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Asian Biomedicine, 2014
Background: Wearing a face veil (niqab) was found to have a negative effect on the ventilatory fu... more Background: Wearing a face veil (niqab) was found to have a negative effect on the ventilatory function of Saudi adult women, which may challenge their functional exercise capacity.Objectives: To investigate the effect of physical activity on a 6-minute walked distance (6-MWD) among young adult niqab-wearing healthy Saudi women.Materials and Methods: Forty healthy young Saudi women were recruited for this study. The study participants (aged 22.8 ± 2.5 years) were selected from students and administrative staff at King Saud University. They were normotensive, nonsmokers, and of normal or mildly overweight. They were divided into 2 groups on basis of niqab wearing. A 6- minute walk test was implemented as measure of the participant’s functional exercise capacity. Their physical activity level was expressed as low, moderate, or high levels using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form. Comparisons between the basal physiological characters of the 2 groups, 6-MWD, a...
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2015
Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome ... more Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Saudis. Method: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status questionnaire was used to measure the HRQoL and compare the mean scores of the questionnaire subscales and physical and mental component summaries (PCS and MCS) of 33 patients with MetS, 18 patients with MSDs, and 30 apparently healthy (AH) subjects. Regression analysis was used to measure the prediction power of the study group, age and gender of the participants in estimating the HRQoL. Results: Results showed that the mean scores of the physical subscales, the PCS, the mental subscales and MCS were arranged in descending order from AH subjects, patients with MetS, to patients with MSDs. The mean scores difference among the 3 study groups were statistically significant with the only exception for the general mental health (GMH) subscale (P = 0.404). The study group and age accounted for 41.8% of the variability of PCS while the study group accounted for 19.6% of the variability in the MCS. The resulted equation to estimate the PCS score was as follows: PCS = 113.18-12.85 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs)-0.67 age. On the other hand the resulted equation to estimate the MCS score was as follows: MCS = 76.203-10.426 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs). Conclusion: Patients with MetS and patients with MSDs had lower HRQoL than AH subjects. All the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL are negatively influenced with MetS and with MSDs with the only exception for the GMH subscale. The physical and mental burden of MSDs is more dominant. The study group and age can be used to predict the PCS while the study group can be used to predict the MCS.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2015
Aim: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is proved to have ventilatory complications and ... more Aim: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is proved to have ventilatory complications and reduction in spirometric values. This study aimed to examine the hypothesis that reduction of post-operative chest pain intensity would be associated with improvement in the spirometric values for patient underwent CABG. Materials and method: 26 cardiac patients recruited for this study. Their convenience to the study inclusion criteria decided their eligibility. Through 3 days after elective CABG their spirometric values were measured along with their perception to chest pain intensity using 0-10 numeric rating scale. Collected data were recorded and analyzed statistically. Results: Chest pain intensity showed progressive significant (P = 0.0001) reduction through the 3 days post-operative. On the other hand spirometric values also showed progressive improvement through the 3 days post-operative. This improvement was significant for all measured spirometric values except for the ratio of forced expiratory volume in the 1st second to the forced vital capacity (P = 0.134). There was no significant relationship between the chest pain intensity and spirometric values. This was applied to all measured spirometric values and to the 3 days postoperative. Conclusion: The current study findings rejected the examined hypothesis that reduction of post-operative chest pain intensity would be associated with improvement in the spirometric values for patient underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery. There was no significant relationship between the chest pain intensity and any of the spirometric values at any of the 3 post-operative days.
