• Assessing quality of a worksite health promotion programme from participants' views: Findings from a qualitative study in Malaysia 

      Liau, S.Y.; Hassali, M.-A.A.; Shafie, A. A.; Ibrahim, M.I.M. (2014 , Article)
      Background An assessment of the process and outcomes of a health promotion programme is necessary for the continuous improvement of a programme. Objective To explore the participants' perceptions of the quality and ...
    • Cost-effectiveness analyses of breast cancer medications use in developing countries: a systematic review 

      Al-Ziftawi, N. H.; Shafie, A. A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)
      Background: Pharmacoeconomics is important for breast-cancer medications due to their high costs. To our knowledge, no systematic literature reviews of pharmacoeconomic studies for breast-cancer medication use are present ...
    • Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan 

      Mousnad, M. A.; Shafie, A. A.; Mohamed Ibrahim, M. I. ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd , 2013 , Article)
      To assess the main factors that contributed to the increase in medicine expenditure of the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan in the period 2006–2010. A time-series decomposition analysis was adopted for pharmaceutical ...
    • Determination of the main factors contributing to increases in medicine expenditures for the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan 

      Mousnad, M.A.; Shafie, A.A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2013 , Article)
      Objectives: To assess the main factors that contributed to the increase in medicine expenditure of the National Health Insurance Fund in Sudan in the period 2006-2010. Methods: A time-series decomposition analysis was ...
    • Perception and attitude of general practitioners regarding generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan: A questionnaire based study 

      Jamshed, S.Q.; Ibrahim, M.I.M.; Hassali, M.A.A.; Masood, I.; Low, B.Y.; ... more authors (2012 , Article)
      Objectives: In developing countries out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are as high as 80% of healthcare spending. Generic medicines can be instrumental in reducing this expenditure. The current study is aimed to explore the ...
    • The Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking in Patients With Diabetes in Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia 

      Albaroodi, K.A.I.; Syed Sulaiman, S.A.; Shafie, A.A.; Awaisu, A.; Lajis, R. ( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)
      Widespread evidence has demonstrated the negative effects of tobacco smoking in patients with diabetes. Although many studies have explored the prevalence of tobacco smoking in the general population, data are lacking ...
    • Scholarly publishing depends on peer reviewers 

      Fernandez-Llimos F.; Berti A.D.; Yeung D.; Yusuff K.B.; El Zowalaty M.E.; ... more authors ( Grupo de Investigacion en Atencion Farmaceutica , 2018 , Article)
      The peer-review crisis is posing a risk to the scholarly peer-reviewed journal system. Journals have to ask many potential peer reviewers to obtain a minimum acceptable number of peers accepting reviewing a manuscript. ...
    • Smoking cessation intervention: Can diabetic patients? change their motivation to quit and nicotine dependence? 

      Albaroodi K.A.I.; Sulaiman S.A.S.; Shafie A.A.; Awaisu A.; Lajis R. ( Pharmainfo Publications , 2018 , Article)
      Introduction: Considering smoking tobacco is a bad habit that drive smokers to nicotine dependence; that argue an urgent need to evaluate factors keep them smoke and how a smoking cessation intervention can affect these ...
    • Stages of change and health-related quality of life among employees of an institution 

      Liau, S.Y.; Shafie, A.A.; Ibrahim, M.I.M.; Hassali, M.A.; Othman, A.T.; ... more authors (2013 , Article)
      Background Transtheoretical Model of change has been used successfully in promoting behaviour change. Objective To examine the relationships between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores with the stages of change ...
    • Systematic review of factors affecting pharmaceutical expenditures 

      Mousnad, M. A.; Shafie, A. A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed ( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2014 , Article Review)
      Objective: To systematically identify the main factors contributing to the increase in pharmaceutical expenditures. Methods: A systematic search of published studies was conducted utilising major widely used electronic ...
    • The impact of Indonesian generic medicine pricing policy on medicine prices 

      Anggriani, Y.; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed; Suryawati, S.; Shafie, A.A. ( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2013 , Article)
      Introduction: The government of Indonesia has established a commitment to the provision of affordable medicines. The retail price of unbranded generic cannot exceed the maximum retail price set by the Ministry of Health. ...
    • Validation of the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 among Chronic Schizophrenia Patients in Malaysia 

      Taha, N.A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed; Rahman, A.F.; Shafie, A.A.; Rahman, A.H. (2012 , Article)
      Objectives: To explore the validity and reliability of a disease-specific health-related quality-of-life questionnaire-the Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale Revision 4 (SQLS-R4)-in patients with schizophrenia in Malaysia. ...