Serum uric acid as a sensitive concordant marker with lupus nephritis and new onset of renal damage: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: The objectives of this study are to assess serum different uric acid levels among systemic lupus erythematosus patients with or without active lupus nephritis in comparison to healthy controls and to study the relation of baseline uric acid levels to the development of new-onset renal damage in lupus nephritis.

Methods: This is a case-control study followed by a prospective cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Three groups were included; all were having normal kidney function, 25 SLE patients with recently diagnosed active lupus nephritis (LN), 26 SLE patients without LN, and 38 healthy controls.

Correction to: In shoulder adhesive capsulitis, ultrasound-guided anterior hydrodilatation in rotator interval is more effective than posterior approach: a randomized controlled study.

The authors of the original version of the above article requested to add the name of the instrument that was used in the Intervention section.

Mobile phone use pattern and addiction in relation to depression and anxiety.

Background: University students with heavy smartphone use are vulnerable to smartphone addiction that could be related to depression and trait anxiety.

Aims: To assess gender differences in patterns of smartphone use and addiction in relation to depression and trait anxiety among Saudi university students.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 1513 students of Taif University, Saudi Arabia.

In shoulder adhesive capsulitis, ultrasound-guided anterior hydrodilatation in rotator interval is more effective than posterior approach: a randomized controlled study.

Unlabelled: Shoulder adhesive capsulitis, also called frozen shoulder, is a musculoskeletal disorder associated with pain and functional disability. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of shoulder ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with corticosteroid, via rotator interval (RI) anteriorly, versus posterior approach, in adhesive capsulitis patients. All patients received exercise program following injection.

Subclinical synovitis and enthesitis in psoriasis patients and controls by ultrasonography in Saudi Arabia; incidence of psoriatic arthritis during two years.

Objective: To evaluate ultrasonographic subclinical inflammatory synovitis and enthesitis in psoriasis patients, without clinical arthritis or enthesitis compared with healthy controls, with a 2-year follow-up to study the associated incidence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Methods: A total of 109 consecutive psoriasis vulgaris patients without clinical signs of PsA and 90 healthy controls were included from two tertiary medical centers. Subjects underwent dermatological examination, PASI score evaluation for severity of psoriasis, musculoskeletal examination using 68/66 joints count for tenderness and swollen joints.

Eating Disorders Among Female Students of Taif University, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Eating disorders are a common health problem among adolescents, and females are especially vulnerable to them. There is lack of information on the prevalence of eating disorders in Saudi Arabia. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders among female undergraduate university students in Taif city, Saudi Arabia.

The Relation between Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and the Quantity of Cotinine in the Urine of School Children in Taif City, Saudi Arabia.

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major public health problem for all ages. Despite the high prevalence of smoking among the Saudi population, there is limited information about levels of urinary cotinine in Saudi children exposed to SHS. The aim of the study was to assess the exposure of schoolchildren to ETS, and measure their urinary cotinine levels.

Environmental, urinary iodine status and prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren in a high altitude area of Saudi Arabia.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the iodine deficiency, prevalence of goitre among schoolchildren and measuring environmental iodine in Taif city, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional multistage cluster-sampling methodology was done on 1887 schoolchildren. Their urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and goitre prevalence was assessed.

Prevalence and comorbidity of depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders among Saudi secondary school girls, Taif Area, KSA.

Background: Previous Saudi studies have shown the psychiatric comorbidity among adolescent girls. This article was done to assess the prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among secondary school girls in Taif area.

Methods: A cross-sectional multistage cluster-sampling methodology was carried out on 1024 secondary school female students.