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2014
Purpose: Physical inactivity in Saudi Arabia is a growing challenge to public health. This study ... more Purpose: Physical inactivity in Saudi Arabia is a growing challenge to public health. This study aimed to define the relationship between the physical activity level (PAL) and adult Saudi healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: Participants of this study were 100 Saudi adult aged from 18-70 years. The 36-Item Short-Form Health Status Survey (SF-36) was used to measure the participant's HRQoL. The SF-36 is comprised of 8 domains. The electronic version of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to categorize participants in terms of physical activity level into; inactive, moderately inactive, moderately active, and active. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were used to treat the collected data. Results: Results showed that only 17% of the Saudi adults had active PAL. The PAL had significantly positive relationship with 4 domains of HRQoL including: physical functioning (P = 0.004), role limitations caused by physical health problems (P = 0.048), vitality (P = 0.009), and general health (P = 0.044). Results also confirmed that the younger the subject, the higher the PAL (P = 0.0001) and the better the HRQoL. This is true for all domains except the role limitations caused by emotional problems and emotional wellbeing. Conclusion: The poor physical activity level of adult Saudi negatively impacts their HRQoL.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2011
calcification was performed. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was done if needed. Results: ... more calcification was performed. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was done if needed. Results: 32 patients were selected with mean age of 78.7 ± 9.3 y, 18 males, and 14 females. The mean AVA was 0.5 ± 0.12 cm 2 , mean PG was 86.7 ± 22.1 mm Hg, mean MG was 50.9 ± 13 mm Hg, mean aortic annulus was 21.9 ± 1.5 mm, and mean EF was 48.6 ± 12.2%. Mild, moderate, and severe MR was found in 10, 9, and 3 patients, respectively. From the CT data, the distance of the aortic annulus to the left main (LM) was 12.8 ± 2.4 mm except in one patient who developed latter LM obstruction by the bioprosthesis was 6 mm. Porceline aorta was found in 3 patients. According to peripheral vessel CT measurements, trans-apical approach was performed in 20 pat, and trans-femoral in 12 pat. TEE was needed in 3 patients to measure aortic annulus. Conclusion: Comprehensive cardiac imaging assessment is mandatory to select patients for TAVI, and choose the appropriate operative approach. TAVI should be avoided in patients with LM to AA distance of <8 mm.
World Applied Sciences Journal, 2012
Evidence-base practice is a major concern of all health professions. The primary purpose of this ... more Evidence-base practice is a major concern of all health professions. The primary purpose of this study was to describe Egyptian physical therapists' (PTs) self-reported: (1) believe in evidence-based practice (EBP) and standardized outcome measures (SOMs) (2) the extent of their adoption in clinical practice, (3) perception of EBP and SOMs benefits and barriers to their adoption. The secondary purpose was to describe the association among the above listed elements and characteristics of PTs and their practice settings. This crosssectional study was conducted in Egypt with 74 Egyptian PTs completed a 17 items survey questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of Egyptian PTs believe in EBP (93.2%) and SOMs (91.9%). Almost half (48.6%) of them adopt EBP and 43.2% adopt SOMs in their clinical practice. One third (32.4%) of the Egyptian PTs reported that they adopt EBP with cases of musculoskeletal disorders. Consequently, the most common adopted SOM was manual muscle test (17.5%). Egyptian PTs perceived that the most frequent (44.0%) benefit of adopting EBP is using it as basis for clinical decisions and the common (41.5%) benefit of adopting SOMs is given clear objective ways to track patient's progress. Lack of time was the main barrier for adopting EBP and SOMs. The only found associative relation was between the EBP adoption and reviewing the literature (P= 0.0001 and odd ratio of 0.004). In conclusion, the majority of Egyptian PTs do believe in EBP and SOMs and almost half of them adopt them in clinical practice especially with musculoskeletal cases for clinical decisions and to give clear objective ways to track progress of patient. Lake of time is the main factor perceived as barrier for their adoption.
BACKGROUND: Frequency of phrenic nerve injury as a complication of open heart operations was foun... more BACKGROUND: Frequency of phrenic nerve injury as a complication of open heart operations was found to be 45.3% in the cardiothoracic surgery department- Cairo University hospital, Cairo, Egypt. The aim of this prospective study, based on the completion of a functional status questionnaire before and three months after open heart operations, was to evaluate the improvement of functional status concordance to recovery of the phrenic nerve. DESIGN: Prospective study with completion of questionnaires before operation and three months afterwards. SETTING: department of cardiothoracic surgery at Cairo University-based hospital in Cairo, Egypt. PATIENTS: During 18-month period, a consecutive sample of 32 patients (16 males and 16 females with mean (SD) age 36.4 ± 13 years) was studied. Patients underwent their first open heart operation and diagnosed as phrenic nerve injured after the operation. INTERVENTION: Study group (16 patients) received 12 irradiation sessions of low power laser for...
Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome ... more Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Saudis. Method: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status questionnaire was used to measure the HRQoL and compare the mean scores of the questionnaire subscales and physical and mental component summaries (PCS and MCS) of 33 patients with MetS, 18 patients with MSDs, and 30 apparently healthy (AH) subjects. Regression analysis was used to measure the prediction power of the study group, age and gender of the participants in estimating the HRQoL. Results: Results showed that the mean scores of the physical subscales, the PCS, the mental subs-cales and MCS were arranged in descending order from AH subjects, patients with MetS, to patients with MSDs. The mean scores difference among the 3 study groups were statistically significant with the only exception for the general mental health (GMH) subscale (P = 0.404). The study group and age accounted for 41.8% of the variability of PCS while the study group accounted for 19.6% of the variability in the MCS. The resulted equation to estimate the PCS score was as follows: PCS = 113.18-12.85 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs)-0.67 age. On the other hand the resulted equation to estimate the MCS score was as follows: MCS = 76.203-10.426 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs). Conclusion: Patients with MetS and patients with MSDs had lower HRQoL than AH subjects. All the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL are negatively influenced with MetS and with MSDs with the only exception for the GMH subscale. The physical and mental burden of MSDs is more dominant. The study group and age can be used to predict the PCS while the study group can be used to predict the MCS.
Callisthenic exercise is a systematic rhythmic isotonic exercise that is performed with four coun... more Callisthenic exercise is a systematic rhythmic isotonic exercise that is performed with four counts movements using the upper or the lower body parts. It can be performed with slow, moderate, or fast cadence and it is usually included in cardiac rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to explore the acute effect of callisthenic exercise time and cadence on the heart rate (HR) and percentage age predicted maximum heart rate (%APMHR). During February to May 2009, sixteen healthy female students (aged 22.5 ± 0.89 years) were recruited from College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University (KSU) to participate in this study. They practiced one-minute upper-and lower-extremity callisthenic exercise with slow, moderate and fast cadences. Resting, exercise and recovery HR was monitored using Polar wristwatch-like device and %APMHR was calculated. Results showed that progression through the exercise time and cadence resulted in progressive increase in HR and %APMHR. Lower-extremity one-minute callisthenic exercise showed higher increase in HR and %APMHR than upper-extremity one-minute callisthenic exercise. At the end of one-minute callisthenic exercise HR returned to the resting level or even lower indicating acceptable recovery pattern. Fast cadence one-minute lower-extremity callisthenic exercise could be considered as mild-intensity aerobic exercise. If the cardiac patient would respond the same way, callisthenic exercises could be used in phase I cardiac rehabilitation for patients reconditioning after cardiac event and as home program in phase II. It would serve for warm up and cool down.
Pyrex Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, May 11, 2015
Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a new campus on the stude... more Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a new campus on the students' perception of the educational environment. The secondary aim is to investigate the effect of educational level and instructional mode on the students' perceptions of educational environment. Method: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory was used to collect the data from 71 students enrolled in educational level 7-9 at Physical Therapy Program, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2013-2014. Results: Students showed the significant higher perception of the educational environment at the new campus than the old one (mean score for the inventory total scale were 152.1 and 127.7 respectively, P= 0.0001). There were significant relationship between the educational level and educational environment (P= 0.025) from one side and between the instructional mode and the educational environment (P= 0.019) from the other side. Inventory sub-scales also revealed to be affected by the new campus, educational level, and instructional mode. Conclusion: The new campus of Physical Therapy Program positively affected the students' perception of the educational environment. Mostly interactive instructional mode was preferred by the students. The students' educational level also showed a significant relationship with their perception of the educational environment.
