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Papers by Soliman Amer
International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), Jun 19, 2022
Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy facto... more Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy factors, however, have been of little concern in the Saudi literature. Objectives: to examine the association of smoking behavior with self-efficacy among secondary school students in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A secondary school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia during the study year 2019-2020. A cluster multistage random sampling technique was taken from 10 (5 male and 5 female) secondary schools. Smoking related data were collected using a predesigned structured self-administered questionnaire. Self-efficacy data were studied as a dichotomous variable according to its median distribution. The prevalence of current smokers was estimated and its association with self-efficacy levels was examined using logistic regression analysis. Results: The response rate was 91.6% (641/700). The prevalence of current smokers was 26.4% (95%CI = 23-30%). The prevalence showed statistically significant differences among adolescents by their sex, mother's education, and parents' and friends' smoking. The mean selfefficacy was slightly lower in current smokers 27.5 (5.9) vs. 27.8 (5.6). The likelihood to quit smoking was significantly higher among male smokers (adjusted OR = 3.5; 95%CI = 1.23-9.90) with high selfefficacy. The likelihood to start smoking among non-smokers was reduced by 35% among males and 30% among females, although not significantly. Conclusions: Self-efficacy was found to influence smoking behavior among Saudi adolescents. The study suggests the 134 need to encourage adolescents' self-efficacy in the preventive and smoking cessation program in Madinah City.
Annals of Saudi medicine
Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is t... more Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the preferred test in BCG-vaccinated individuals. The few studies that have screened health care workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using IGRA have varied in agreement with the traditional tuberculin skin test (TST). Assess the prevalence of LTBI among HCWs working in the Hajj pilgrimage using IGRA and TST and measuring their agreement. Cross-sectional prospective. Multiple non-tertiary care hospitals. HCWs who worked during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in December 2015. Data was collected by standarized questionnaire. Samples were drawn and analyzed by standard methods. The prevalence of LTBI among HCW and the agreement by kappa statistic between QFT-GIT and TST. 520 subjects. Nurses accounted for 30.7% of the sample and physicians, 19.2%. The majority were BCG vaccinated (98.5%). There were a total of 56 positive by QFT-GIT and the LTBI rate w...
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2016
Background: Adolescent smoking relates to numerous risk factors, of which beliefs and attitudes t... more Background: Adolescent smoking relates to numerous risk factors, of which beliefs and attitudes toward smoking may play a role. The study aimed to investigate the association between beliefs and attitudes and the risk of adolescent smoking. Materials and Methods: In a school-based cross-sectional study, 3,400 students were recruited from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographics, smoking-related factors, and beliefs and attitudes toward smoking were collected using a valid and reliable self-administered questionnaire. Prevalence of smoking was estimated and the studied beliefs and attitudes were compared by smoking status and sex using appropriate statistical analyses including multivariate logistic regression. Results: Of the 3,322 respondents, 33.02% (38.9% males and 26.4% females) were current smokers. Beliefs and attitudes toward smoking significantly differed between smokers and nonsmokers in the studied...
Copyright © 2015 Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani et al. This is an open access article distributed und... more Copyright © 2015 Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students.Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, SaudiArabia.Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposurewere collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7 % 49.3%, and 25 % inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated w...
International journal of health sciences
Background: Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-ef... more Background: Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy factors, however, have been of little concern in the Saudi literature. Objectives: to examine the association of smoking behavior with self-efficacy among secondary school students in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A secondary school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia during the study year 2019-2020. A cluster multistage random sampling technique was taken from 10 (5 male and 5 female) secondary schools. Smoking related data were collected using a predesigned structured self-administered questionnaire. Self-efficacy data were studied as a dichotomous variable according to its median distribution. The prevalence of current smokers was estimated and its association with self-efficacy levels was examined using logistic regression analysis. Results: The response rate was 91.6% (641/700). The prevalence of current smokers was 26.4% (95%CI = 23...
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2017
Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwid... more Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposure were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7% 49.3%, and 25% inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated with the adolescent's smoking status, parental smoking, close friends smoking, and family structure. The risk was markedly increased in association with parental smoking for exposure inside the home (OR = 6.49; 95% CI = 5.44-7.73) and with close friends smokin...
