https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/11 2026-04-13T13:59:13Z 2026-04-13T13:59:13Z Guadalquiver, Don Mark Adelante, Nikka Aquino, Sabrina Louise Arellano, Joyce Ann Bosque, Elvy Rose Estrellado, Jesah Marie Jimeno, Ian Gabriel Junsay, Alaine Faith Kamiya, Francis Shinn Morales, Harries Angelo https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/879 2025-10-18T07:36:21Z 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z

Association between clinico-demographic profile and hearing screening results among newborns in West Visayas State University-Medical Center from 2018 to 2022 Guadalquiver, Don Mark; Adelante, Nikka; Aquino, Sabrina Louise; Arellano, Joyce Ann; Bosque, Elvy Rose; Estrellado, Jesah Marie; Jimeno, Ian Gabriel; Junsay, Alaine Faith; Kamiya, Francis Shinn; Morales, Harries Angelo Background: Infant hearing loss is a chronic condition in children that, if detected late, can lead to irreversible long-term speech, language, and cognitive deficits. Identifying clinico-demographic characteristics and risk factors associated with hearing loss is thus essential to improve its detection, intervention, and prevention. Objective: This study aims to determine the association between the clinico-demographic profile and hearing screening results among newborn at West Visayas State University-Medical Center from January 2018 to December 2022. Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized the data from the logbook registry of Newborn West Visayas State University Medical Center-Hearing Screening Center. Descriptive and inferential statistics determined the association between the clinico-demographic profile and the "Pass" or "Refer" screening result. Results: Hearing screening was done on 6963 newborns between 2018 and 2022. Of these, 6781 (97.39%) received "Pass" results for both ears, while 182 (2.61%) had "Refer." Although most received "Pass," males showed a higher "Refer" rate. Furthermore, "Refer" rates increased with lower birth weight and early gestational age. Moreover, among the risk factors for hearing loss, craniofacial anomalies had the highest "Refer" prevalence, while family history and hyperbilirubinemia had no refer cases. Statistical tests revealed significant associations with birthweight, craniofacial anomalies, and no risk factors for hearing loss. Conclusion: Birth weight, craniofacial anomalies, and absence of risk factors were significantly associated with screening results. This highlights the importance of enhanced screening and monitoring protocols for these populations for early detection of hearing loss.

2024-06-01T00:00:00Z Luis, Alysandra Rae Badelles, Nicole Baylen, Janin Therese Cabias, Dimple Marie Casalan, Jefferson Magallon, Clarisse Pedregosa, Kenneth Perez, Ruby Mae Sardina, Jesheil Grace Segundo, Mark Arlo Sobredo, Rholyn Kate Villanueva, Milce Rosales, Jul Necholie https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/293 2024-08-21T09:32:23Z 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Google: phenomenological study of self-diagnosing permanent non-teaching staff from a state university in the Philippines Luis, Alysandra Rae; Badelles, Nicole; Baylen, Janin Therese; Cabias, Dimple Marie; Casalan, Jefferson; Magallon, Clarisse; Pedregosa, Kenneth; Perez, Ruby Mae; Sardina, Jesheil Grace; Segundo, Mark Arlo; Sobredo, Rholyn Kate; Villanueva, Milce; Rosales, Jul Necholie Background: The increasing use of the Internet as a tool for health information has been associated with increased patient engagement and participation, but it has also been associated with health anxiety and low patient satisfaction. The advantage of potentially more effective communication and the disadvantage of potential drug misuse, then, are effects of online health-information-seeking that must be weighted to provide patients both optimal care and satisfaction. One of the state university in the Philippines provide accessible healthcare via its medical center. This accessibility, in the context of the increased use of online health information for self-diagnosis led the researchers to investigate the self-diagnosing behavior of non teaching personnel from that state university. Objective: The study aimed to explore the essence of the lived experiences of individuals who self-diagnose using the Internet. Methods: The study used phenomenology to focus on the lived experience of a state university's permanent non-teaching personnel who self-diagnose. Seven patients were chosen from a pool of personnel who met the defined inclusion criteria, and they were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format that explored the phenomenon of self-diagnosis. The researchers extracted significant statements from the interview and formulated meanings, clustered these meanings into themes and established a representation of self-diagnosing behavior using the Internet. Results: The experiences of self-diagnosis among the participants were found to show 3 major themes: desire to learn, supplementing the acquired knowledge from the consult, and self medicating using alternative management. Overall, the lived experience of self-diagnosis among the participants differed in their manner of experiencing their respective conditions and managing their symptoms, but essentially, their decision whether or not to self-diagnose and ultimately self-medicate is affected by their individual online searches, input from friends and family, and the consequences of past experiences with self-diagnosing. Conclusion: Self-diagnosing behavior is dependent on the interplay of internal and external factors. The participants' respective experiences of self-diagnosis encapsulated in the three major themes and the perceived effects of these behaviors will predict the likelihood of its recurrence.