Saudi medical journal, 2011
To investigate the association of 4 common clinical balance tests and history of fall in Saudi co... more To investigate the association of 4 common clinical balance tests and history of fall in Saudi community-dwelling older people. This retrospective study took place in the Rehabilitation Health Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University. Older people were recruited from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from September 2009 to June 2010. Four balance performance tests were used. Inclusion criteria for 60-85 year-old participants (n=48) were checked. Fallers had lower balance performance than non-fallers in the test-battery measures with significance difference for one leg stance test with open (p=0.001) and closed eyes (p=0.0001). One leg stance with closed eyes test showed an overall prediction capability (83.2%), high sensitivity (79.2%), and specificity (87.5%). This study shows that Saudi community-dwelling older people fallers had compromised balance performance, and that one leg stance test with closed eyes was the best balance test associated w...
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014
Patient's rights are worldwide considerations. Saudi Patient's Bill of Rights (PB... more Patient's rights are worldwide considerations. Saudi Patient's Bill of Rights (PBR) which was established in 2006 contained 12 items. Lack of knowledge regarding the Saudi PBR limits its implementation in health facilities. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of health professions' students at College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS) Riyadh Saudi Arabia regarding the existence and content of Saudi PBR as well as their attitude toward its ineffectiveness. A 3-parts survey was used to collect data from 239 volunteer students participated in the study. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS. RESULTS showed that although the majority of students (96.7%) believe in the ineffectiveness of patient's rights, half (52.3%) of them had perceptual knowledge regarding the existence of Saudi PBR and only 7.9% of them were knowledgeable about some items (1-4 items) of the bill. Privacy and confidentiality of patient was the most common known patient's rights. Students' academic level was not correlated to neither their knowledge regarding the bill existence or its content nor to their attitude toward the bill. The majority of the students (93%) reported that only one course within their curriculum was patient's rights-course related. About one quarter (23.4%) of the students reported that teaching staff used to mention patient's rights in their teaching sessions. The Saudi health professions students at CAMS have positive attitude toward the ineffectiveness of patient's rights nevertheless they showed limited knowledge regarding the existence of Saudi PBR and its contents. CAMS curriculums do not support the subject of patient's rights.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2011
Methodology: A non-randomised prospective controlled study, involving 18 consecutive patients who... more Methodology: A non-randomised prospective controlled study, involving 18 consecutive patients who acted as their own control was conducted to compare harmonic scalpel harvesting of the radial artery with conventional techniques.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2013
Reference value is essential to guide the diagnostic and prognostic use of the 6-minute walk test... more Reference value is essential to guide the diagnostic and prognostic use of the 6-minute walk test (6-MWT). This work aimed to answer the question: Does the physical activity level influence the Saudi reference values of 6-MWT? Participant's physical activity level was calculated using the Last 7-Days International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and was expressed as high, moderate and low levels. The predictive power of the studied characters (demographic, anthropometric, cardiovascular and pulmonary) and physical activity level to estimate the 6-minute walked distance (MWD) was evaluated. Results revealed that participants in the current study were 359 Saudi healthy subjects (70.5% females). They aged from 18 to 71 years mean±SD was (31.0±14.0 years). Results showed a significant (p= 0.0001) decrease in 6-MWD with increase of age. In addition, within the different age groups, men showed longer 6-MWD than women (503.3 and 471.1 meters respectively). In all age groups, there were significant increase in 6-MWD from low, moderate, to high physical activity level. Physical activity level, age and gender were the predictor factors for 6-MWD of Saudi healthy subjects [6-MWD= (74.31 X physical activity level) + (33.88 X gender) -(4.25 X age) + 342.65]. This regression model explained 67.8% of the walked distance variance. In conclusion, the physical activity level influenced the reference values of 6-MWT of healthy Saudi subjects aged from 18-71 years.
