Medico-Legal Update

Nibras Alaa Hussain ¹, Qais Ismaeel Kadhem ², Ashraf MA Hussain ³

Affiliations
1 FIBMS, MBChB; Al-Nahrain University/College of Medicine/ Family & Community Medicine Department, IQ
2 Family and Community Department, College of Medicine , University of Babylon, IQ
3 PhD Community, Family and Community Department, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, IQ

Abstract

Background: Rhinoplasty in universal is connected with cosmetic surgery carried out to produce alterations in the interior and exterior components on the nose for merely cosmetics good reasons to get better look. It was common cosmetic procedures around the world because the nasal deformities effect on the psychology of the person as a negative impact on their self-confidence and social interaction with others. Objectives: The study is an attempt to display the practicing and attitude of some medical students towards cosmetic rhinoplasty and its relation to some studied variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-Nahrain medical college, during March 2016. A total of 200 undergraduate students were given a semi constructed questionnaire .The sample selected randomly by systematic random sampling. Results: The practicing of rhinoplasty among this sample was 10.5%. Most of them happy with their nose appearance. 56.5% of the sample see this surgery socially accepted in Iraq. There was significant relation between person undergoing rhinoplasty and presence of family history of it. Conclusion: More than half of the medical student found cosmetic rhinoplasty is socially accepted in Iraq. Despite the majority of them had no family history of undergoing rhinoplasty but there was significant difference between doing such surgery and the presence of family history. More than two third of the students included in this study like more awareness program on cosmetic surgery. Recommendation: Encouragement for more studies to be done for this subject, and developing an educational program to increase awareness about rhinoplasty.

Keywords

rhinoplasty, attitude, cosmetic

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Qais Ismaeel Kadhem ¹, Ameer Kadhim Al-Humairi ¹, Ashraf MA Hussain ¹

Affiliations
1 Family and community department, College of medicine/ university of Babylon / babil, IQ

Abstract

Introduction: Patient satisfaction is a basic measure by it the value of health care facilities is assessed. It a personal assessment of the service received and the person’s prospects. This study would have significant input in assessing the level of patients’satisfaction in secondary and tertiary outpatient health care services. Methods: Across-sectional study of 300 patients random sample visit outpatients of Marjan medical city the interview was conducted at general and specialist outpatient only. The specialist outpatients include cardiac, gastrology, nephrology and diabetology outpatient. 150patients from secondary outpatient &150patients from tertiary outpatient. The purpose of study was to assessing the level of patients’satisfaction in secondary and tertiary outpatient health care services. Results: Majority of patients visit general and specialist outpatients with age31-50(45.5%,46%), female(57.3%,62.75), low income patients <500000ID (61%,53%), majority of patients visit general outpatients are rural and primary education (50.7%,49.3%) and visit specialist outpatients(54%,42%), most patients came for follow-up for both types of outpatient(56%,62%), and seen by consultants itself for both types of outpatients(78.7%,88%), majority referred by his family medicine(62%,48%), and came from far distance > 5 km(77%,79%), the majority of patients were not satisfied with health services produced to them(53%,63%) Discussion: showed no. of patients not satisfied health services more than patients satisfied, majority of patients with low income and just primary level of education, the majority of patients came to outpatients from rural area these data for both secondary and tertiary outpatient. Patients with bad satisfaction are18-50years, self-referral to tertiary outpatient, not satisfaction also in urban patients.

Keywords

patient’s satisfaction. Outpatients. health services. Marjan medical city

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