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    • 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, ...
    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Dose Around the World: Variation and Correlates. 

      Chaves, Gabriela; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Santiago de Araújo Pio, Carolina; Abu-Jeish, Abdel-Hadi; ... more authors ( American Heart Association , 2020 , Article)
      Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is recommended in clinical practice guidelines, but dose prescribed varies highly by country. This study characterized the dose offered in supervised CR programs and alternative models worldwide ...
    • Diagnostic accuracy of primary bone and soft tissue sarcomas by 18-FDG PET: Systematic review and meta-analysis. 

      Younis, Manaf; Abualruz, Abdulrahman; Abu-Hijleh, Hasan; Aldahamsheh, Osama; Thalib, Lukman ( Karger Publishers Open Access , 2019 , Article)
      The goal of this meta-analysis was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy as measured by sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of primary bone and soft tissue sarcomas. . Several databases including PubMed, ...
    • Supervised practice program guided by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics standards improves potential employability of nutrition/dietetics graduates: perspective of employers and preceptors. 

      Bawadi, Hiba; Al-Jayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Du, Xiangyun; Ganji, Vijay; Kerkadi, Abdelhamid; ... more authors ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      This study investigated employers' perspectives on the impact of a supervised practice program (SPP), guided by international accreditation standards on the skill development and potential employability of dietetics students. ...
    • Knowledge of MERS-Corona Virus among Female Students at Qatar University. 

      Al-Muhafda, Zahra; Qaher, Maryam; Faisal, Eman; Abushahla, Heba; Kurdi, Rana; ... more authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a severe, acute respiratory illness caused by Corona Virus (CDC, 2015). Globally, there are 1599 cases diagnosed with MERS Corona virus and at least 574 related death cases were ...
    • P-value driven methods were underpowered to detect publication bias: analysis of Cochrane review meta-analyses 

      Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Xu, Chang; Lin, Lifeng; Doan, Tinh; Chu, Haitao; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      To investigate the effect of number of studies in a meta-analysis on the detection of publication bias using p-value driven methods. The proportion of meta-analyses detected by Egger's, Harbord's, Peters', and Begg's tests ...
    • Vascular access types in hemodialysis patients in palestine and factors affecting their distribution: A cross-sectional study 

      Hamdan, Zakaria; As'ad, Nihad; Sawalmeh, Osama; Shraim, Mujahed; Kukhon, Faeq ( Medknow Publications , 2019 , Article)
      The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is increasing considerably worldwide, and most of the patients start their therapy by hemodialysis (HD). Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the best type of vascular ...
    • Why does the adverse effect of inappropriate MRI for LBP vary by geographic location? An exploratory analysis. 

      Shraim, Mujahed; Cifuentes, Manuel; Willetts, Joanna L; Marucci-Wellman, Helen R; Pransky, Glenn ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Early magnetic resonance imaging (eMRI) for nonspecific low back pain (LBP) not adherent to clinical guidelines is linked with prolonged work disability. Although the prevalence of eMRI for occupational LBP varies substantially ...
    • Public practices on antibiotic usage: A cross-sectional study among college students and their family members 

      Aljayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; El- Heneidy, Asmaa; Kurdi, Rana; Faisal, Eman ( Public Library of Science , 2019 , Article)
      Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious public health problem and a global concern. The inappropriate use of antibiotics has been identified by the World Health Organization as a major risk factor for ...
    • Milk other than breast milk and the development of asthma in children 3 years of age. A birth cohort study (2006–2011) 

      El-Heneidy, Asmaa; Abdel-Rahman, Manar E.; Mihala, Gabor; Ross, Lynda J.; Comans, Tracy A. (2018 , Article)
      Prevalence of asthma in Australian children is amongst the highest in the world. Although breastfeeding positively influences infant immunity, early introduction of Milk Other than Breast Milk (MOTBM) may also play an ...
    • Addressing context to understand physical activity among Muslim university students: the role of gender, family, and culture. 

      Aljayyousi, Ghadir Fakhri; Abu-Munshar, Maher; Al-Salim, Farid; Osman, El Rayah ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Physical inactivity is a crucial risk factor for the development of chronic health issues, which have a high incidence among Arabs living in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Qatar Stepwise Survey 2012 ...
    • Metformin in pregnancy to avert gestational diabetes in women at high risk: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 

      Doi, Suhail A R; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; Toft, Egon; Musa, Omran A H; Islam, Nazmul; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2019 , Article Review)
      Previous randomized and observational studies on the efficacy of metformin in pregnancy to reduce incident gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women at high risk (obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS], or pregestational ...
    • Validation of three mental health scales among pregnant women in Qatar 

      Roof, Katherine A.; James-Hawkins, Laurie; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Yount, Kathryn M. ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      Objectives The objective of this study is to validate three mental health scales in a targeted sample of pregnant Arab women living in Qatar: the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Edinburgh ...
    • 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 ...
    • Obesity and maternal perception: a cross-sectional study of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kuwait. 

      AlRodhan, Yousif; AlAbdeen, Yousef; Saleh, Eisa; AlFodari, Naser; AlSaqer, Hamad; ... more authors (2019 , Article)
      Childhood obesity is on the increase in the Middle East. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity in those aged six to eight years and to investigate maternal perception of child weight. A nation-wide study ...
    • Health-related maternal practices of immigrant Muslim mothers in the United State 

      Al jayyousi, Ghadir; Myers-Bowman, Karen ( Taylor & Francis , 2019 , Article)
      This study examines maternal practices of immigrant Muslim mothers in the United States to understand how they share their health values with their American Muslim adolescent daughters. The maternal practices were studied ...
    • Artificial neural network metamodel for sensitivity analysis in a total hip replacement health economic model. 

      Alam, M Fasihul; Briggs, Andrew ( Taylor & Francis , 2019 , Article)
      : Metamodels have been used to approximate complex simulations and have many applications with sensitivity analysis, optimization, etc. However, their use in health economics is very limited. Application of artificial ...
    • Cardiac Rehabilitation Availability and Density around the Globe. 

      Turk-Adawi, Karam; Supervia, Marta; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Despite the epidemic of cardiovascular disease and the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), availability is known to be insufficient, although this is not quantified. This study ascertained CR availability, volumes and ...
    • Nature of Cardiac Rehabilitation Around the Globe. 

      Supervia, Marta; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Pesah, Ella; Ding, Rongjing; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)
      Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a clinically-effective but complex model of care. The purpose of this study was to characterize the nature of CR programs around the world, in relation to guideline recommendations, and compare ...
    • A prospective investigation of oral contraceptive use and breast cancer mortality: findings from the Swedish women's lifestyle and health cohort. 

      Nur, Ula; El Reda, Darline; Hashim, Dana; Weiderpass, Elisabete ( BMC , 2019 , Article)
      The association between oral contraceptive (OC) use and long-term mortality remains uncertain and previous studies have reported conflicting findings. We aim to assess the long-term impact of OC use on all-cause and ...