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Asian Biomedicine, 2014
Background: Wearing a face veil (niqab) was found to have a negative effect on the ventilatory fu... more Background: Wearing a face veil (niqab) was found to have a negative effect on the ventilatory function of Saudi adult women, which may challenge their functional exercise capacity.Objectives: To investigate the effect of physical activity on a 6-minute walked distance (6-MWD) among young adult niqab-wearing healthy Saudi women.Materials and Methods: Forty healthy young Saudi women were recruited for this study. The study participants (aged 22.8 ± 2.5 years) were selected from students and administrative staff at King Saud University. They were normotensive, nonsmokers, and of normal or mildly overweight. They were divided into 2 groups on basis of niqab wearing. A 6- minute walk test was implemented as measure of the participant’s functional exercise capacity. Their physical activity level was expressed as low, moderate, or high levels using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form. Comparisons between the basal physiological characters of the 2 groups, 6-MWD, a...
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2015
Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome ... more Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Saudis. Method: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status questionnaire was used to measure the HRQoL and compare the mean scores of the questionnaire subscales and physical and mental component summaries (PCS and MCS) of 33 patients with MetS, 18 patients with MSDs, and 30 apparently healthy (AH) subjects. Regression analysis was used to measure the prediction power of the study group, age and gender of the participants in estimating the HRQoL. Results: Results showed that the mean scores of the physical subscales, the PCS, the mental subscales and MCS were arranged in descending order from AH subjects, patients with MetS, to patients with MSDs. The mean scores difference among the 3 study groups were statistically significant with the only exception for the general mental health (GMH) subscale (P = 0.404). The study group and age accounted for 41.8% of the variability of PCS while the study group accounted for 19.6% of the variability in the MCS. The resulted equation to estimate the PCS score was as follows: PCS = 113.18-12.85 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs)-0.67 age. On the other hand the resulted equation to estimate the MCS score was as follows: MCS = 76.203-10.426 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs). Conclusion: Patients with MetS and patients with MSDs had lower HRQoL than AH subjects. All the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL are negatively influenced with MetS and with MSDs with the only exception for the GMH subscale. The physical and mental burden of MSDs is more dominant. The study group and age can be used to predict the PCS while the study group can be used to predict the MCS.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2015
Aim: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is proved to have ventilatory complications and ... more Aim: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is proved to have ventilatory complications and reduction in spirometric values. This study aimed to examine the hypothesis that reduction of post-operative chest pain intensity would be associated with improvement in the spirometric values for patient underwent CABG. Materials and method: 26 cardiac patients recruited for this study. Their convenience to the study inclusion criteria decided their eligibility. Through 3 days after elective CABG their spirometric values were measured along with their perception to chest pain intensity using 0-10 numeric rating scale. Collected data were recorded and analyzed statistically. Results: Chest pain intensity showed progressive significant (P = 0.0001) reduction through the 3 days post-operative. On the other hand spirometric values also showed progressive improvement through the 3 days post-operative. This improvement was significant for all measured spirometric values except for the ratio of forced expiratory volume in the 1st second to the forced vital capacity (P = 0.134). There was no significant relationship between the chest pain intensity and spirometric values. This was applied to all measured spirometric values and to the 3 days postoperative. Conclusion: The current study findings rejected the examined hypothesis that reduction of post-operative chest pain intensity would be associated with improvement in the spirometric values for patient underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery. There was no significant relationship between the chest pain intensity and any of the spirometric values at any of the 3 post-operative days.
