— Conventional luting cements have been used to bond all ceramic crowns in fixed partial denture. Bonding of these cements can be done my different methods towards the ceramic and dentin. Bondings of the cements are often initiated by light cure devices. Therefore it necessitates comparing the bond strength of luting cement cured by light cure devices with different curing methods
2. INFLUENCING HEALTH WELLBEING IN ELDERLY BY FOLLOWING 6 FACTORS POLICY IN HMUEAWAI, MUANG DISTRICT, NAKON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE
This study aimed to find out influencing health wellbeing in Hmuenwai, Muang District, Nakon Ratchasima Province by following the 6 Factors Policy. Data collected from 286 aged populations by using interviewing questionaires of which comprised of two sections, general demographics and specific health promotion practice by using the 6 Factors Policy. The devices were tested by experts with content validity of 0.66-1.00 , Cronbach alpha coefficient for the reliability of the instrument of 0.82. The equation for health promotion following the 6 Factors Policy using stepwise multiple regression analysis. The elderly populations in the study were mostly female (65.4%), with the age range 60-69 years (61.9%), marriage (67.8%), the education at elementary level (92.7%), no specific occupation (37.4%) , earning from their children ( 75.2%). Source of information about health were from television (55.6%). Most people had some sickness (83.9%), most common were hypertension (92%), diabetes mellitus (58.4%) . The practice of health promotion according to the 6 Factors Policy was in medium level ( =2.77,S.D=0.27). The Variables predicting health status of the elderly were diabetes mellitus (X8), hyperlipidemia (X10), radio (X12), newspapers (X13) and village audio tower (X14) with the power of prediction of 81.1%, multiple regress coefficient 0.904, standard error of prediction ±0.17197 and the rate constant of the equation in the form of raw score3.011. The authors predicted health promotion according to the 6 Factors Policy of the elderly as Y=3.011+.334X10+.470 X14+.166 X12+-.391 X13 +-.078X8 . Wellbeing in the elderly should be focus on diabetes and hyperlipidemia using both types of media publications, including sound and audio village tower and newspapers for taking care of themselves and developing appropriate health practices.
3. HEALTH STATUS OF THE ELDERLY LIVING IN PHIMAI DISTRICT, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND
At present, Thai government focused on developing the quality of life of elderly issue. This research aimed to explore the health status of the elderly living in Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The collection of data using questionnaire (Barthel ADL index) from 1,081 elders. Analyses of research data employed descriptive statistics and Chi-square. The research conducted during May - October 2014. The results showed that; the most elderly were in ability group (86.22%), 11.10% were in semi-disability group and 2.68% were in disability group. The relationships between sex, age and health status was statistically significant (p<0.05). Therefore, the elderly health service providers should work towards maintaining and enhancing well-being of the elderly.
4. RESIDENT'S KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARDS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN JOHO SUB-DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, MUEANG DISTRICT, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND
This research aimed to explore knowledge, attitude and practice on solid waste management in Joho Sub-district Administrative Organization, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The collection data using questionnaire from 54 family samples. Analyses of research data employed descriptive statistics and Chi-square. The research was conducted during October - December 2014. The results showed that the samples knowledge level were on moderate level (¯x= 14.33, SD = 2.65), the attitudes were high level (¯x= 2.44, SD = 0.28) and practices (¯x= 2.40, SD = 0.29) were on high level. The relationship between attitude and practice was significantly statistically (p<.05). Therefore, the local government should promote knowledge on effective solid waste management, in order to avoid environmental consequences in the future.
5. DETERMINING THE PROCESS OF CONFRONTING WITH CANCER: THE THEORY OF "FINDING HOPE AND SUPPORT FOR SURVIVING" IN THE FACE OF CANCER
Background: In recent years, cancer incidence has got a rising trend, creating a lot of problems for patients, families, and the community. It is one of the most feared diseases in the community and its development is associated with emotional and psychological fears and problems. That's why it is critical to confront with cancer and the patients’ right confrontation with the disease can produce fewer problems. Therefore, this investigation aimed to deal with the cancer process in cancer patients.
