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The Relationship Between Religious Coping and Academic Resilience in Nursing Students

Sajodin, Wilandika A, Atikah A

Med J Malaysia, 2023 Jul;78(4):500-502.
PMID: 37518920

INTRODUCTION: Religious coping is a way to overcome learning problems. Good religious coping has a positive impact on student educational processes and outcomes. However, until now, the relationship between religious coping and academic resilience has not been known. This study aimed to determine the relationship between religious coping and academic resilience.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study used a cross-sectional approach with a stratified random sampling technique on 110 students from one university in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The inclusion criteria include actively registered nursing students from undergraduate and vocational programs. Religious coping was assessed using The Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (PMIR) and the Academic Resilience Questionnaire was used to evaluate students' academic resilience level. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis. The Spearman rank correlation test was used to determine the relationship between variables.
RESULTS: The study's results revealed a significant relationship (rho = 0.415; p value < 0.05) between religious coping and academic resilience. High religious coping is related to the amount of academic resilience in students.
CONCLUSION: Students are expected to be able to use a religious coping strategy to boost academic resilience and adapt to any situation. Thus, students with good religious coping skills and high resilience will be able to face and solve problems and adapt to current learning conditions.
Fulltext Hormone consumption among mak nyahs in Kuantan town: a preliminary survey

Draman, S., Maliya, S., Farhan, A., Syazwan, S., Nur ‘Atikah A., Abd Aziz, K.H.

International Medical Journal Malaysia, 2018;17(1):63-70.
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Introduction: Mak nyahs (male-to-female transgenders) often consume feminizing hormones to achieve and maintain the female physical appearance. They do it without professional prescription/advise, and often take excessive doses. This renders them at risk of developing complications of hormone consumption. This paper provides some quantitative data on hormone consumption among mak nyahs in Kuantan, Pahang, in Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from July to August in 2015 among 35 mak nyahs. Convenience sampling was used. Participants who gave consent answered an interview-guided questionnaire which documents socio-demographic profile, hormone usage, and morbidities as a result of hormone consumption. Data was analysed using SPSS, Version 16.0. (version 16). Results: Majority of the subjects were Malays (91.4%) and Muslims (97.1%), their median (IQR) age being 31 (±17) years, more than half (57.1%) were between 20 to 40 years old. Most (80.0%) of them are sex workers. Oral hormone was most commonly used (88.6%), while more than half (67.7%) of them added hormone injections. Almost all subjects purchased hormones over the counter from local pharmacies (94.2%). However, many received information on hormone from non-professional sources. Possible adverse effects of hormones reported among subjects were hypertension, ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and venous thrombo-embolism. Conclusion: Hormone consumption was very common among the subjects in this study, and may be associated with certain medical problems. Medical personnel must pay more attention in educating the mak nyahs on adverse effects of hormones consumption. Mak nyahs should also be screened for complications every time they seek medical attention.
Fulltext Parental attachment and cyberbullying experiences among Malaysian children

Sarina Yusuf, Md. Salleh Hassan, Bahaman Abu Samah, Muhamad Shamsul Ibrahim, Nor Sabila Ramli, Nur Atikah A. Rahman, et al.

The Pertanika Journal of Scholarly Research Reviews, 2018;4(1):67-80.
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The purpose of this article is to illustrate the links between the three factors of parental attachment (i.e., communication, trust, and alienation) and cyberbullying experiences among school- going children. A total of 375 students aged 9 to 16 years old were selected using stratified sampling method from 8 schools in Selangor. The authors adapted a 10-item instrument from the previous studies of Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS) and EUkidsonline scales to assess the cyberbullying prevalence based on two sub-dimensions (online harassment and sex-based bullying). The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to analyse the construct validity of the scales. Structural equation modelling (SEM) then was used to test the study hypotheses. The final model has an estimated that 10% (R2=.95) of the variance in cyberbullying is explained by parental attachment, indicating only the alienation factor predicted the children’s cyberbullying experiences. The findings, however, supported a differentiated approach to positive parenting.
Fulltext Factors associated with different smoking statuses among Malaysian adolescent smokers: a cross-sectional study

Nur Atikah AH, Wee LH, Nur Zakiah MS, Chan CMH, Mohamed Haniki NM, Swinderjit JS, et al.

BMC Public Health, 2019 Jun 13;19(Suppl 4):579.
PMID: 31196055 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6857-3

BACKGROUND: This study focused on the associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent smoking among secondary school students (13 to 17 years) in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our objective was to evaluate the relationships between adolescent demographics, socioeconomic status and smoking status.

METHODS: The survey data were based on baseline findings from a cross-sectional study (N = 422 adolescents). Chi-square test was used to assess the relationship between demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status (household monthly income and daily allowance) and adolescent smoking status. Exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) reading and the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) were used to evaluate adolescent smoking status. A Multivariate Multinomial Logistic Regression (MMLR) was employed to test selected demographic and socioeconomic predictors of smoking status.

RESULTS: Of the 422 adolescents (M age = 15.58, SD = 1.24), more than half of the participants initiated smoking between 13 to 17 years old (59.0%). A total of 308 (73.0%) were electronic cigarette users, with more than 50% comprising of single users. The mean CO reading was 2.14 ppm with 78.0% of adolescents scoring more than 0 on the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC). Males and participants aged 15 and 16 years were at increased risks of sole CC smoking. Meanwhile, males, those who are not hooked on smoking and with a non-smoker CO reading were at increased risks of sole EC smoking. Finally, Bumiputeras were at less risk of EC smoking.

CONCLUSIONS: Demographic variables such as age, gender and ethnicity predicted smoking status predicted smoking risk, but not socioeconomic factors. The findings allow policy makers to target specific high-risk demographic groups when designing smoking cessation programs for adolescents.
Randomised controlled trial on effects of topical insulin compared to artificial tears and normal saline on tear inflammatory mediator levels and clinical parameters in diabetics with dry eye disease

Atikah A, Suzana M, Wan Haslina WAH, Norshamsiah MD, Mushawiahti M, Birinder KSS, et al.

Cont Lens Anterior Eye, 2024 Dec 15.
PMID: 39676005 DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2024.102346

PURPOSE: To assess the short-term effects of topical insulin (TI) as compared to topical Systane UltraTM (Alcon, USA) as artificial tears (AT) and topical normal saline (NS) on tear inflammatory mediators; interleukin 1-alpha (IL-1a), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and clinical dry eye parameters in diabetics with dry eye disease (DDED).
METHODS: In this randomized, multi-arm parallel single-centre trial, 73 diabetics with dry eye disease (30 female and 43 male) aged 18 to 50 years were recruited. They were randomly assigned to four weeks of treatment of either TI 0.5 unit/drop, AT or NS four times per day. Tear sample analysis and clinical parameters of dry eye (Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), tear break-up time (TBUT), corneal Oxford score and Schirmers test) were evaluated at baseline and four weeks later. Objective clinical parameters for corneal Oxford score and tear break-up time were assessed by two masked investigators.
RESULTS: Significant reduction was seen in all inflammatory biomarkers (IL-1a, IL-6 and MMP-9) in all treatment groups at 4 weeks. In addition, inflammatory biomarkers demonstrated a significant reduction with TI (p