Browsing by Author "Amro, Iman"
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Associations of Circadian and Metabolic Syndromes with Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study
( Dove Press Ltd , 2025 , Article)Objective: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). A combination of MetS with Circadian rhythm disorder (CRD) may be a stronger risk factor for CVDs than MetS alone. We conducted a ... -
Clinical reappraisal of the composite international diagnostic interview version 3.3 in Qatar's National Mental Health Study
( Wiley , 2024 , Article)Objectives: Lifetime DSM-5 diagnoses generated by the lay-administered Composite International Diagnostic Interview for DSM-5 (CIDI) in the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) study were compared to diagnoses based on blinded ... -
Conducting a state-of-the-art mental health survey in a traditional setting: Challenges and lessons from piloting the World Mental Health Survey in Qatar
( Wiley , 2021 , Article)Objectives: A small country in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar experienced rapid economic growth in the last 3 decades accompanied by major socio-demographic shifts towards a younger and more highly educated population. To ... -
Depression-anxiety in the Adult Population of Qatar during the First Year of COVID-19
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)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 ... -
Design and field procedures for the clinical reappraisal of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.3 in Qatar's national mental health study
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2023 , Article)Background: The Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) has been clinically reappraised in several studies conducted mainly in the US and Europe. This report describes the methodology used to conduct one of the ... -
Factors associated with depression and anxiety in the adult population of Qatar after the first COVID-19 wave: a cross-sectional study
( 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 ... -
Feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews for the World Mental Health Qatar survey during the COVID-19 pandemic
( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2024 , Article)Objectives: We investigated the feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews conducted as part of the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) survey and discuss the main methodological changes across the two ... -
Population-Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2025 , Article)Objective: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief screening instrument for detecting mild cognitive dysfunction, a precursor to many cognitive disorders, such as dementia, which have increased in prevalence ... -
Prevalence and Potential Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ... -
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ... -
Qatar - Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health in Pandemics (Q-LAMP)
( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Aims: QLAMP aims to identify risk factors and resilience factors for symptoms of psychiatric illness during the pandemic. Study strengths include the 1-year longitudinal design and the use of standardised instruments already ... -
Qatar's National Mental Health Survey—The World Mental Health Qatar: Sampling design, instrument adaptation, quality control, and fielding procedures
( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2024 , Article)Objectives: The World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) study, the first national general population mental health survey in Qatar, was conducted as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) Survey ... -
Trends in prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms and effects of sociodemographic variables before and after the first wave of COVID-19 in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Background Prevalence trends from Arabic speaking countries on psychiatric symptoms before and after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are lacking. We estimated the point prevalence and change in depression and ...
