 zębów osadzonych pod kątem 45°. Wszystkie próbki poddano działaniu siły zgniatającej za pomocą urządzenia Instron 4411, a następnie każdą próbkę analizowano metodą mikroobrazowej tomografii komputerowej (mikro-CT) w celu sprawdzenia stanu połączenia między zębiną i cementem oraz wkładem i cementem. W żadnym wypadku nie stwierdzono zerwania połączenia. Zaobserwowano jedynie różnice wartości siły uszkadzającej wkład. W wypadku próbki ustawionej pionowo wyniosła ona średnio 532,5 N, a próbki ustawionej pod kątem – 117,9 N. W obszarach analizowanych metodą mikro-CT nie stwierdzono zerwania połączenia. W warunkach przeprowadzonego badania wszystkie wybrane cementy polimerowe wykazały oczekiwany poziom połączenia.
Źródło:: Polimery; 2016, 61, 11-12; 831-834
0032-2725
Pojawia się w:: Polimery
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Evaluation of the strength of glass fiber-reinforced composite posts placed in root canals in different quantitative configurations and exposed to crushing forces
Wytrzymałość na zgniatanie wkładów kompozytowych wzmocnionych włóknem szklanym umieszczonych w kanałach korzeniowych w różnej konfiguracji ilościowej
Autorzy:: Wagner, L.
Ponto-Wolska, M.
Raszewski, Z.
Zadrożny, Ł.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/946938.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2017
Wydawca:: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Instytut Chemii Przemysłowej
Tematy:: fiber-reinforced composite posts
crushing strength
micro computed tomography
wkłady polimerowe wzmocnione włóknem szklanym
wytrzymałość na zgniatanie
mikroobrazowa tomografia komputerowa
Opis:: The strength of fiber glass reinforced composite (FRC) posts, inserted in root canals in different quantitative configurations and exposed to crushing forces, assuming no adhesive connection in the coronal area, was evaluated. Three systems of FRC posts and one core build-up material were used in this study. The test was performed on FRC posts in three different quantitative configurations. The posts were cemented in the root canals in 36 premolars. 21 teeth were exposed to vertical forces, while 15 teeth were exposed to forces at an angle of 45° with respect to the vertical axis. After the strength tests, each sample was analyzed in the micro computed tomography (micro-CT) in order to verify that the forces do not cause defects in the areas of the adhesive connection. The largest values of the crushing forces (over 1000 N), which caused the destruction of posts were observed in case of Ena Post used in the form of single post with the greatest diameter or composed of three posts with different diameter, as well as for triple Postec Plus posts. In the case of the force acting at the angle of 45° no statistically significant differences were observed for all post configurations. No defects were found in micro-CT images of the analyzed areas of adhesive connections. The obtained results do not confirm the concept that the use of more than one post per canal may significantly improve the clinical effectiveness of FRC posts – the differences in the values of the destructive force per one post and multiple posts were not statistically significant.
Badano wytrzymałość na zgniatanie wkładów kompozytowych zawierających włókno szklane (FRC) umieszczonych w kanałach korzeniowych w różnych konfiguracjach ilościowych, przy założeniu braku połączenia adhezyjnego w obszarze koronowym. Ocenie poddano trzy systemy wkładów FRC oraz polimerowy materiał typu core build-up. Wkłady w trzech różnych wariantach ilościowych zacementowano w kanałach 36 zębów przedtrzonowych. 21 zębów poddano działaniu siły zgniatającej w kierunku pionowym, a 15 – działaniu siły pod kątem 45° w stosunku do osi pionowej. Po przeprowadzeniu testów wytrzymałościowych każdą próbkę analizowano za pomocą mikrotomografu komputerowego w celu sprawdzenia, czy połączenie adhezyjne w kanale korzeniowym zostało zerwane. Największe wartości (powyżej 1000 N) użytej siły zgniatającej, powodującej zniszczenie wkładów, odnosiły się do Ena Post stosowanego w postaci pojedynczego wkładu o największej średnicy lub złożonego z trzech o różnej średnicy oraz do Postec Plus w postaci wkładu potrójnego. W wypadku działania siły zgniatającej pod kątem 45° w stosunku do osi pionowej nie stwierdzono różnic statystycznie istotnych między wartościami średnimi tej siły w odniesieniu do wszystkich konfiguracji wkładów. Na podstawie obrazów uzyskanych w mikroobrazowej tomografii komputerowej (micro-CT) nie stwierdzono zerwania lub uszkodzenia połączenia adhezyjnego w analizowanych obszarach. Uzyskane wyniki świadczą, że zastosowanie w kanale korzeniowym więcej niż jednego kompozytowego wkładu zawierającego włókna szklane nie zwiększa w istotnym stopniu efektywności wypełnienia; różnice w wartościach siły niszczącej pojedynczy wkład i wkład wielokrotny nie były istotne statystycznie.
Źródło:: Polimery; 2017, 62, 11-12; 875-880
0032-2725
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