American journal of blood research, 2020
Zamzam water is the most frequently used drinking water by millions of people in Saudi Arabia. It... more Zamzam water is the most frequently used drinking water by millions of people in Saudi Arabia. It is carried all the time by millions of pilgrims to their home countries as gifts to close and near relatives and friends. Safety of constituents of Zamzam water is a vital health topic. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) raised many health concerns regarding the high serum arsenic and nitrate contents in Zamzam water that may cause cancer. It is role of scientific research to present scientific facts to relieve such concerns. Arsenic is a carcinogen while nitrate causes methemogloinemia that affect oxygen carriage by haemoglobin. An ethical committee approval was obtained. Eighteen white albino mice (40-45 g) were used in this study. Three experimental groups were allocated (six mice per group): tap water group, distilled water group and Zamzam water group. Our data revealed that Zamzam water exerts tissue-protective effects that contradict malignancy. Our data proved that Zamzam wa...
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, Dec 31, 2019
Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This may c... more Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This may cause a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students resulting in poor health care and service delivery in future. The presence of this major problem is necessary to be evaluated. Enough recent data regarding its prevalence is not available in our country. Thus, the main aim of this study is to find the prevalence of depression among medical students of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study which was conducted among undergraduate medical students of a tertiary teaching hospital over a four-month period (July to October 2019). Ethical clearance was received from the Institutional Review Committee of the same tertiary teaching hospital. Random sampling technique was used to collect data to meet the calculated sample size. Data analysis was done in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: The prevalence of depression among selected medical students of Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital is 59 (27.2%) at 95% Confidence Interval (21.28-33.12%). Thirty (14%) of the participants were mildly depressed, 21 (10%) moderately depressed while 8 (4%) were severely depressed according to Beck's Depression Index II. Conclusions: Prevalence of depression among medical students is relatively significant as found in similar studies done in other centres. Thus appropriate programs and strategies should be implemented to avoid depression from causing a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students. Favourable environment where students are able to talk about their mental health issues is a must.
Background: The exact definition of self-medication is "the selection and usage of certain m... more Background: The exact definition of self-medication is "the selection and usage of certain medication by individuals to treat selfrecognized disease and symptomatology. This practice might influence health care institutes toward this point. This behavior might have certain adverse effects like wastage of resourced and missing of hazardous diagnosis. Objectives: To assess the Prevalence, current knowledge, and attitude towards self -medication among the population attending primary health care centers in Medina city after MOH Ministerial Warns against Selling Antibiotics without prescription and to examine self -medication associated risk factors among the studied population. Subjects and methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Medina City, Saudi Arabia during November 2019. A multistage, stratified random sampling procedure was used. The data was collected by a structured interview questionnaire. Data collection was done through interviews with the par...
Introduction: Pre-eclampsia (PE) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in mother, f... more Introduction: Pre-eclampsia (PE) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in mother, fetus and infant in many parts of the world. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of behavioral, sociodemographic and clinical conditions as risk factors of PE among pregnant mothers and to define the impact of PE on health of the fetuses and neonates. Subjects and methods: A case-control, hospital based study design was used. All cases and controls were interviewed and examined; clinically and laboratory. Results: Multiple gestations, rural residence, mothers married more than once, inter pregnancies' interval <3 years, primi-gravida, low social level and maternal age group 26-30 years were significant socio-demographic and personal risk factors (OR=9.79, 4.16, 4.0, 2.73, 2.16, 2.16 and 1.98, respectively). Further, much salty diet intake, no adequate fresh fruits/vegetables and much fat were significant dietary risk factors (OR=1.99, 1.85 and 1.83, respec...
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries
Annals of Saudi medicine
Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is t... more Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the preferred test in BCG-vaccinated individuals. The few studies that have screened health care workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using IGRA have varied in agreement with the traditional tuberculin skin test (TST). Assess the prevalence of LTBI among HCWs working in the Hajj pilgrimage using IGRA and TST and measuring their agreement. Cross-sectional prospective. Multiple non-tertiary care hospitals. HCWs who worked during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in December 2015. Data was collected by standarized questionnaire. Samples were drawn and analyzed by standard methods. The prevalence of LTBI among HCW and the agreement by kappa statistic between QFT-GIT and TST. 520 subjects. Nurses accounted for 30.7% of the sample and physicians, 19.2%. The majority were BCG vaccinated (98.5%). There were a total of 56 positive by QFT-GIT and the LTBI rate w...
