In Hospital Stroke Mortality: Rates and Determinants in Southwestern Saudi Arabia.

The present study analyzed in-hospital first-time stroke mortality in southwestern Saudi Arabia over one-year to assess the in-hospital stroke case fatality rate, mortality rate and explore the factors associated with in-hospital stroke mortality. : Hospital based follow-up study. First-time stroke patients admitted to all hospitals in Asser region over one-year period (January through December 2016) were included in the study.

Study of Stroke Incidence in the Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Recent data regarding first-stroke incidence in Saudi Arabia in general and in the Aseer region in particular are scarce and even lacking. The aim of this work was to study the first-time stroke incidence in the Aseer region, southwestern Saudi Arabia. All first-stroke patients admitted to all hospitals in the Aseer region over a one-year period (January through December 2016) were included.

Hand hygiene knowledge of primary health care workers in Abha city, South Western Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: The aim of this is to find out the hand hygiene (HH) knowledge among primary health care workers (PHCWs) in Abha health district, southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Data were collected through an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was based on a WHO "Knowledge Questionnaire for Health Care Workers.