FMDS Theses and Dissertations

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Theses and dissertations by graduate students from the Faculty of Management and Development Studies.

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    Effects of Psychosocial Intervention on the Level of Stress of School- aged Children who Experienced Displacement in Marawi City, Philippines
    ( 2019-12-19) Datukali, Tashmera P.
    This study was steer primarily to determine the effect of psychosocial intervention to the level of stress of school-aged children who experienced displacement in Sarimanok Area (Site 1) that housed 100 families who originally own real properties located in the ground zero. There were randomly selected 38 displaced children – 7-12 years old involved in this study and were exposed to 13 sessions of psychosocial intervention. Selection of the participants was based on the following criteria: (a) experiences of war atrocities and experience of being a displaced child during the war in Marawi City; and, (b) obstructions and prevention of return to original homes despite the end of war. Exclusion criteria were lack of war experiences because they left Marawi City with their families before the war started and spent the whole war period in other areas and children who are professionally diagnosed with physical and psychiatric problems. This study utilized three questionnaires in gathering data from subjects enrolled in the experimental groups using structured interview. On pre-assessment period, Questionnaire 1 which dealt on the basic personal and socio-demographical data and Questionnaire 2 which was an adopted 26-item self-report questionnaire of children’s stress symptom scale designed by Sharrer and Ryan Wenger, were used in the interview. During post-assessment, Questionnaire 2 was utilized for a second time including the Questionnaire 3 that was focusing on the children’s feelings before and after participating the psychosocial interventions. The results of this study suggested that there was a statistically significant difference between the level of stress perceived by the displaced school-aged children in the pre-test and post-test. This finding suggests that participation in the various psychological interventions may have reduced the levels of the children’s stress level associated with displacement. Future studies should focus on strengthening interventions for displaced children who are vulnerable to harmful effects of stress.
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    Factors affecting childhood blindness and visual impairment in a Tertiary hospital in Northern Luzon, the Philippines
    ( 2021-05) Tan, Roland Joseph D.
    Background: Childhood blindness and visual impairment (VI) are among the priorities of VISION 2020 to address the increasing global burden of VI. However, updated data on the prevalence, causes and risk factors of VI as well as dimensions affecting eye care utilization are limited in the Philippines. Methodology: Retrospective cross-sectional study and key-informant interview (KII) were done to determine prevalence, causes and risk factors of VI and dimensions affecting eye care utilization at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) in Northern Luzon, The Philippines. Results: The prevalence of unilateral (14%) and bilateral childhood blindness (3.7%) at the BGHMC in 2018 were high even when compared to Asian and African countries. The top causes of bilateral childhood blindness and VI, which are cataract and refractive errors, respectively, reflect current global data. The top cause of unilateral childhood blindness is ocular trauma (32%). Among the risk factors, only age of onset of eye disease was significantly associated with VI severity (p<0.001). Among dimensions affecting eye care utilization, affordability (mild p=0.019, moderate p=0.004 and blind p=0.047) and accessibility (mild p=0.03) were significantly associated with VI. Availability of eye doctors, subspecialists, allied medical staff, medicines and equipment were significant dimension in the utilization of eye care in BGHMC together with adequacy, acceptability and unawareness. Conclusion and Recommendation: Prevalence of childhood blindness and VI were high in BGHMC in 2018 and their common causes reflect national and global data. Age of onset was associated with severity of VI while all dimensions and unawareness affected eye care utilization in BGHMC. Early diagnosis of VI and intervention are vital. Programs to increase awareness on early eye consult and prevention shall be implemented. Financial assistance programs for non-medical expenses shall be proposed. Priority shall be given to physician from Mountain Province (MP) applying for ophthalmology residency and a telemedicine system in MP shall be set-up. Doing so can improve over-all affordability, availability and accessibility for patients from Northern Luzon and in turn, adequacy and acceptability of BGHMC services.
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    Professional Quality of Life and Resilience Among Nurses in a Maternal and Child Hospital in Metro Manila, Philippines
    ( 2020-06-15) Rivera, Mary Grace L.
    International and local studies had shown prevalence of Compassion Fatigue (Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress), and Compassion satisfaction (Described as Professional Quality of Life) in different health care setting. These are considered positive and negative effects of caring which can be experienced by nurses in their workplaces. However, there are limited data on the status of Professional Quality of life of Maternal and Child nurses in the Philippines, and the role of resilience in this population which is globally known for this attribute. This study explored the level and correlation of Professional Quality of Life and resilience of Filipino nurses assigned in maternal and child locale, which is considered as one of the busiest subspecialties. A correlation research design was chosen and two hundred fifteen (215) registered nurses were sampled using a demographic questionnaire, Resilience scale questionnaire developed by Wagnild and Young (2010) and Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL version 5) developed by Stamm (2010). Results showed that despite high resilience, and high compassion satisfaction, there is high prevalence of burnout and moderate STS in this population suggesting that these positive and negative effects of caring can co-exist. High resilience and high compassion satisfaction do not diminished Burnout but may have correlation with the level of STS. Therefore, hospitals should not only focus on building resilience alone to combat Compassion Fatigue, but also to identify the root cause of Burn-out and address accordingly.