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Rozani V, Zur-Peled S, Aharon AA. Caring for people with intellectual disabilities: Insights from a cross-sectional study among nursing students. Nurse Educ Today 2024; 138:106187. [PMID: 38574546 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND Caring for people with intellectual disabilities poses substantial challenges. Nursing students' emotions, thoughts, and behaviors during their education in the context of people with intellectual disabilities, remain relatively unexplored. OBJECTIVES To examine nursing students' emotions, thoughts, competence, and expected professional behaviors in care provision for people with intellectual disabilities, as well as to identify factors associated with their expected professional behaviors with this population. DESIGN A cross-sectional study using a closed self-report questionnaire and one open-ended question. SETTING The largest academic nursing department in Israel. PARTICIPANTS Of 245 sophomore nursing students, 177 agreed to participate (71.4 % response rate). METHODS The study measured feelings, thoughts, competence, and expected professional behaviors in care provision for people with intellectual disabilities based on the Multidimensional Attitudes Scale. One open-ended question addressed how students believe their competence in caring for people with intellectual disabilities could be improved during their nursing studies. A hierarchical linear regression analysis was performed to investigate the contribution of emotions, thoughts, and competence to explaining expected behaviors in care provision. The significance of the model and the R2 were calculated. The open-ended question was analyzed by the constant comparative method. RESULTS Negative emotions and thoughts (β = -0.37, 95 % CI -0.47; -0.15 and β = -0.33, 95 % CI -0.39; -0.13, respectively), along with positive emotions (β = 0.25, 95 % CI 0.07;0.33), showed significant associations with expected professional behaviors. Qualitative analysis revealed three key themes: communication concern, knowledge gap, and curiosity. The findings of the open-ended question corroborate the quantitative findings. CONCLUSION It is important to realize that in order to develop quality professional skills for caring for people with intellectual disability, nursing educators must adopt a deep discussion of negative emotions and thoughts with their students regarding people with intellectual disabilities. Ignoring these negative emotions and thoughts can exacerbate the neglect of people with intellectual disabilities' health needs.
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- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Nursing, Steyer School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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- Department of Nursing, Steyer School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel; Dina Academic School of Nursing, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
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- Department of Nursing, Steyer School of Health Professions, Faculty of Medical and Health Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Romem A, Pinchas-Mizrachi R, Abramovich N, Wagman S, Ravid TS, Lizeachin A, David T, Diamant TH, Mekadesh K, Goldberg S, Rozani V. Assessing the fulfillment of nurses' full potential in diverse geriatric settings-moving towards change. J Nurs Scholarsh 2023; 55:1258-1267. [PMID: 36941749 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND In response to the aging population, the Department for Professional Development in the Nursing Division at the Israeli Ministry of Health has invested significant resources in training registered nurses for post-basic certification in the field of geriatrics. However, little is known about how the nurses implement the scope of practice in the field and how they maximize their full potential following the training. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To assess whether nurses' full potential is maximized in geriatric acute and long-term geriatric care, and community settings in Israel. DESIGN A quantitative, cross-sectional study. METHODS The study population is a convenience sample of registered nurses who completed post-basic certification in geriatric care (n = 287). The participants completed a self-administered questionnaire addressing socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, implementation of the scope of practice, and a professional satisfaction questionnaire. Baseline demographic variables were summarized using means and counts, with frequency counts and percentages used for the scope of practice. A one-way ANOVA was utilized to examine the differences between the workplace and the scope of practice. Chi-square was used to examine practice types and the workplace. RESULTS Nurses in all surveyed geriatric settings reported average to high overall performance in independent decision-making activities and delegated duties. The majority (66%) reported very high satisfaction with the completion of the post basic certification education However overall performance differed significantly between the different geriatric settings. CONCLUSION Most of the nurses with a post-basic geriatric certification are satisfied with their scope of practice, feel valued by colleagues and managers, and are able to practice independently within their professional scope. This can have a positive impact on the care of the older adult population. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Administrators should ensure that nurses with a post-basic geriatric certification are able to maximize their scope of practice. Specifically, we recommend nurse managers to leverage the results of this study and advocate for nurses to fulfill their full potential in their scope of practice.
