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Fulltext Patient registries supplement. Foreword

Abdul Hamid M

Med J Malaysia, 2008 Sep;63 Suppl C:vii.
PMID: 19227668
Diagnosis of soft tissue injuries of the hand

Abdul Hamid AK

Family Practitioner, 1981;4:22-27.
Lesions of the extremities in diabetes mellitus

Abdul Hamid AK

Family Physician, 1989;1:56-59.
Fulltext Ayam organik alternatif daging putih kepada pengguna untuk kesihatan yang lebih baik: satu tinjauan literatur

Jamilah Ismail, Norsuhana Abdul Hamid

Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 2011;9(2):35-43.
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Daging memainkan peranan penting dalam diet seseorang. Daging kaya dengan sumber protein, vitamin B12, vitamin D, asid lemak Omega 3 dan mineral seperti zink dan ferum. Walaupun daging membekalkan pelbagai keperluan nutrien yang diperlukan oleh tubuh, tetapi pengambilan daging juga boleh membawa kesan negatif kepada kesihatan. Oleh itu, di dalam artikel ini perbincangan akan menyentuh kepada risiko pengambilan daging merah kepada kesihatan. Pengambilan daging merah dalam kekerapan dan kuantiti yang tinggi boleh menyebabkan pelbagai penyakit antaranya seperti kanser dan kardiovaskular. Perbincangan juga di lakukan terhadap risiko pengambilan daging putih terhadap kesihatan. Pengambilan daging putih boleh mengundang pelbagai kesan negatif kepada kesihatan disebabkan oleh penggunaan hormon, antibiotik dan vaksin. Sebagai alternatif, daging ayam organik merupakan daging yang dicadangkan diambil oleh pengguna di dalam diet seharian. Prinsip penternakan ayam organik yang mementingkan sumber makanan ternakan tanpa penggunaan baja kimia dan racun perosak, aspek perumahan dan persekitaran yang mengutamakan kebajikan ternakan serta penjagaan kesihatan ternakan tanpa menggunakan hormon, antibiotik dan vaksin turut dibincangkan.
Fulltext How much should doctors tell their patients?

Abdul Hamid AK

Med J Malaysia, 2002 Jun;57(2):133-5.
PMID: 24326642
Private medical education--the doctor's perspective

Abdul Hamid AK

Med J Malaysia, 2000 Aug;55 Suppl B:23-7.
PMID: 11125516

The Government's decision to drastically and speedily increase the number of doctors in the country needs to be reviewed. The standard and quality of health care does not depend on the number of doctors, but on the improvement of the health care infrastructure. Increasing the number of government medical schools and increasing the intake of students should be done on a need-to basis, with the above perspective in mind. The selection criteria of candidates must not be compromised and the teaching staff must be adequate and experienced. The number of doctors should be gradually increased over the years in tandem with the development of the health care infrastructure and the deployment of doctors must be directed at providing equitable care to the people at all economic levels and geographic locations. The strength of academic staff in existing government medical schools must be upgraded to provide high level of teaching and research, perhaps reinforced with the recruitment of suitably qualified and experienced foreign teachers. The infrastructure of existing government medical schools must be upgraded to cater for the gradual increasing demand for more doctors as the country develops. The selection of candidates for the government medical schools must be based on merit and without undue emphasis on ethnic considerations, for it is only in the arena of fair competitiveness that excellence can be born. The considerations of merit in selection must include assessment of attitude, self-development, moral ethics and reasoning. If the above perspectives are fully appreciated, then there is really no requirement for private medical colleges in Malaysia.
Fulltext Correction of claw fingers in leprosy by the brand four-tailed tendon graft operation

Abdul Hamid AK

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Sep;41(3):264-8.
PMID: 3670144

