A psychosocial bouldering intervention improves the well-being of young refugees and adolescents from the host community in Lebanon: results from a pragmatic controlled trial.

Background: Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is increasingly considered vital for addressing the needs of displaced communities. The mental health of young people in Lebanon, including members of the host community and refugees, has been severely affected by multiple crises. Physical activity (PA) is an effective means for enhancing mental health, but evidence of PA's impact on mental health among forcibly displaced populations is still emerging and often varies widely across studies.

"It is something you live with, like an organ in your body" a qualitative study on the lived experiences of people suffering from chronic low back pain in Lebanon.

Purpose: This paper aims to understand the distinctive biopsychosocial aspects and patient perspectives on chronic low back pain in Lebanon, an Arab country with a unique and rich cultural heritage.

Method: Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 12 Lebanese patients purposefully sampled from various governorates. The interviews included participants from different geographic areas and religions.

Calls from Beyond the Walls: prison cellphone recordings during the pandemic in Lebanon.

Forcibly confined in a precarious and overcrowded space amidst the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, prisoners in Lebanon resorted to their smuggled cellphones. They produced and circulated images, videos, and sound bites documenting the dire experiences of living under a failing infrastructure. This article addresses this phenomenon by examining a corpus of 'prison cellphone recordings' mediated on social media platforms and Lebanese local news.

How Low Back Pain is Managed-A Mixed-Methods Study in 32 Countries. Part 2 of Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Series.

The Lancet Low Back Pain (LBP) Series highlighted the lack of LBP data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study aimed to describe (1) LBP care is currently delivered in LMICs and (2) that care is delivered. An online mixed-methods study.

A patient centered assessment of the 2016 ACR-EULAR Myositis Response Criteria: evaluating the meaningfulness of response.

Objectives: The ACR-EULAR Myositis Response Criteria (Total Improvement Score [TIS]) is a composite measure calculated using changes in myositis core set measures. It is unclear if achieving improvement per TIS reflects improvement in any symptoms of myositis patients. In this study, we examined the association between achieving TIS improvement and patient-centered outcome measures (PCOMs).