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- Anat Romem
- Department of Nursing, Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Nursing Division, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Nursing, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Leshchinski T, Rozani V, Giladi N, Bitan M, Peretz C. Incidence of cardiovascular morbidity among Parkinson's disease patients; a large-scale cohort study in a 16-year time window around disease onset. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2023; 114:105795. [PMID: 37597443 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the risk of any or specific types of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), in the 16 years around disease onset, and to compare it to that in the general population. METHODS This is a large-scale population-based retrospective cohort study of newly diagnosed PD patients, members of Maccabi Health Services (MHS), who started taking anti-parkinsonian drugs (APD) between 1/1/2000-31/12/2019 (study period). We collected information about CVD incidence (Congestive heart failure-CHF, Myocardial infarction-MI, Stroke) from MHS-CVD registry. We applied Cox regression to estimate adjusted-HR and 95%CI of CVD risks. We calculated Standardized-Incidence-Ratio (SIR) comparing CVD risks in the PD cohort to that of MHS population. RESULTS The PD cohort comprised 10,840 patients. During a mean follow up of 16.3 ± 4.3y around disease onset, 20.7% (n = 2241) were diagnosed with any CVD: 7.9% with CHF; 6.7% with MI, and 10.5% with stroke. Risks were higher for men: HR = 1.95 (95%CI 1.58-2.40), and for above age 75y at first APD treatment, HR = 2.00 (95% CI 1.65-2.43). Compared to the MHS population, the PD cohort exhibited a significantly lower risk for CVDs, especially for men: SIRmen = 0.21 (95%CI 0.20-0.22), SIRwomen = 0.29 (95% CI 0.27-0.31). These trends were similar for the specific CVDs. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that the risks that PD patients and particularly men, will develop any type of CVD are lower than those of the general population. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding and examine the underlying mechanisms.
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- Timna Leshchinski
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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- College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon Le'Zion, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Department of Medical Technologies, HIT-Holon Institute for Technology, Israel
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Rozani V, Kagan I. Factors associated with the extent of nurses' involvement in promotion of the nursing profession: a cross-sectional study among nurses working in diverse healthcare settings. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:49. [PMID: 36814263 PMCID: PMC9946872 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01205-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To examine factors associated with promotion of the nursing profession, to the nursing community, other healthcare professionals and the general public, by nurses employed in diverse healthcare settings. BACKGROUND Little is known about the factors that contribute to nurses' involvement in the promotion of the nursing profession. METHODS This cross-sectional study comprises a convenience sample of registered nurses (n = 526) with ≥ 3 months' experience in nursing, who are employed in internal and surgical units, pediatric wards, psychiatric wards or in the community across Israel. Participants completed a self-administered questionnaire addressing socio-demographic, occupational and organizational factors relating to the nursing work environment and to the extent of nurses' involvement in promotion of the nursing profession. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multivariate linear regression were performed. RESULTS Nurses in all the surveyed healthcare settings reported relatively low levels of involvement in promotion of the profession, either to the nursing community or to other healthcare professionals and the public. Being a female-nurse was significantly negatively associated with nurses' involvement in promotion of the nursing profession. In contrast, holding a master's degree in nursing, having a managerial role, and working in a supportive organizational nursing work environment were the principal factors associated with positive promotion of the nursing profession. CONCLUSION The extent of nurses' involvement in promotion of the nursing profession mainly depends on occupational factors and a supportive organizational nursing work environment. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Healthcare managers may advance nurses' involvement in promotion of the profession by modifying the organizational nursing work environment. Specifically, we recommend nurse leaders to dedicate efforts to make professional promotion an integral part of a nurse's role.