Many operations have been described for the correction of claw hands following involvement in leprosy, from Sir Harold Stiles (1922) of Edinburgh, through Bunnell, Brand and many others in India and USA. Some of these procedures are classified "static" and attempt mainly to correct hyper-extension at the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, while the "dynamic" procedures employ a variety of tendon graft operations to restore the function of the paralysed lumbrical muscles. This study is an analysis of the four-tailed tendon graft operation of Paul Brand, carried out in the National Leprosy Con. trol Centre, Sungei Buloh, Selangor, during the period 1965·175, by a host of surgeons, mainly by Dr M.K. Bhojwani, MRCP, FRCSEd, the Director of the Centre at that time. The analysis carried out during November. December 1976, was made on 36 hands in 33 patients; it revealed an average improvement in the metacarpo. Phalangeal joint flexion of nearly 90% and in the proximal interphalangeal joint extension in nearly 80%, and an improvement in the grafted lumbrical voluntary motor tone of nearly 70%.
Fulltext A case report of gastric volvulus, a rare cause of acute abdomen

Qader AQ, Abdul Hamid H

Radiol Case Rep, 2021 Jul;16(7):1907-1911.
PMID: 34093935 DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.059

Gastric volvulus is an uncommon disorder with an unknown incidence, unless it stays in the back of the diagnostician's mind, diagnosis of gastric volvulus, which can have significant morbidity and mortality associated with it, can be easily missed and can present either in the acute or chronic setting with variable symptoms. When it occurs in the acute scenario, patients present with severe epigastric pain and retching without vomiting. Together with inability to pass nasogastric tube, they constitute Borchardt's triad. The presence of a hiatal hernia with persistent vomiting despite initial antiemetic treatment should trigger one to think of gastric volvulus, despite the patient appearing very stable. We report a case which presented in our hospital with abdominal pain and vomiting. As Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy shows hiatal hernia and peptic ulcer. Primary gastric volvulus occurs in the absence of any defect in the diaphragm or adjacent organ pathology and may be caused by weakening of gastric supports. As conclusion; Gastric volvulus is a surgical case, requiring early diagnosis and aggressive management, as a delay results into complications like gangrene and perforation which substantially increase the morbidity and mortality in these patients, and contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) is the best modality for diagnosis of gastric volvulus.
Fulltext The strategies used by the school health team during the delivery of sexual health information to unmarried adolescents in Malaysia

Abdul Hamid SH, Fallon D

Belitung Nurs J, 2022;8(5):438-445.
PMID: 37554494 DOI: 10.33546/bnj.2223

BACKGROUND: Adolescents' sexual health is vital to overall health and well-being to achieve sustainable development goals. Yet, research on the strategies used by Malaysian school health teams regarding their experiences of providing sexual health information to adolescents is sparse.
OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to explore the experiences of school health teams in Malaysia who provide unmarried adolescents with sexual health information either during school health visits or at health clinics, with a particular interest in the strategies they use to educate these young people.
METHODS: This qualitative study used semi-structured interview data from twenty participants from four multidisciplinary school health teams. The participants included staff nurses, medical officers, and family medicine specialists. The transcripts were analysed for common themes.
RESULTS: Four main themes were identified: discourse on risk, being selective, using scare tactics and maintaining own honour. The findings indicate that the interactions between school health teams and unmarried adolescents were not always 'adolescent friendly'. The school health teams tended to use discourses of 'risk' or scare tactics to encourage abstinence in the adolescents they advised. Staff were also selective about the information they gave, prioritising notions of 'maintaining honour' over 'safer sex' messages.
CONCLUSION: This study revealed how school health teams perceived sexual health education to be about moral issues and social attitudes. Influenced by both culture and religion, the sexual health services provided were underpinned by a 'moral' approach and promoted abstinence. However, most of the nurses in this study held the belief that sexual health knowledge acts as an encouragement for sexual activity. Thus, as part of school health teams, nurses need to embrace evidence that improved sexual health education may delay sexual initiation and prevent unintended pregnancy and HIV/STDs.
Age- and size-related changes in physiological characteristics and chemical composition of Acer pseudoplatanus and Fraxinus excelsior trees

