Factors Influencing Nurse Turnover in Selected Hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan

[New nurse turnover intention and influencing factors].

PURPOSE The study was done to identify turnover intention in new nurses according to characteristics of the nurses and other factors affecting turnover and to provide data to set up a strategy to reduce the turnover. METHODS Data were collected from 1,077 new nurses who had less than 12 months employment experience and worked in one of 188 hospitals. Eight research instruments were used. Data...

Factors affecting nurse turnover in Iran: A qualitative study

Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Kabul, Afghanistan

A prevalence survey in Kabul City showed that 2.7% and 21.9% of persons have active leishmaniasis lesions or scars, respectively. Incidence of disease was estimated to be 2.9% (29 cases/1,000 persons per year; 95% confidence interval 0.018 to 0.031). Disease was associated with age and gender; logistic regression analyses showed significant clustering of cases.

Risk Factors and Prevalence of Diabetes: A Cross Sectional Study in Kabul, Afghanistan 2015

Objective: Burden of diabetes is increasing worldwide. National statistics on prevalence of diabetes in Afghanistan are insufficient. Thus, this study identified the prevalence of diabetes and key risk factors in Kabul, Afghanistan. Materials and Methods: Totally 1172 records were cleaned for analysis of whom 599 (51.1%) were females and 573 (48.9%) were males with a mean age of 38.6±...

Outbreak of Pertussis, Kabul, Afghanistan

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