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- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Nursing, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- grid.22098.310000 0004 1937 0503Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel
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Rozani V. Ethnic Differences in Socioeconomic and Health Determinants Related to Self-Rated Health Status: A Study on Community-Dwelling Israeli Jews and Arabs in Old Age. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:13660. [PMID: 36294239 PMCID: PMC9603467 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Self-rated health (SRH) is widely used as a proxy for general health status. In old age, SRH has been found to be a strong predictor of morbidity, physical functioning, recovery from illness, use of health services, and mortality. This study was designed to examine differences in socioeconomic and health determinants related to self-rated health status among community-dwelling Jews and Arabs aged 65+ years. Cross-sectional data from 2011 on such Jews and Arabs were extracted from reprehensive National Surveys. The association between socioeconomic and health factors with poor SRH was estimated using three hierarchical logistic regression models. The majority of the respondents were Jews (86%), with a mean age of 73.1 (±6.3) years. The study revealed that older Arabs are disadvantaged according to almost every socioeconomic and health indicator compared to Jews. Poor SRH was significantly associated with age (OR = 1.03, p = 0.002), ethnicity (Jews OR = 2.62, p < 0.001), unemployment/retirement (OR = 2.03, p < 0.001), low income (OR = 3.03, p < 0.001), low education (OR = 1.37, p = 0.013), absence of physical activity (OR = 2.17, p < 0.001), dentures (OR = 1.40, p = 0.002), and prevalence of one or more chronic diseases (OR = 4.06, p < 0.001). The findings therefore indicated that these factors need to be detected and focused on by health professionals in order to improve the population's general health status.
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- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Nursing, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Gelkop C, Kagan I, Rozani V. Are emotional intelligence and compassion associated with nursing safety and quality care? A cross-sectional investigation in pediatric settings. J Pediatr Nurs 2022; 62:e98-e102. [PMID: 34332822 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess and compare the perceptions of emotional intelligence, compassion, and safety and quality care held by parents of hospitalized children and nurses, and to examine the association between emotional intelligence, compassion, and safety and quality care among nurses. DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional study comprised 80 parents whose children were hospitalized for at least three days, and 71 nurses who treated these children. The data were collected during April-June 2018 using a self-administered questionnaire addressing socio-demographic characteristics, safety and quality care in the ward, emotional intelligence, and compassion. A hierarchical multiple regression model was used to assess whether emotional intelligence and compassion could be associated with safety and quality care among pediatric nurses. RESULTS Parents considered the safety and quality care in the ward to be significantly (p = .003) higher (M = 4.23 ± 0.61) than did nurses (M = 3.97 ± 0.46). Compassion had a significant positive effect on safety and quality of care (β = 0.260; p = .041), while seniority in nursing had a significant negative effect on safety and quality care (β = -0.289;p = .021). Null effect was found between emotional intelligence and safety and quality care. CONCLUSION Compassionate care should be targeted to improve the safety and quality of nursing care delivered to children and their parents. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Nurse ward managers should promote procedures and guidelines concerning safety and quality care processes among older nurses. Specifically, we recommend nurse ward managers to leverage the results and dedicate efforts to continue to provide compassionate care in pediatric settings as an integral part of safety and quality care.