Abdul-Hamid H, Mencuccini M

Tree Physiol, 2009 Jan;29(1):27-38.
PMID: 19203930 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn001

Forest growth is an important factor both economically and ecologically, and it follows a predictable trend with age. Generally, growth accelerates as canopies develop in young forests and declines substantially soon after maximum leaf area is attained. The causes of this decline are multiple and may be linked to age- or size-related processes, or both. Our objective was to determine the relative effects of tree age and tree size on the physiological attributes of two broadleaf species. As age and size are normally coupled during growth, an approach based on grafting techniques to separate the effects of size from those of age was adopted. Genetically identical grafted seedlings were produced from scions taken from trees of four age classes, ranging from 4 to 162 years. We found that leaf-level net photosynthetic rate per unit of leaf mass and some other leaf structural and biochemical characteristics had decreased substantially with increasing size of the donor trees in the field, whereas other gas exchange parameters expressed on a leaf area basis did not. In contrast, these parameters remained almost constant in grafted seedlings, i.e., scions taken from donor trees with different meristematic ages show no age-related trend after they were grafted onto young rootstocks. In general, the results suggested that size-related limitations triggered the declines in photosynthate production and tree growth, whereas less evidence was found to support a role of meristematic age.
Gig workers' psychological contracts and turnover intention: A mediated path analysis of organizational identification and job satisfaction

Yu J, Abdul Hamid R

Acta Psychol (Amst), 2024 Nov 06;251:104587.
PMID: 39509959 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104587

This study, grounded in social exchange theory and social identity theory, aims to examine the influence of psychological contract fulfillment on turnover intention among gig workers. It employs mediated path analysis, specifically examining the mediating roles of organizational identification and job satisfaction. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to assess the goodness of fit of the proposed model and to test the proposed hypotheses. In Study 1, data collected from the ride-hailing industry in China (N = 374) proved that both transactional and relational contract fulfillment negatively impacted turnover intention, with this relationship mediated by organizational identification and job satisfaction. Study 2, employing time-lagged data (N = 426) collected at two different time points from the food delivery industry in China, also confirmed the negative relationship between transactional and relational contract fulfillment and turnover intention, as well as the mediating effects of organizational identification and job satisfaction. This research advances the current understanding within the psychological contract literature by providing insights into the dynamics of psychological contracts within the context of the gig economy. The findings have significant implications for the management.
Fulltext Observation of ureteric diameter in negative intravenous urogram in hospital universiti kebangsaan malaysia

Wong SL, Abdul Hamid H

Malays J Med Sci, 2010 Apr;17(2):4-9.
PMID: 22135531

This study observed the widest ureteric diameter in negative intravenous urogram (IVU) examinations using low osmolar contrast media.
Fulltext Shear Capacity of Singly and Doubly Webbed Corrugated Web Girder

Hanizah Abdul Hamid, Azmi Ibrahim, Norhisham Ibrahim

Scientific Research Journal, 2006;3(1):53-68.
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A conventional plate girder involves the use of transverse intermediate
stiffeners, especially in a slender web to avoid catastrophic failure associated
with shear buckling of the web. In this study, a profiled web was used to
replace the transversely stiffened web. The process involves introducing coldformed
ribs into a flat steel sheet to form alternative stiffeners. This study
therefore seeks to establish comparative performance of conventionally
stiffened plate girders and profiled web girders of a specially formed rib
arrangement with single and also double webs. Nine numbers of specimens
were tested to failure under a three-point-bending system. Failure of all the
profiled web girders, with either a single or double webs, is characterized by
a shorter yield plateau and a steeper descending branch, a failure mode that
is commonly referred to as ‘brittle’. The results of the tests on girders with
profiled steel sheets, PSS(s) have shown that profiling is extremely effective in
increasing the shear buckling load because it moves the sheet material out of
the plane of the web, thereby increasing the rigidity 1.08 to 2.0 times higher
than the equivalent conventional flat web plate girders. The experimental
results also showed that post-buckling capacities are reduced by 30 % to
50 % of their ultimate shear capacities.
Fulltext Knowledge, attitude, prior exposure and intention to breastfeed among undergraduate university students