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2014
The low prevalence of HBV protective levels in Taibah University medical students needs further r... more The low prevalence of HBV protective levels in Taibah University medical students needs further research and mandates implementation of a screening program and vaccination for all non-immune health care students.
ISRN Epidemiology, 2013
Cutaneous warts are common in children worldwide, although the prevalence figures are conflicting... more Cutaneous warts are common in children worldwide, although the prevalence figures are conflicting. There are few publications on that issue, particularly in rural Egypt. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of warts of hands in rural primary school children and to examine some risk factors associated with warts in these children. The study examined 1833 children from 15 rural primary schools in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt, for the presence of warts. Data about sociodemographic, lifestyle, and environmental factors were collected. Prevalence of warts was estimated. Appropriate statistical analyses including multivariate logistic regression were done. The prevalence of warts of hands in the studied children was 2.3% (1.3-3.3%) with no significant sex difference. The risk of warts increased significantly in children reported swimming in Nile channels (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 5.6; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.9-10.6) and child labor (adjusted OR = 4.5; 95% CI = 2.3-8.8). A ninety percent risk reduction was observed in children with educated parents. The study findings demonstrated a significant increase in the risk of warts among rural children reported swimming in Nile channels and child labor. Parents' education, on the other hand, was found to play an important role in risk reduction.
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2014
BioMed Research International, 2015
Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwid... more Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposure were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7% 49.3%, and 25% inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated with the adolescent's smoking status, parental smoking, close friends smoking, and family structure. The risk was markedly increased in association with parental smoking for exposure inside the home (OR = 6.49; 95% CI = 5.44-7.73) and with close friends smoking for exposure outside the home (OR = 4.16; 95% CI = 3.54-4.77). The risk of SHS, however, was lower among adolescents having knowledge about smoking and highly educated parents. Conclusion. The study revealed a considerably high prevalence of SHS both inside and outside the home among adolescents. Knowledge and beliefs about SHS exposure are the main preventable approach.
International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), Jun 19, 2022
Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy facto... more Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy factors, however, have been of little concern in the Saudi literature. Objectives: to examine the association of smoking behavior with self-efficacy among secondary school students in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A secondary school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia during the study year 2019-2020. A cluster multistage random sampling technique was taken from 10 (5 male and 5 female) secondary schools. Smoking related data were collected using a predesigned structured self-administered questionnaire. Self-efficacy data were studied as a dichotomous variable according to its median distribution. The prevalence of current smokers was estimated and its association with self-efficacy levels was examined using logistic regression analysis. Results: The response rate was 91.6% (641/700). The prevalence of current smokers was 26.4% (95%CI = 23-30%). The prevalence showed statistically significant differences among adolescents by their sex, mother's education, and parents' and friends' smoking. The mean selfefficacy was slightly lower in current smokers 27.5 (5.9) vs. 27.8 (5.6). The likelihood to quit smoking was significantly higher among male smokers (adjusted OR = 3.5; 95%CI = 1.23-9.90) with high selfefficacy. The likelihood to start smoking among non-smokers was reduced by 35% among males and 30% among females, although not significantly. Conclusions: Self-efficacy was found to influence smoking behavior among Saudi adolescents. The study suggests the 134 need to encourage adolescents' self-efficacy in the preventive and smoking cessation program in Madinah City.
Annals of Saudi medicine
Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is t... more Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the preferred test in BCG-vaccinated individuals. The few studies that have screened health care workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using IGRA have varied in agreement with the traditional tuberculin skin test (TST). Assess the prevalence of LTBI among HCWs working in the Hajj pilgrimage using IGRA and TST and measuring their agreement. Cross-sectional prospective. Multiple non-tertiary care hospitals. HCWs who worked during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in December 2015. Data was collected by standarized questionnaire. Samples were drawn and analyzed by standard methods. The prevalence of LTBI among HCW and the agreement by kappa statistic between QFT-GIT and TST. 520 subjects. Nurses accounted for 30.7% of the sample and physicians, 19.2%. The majority were BCG vaccinated (98.5%). There were a total of 56 positive by QFT-GIT and the LTBI rate w...
