Sana Rehman

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Background:  Medical devices play a significant role in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of different health disorders or conditions. Healthcare professionals play a significant role in the medical device adverse events reporting. However, there are only few studies regarding the awareness of medical professionals toward materiovigilance and thus, the study is to evaluate the impact of awareness cum sensitization programme towards Materiovigilance on healthcare professionals of a tertiary care teaching hospital in south Delhi. Materials and Methods:  This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study done among the nursing professionals of a tertiary care teaching institute, South Delhi to evaluate their knowledge towards materiovigilance. The questionnaire consists of 10 questions. An Awareness cum Sensitization was organised to sensitize them towards MvPI. The study questionnaire were distributed to all the participants before and after the session and collected within 10 minutes. Responses were analysed. Results:  The questionnaire was distributed to 31 nursing professionals of various departments. Most of the nursing staff (16.12%) were from neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Many of them gave correct responses even before training but there is marked improvement in the knowledge of the nursing professionals towards materiovigilance after the training session as evident by their correct responses post training. Conclusion:  Appropriate knowledge of materiovigilance is required to report adverse events associated with medical devices. Our study showed that health care professionals of our institute is lacking in their knowledge of materiovigilance. However, awareness programme on materiovigilance is helpful in improving the knowledge and also motivated them to report MDAEs with full enthusiasm.   Keywords: Materiovigilance, Medical devices, Adverse events, Awareness programme

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Keywords: Materiovigilance, Medical devices, Patient safety

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Introduction: Medical training requires continuous efforts and high level of perseverance, patience and commitment from medical students. Due to this performance pressure, students face high level of stress which affects not only their health negatively but also their thinking and learning abilities gets hampered. Aim: This study aimsto evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of stress management among undergraduate MBBS students at Hamdard Institute of medical sciences & research, Jamia Hamdard attatched to Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary hospital, a tertiary care hospital, New Delhi, India. Materials and Methods: A total of 254 undergraduate students of first year, second year and third first year of MBBS were explained the aims and objectives of the study and written informed consents were obtained from those who were willing to participate in the study. The questionnaire consisted of 12 questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice on stress management [Annexure attached]. The students were asked to fill the questionnaire by themselves within 30 minutes of time. Out of 12 questions, 4 questions were of knowledge, 3 of attitude and 5 of practice regarding stress management among medical undergraduates. The questionnaires were collected and evaluated for their completeness. The data were recorded in Microsoft Excel Worksheet and analyzed. Results: Out of 254 total undergraduates, 32.3%, 35.8% and 31.8% of students were of first, second and third year MBBS, respectively. 46.5% were male and 53.5% were female students. 28.4% students gave a relevant definition of stress. The most common condition related to stress is anxiety (79.6%). Only 37.4% of students could answer the correct clinical features of stress. Most common stressors were large syllabus (124%), less study time (28.7%) followed by apprehension to viva-voce. 72.7% of students marked that they have faced difficulties in adapting to the new environment and feeling home sickness, which was particularly seen in first-year students. Lack of friends (58.6%) was the most common non-academic cause of stress. 64.9% students had confronted stress because of competition related stress. Most commonly used stress relieving activities by the students was listening to music (63.7%) mostly in female students, followed by watching internet videos (24.1%) particularly in male students. Meditation and prayer were practiced by only 0.8% of students. 2.4% of students indulged themselves in their favorite hobbies when felt stress out and 5.1% students became addicted to smoking and alcohol. Conclusion: There were various stressors among medical students which has an adverse effect on the mental health of the medical students. There is an urgent need to establish and implement some strategies in order to adapt with the prevailing stress factors. Therefore, apart from the academic teaching, extracurricular activities such as meditation/yoga classes, sport activities, psychological counselling etc., should be incorporated in the medical curriculum. This will enhance the ability of students to deal with stress more effectively and this will definitely aid in improving their work efficiency.   Keywords: Medical education, Stress, Medical students

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