2020-05-01T00:00:00Z Contrevida, Ramela Gelito, Gertrude Emilie Granada, Eileen Gubatina, Geraldine Lucero, Suzanne Villaruz, Marie Faith https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/118 2022-05-19T02:58:43Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diagnostic utility of urine gram stain versus urinalysis in asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant patients Contrevida, Ramela; Gelito, Gertrude Emilie; Granada, Eileen; Gubatina, Geraldine; Lucero, Suzanne; Villaruz, Marie Faith BACKGROUND: Urine culture remains to be gold standard in the diagnosis of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) during pregnancy but its use is limited because it is not cost beneficial. In low resource settings, urine gram stain and urinalysis maybe utilized as a alternative to urine culture. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare urine gram stain and urinalysis using urine culture as gold standard in the diagnosis of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) among pregnant patients; determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values as well as compare the likelihood ratios of both tests. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from July to December 2016 involving 220 pregnant patients on initial prenatal visit at the OPD of WVSUMC laboratory. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, negative predictive values and accuracy were computed for both tests in relation to urine culture. To compare for the diagnostic test characteristics, areas under the curve were generated. McNemar's Test was used to compare the superiority of urine gram stain over urinalysis. The research proposal was reviewed nd approved by WVSU Unified Biomedical Research Ethics Review Board. RESULTS: In this study, the prevalence rate of ASB pregnant women was 7.7%. It was found that the urine gram stain is more sensitive (58.82%) in the diagnosis of bacteriuria in pregnant patients as compared to urinalysis (29.41%). Urinalysis however was highly specific (94.09%) compared to urine gram stain (77.83%) in detecting ASB. The likelihood ratios of both tests were equally similar in detecting ASB. Comparing the relative sensitivity of both tests it was found out that urine gram stain had a significantly higher sensitivity than urinalysis (p=0.03). Urine gram stain was more sensitive but less specific than urinalysis in detecting ASB in pregnant women. However, based on Area under the Curve (AUC), both tests were comparable in the detection of ASB (P=0.26). CONCLUSION: Urinalysis because of its high specificity remains to be a good diagnostic tool for ASB while urine gram stain due to its better sensitivity is more effective in detecting the presence of ASB especially in low resource settings. For patients with negative urinalysis, we recommend proceeding to urine gram stain instead of urine culture because of the 7.7% ASB prevalence. Keywords: Asymptotic bacteriuria, pregnancy, urinalysis, urine Gram stain

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Alcala, Lynette Comuelo, Jerusha Gellada, Celina Villaruz, Joselito https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/119 2022-05-19T06:58:50Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compliance to expanded program of immunization among children of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries in selected urban communities in Iloilo City Alcala, Lynette; Comuelo, Jerusha; Gellada, Celina; Villaruz, Joselito Background: The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Philippine's version of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), was implemented to address the pressing issues of poverty in the country though provision of cash benefits to foster investment in human capital (nutrition, health, and education) to extremely poor households. One conditionally to avail of the program in regular preventive health check-ups and vaccination of children 0-5 years. Objective: This cross sectional study was conducted to determine the compliance to the Expanded Program of Immunization among children of 4Ps beneficiaries in the seven (7) districts of Iloilo. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among 4Ps beneficiaries in seven urban communities of Iloilo City from January 2016 to October 2017. Purposive sampling of all 4Ps beneficiaries with children 0-5 years with immunization cards was included in the study. The respondents were made to answer a pilot tested and validated self-administered questionnaire in the local dialect. Immunization cards of the children were reviewed to verify the data. Results: Ninety-one (91) beneficiaries with 111 of their children aged 0-5 years were included. Forty-one percent (41%) of children of 4Ps beneficiaries have completed primary immunization and seventy-five percent (75%) of them received extra immunizations. Except for area of residence, no significant relationships were established when compliance was classified according to educational attainment, type of household and religious affiliation. Conclusion: Only 41% of children of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries were compliant to the EPI with area of residence considered as a factor in the completeness of immunization in two barangays. Barriers identified with non-compliance include lack of vaccine supply, lack of knowledge on vaccine availability and childhood illnesses. Keyword: Compliance, immunization, 4ps, EPI

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