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- Chani Gelkop
- Oncology Department, Schneider Children's Medical Center, Israel
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- Nursing Department, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Nursing Department, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Burlakov N, Rozani V, Bluvstein I, Kagan I. The Association Between Quality and Safety Climate of a Hospital Ward, Family Members' Empowerment, and Satisfaction With Provided Care. J Nurs Scholarsh 2021; 53:727-736. [PMID: 34048128 DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE This study was designed to examine the perceptions of ward quality and safety held by family members and nurses, and investigate its impact on family members' empowerment, and satisfaction with patient hospitalization. DESIGN A cross-sectional study on two study groups was conducted at a large public hospital in Israel. The first group comprised 86 family members of patients hospitalized for more than 72 hours in acute critical condition in intensive care units (ICU) or general wards (GW). The second group included 101 registered nurses who treated the patients in the ICU or GW. METHODS Data were collected by a validated self-administered structured questionnaire. All participants voluntarily signed an informed consent and answered questions related to their demographic characteristics, perceptions, and attitudes toward quality and safety climate, empowerment, and satisfaction with the patients' hospitalization. Pearson correlations coefficient, t-test for independent samples, and a multiple regression model were performed to analyze the data. FINDINGS The mean age of family members was 51.4 ± 14.1 years and of nurses was 40.9 ± 9.9 years. A significant positive association was found between ward quality and safety climate and empowerment of the family member (r = .716; p < .001); empowerment of the family member and family members' satisfaction with the patients' hospitalization (r = .695; p < .001); and ward safety and quality climate and family members' satisfaction with the patients' hospitalization (r = .763; p <.001). Family members ranked ward quality and safety climate (M = 4.20 ± 0.60 vs. M = 3.61 ± 0.40), and their satisfaction with the patients' hospitalization (M = 4.49 ± 0.69 vs. M = 4.07± 0.54), which were significantly (p < .001) higher than the nurses' estimate. The significant predictors for family members' satisfaction with patients' hospitalization were commitment to quality leadership (b = .210; p = .027); implementing a quality improvement (b = .547; p < .001); and hand-off communication (b = .299; p = .001). CONCLUSIONS Positive relationships between quality and safety climate, empowerment, and satisfaction with patients' hospitalization suggest that by improving the ward quality and safety climate, and family empowerment, we may also improve family satisfaction. Although family members reported being satisfied with hospitalization in the ICU and GW, quality leadership and implementing a quality improvement among the nurses and hand-off communication between nurses and patients' families, will be targeted to improve family satisfaction with the patients' hospitalization. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Nurses who provide care for patients in a critical condition should maintain high levels of safety and quality care in order to improve the patients' family empowerment and satisfaction. Specifically, their efforts should target a commitment to quality leadership, implementing quality improvement, and hand-off communication.
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- Nataly Burlakov
- Senior Nurse, Intensive Care Unit, Bnei Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Lecture, Department of Nursing, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Teacher, Department of Nursing, The Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions; School of Psychological Sciences and the Herczeg Institute on Aging, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Senior Lecturer, Nursing Department, School of Health Professions, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Glatman-Freedman A, Bromberg M, Ram A, Lutski M, Bassal R, Michailevich O, Saban M, Frankental D, Dichtiar R, Kruglikov-Moldavsky A, Rozani V, Karolinsky D, Braun T, Zuker I, Keinan-Boker L, Silverman BG. A COVID-19 call center for healthcare providers: dealing with rapidly evolving health policy guidelines. Isr J Health Policy Res 2020; 9:73. [PMID: 33267873 PMCID: PMC7709808 DOI: 10.1186/s13584-020-00433-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Communication between health authorities and healthcare providers is an essential element of the response to public health emergencies. Although call centers can facilitate such communication, no published reports describing their outcomes exist. In advance of the expected COVID-19 outbreak in Israel, the Israel Center for Disease Control established a call center dedicated to queries from healthcare professionals. METHODS The call center operated from February 5, 2020 (week 6) to May 14, 2020 (week 20). Data on calls received, including date and time, caller characteristics, questions and responses were recorded in a database designed for this purpose. The volume, sources and content of queries were analyzed. RESULTS In 15 weeks of operation, the call center responded to 6623 calls. The daily number of calls ranged from 1 to 371 (mean 79.8, median 40), peaking on week 12, 2 weeks prior to a peak in new COVID-19 cases. Callers were predominantly physicians (62.4%), nurses (18.7%) and administrators (4.4%). Most worked in primary care clinics (74.2%) or hospitals (8.7%). Among physicians, 42.3% were family physicians or internists, and 10.0% were pediatricians. The issues most commonly addressed were home quarantine (21.6%), criteria for suspected cases (20.6%), and SARS-CoV2 testing (14.1%). Twenty-five percent of questions involved requests for clarifications of MOH guidelines regarding travel restrictions, clinic management, triage of symptomatic patients, routine medical and dental care, recommended precautions for health care workers with preexisting medical conditions, and other matters. A total of 119 queries were not resolved on the basis of existing guidelines and were referred to MOH headquarters. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of a call center established to serve the needs of healthcare providers seeking guidance on COVID-19 management, and to facilitate communication of providers' concerns to the central health authority. Our work indicates that a central call center for healthcare providers can facilitate the development, implementation and amendment of guidelines and should be an integral element of the early response to public health emergencies. Real-time analysis of the call data may reveal important trends requiring prompt attention.
