Moving towards health promoting schools: effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve knowledge, attitude and beliefs regarding heart attack, and CPR knowledge in high school students in Lebanon.

Background: Health promoting schools (HPS) prioritize the health of students and community. One important target of HPS is noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including prevention of heart attacks, due to their burden on healthcare.

Objective: This study assesses the effectiveness of an educational intervention to promote knowledge of signs and symptoms, beliefs and attitudes towards heart attack, and promote knowledge of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

University students' experience of the Beirut port explosion: associations with subjective well-being and subjective symptoms of mental strain.

Background: On 4 August 2020, an explosion shook Beirut, killing more than 200 people and leaving thousands injured or homeless.

Aims: This study examined mental health of university students through a cross-sectional online survey between December 2020 and January 2021.

Methods: The questionnaire consisted of the WHO-5, sense of coherence (SoC), future anxiety, self-developed subjective symptoms of mental strain (SSMS), and items assessing proximity to explosion, extent of injury and house damage.

Levels and Correlates of Numeracy Skills in Lebanese Adults with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Diabetes numeracy skills are required in the interpretation of food labels, insulin pump dosage, the interpretation of blood glucose meter data, and the determination of carbohydrate intake. This study assessed the levels and correlates of numeracy skills in Lebanese adults with diabetes to identify those most at risk of uncontrolled diabetes. In total, 299 adults with diabetes, mean age 47.

Health Literacy Levels and Predictors Among Lebanese Adults Visiting Outpatient Clinics in Beirut.

Background: To date, there has been a dearth of research on health literacy in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and in particular Lebanon.

Objectives: This cross-sectional study assessed the levels and correlates of health literacy in Lebanese adults.

Methods: A total of 587 participants (54.

Clinical outcome of surgical treatment of failed back surgery syndrome.

Background: Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a condition in which there is failure to improve satisfactorily after back surgery. It is characterized by intractable pain and various degrees of functional disability after lumbar spine surgery. It is estimated that this complication occurs in 5% to 10% of patients after spinal surgeries.