IIUM Ibadah disability scale (IIDS): design and conceptual framework
Illness does not alleviate the obligation of Muslim patients to perform religious duties such as prayer. The need for a systematic evaluation of patients’ ability to perform such duties needs to be highlighted and anticipated. Thus, a research was designed to develop a standard, objective evaluati...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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Zes Rokman Resources
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/51928/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51928/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/51928/1/51928_IIUM%20IBADAH%20DISABILITY%20SCALE%20%28IIDS%29.pdf |
| Summary: | Illness does not alleviate the obligation of Muslim patients to perform religious duties such as prayer. The need for a
systematic evaluation of patients’ ability to perform such duties needs to be highlighted and anticipated. Thus, a
research was designed to develop a standard, objective evaluation scoring system to recognize disability levels of
Muslim trauma patients in performing religious physical cleansing and prayer during their illness and improve the
deliverance of assistance they need. This research involves five stages. 1-Identifying common and specific problems
faced by trauma patients, 2-Constructing a disability score based on data obtained, 3-Incorporating Islamic rulings and
pilot testing, 4-Validation and reliability testing, and 5-Patient categorization and development of an in-patient coding
system. Trauma patients of general orthopaedic wards of a local institution were recruited for this research. In the initial
phase of this research, we had identified problems contributing towards patients’ ability to perform religious practices
during hospital admission. These can be grouped into four main factors; the patient, the staff delivering the assistance,
hospital policies and availability of facilities. Subsequent phases of this research will focus more on the first and second
factors. Three major outcomes are expected at the end of this research. A disability score to categorize trauma patients
according to their needs, a manual based on Islamic rulings and convenience related to common and specific
disabilities, and a coding system to assist physicians and hospital staff in scrutinizing the types of assistance required by
patients. This will be the first scoring system that is constructed based on both patients’ and physicians’ perspectives of
difficulties in performing religious duties. It will provide a balance approach in trauma patients’ care and deliverance of
assistance wherever required. The proposed scoring system has potential of becoming a standard of practice in a more
holistic patient care in accordance to the much-anticipated ibadah-friendly hospital. |
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