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- Aharona Glatman-Freedman
- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.,School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- The Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel. .,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
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Peretz C, Rozani V, Giladi N, El-Ad B, Tsamir J, Hemo B, Gurevich T. The Modifying Effect of Age on Survival in Parkinson’s Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Neuroepidemiology 2019; 53:13-19. [DOI: 10.1159/000492672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rozani V, Giladi N, Gurevich T, El-Ad B, Tsamir J, Hemo B, Peretz C. Anemia in men and increased Parkinson's disease risk: A population-based large scale cohort study. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 64:90-96. [PMID: 30922776 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between anemia and Parkinson's disease risk (PD) in men and women. METHODS A population-based cohort of 474,129 individuals (aged 40-79 years at date of first Hb test, 47.4% men) with repeated Hb levels was derived from a large Healthcare Maintenance Organization that serves 2 million citizens in Israel (study-period 1.1.1999-31.12.2012). An annual anemia indicator [Hb levels (g/dL) for men <13; for women <12.0] was assessed for each individual and they were followed from first Hb test until the date of PD incidence, death or end of the study. Cox-proportional hazards models, stratified by sex and age, with time-dependent anemia covariate were used to estimate adjusted Hazard Ratio with 95% of confidence intervals (HR, 95%CI) for PD. RESULTS During a mean follow up of 8.8 ± 3.9 years (7.0 ± 3.6 for men and 7.9 ± 4.1 for women), 2427 incident PD cases were detected. Cumulative PD incidence at ages over 65 years was 3.3%. The mean levels of Hb at baseline was 14.8 ± 1.1 g/dL among men; 12.8 ± 1.1 g/dL among women. Anemia was associated with significant PD risk among men, age-pooled HR = 1.19 (95%CI: 1.04-1.37), with the highest risk between ages 60-64 years [HR = 1.41 (95%CI: 1.03-1.93)]. Anemia was not associated with PD risk among women across all age-groups. The age-pooled HR for women was 1.02 (95%CI 0.95-1.09). CONCLUSIONS The finding that anemia was associated with PD risk in men, especially in middle age, warrants further investigations on common pathophysiologic processes between Hb abnormalities and brain dysfunction.
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- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Rozani V, Gurevich T, Giladi N, El-Ad B, Tsamir J, Hemo B, Peretz C. Higher serum cholesterol and decreased Parkinson's disease risk: A statin-free cohort study. Mov Disord 2018; 33:1298-1305. [DOI: 10.1002/mds.27413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Neurological Institute; Tel Aviv Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Neurological Institute; Tel Aviv Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv Israel
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Rozani V, Giladi N, El-Ad B, Gurevich T, Tsamir J, Hemo B, Peretz C. Statin adherence and the risk of Parkinson's disease: A population-based cohort study. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175054. [PMID: 28388626 PMCID: PMC5384675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND While experimental data provided some compelling evidence on the benefits of statins on dopaminergic neurons, observational studies reported conflicting results regarding the potential of statins to effect the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVES To evaluate the association between changes in statin adherence over time and PD risk. METHODS A population-based cohort of new statin users (ages 40-79, years 1999-2012) was derived from a large Israeli healthcare services organization. Data included history of statin purchases and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Personal statin adherence was measured annually by the proportion of days covered (PDC). PD was detected employing a drug-tracer approach. Stratified (by sex, LDL-C levels at baseline and age) Cox proportional hazards models with time-dependent covariates were used to compute adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) with 95%CI. RESULTS The cohort included 232,877 individuals, 49.3% men. Mean age at first statin purchase was 56.5 (±9.8) years for men and 58.7 (±9.2) years for women. PDC distribution for the whole follow up period differed between men and women: medians 58.3% and 54.1% respectively. During a mean follow up of 7.6 (±3.4) years, 2,550 (1.1%) PD cases were identified. In a 1-year lagged analysis, we found no association between annual statin adherence and PD risk in all age-groups regardless of statin type and potency. Age-pooled HR (95%CI) for men and women with LDL-C levels at baseline ≤160mg/dL were: 0.99 (0.99-1.01), 1.01 (1.00-1.02); and for men and women with LDL-C >160mg/dL levels: 0.99 (0.98-1.01), 0.97 (0.98-1.01). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that statin adherence over time does not affect PD risk. Future studies should use large-scale cohorts and refining assessments of long-term profiles in statin adherence.