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2016
Background: Adolescent smoking relates to numerous risk factors, of which beliefs and attitudes t... more Background: Adolescent smoking relates to numerous risk factors, of which beliefs and attitudes toward smoking may play a role. The study aimed to investigate the association between beliefs and attitudes and the risk of adolescent smoking. Materials and Methods: In a school-based cross-sectional study, 3,400 students were recruited from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographics, smoking-related factors, and beliefs and attitudes toward smoking were collected using a valid and reliable self-administered questionnaire. Prevalence of smoking was estimated and the studied beliefs and attitudes were compared by smoking status and sex using appropriate statistical analyses including multivariate logistic regression. Results: Of the 3,322 respondents, 33.02% (38.9% males and 26.4% females) were current smokers. Beliefs and attitudes toward smoking significantly differed between smokers and nonsmokers in the studied...
Copyright © 2015 Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani et al. This is an open access article distributed und... more Copyright © 2015 Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students.Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, SaudiArabia.Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposurewere collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7 % 49.3%, and 25 % inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated w...
International journal of health sciences
Background: Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-ef... more Background: Smoking behavior among adolescents is found to be influenced by many factors. Self-efficacy factors, however, have been of little concern in the Saudi literature. Objectives: to examine the association of smoking behavior with self-efficacy among secondary school students in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A secondary school-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia during the study year 2019-2020. A cluster multistage random sampling technique was taken from 10 (5 male and 5 female) secondary schools. Smoking related data were collected using a predesigned structured self-administered questionnaire. Self-efficacy data were studied as a dichotomous variable according to its median distribution. The prevalence of current smokers was estimated and its association with self-efficacy levels was examined using logistic regression analysis. Results: The response rate was 91.6% (641/700). The prevalence of current smokers was 26.4% (95%CI = 23...
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2017
Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwid... more Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposure were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7% 49.3%, and 25% inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated with the adolescent's smoking status, parental smoking, close friends smoking, and family structure. The risk was markedly increased in association with parental smoking for exposure inside the home (OR = 6.49; 95% CI = 5.44-7.73) and with close friends smokin...
American journal of blood research, 2020
Zamzam water is the most frequently used drinking water by millions of people in Saudi Arabia. It... more Zamzam water is the most frequently used drinking water by millions of people in Saudi Arabia. It is carried all the time by millions of pilgrims to their home countries as gifts to close and near relatives and friends. Safety of constituents of Zamzam water is a vital health topic. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) raised many health concerns regarding the high serum arsenic and nitrate contents in Zamzam water that may cause cancer. It is role of scientific research to present scientific facts to relieve such concerns. Arsenic is a carcinogen while nitrate causes methemogloinemia that affect oxygen carriage by haemoglobin. An ethical committee approval was obtained. Eighteen white albino mice (40-45 g) were used in this study. Three experimental groups were allocated (six mice per group): tap water group, distilled water group and Zamzam water group. Our data revealed that Zamzam water exerts tissue-protective effects that contradict malignancy. Our data proved that Zamzam wa...
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, Dec 31, 2019
Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This may c... more Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This may cause a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students resulting in poor health care and service delivery in future. The presence of this major problem is necessary to be evaluated. Enough recent data regarding its prevalence is not available in our country. Thus, the main aim of this study is to find the prevalence of depression among medical students of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study which was conducted among undergraduate medical students of a tertiary teaching hospital over a four-month period (July to October 2019). Ethical clearance was received from the Institutional Review Committee of the same tertiary teaching hospital. Random sampling technique was used to collect data to meet the calculated sample size. Data analysis was done in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: The prevalence of depression among selected medical students of Kathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital is 59 (27.2%) at 95% Confidence Interval (21.28-33.12%). Thirty (14%) of the participants were mildly depressed, 21 (10%) moderately depressed while 8 (4%) were severely depressed according to Beck's Depression Index II. Conclusions: Prevalence of depression among medical students is relatively significant as found in similar studies done in other centres. Thus appropriate programs and strategies should be implemented to avoid depression from causing a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students. Favourable environment where students are able to talk about their mental health issues is a must.
Background: The exact definition of self-medication is "the selection and usage of certain m... more Background: The exact definition of self-medication is "the selection and usage of certain medication by individuals to treat selfrecognized disease and symptomatology. This practice might influence health care institutes toward this point. This behavior might have certain adverse effects like wastage of resourced and missing of hazardous diagnosis. Objectives: To assess the Prevalence, current knowledge, and attitude towards self -medication among the population attending primary health care centers in Medina city after MOH Ministerial Warns against Selling Antibiotics without prescription and to examine self -medication associated risk factors among the studied population. Subjects and methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Medina City, Saudi Arabia during November 2019. A multistage, stratified random sampling procedure was used. The data was collected by a structured interview questionnaire. Data collection was done through interviews with the par...