Syahrul Bariah Abdul Hamid, Nabilah Yahya

Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences, 2018;3(2):26-35.
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Introduction: The Theory of Planned Behaviour by Ajzen (1985) states that breastfeeding intention which is made prior to pregnancy predicted future breastfeeding outcomes and also influenced by factors including attitude, knowledge and exposure. The goal of this study was to investigate the level of breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, prior exposure and intention to breastfeed and the relationship between these factors among non-pregnant, single undergraduates. There are limited studies in Malaysia involving young adults who will be future parents. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 377 students in UiTM Puncak Alam, Selangor. Self- administered questionnaires adapted from Infant Feeding Knowledge Test and Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Score (IIFAS) were included as research instruments. Results: Overall study population had a low level of knowledge (10.61±2.10) and attitude (60.64± 5.02) towards breastfeeding, high exposure (2.7±0.52) and intention (4.74±0.64) to breastfeed especially in females. Breastfeeding knowledge is significantly associated with breastfeeding attitude and prior breastfeeding exposure. Breastfeeding intention also established an association with breastfeeding attitude and prior breastfeeding exposure. Subsequent predictive analysis found that breastfeeding attitude impacts breastfeeding intention. Conclusion: Breastfeeding intervention should target undergraduate university students in preparing these future parents with adequate and accurate knowledge and positive attitudes towards breastfeeding thus, resulting in higher breastfeeding intention and greater efforts of initiation and sustenance of breastfeeding.
Fulltext ‘Sub-superscan’ in bone scan – an important feature of extensive bone metastases

Khadijah Abdul Hamid, Mohammad Nazri Md Shah

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2020;16(102):75-77.
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A Superscan is described as a ‘beautiful bone scan’. In a superscan, the uptake of 99mTc-Methelene Diphosphonate (MDP) is prominent in the skeleton relative to soft tissue with absent or faint visualisation of the kidneys. This finding could be misinterpreted as a normal bone scan. A ‘Sub-superscan’ is a term used for scan findings in which the up- take is atypical of a superscan, but the patient has extensive bone metastases, as presented in our case report.
Fulltext The Comparison of Effectiveness between Static Clinic and Mobile Health Clinic in Remote Areas in Sabah

Ian Bede M. Tinun, Abdul Hamid Jaafar

Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018;12(101):15-16.
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The population of Malaysia is estimated in 2018 to be around 32.04 million and 23.5% of the population resides in rural areas. The Ministry of Health has provided healthcare services to the rural areas with the access of modern healthcare facilities based on the two-tier healthcare system. In remote areas, mobile health clinic is the extension of healthcare service by the nearest static health clinic. However, most of the remote areas only covered by a community clinic or Klinik Desa which is limited for mother and child healthcare. There is demand from the people in remote areas for static health clinic or Klinik Kesihatan. Objectives: This study is to evaluate and compare the effectiveness between two health services in remote areas applied in Sabah. This study also determines which type of health services that able to worth the service to people in remote areas. Methods: This is a descriptive study. Data was taken from HMIS report (Per PL 206) under Sabah State Health Department. The data analysed by using Microsoft Excel. Results: This study was conducted based from the data obtained in 2015 till 2017 for the number of patients attended to static health clinics and mobile health clinics on selected remote areas. For example, Jambongan Health Clinic only have an average of 10 â€“ 15 patients per day while the Mobile Health Clinic team under Beluran Health District which covers the adjacent remote areas of Jambongan Island have more than 20 patients per day on a single visit. Another example is from Terian Health Clinic in Penampang, which only have an average of 5 â€“ 10 patients per day. However, on the mobile health team on a single visit to the village next to Terian which is Kg. Buayan, the average patients attended for the service is mo re than 20 patients. Conclusion: From the study, it was noted that people in remote areas prefer the mobile health service to visit their villages. This can be due to financial issue and limitation of transportation service to the nearest static clinic. The density of population and the development of the rural areas play important roles for the healthcare service to be effective in remote areas.
Fulltext Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Schizophrenia: Clinical and Neurocognitive Correlates

Abdul Hamid, A.R., Abdul Razak, O.

Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 2010;19(2):1-9.
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This study aims to determine the prevalence of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) among schizophrenic patients and the association of this condition with clinical and selected neurocognitive factors. This is a cross sectional study on one hundred schizophrenic patients who attended psychiatric clinic in National University Hospital and Kuala Lumpur Hospital over a four-months period. All patients diagnosed as schizophrenia according to DSM 1V were assessed using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) Version 5 for the presence of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Brief Psychiatric rating Scale (BPRS) for severity of psychosis and Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) for severity of obsessive compulsive (OC) symptoms. Socio-demographic data were obtained by direct interview. The neurocognitive assessment were done using Mini Mental State Examination , Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and Digit Span. Fifteen percent of schizophrenic patients (15%) in this sample were found to have a diagnosis of Obsessive compulsive Disorder (OCD). The OCD and non-OCD schizophrenic patients did not differ significantly in term of age ,gender, race and family history of mental illness. However they differ significantly on employment, type of treatment medication and the presence or severity of current psychosis. Schizophrenic patients with OCD also showed no significant different in selected neurocognitive functions.
A study on safe accessibility for wheelchair user in selected KTM commuter station in Kuala Lumpur

Abdul Halim Imaduddin, Abdul Hamid Nor Hanani

Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2011;8(1):51-59.
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The research is focus generally to identify and investigate the issue of accessible design for wheelchair users on selected Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTM) commuter stations in the city of Kuala Lumpur. The objectives are to ensure that the design of accessibility is comply with the law, regulations, standard requirements and guidelines; to understand the recent condition and their needs in commuter stations and to allow their secure equal rights and opportunities as others. The research began by gaining reliable information through literature study and a checklist for building audit was prepared to evaluate the accessibility. A building access survey was carried out on selected stations which enclosed three main stages to show the pattern of passengers’ path. Stage 1: From the road to the ticket counter. Stage 2: From the ticket counter to the platform. Stage 3: From the platform to the train. A series of structured questionnaire was also constructed to study and get a feedback from selected target of users. Result of findings in this study had been analyzed to assist the management and the station concerned in upgrading their station facilities to a comfortable, accessible, friendly and safe environment in order to encourage more users, including disabled persons to benefit from it.
Fulltext Development of safety and health performance indicators for SMEs

Suhaila Abdul Hamid, Leman, A.M., Baba, I.S.

Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2015;12(1):95-100.
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The aim of this paper is to share views on the Safety and Health Performance Indicators (SPIs) for the Small
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to assist SMEs in improving their business performance, growth and resilience through
effective Safety and Health Performance Management framework. Traditionally, industries are relying on the “lagging”
indicators of safety and health performance. Lagging indicators are limited due to the reactive approach and to some
extent, they create complacency among the industries which do not have any accidents or to the SMEs which face
low risks at work. As a result to their limitation, there has been a move in using “leading” indicators in measuring
safety and health performance in the industries. SMEs are important to Malaysia. However their contribution to the
workplace accident statistics is equally substantial. They are the major contributors to 80% of the total accidents.
Hence, effective Safety and Health Performance Indicators is indeed crucial to assist SMEs in measuring their safety
performance to enable them to move forward in achieving safety culture which is good for their business to stay strong
and resilient in this new business millennium.
Fulltext For one crowded hour of glorious life

Abdul Kadir AH

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Sep;41(3):186-8.
PMID: 3670134

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