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2014
Purpose: Physical inactivity in Saudi Arabia is a growing challenge to public health. This study ... more Purpose: Physical inactivity in Saudi Arabia is a growing challenge to public health. This study aimed to define the relationship between the physical activity level (PAL) and adult Saudi healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL). Methods: Participants of this study were 100 Saudi adult aged from 18-70 years. The 36-Item Short-Form Health Status Survey (SF-36) was used to measure the participant's HRQoL. The SF-36 is comprised of 8 domains. The electronic version of the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to categorize participants in terms of physical activity level into; inactive, moderately inactive, moderately active, and active. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were used to treat the collected data. Results: Results showed that only 17% of the Saudi adults had active PAL. The PAL had significantly positive relationship with 4 domains of HRQoL including: physical functioning (P = 0.004), role limitations caused by physical health problems (P = 0.048), vitality (P = 0.009), and general health (P = 0.044). Results also confirmed that the younger the subject, the higher the PAL (P = 0.0001) and the better the HRQoL. This is true for all domains except the role limitations caused by emotional problems and emotional wellbeing. Conclusion: The poor physical activity level of adult Saudi negatively impacts their HRQoL.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2011
calcification was performed. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was done if needed. Results: ... more calcification was performed. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was done if needed. Results: 32 patients were selected with mean age of 78.7 ± 9.3 y, 18 males, and 14 females. The mean AVA was 0.5 ± 0.12 cm 2 , mean PG was 86.7 ± 22.1 mm Hg, mean MG was 50.9 ± 13 mm Hg, mean aortic annulus was 21.9 ± 1.5 mm, and mean EF was 48.6 ± 12.2%. Mild, moderate, and severe MR was found in 10, 9, and 3 patients, respectively. From the CT data, the distance of the aortic annulus to the left main (LM) was 12.8 ± 2.4 mm except in one patient who developed latter LM obstruction by the bioprosthesis was 6 mm. Porceline aorta was found in 3 patients. According to peripheral vessel CT measurements, trans-apical approach was performed in 20 pat, and trans-femoral in 12 pat. TEE was needed in 3 patients to measure aortic annulus. Conclusion: Comprehensive cardiac imaging assessment is mandatory to select patients for TAVI, and choose the appropriate operative approach. TAVI should be avoided in patients with LM to AA distance of <8 mm.
World Applied Sciences Journal, 2012
Evidence-base practice is a major concern of all health professions. The primary purpose of this ... more Evidence-base practice is a major concern of all health professions. The primary purpose of this study was to describe Egyptian physical therapists' (PTs) self-reported: (1) believe in evidence-based practice (EBP) and standardized outcome measures (SOMs) (2) the extent of their adoption in clinical practice, (3) perception of EBP and SOMs benefits and barriers to their adoption. The secondary purpose was to describe the association among the above listed elements and characteristics of PTs and their practice settings. This crosssectional study was conducted in Egypt with 74 Egyptian PTs completed a 17 items survey questionnaire. Results showed that the majority of Egyptian PTs believe in EBP (93.2%) and SOMs (91.9%). Almost half (48.6%) of them adopt EBP and 43.2% adopt SOMs in their clinical practice. One third (32.4%) of the Egyptian PTs reported that they adopt EBP with cases of musculoskeletal disorders. Consequently, the most common adopted SOM was manual muscle test (17.5%). Egyptian PTs perceived that the most frequent (44.0%) benefit of adopting EBP is using it as basis for clinical decisions and the common (41.5%) benefit of adopting SOMs is given clear objective ways to track patient's progress. Lack of time was the main barrier for adopting EBP and SOMs. The only found associative relation was between the EBP adoption and reviewing the literature (P= 0.0001 and odd ratio of 0.004). In conclusion, the majority of Egyptian PTs do believe in EBP and SOMs and almost half of them adopt them in clinical practice especially with musculoskeletal cases for clinical decisions and to give clear objective ways to track progress of patient. Lake of time is the main factor perceived as barrier for their adoption.
BACKGROUND: Frequency of phrenic nerve injury as a complication of open heart operations was foun... more BACKGROUND: Frequency of phrenic nerve injury as a complication of open heart operations was found to be 45.3% in the cardiothoracic surgery department- Cairo University hospital, Cairo, Egypt. The aim of this prospective study, based on the completion of a functional status questionnaire before and three months after open heart operations, was to evaluate the improvement of functional status concordance to recovery of the phrenic nerve. DESIGN: Prospective study with completion of questionnaires before operation and three months afterwards. SETTING: department of cardiothoracic surgery at Cairo University-based hospital in Cairo, Egypt. PATIENTS: During 18-month period, a consecutive sample of 32 patients (16 males and 16 females with mean (SD) age 36.4 ± 13 years) was studied. Patients underwent their first open heart operation and diagnosed as phrenic nerve injured after the operation. INTERVENTION: Study group (16 patients) received 12 irradiation sessions of low power laser for...
Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome ... more Aim: This work aimed to study the influence of two chronic health conditions, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Saudis. Method: The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status questionnaire was used to measure the HRQoL and compare the mean scores of the questionnaire subscales and physical and mental component summaries (PCS and MCS) of 33 patients with MetS, 18 patients with MSDs, and 30 apparently healthy (AH) subjects. Regression analysis was used to measure the prediction power of the study group, age and gender of the participants in estimating the HRQoL. Results: Results showed that the mean scores of the physical subscales, the PCS, the mental subs-cales and MCS were arranged in descending order from AH subjects, patients with MetS, to patients with MSDs. The mean scores difference among the 3 study groups were statistically significant with the only exception for the general mental health (GMH) subscale (P = 0.404). The study group and age accounted for 41.8% of the variability of PCS while the study group accounted for 19.6% of the variability in the MCS. The resulted equation to estimate the PCS score was as follows: PCS = 113.18-12.85 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs)-0.67 age. On the other hand the resulted equation to estimate the MCS score was as follows: MCS = 76.203-10.426 (Group: 0 for AH, 1 for MetS, and 2 for MSDs). Conclusion: Patients with MetS and patients with MSDs had lower HRQoL than AH subjects. All the physical and mental dimensions of HRQoL are negatively influenced with MetS and with MSDs with the only exception for the GMH subscale. The physical and mental burden of MSDs is more dominant. The study group and age can be used to predict the PCS while the study group can be used to predict the MCS.
Callisthenic exercise is a systematic rhythmic isotonic exercise that is performed with four coun... more Callisthenic exercise is a systematic rhythmic isotonic exercise that is performed with four counts movements using the upper or the lower body parts. It can be performed with slow, moderate, or fast cadence and it is usually included in cardiac rehabilitation. The aim of this study was to explore the acute effect of callisthenic exercise time and cadence on the heart rate (HR) and percentage age predicted maximum heart rate (%APMHR). During February to May 2009, sixteen healthy female students (aged 22.5 ± 0.89 years) were recruited from College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University (KSU) to participate in this study. They practiced one-minute upper-and lower-extremity callisthenic exercise with slow, moderate and fast cadences. Resting, exercise and recovery HR was monitored using Polar wristwatch-like device and %APMHR was calculated. Results showed that progression through the exercise time and cadence resulted in progressive increase in HR and %APMHR. Lower-extremity one-minute callisthenic exercise showed higher increase in HR and %APMHR than upper-extremity one-minute callisthenic exercise. At the end of one-minute callisthenic exercise HR returned to the resting level or even lower indicating acceptable recovery pattern. Fast cadence one-minute lower-extremity callisthenic exercise could be considered as mild-intensity aerobic exercise. If the cardiac patient would respond the same way, callisthenic exercises could be used in phase I cardiac rehabilitation for patients reconditioning after cardiac event and as home program in phase II. It would serve for warm up and cool down.
Pyrex Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, May 11, 2015
Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a new campus on the stude... more Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a new campus on the students' perception of the educational environment. The secondary aim is to investigate the effect of educational level and instructional mode on the students' perceptions of educational environment. Method: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory was used to collect the data from 71 students enrolled in educational level 7-9 at Physical Therapy Program, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia during the academic year 2013-2014. Results: Students showed the significant higher perception of the educational environment at the new campus than the old one (mean score for the inventory total scale were 152.1 and 127.7 respectively, P= 0.0001). There were significant relationship between the educational level and educational environment (P= 0.025) from one side and between the instructional mode and the educational environment (P= 0.019) from the other side. Inventory sub-scales also revealed to be affected by the new campus, educational level, and instructional mode. Conclusion: The new campus of Physical Therapy Program positively affected the students' perception of the educational environment. Mostly interactive instructional mode was preferred by the students. The students' educational level also showed a significant relationship with their perception of the educational environment.