Method: Using the grounded theory, the process of dealing with the diagnosis based on the patients and close relatives’ experiences, doctors, and nurses was studied. The study was carried out in the city of Sari in Mazandaran Province in 2013-2014. Unstructured interviews, observations, and field notes were the methods of data collection. Sampling began purposefully and theoretical sampling was gradually followed based on the emergence of codes and classes to achieve the theory evolution. Accordingly, a total of 35 interviews were conducted with 16 patients, 4 family members, 3 doctors, and 3 nurses. Data analysis was performed by using Glaser’s constant comparative method and the process of confronting with cancer was designed and presented according to the findings after the identification of the main concepts.
Findings: Data analysis revealed that the participants' main concern when confronting with cancer is " life threatening", while their core strategy is "finding support and hope for surviving". The consequence of this strategy was a relative survival and mobility and the findings demonstrated the participants try to be hopeful for survival and endeavor for the necessary follows-up. The process of confronting with cancer includes the following steps: “Being susceptible to having a serious illness, i.e. cancer”, “Being informed of getting cancer”, “Preparing the patients to get informed of the diagnosis”, “Perceiving a life-threatening danger”, “Finding hope and support for surviving”, and “Having a relative hope for survival / mobility”.
Conclusion: The results depicted that patients’ confrontation with cancer is a process consisting of several interwoven phases with a focus on finding support and hope for surviving since promoting hope, life-giving spirit, and supporting the patient in all aspects when diagnosing cancer can provide better outcomes in them and help them to be facing fewer problems in the meantime.
6. HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS IN COASTAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH INDIA
Objectives: The study was designed to assess the socio-demographic profile, to determine the health seeking behavior and to elicit the socio-demographic factors associated with health seeking behavior among adolescents.
Methods: The study was a Community based Cross sectional study, carried out during May-June, 2014 among 440 adolescent students studying in 8th, 9th and 10th std at two public & two private High Schools at Mangalore (India). A Pre designed, semi structured questionnaire was used as the tool for data collection. Approval from Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) & the concerned school authorities were obtained, followed by self-administration of questionnaire and data analysis.
Results: The mean age of our study population of 440 students, was found to be 14.74 with standard deviation of 1.365. 67.3% (34.3% males & 33% females) had various Physical issues and 21.1% population suffered from psychological problems. For the various issues, 47.3% adolescents seek help from their parents, while 39.5% from doctors. 29.8% students considered inconvenient timings as the major hindrance in seeking health care followed by family’s perception and lack of privacy in the clinics. 90% of the study population was unaware of the SNEHA clinics run exclusively for adolescents in Karnataka, India.
Conclusion: Unawareness regarding adolescent clinics remained the main focus of our study that emphasized on the fact that newer outreach innovative interventions may be needed to create a sustained demand for services. Further work-up is needed in the field of adolescent health services and made available to them from the ground level itself. The focus must be to make them aware of various health-care facilities for their various problems and issues.
7. FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (PLHIV) IN COASTAL SOUTH INDIA
Abstract:
Background:
Anti Retro-viral Therapy (ART) has increased life expectancy of HIV/AIDS patients, but the quality of life (QOL) still remains the same.
Methodology:
In this cross-sectional study, 356 PLHIV were interviewed to assess their QOL using WHOQOL- HIV Bref questionnaire. The association between QOL with socio-demographic, clinical and co-habitation status of the participants was tested using ANOVA and student t-test, and P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results:
Physical domain of QOL showed maximum score of 16.4, while a minimum score of 12.2, was seen in social relationship domain. Participants with higher Socio Economic Status (SES) and self-motivated to take ART had shown better scores across all the domains of QOL (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
In our study, Quality Of Life was high among males, younger patients, married participants, higher socio economic status, longer duration of ART, self-motivation to take ART, absence of opportunistic infection and with higher CD4 count.