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Hip Fracture and Disabilities among Elderly in Gaza Governorates, Palestine

Eljedi, Ashraf Y.; Mousa, Atef A.; Naim, Fadel N. (الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2015)

Hip fracture is the most common fracture in the elderly people and causes many disabilities for people who don't receive appropriate rehabilitation after fracture or surgery. Objective: The general objective of this study ...

Burden of Family Caregivers of Schizophrenic Patients in Gaza Strip, Palestine

Eljedi, Ashraf Y.; Abu Shair, Nasra A. (الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2015)

Background: Schizophreniais is one of the most devastating psychiatric disorders that affect the Palestinian families. Schizophrenic caregivers in Gaza strip experience more significant stressors and have a higher level ...

New Recursive Algorithm to Find the Failure Function of the Connected (2,2)-out-of-(m,n): F Linear and Circular System

Nashwan, Imad I. (الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2015)

The connected (r,s)-out-of-(m,n): F linear and circular system fails if there is an area of failures that includes at least a sub matrix (r,s) that contains all failed components. For example, the connected (2,2)-out-of-(m,n): ...

PM10 emitted from gravel crushers and their effects on complete blood counts for workers, middle gover-norate–Gaza, Palestine

Aboshoga, Ahmed; Aljeesh, Yousef I.; AL Agha, Mohammad R (2015)

Case-control study was conducted during the period from April to August, 2013 on all gravel crushers at Middle Gaza Governorates. There were 87 individuals participants invloved in this study, out of which 40 were case ...

An evidenced-based study :Measuring the effect of implementing an Infection Control Program on health care providers ' Compliance to Infection Control Measures'

Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (2015)

In Palestinian, 10% of deaths among children under the age of five are related to infections. Practice of infection prevention and control reduces the number of hospital-acquired infections. The purposes of this study ...

Identifying and Prioritizing the Research Needs Related to Mental Health in Gaza Strip-Palestine

Aljeesh, Yousef I.; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I. (2015)

Background: An important function of research is to identify community needs in certain fields. As mental health is a vital issue to us, identifying and prioritizing mental health needs is important to policy makers to ...

Effect of Exposure to Cement Dust on Pulmonary Function among Cement Plants Workers in the Middle Governorate, Gaza- Palestine

Aljeesh, Yousef I.; AL Madhoun, Wesam A; El Jabaly, Suliman (2015)

This study was conducted to investigate the level of PM air pollution in cement plants, and their impacts on respiratory system health and pulmonary function for cement plants workers. Case-control study was conducted on ...

Negotiated reorienting: a grounded theory of nurses’ end-of-life decision-making in the intensive care unit

Gallagher, Ann; Bousso, Regina Szylit; Mccarthy, Joan; Kohlen, Helen; Andrews, Tom; Paganini, Maria Cristina; Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Cox, Anna; Haas, Margit; Arber, Anne; Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon K.; Baliza, Michelle Freire; Padilha, Katia Grillo; Group, Making IN Intensive Care Research (Pergamon, 2015)

Background Intensive care units (ICUs) focus on treatment for those who are critically ill and interventions to prolong life. Ethical issues arise when decisions have to be made regarding the withdrawal and withholding of ...

Quality of life in prostate cancer survivors in developing countries: The case of the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Abu EL Noor, Nasser Ibrahim; Abu EL Noor, Mysoon Khalil (2015)

Background & Aim: Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in males and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Palestine. Although, many studies were conducted in de-veloped countries to evaluate ...

Assessing Spiritual Well-Being of Arab Muslim Prostate Cancer Survivors: A Reflection for a New Spiritual Health Care Policy

Abu-El-Noor, Nasser I.; Radwan, Abdalkarim S. (2015)

Religious and spiritual beliefs are some of numerous factors that influence quality of life outcome of cancer survivors. Spirituality is believed to be an important component of overall well-being and it is especially ...