Saudi medical journal, 2011
To investigate the association of 4 common clinical balance tests and history of fall in Saudi co... more To investigate the association of 4 common clinical balance tests and history of fall in Saudi community-dwelling older people. This retrospective study took place in the Rehabilitation Health Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University. Older people were recruited from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from September 2009 to June 2010. Four balance performance tests were used. Inclusion criteria for 60-85 year-old participants (n=48) were checked. Fallers had lower balance performance than non-fallers in the test-battery measures with significance difference for one leg stance test with open (p=0.001) and closed eyes (p=0.0001). One leg stance with closed eyes test showed an overall prediction capability (83.2%), high sensitivity (79.2%), and specificity (87.5%). This study shows that Saudi community-dwelling older people fallers had compromised balance performance, and that one leg stance test with closed eyes was the best balance test associated w...
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014
Patient's rights are worldwide considerations. Saudi Patient's Bill of Rights (PB... more Patient's rights are worldwide considerations. Saudi Patient's Bill of Rights (PBR) which was established in 2006 contained 12 items. Lack of knowledge regarding the Saudi PBR limits its implementation in health facilities. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of health professions' students at College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS) Riyadh Saudi Arabia regarding the existence and content of Saudi PBR as well as their attitude toward its ineffectiveness. A 3-parts survey was used to collect data from 239 volunteer students participated in the study. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistics using SPSS. RESULTS showed that although the majority of students (96.7%) believe in the ineffectiveness of patient's rights, half (52.3%) of them had perceptual knowledge regarding the existence of Saudi PBR and only 7.9% of them were knowledgeable about some items (1-4 items) of the bill. Privacy and confidentiality of patient was the most common known patient's rights. Students' academic level was not correlated to neither their knowledge regarding the bill existence or its content nor to their attitude toward the bill. The majority of the students (93%) reported that only one course within their curriculum was patient's rights-course related. About one quarter (23.4%) of the students reported that teaching staff used to mention patient's rights in their teaching sessions. The Saudi health professions students at CAMS have positive attitude toward the ineffectiveness of patient's rights nevertheless they showed limited knowledge regarding the existence of Saudi PBR and its contents. CAMS curriculums do not support the subject of patient's rights.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2011
Methodology: A non-randomised prospective controlled study, involving 18 consecutive patients who... more Methodology: A non-randomised prospective controlled study, involving 18 consecutive patients who acted as their own control was conducted to compare harmonic scalpel harvesting of the radial artery with conventional techniques.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2013
Reference value is essential to guide the diagnostic and prognostic use of the 6-minute walk test... more Reference value is essential to guide the diagnostic and prognostic use of the 6-minute walk test (6-MWT). This work aimed to answer the question: Does the physical activity level influence the Saudi reference values of 6-MWT? Participant's physical activity level was calculated using the Last 7-Days International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and was expressed as high, moderate and low levels. The predictive power of the studied characters (demographic, anthropometric, cardiovascular and pulmonary) and physical activity level to estimate the 6-minute walked distance (MWD) was evaluated. Results revealed that participants in the current study were 359 Saudi healthy subjects (70.5% females). They aged from 18 to 71 years mean±SD was (31.0±14.0 years). Results showed a significant (p= 0.0001) decrease in 6-MWD with increase of age. In addition, within the different age groups, men showed longer 6-MWD than women (503.3 and 471.1 meters respectively). In all age groups, there were significant increase in 6-MWD from low, moderate, to high physical activity level. Physical activity level, age and gender were the predictor factors for 6-MWD of Saudi healthy subjects [6-MWD= (74.31 X physical activity level) + (33.88 X gender) -(4.25 X age) + 342.65]. This regression model explained 67.8% of the walked distance variance. In conclusion, the physical activity level influenced the reference values of 6-MWT of healthy Saudi subjects aged from 18-71 years.