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Affiliation(s)
- Violetta Rozani
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Segal G, Balik C, Hovav B, Mayer A, Rozani V, Damary I, Golan-Hadari D, Kalishek S, Khaikin R. Online nephrology course replacing a face to face course in nursing schools' bachelor's program: a prospective, controlled trial, in four Israeli nursing schools. Nurse Educ Today 2013; 33:1587-1591. [PMID: 23332501 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2012] [Revised: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Online learning is growing rapidly worldwide, especially in the health related sectors such as medicine and nursing. Our trial wished to measure the objective (i.e. final exam results, courseware usage patterns) and subjective (satisfaction) efficiency of online vs. face-to-face learning in a prospective, controlled trial, a first of its kind in Israel. MATERIALS AND METHODS The trial tested a blended online course, teaching introduction to clinical nephrology. The course was filmed and edited into a learning platform to fit computer based learning. 90 nursing students, from 4 bachelor's nursing programs in Israel participated in the study. The intervention group included 32 students who studied using the online course, accompanied by 3 frontal meetings dealing with technical and content issues. The reference group included 58 students from 3 nursing programs, studying in a traditional face-to-face course. RESULTS The final exam results were significantly higher in the intervention group compared with the reference group (9.6 ± 2.57 vs. 8.4 ± 2.72; p<0.05). Student satisfaction was very high in the intervention group: 97% thought the course was well organized, 100% thought the teacher taught clearly and consistently, 90% thought the teacher encouraged self-thinking,100% thought the teacher used clarifying examples, 91% thought the teaching aids helped the learning process and 97% thought the teaching method contributed to the learning process. The average usage of the online course was 4:10h vs. 14 academic hours (10:30 h) in the traditional course. The daily usage habits of the courseware were also followed, indicating that most learning took place between 12 PM and 1 AM, peaking between 5 PM and 7 PM, and dipping between 3 AM and 10 AM. CONCLUSIONS The online course had higher efficiency compared to the traditional face-to-face course. The subjective feedback of the intervention group proves high satisfaction with online learning.
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- Gad Segal
- Internal Medicine "T", Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Medidactic Ltd., E-learning R&D Division, Israel.
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Peretz C, Rozani V. Morbidity of Israeli nurses in comparison to their female siblings: a retrospective cohort study. Int J Occup Environ Health 2008; 14:206-9. [PMID: 18686721 DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2008.14.3.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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This study of nurses' risk of selected chronic diseases in the context of potential biological exposure compares the health status of nurses to that of their female siblings. Self-report questionnaires distributed to each participating nurse were administered to an historical cohort of 491 female nurses aged > or =50 years. Questionnaires covered work and health history of the nurses and the control group of 232 of their age-matched female siblings. We developed a semiquantitative exposure matrix based on workplaces to describe biological exposure. Risk for coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, dislipidemia, and thyroid and liver disease was significantly higher among the nurses compared to the controls. Total cancer and diabetes risks were similar for both groups. Cumulative biological exposure was associated with liver disease. Employment as a nurse may pose a risk for cardiovascular, thyroid and liver diseases. The specific determinants of this increased risk warrant further investigation.
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- Chava Peretz
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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