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    • Factors Affecting Healthcare Provider Referral to Heart Function Clinics: A Mixed-Methods Study 

      Mamataz, Taslima; Lee, Douglas S.; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Hajaj, Ahmad; Code, Jillianne; ... more authors ( Wolters Kluwer Health , 2024 , Article)
      Background Heart failure (HF) care providers are gatekeepers for patients to appropriately access lifesaving HF clinics. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate referring providers' perceptions regarding referral ...

    • Factors Affecting Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Qatar. 

      Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Kurdi, Rana; Islam, Nazmul; Alhussaini, Nour Waleed Zuhair; Awada, Sawsan; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis , 2021 , Article)
      Recent data show an increase in the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) among university students in the Arab Gulf region alongside an attitude of social acceptability and a perception that WTS is less harmful ...

    • Factors associated with depression and anxiety in the adult population of Qatar after the first COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study 

      Khaled, Salma Mawfek; Amro, Iman; Bader, Lina; Woodruff, Peter; Alabdulla, Majid A.; ... more authors ( springer , 2021 , Article)
      There is limited data from Arabic-speaking countries on risk factors for depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Country-specific data is necessary given differences in culture, demographics, and COVID-19 ...

    • Factors associated with hypertension in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Riaz, Muhammad; Shah, Ghazala; Asif, Muhammad; Shah, Asma; Adhikari, Kaustubh; ... more authors ( Public Library of Scienc , 2021 , Article)
      Copyright: © 2021 Riaz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided ...

    • Factors Influencing Public Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: A Scoping Review Informed by the Socio-Ecological Model 

      Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir; Sherbash, Mohamed Abdelhady Mabrouk; Ali, Lamees Abdullah Mohammed; El-Heneidy, Asmaa; Alhussaini, Nour Waleed Zuhair; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Major hindrances to getting a COVID-19 vaccine include vaccine hesitancy, skepticism, refusal, and anti-vaccine movements. Several studies have been conducted on attitudes of the public towards COVID-19 vaccines and the ...

    • First report of the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation’s Registry (ICRR) 

      Turk-Adawi, K.; Ghisi, G. L.M.; Tran, C.; Heine, M.; Raidah, F.; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2023 , Article)
      Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation–programs comprehensively delivering outpatient secondary prevention–is under-available and under-studied in the resource-poor settings where it is needed most. This report summarizes the ...

    • Foam dressings for treating pressure injuries in patients of any age in any care setting: An abridged Cochrane systematic review 

      Walker, Rachel M; Gillespie, Brigid M; Thalib, Lukman; Higgins, Niall S; Whitty, Jennifer A ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2018 , Article)
      Pressure injuries are localised areas of injury to the skin and/or underlying tissues. To assess foam dressings compared to other dressings in healing pressure injuries. Systematic review and meta-analysis DATA SOURCES: ...

    • Foam dressings for treating pressure ulcers 

      Walker, Rachel M; Gillespie, Brigid M; Thalib, Lukman; Higgins, Niall S; Whitty, Jennifer A ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      Background: Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure injuries and bed sores, are localised areas of injury to the skin or underlying tissues, or both. Dressings made from a variety of materials, including foam, are used to ...

    • Following Interprofessional Education: Health Education Students’ Experience in a Primary Interprofessional Care Setting 

      Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Abdul Rahim, Hanan; Hassan, Diana Alsayed; Awada, Sawsan Mohammed ( Dovepress , 2021 , Article)
      Background: There is an accelerating need for interprofessional education (IPE) in the Public Health field, as healthcare providers become diverse and multi-disciplinary. Public Health students with health education ...

    • Food sources of fiber and micronutrients of concern among infants and young children in Lebanon: a national cross-sectional study. 

      Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa; Hwalla, Nahla; Naja, Farah; Nasreddine, Lara ( BMC , 2024 , Article)
      Intakes of fiber, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin A, and folate were shown to be low in a substantial proportion of infants and children in Lebanon. The study aims to identify the top food sources of fiber, iron, ...

    • Frailty predicts adverse outcomes in older patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). From the National Inpatient Sample 

      Ashraf, Abugroun; Daoud, Hussein; Hallak, Osama; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; Klein, Lloyd W. ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      ObjectiveWe aimed to study the impact of frailty on the outcome of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. MethodsThe National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried for all patients aged ≥65 years ...

    • From text to e-text: perceptions of medical, dental and allied students about e-learning 

      Ayesha, Fahim; Rana, Sadia; Haider, Irsam; Jalil, Varda; Atif, Saira; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      ObjectiveMore than a year ago, Pakistan like the rest of the word, was hit by a global pandemic, due to which students of higher education had to accept the new era and adapt to the electronic learning environment for the ...

    • Fructose intake and its association with relative telomere length: an exploratory study among healthy Lebanese adults 

      Messerlian, Nairie; Zgheib, Nathalie; Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa; Nasrallah, Mona; Tamim, Hani; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)
      Introduction: Shorter relative telomere length (RTL) has been associated with increased incidence of morbidity. Although still disputed, available evidence suggests that dietary factors, including sugar-sweetened beverages ...

    • Funding sources and costs to deliver cardiac rehabilitation around the globe: Drivers and barriers. 

      Moghei, Mahshid; Pesah, Ella; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Jimenez, Francisco Lopez; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)
      Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reach is minimal globally, primarily due to financial factors. This study characterized CR funding sources, cost to patients to participate, cost to programs to serve patients, and the drivers ...

    • General practitioner use of a C-reactive protein point-of-care test to help target antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. 

      Bates, Janine; Francis, Nick A; White, Patrick; Gillespie, David; Thomas-Jones, Emma; ... more authors ( BioMed Central , 2017 , Article)
      Most patients presenting with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) in primary care are prescribed an antibiotic, which may not always be appropriate and may cause harm. C-reactive protein ...

    • Geographical outcome disparities in infection occurrence after colorectal surgery: An analysis of 58,096 colorectal surgical procedures 

      Bagheri, Nasser; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Doi, Suhail A.R.; Clements, Archie C.A.; Sedrakyan, Art ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)
      Background Despite improved surgical practices and in-hospital surveillance systems, surgical site infections remain a major public health problem worldwide and often require readmission to hospital. The aim was to apply ...

    • Global epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in infertile populations: Systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression 

      Chemaitelly, Hiam; Majed, Alzahraa; Abu-Hijleh, Farah; Blondeel, Karel; Matsaseng, Thabo Christopher; ... more authors ( BMJ Journals , 2021 , Article)
      Objective To provide an in-depth systematic assessment of the global epidemiology of gonorrhoea infection in infertile populations. Methods A systematic literature review was conducted up to 29 April 2019 on international ...

    • Global incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: a systematic review and Meta-analysis 

      Alsaied, Amer; Islam, Nazmul; Thalib, Lukman ( BMC , 2020 , Article)
      Background: Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), yet the global incidence of NEC has not been systematically evaluated. We conducted a ...

    • Global prevalence and incidence of pressure injuries in hospitalised adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Zhaoyu, Li; Lin, Frances; Thalib, Lukman; Chaboyer, Wendy ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      BackgroundPressure injuries are frequently occurred adverse events in hospitals, affecting the well-being of patients and causing considerable financial burden to healthcare systems. However, the estimates of prevalence, ...

    • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

      Dicker D.; Nguyen G.; Abate D.; Abate K.H.; Abay S.M.; ... more authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of ...