Al-Kut University College Journal

Background: patients have certain rights. The patient retains the right to be free from any physical harm, privacy and freedom of movement.Objective: - to determine the knowledge and practice of doctors about patients’ rights sample was taken from Baghdad- hospitals, 2021.Method: A cross-sectional study with analytic element was carried out from January 1st – June 30th, from doctors working in Medical-City-ospital, al-Imamain al-Kadhimain-city hospital, in Baghdad city; through a structured questionnaire by the researcher after the review of many kinds of literature, researches, and previous studies. The inclusions criteria included any doctors working in the above hospitals, and accepted to enroll in the study. The exclusion criteria exclude all Doctors who didn’t answer the questionnaire.Two-hundred doctors answered the questionnaire, analyzed of frequencies and percentage calculated. Chi square test were used. The statistical probability considers significant if (p value <0.05).Results: Two hundred doctors enrolled in this study, the highest percentage 154(77.0%) aged between 30-39 yr., female 158(79.0%), married 106(53.0%), permanent 180(90.0%), medical specially 113(56.5%), more than half of participants had 6-10 post-graduation year, most of them 154(77.0%) working-time in both day and night, the questions of knowledge were 25 and the questions of practice were 17, overall knowledge about patients’ rights was 179(90%), and overall practice about patients’ rights was 166(83%)Conclusion: the doctors’ knowledge and practice about patients'-rights was good. Age, sex, marital-status, workplace, the specialty & degree, experience-years and work-time had no statistically significance with doctors’-knowledge.

Hospital accreditation is nowadays an essential tool used by most countries of the world to ensure the quality of health care, improve patient safety and meet user expectations, by setting standards for each level of medical and health care, and in the context of these standards from the International Committee on Hospital Accreditation (JCI) is considered the most famous and widespread in the world. Taking into account the absence of any hospital accredited by the International Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals in Iraq and the absence of any study on the reasons that stood in the way of applying (JCI) standards for hospital accreditation in Iraq, within the limits of this research we identified the obstacles and analyzed them and developed appropriate proposals and recommendations to confront and overcome the obstacles That prevents the implementation of the Joint Commission International JCI) standards for accreditation of hospitals in Iraq to move towards future research scenarios based on the literature of the previous studies and previous researches that are internationally and globally approved in Iran and India. The researcher used the statistical method for dimensional multi-comparisons (meta-analysis) and the sample was taken from previous studies by means of a simple random sample. A qualitative comparison and a statistical comparison were made between the averages of the hospital groups that used jci)). When choosing one of the multiple comparison methods, a critical value is determined in the light of which we can judge the significance of the difference between the averages of each two groups at the significance level (a) determined by the researcher. (Martin, 2008).

Peptic ulcer, also known as peptic ulcer disease (PUD), is the most common ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually acidic and thus extremely painful. The study aims at identifying the epidemiological features patients (age, gender, occupation, social status) and the identification of some risk factors associated with this disease was conducted in the study of digestive diseases and liver in the hospital in Baghdad. Collect the data by interviewing the patient and using the questionnaire. The study sample includes (150) male and female cases. It was noted that the age, occupation and social status, smoking, drinking alcohol, drinking coffee, family history, taking analgesics and eating spicy foods have a significant effect on the risk of peptic ulcer. The study aims at:identifying the epidemiological Feature of patients (age, gender, occupation, and residency)To determine some risk factors which are associated with the disease (stress, smoking, eating, and alcohol drink).

This study conducted to determine trends and epidemiological characteristics of maternal death in Diwania province-Iraq 2016-2020..Maternal mortality is one of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care in each country. In 2020, the global maternal mortality ratio was 152 deaths per 100,000 live births Iraq maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 291/100,000 live births in 1999 according to Iraqi Maternal Mortality Survey (IMMS). In 2006-2007 the figure was 84 per 100, 000 live birth by world health organization WHO, adjusted to 74 by UNICEF in 2012 and finally to 36 in 2015. Methods: Review from surveillance data series for the period of 2016-2020.Results: The study identified 83 maternal deaths MD during the period 2016-2020 with 180,500 total live birth.The MMR were 47, 43, 36, 39, and 44 per 100.000 live births during 2016-2020 respectively.The leading causes of death were thrombo-embolic events 38(46%) , hemorrhage 20(24%), 9 (11%)hypertensive and cardiac diseases, septicemia 4 (5%) , obstructed labour 6 (7%) and 6 (7%) other causes.Out of 83 death, there were 66 (80%) gestational age more than 20 weeks, 66 (80%) the gravity was less than 4.The study showed that 64(77of the dead women were from rural areas.Conclusion: This review demonstrates the characteristic of maternal deaths predominance among women having no ANC , pre-existing risk factors and gravida less than 4.The maternal death trend reveals high in women with low socio-economic status, low education and mostly of rural areas.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of noise from electrical power generators on physiological parameters, kidney functions and oxidative stress in of workers in electrical generators in Al - Najaf Al-Ashraf city . The noise levels measurements were conducted by using sound level meter in south and north sectors which were chosen in Najaf city center. Additionally, the study also included kidney functions, noise symptoms, antioxidants, and oxidative stress parameters in 30 workers employed on the operation of diesel generators and 30 unexposed subjects as a control group. The results found that the average A-weighted equivalent continuous sound level (LAeq) of electrical generators 90.22±1.29 dB in the south sector during the morning period in Al-Najaf city . Furthermore , the results showed that the mean noise level (LAeq) of the electrical generator in the south sector 87.82±1.17 dB during evening period in Al-Najaf city .The study noted that all the quarters selected in the southern sector during the morning period have decibel levels above the recommended limits set by the Iraqi-standards and WHO. The results also showed no significant change in the average of serum creatininein and serum urea electrical generators workers being compared with the control group. The study recorded a significant decrement (P≥0.05) in glutathione (GSH) level of electrical generators workers in comparison with the control. In addition, the study indicated that headache (50 %) and discomfort (39 %) were the most common types of symptoms caused by the noise among in electric generators workers. Conclusion: The results found exposure to air pollutants had adverse effects on kidney functions and cause oxidative stress in electrical generators workers.