Introduction: Pre-eclampsia (PE) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in mother, f... more Introduction: Pre-eclampsia (PE) represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in mother, fetus and infant in many parts of the world. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of behavioral, sociodemographic and clinical conditions as risk factors of PE among pregnant mothers and to define the impact of PE on health of the fetuses and neonates. Subjects and methods: A case-control, hospital based study design was used. All cases and controls were interviewed and examined; clinically and laboratory. Results: Multiple gestations, rural residence, mothers married more than once, inter pregnancies' interval <3 years, primi-gravida, low social level and maternal age group 26-30 years were significant socio-demographic and personal risk factors (OR=9.79, 4.16, 4.0, 2.73, 2.16, 2.16 and 1.98, respectively). Further, much salty diet intake, no adequate fresh fruits/vegetables and much fat were significant dietary risk factors (OR=1.99, 1.85 and 1.83, respec...
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries
Annals of Saudi medicine
Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is t... more Interferon gamma release assays (IGRA) is highly specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is the preferred test in BCG-vaccinated individuals. The few studies that have screened health care workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) using IGRA have varied in agreement with the traditional tuberculin skin test (TST). Assess the prevalence of LTBI among HCWs working in the Hajj pilgrimage using IGRA and TST and measuring their agreement. Cross-sectional prospective. Multiple non-tertiary care hospitals. HCWs who worked during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in December 2015. Data was collected by standarized questionnaire. Samples were drawn and analyzed by standard methods. The prevalence of LTBI among HCW and the agreement by kappa statistic between QFT-GIT and TST. 520 subjects. Nurses accounted for 30.7% of the sample and physicians, 19.2%. The majority were BCG vaccinated (98.5%). There were a total of 56 positive by QFT-GIT and the LTBI rate w...
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2014
The low prevalence of HBV protective levels in Taibah University medical students needs further r... more The low prevalence of HBV protective levels in Taibah University medical students needs further research and mandates implementation of a screening program and vaccination for all non-immune health care students.
ISRN Epidemiology, 2013
Cutaneous warts are common in children worldwide, although the prevalence figures are conflicting... more Cutaneous warts are common in children worldwide, although the prevalence figures are conflicting. There are few publications on that issue, particularly in rural Egypt. The present cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of warts of hands in rural primary school children and to examine some risk factors associated with warts in these children. The study examined 1833 children from 15 rural primary schools in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt, for the presence of warts. Data about sociodemographic, lifestyle, and environmental factors were collected. Prevalence of warts was estimated. Appropriate statistical analyses including multivariate logistic regression were done. The prevalence of warts of hands in the studied children was 2.3% (1.3-3.3%) with no significant sex difference. The risk of warts increased significantly in children reported swimming in Nile channels (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 5.6; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.9-10.6) and child labor (adjusted OR = 4.5; 95% CI = 2.3-8.8). A ninety percent risk reduction was observed in children with educated parents. The study findings demonstrated a significant increase in the risk of warts among rural children reported swimming in Nile channels and child labor. Parents' education, on the other hand, was found to play an important role in risk reduction.
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2014
BioMed Research International, 2015
Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwid... more Background and objectives. Second-hand smoke (SHS) is an important public health problem worldwide. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its associated risk factors among intermediate and secondary school students. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 among 3400 students from 34 intermediate and secondary schools in Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Data about sociodemographic and smoking-related factors and SHS exposure were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Results. Of the 3210 students analyzed, the prevalence of SHS exposure was 32.7% 49.3%, and 25% inside, outside, and both inside and outside the home, respectively. The highest risk of SHS exposure was associated with the adolescent's smoking status, parental smoking, close friends smoking, and family structure. The risk was markedly increased in association with parental smoking for exposure inside the home (OR = 6.49; 95% CI = 5.44-7.73) and with close friends smoking for exposure outside the home (OR = 4.16; 95% CI = 3.54-4.77). The risk of SHS, however, was lower among adolescents having knowledge about smoking and highly educated parents. Conclusion. The study revealed a considerably high prevalence of SHS both inside and outside the home among adolescents. Knowledge and beliefs about SHS exposure are the main preventable approach.