Publications by authors named "Hamad A Alhussain"
Article Synopsis
- Current guidelines recommend introducing allergenic foods to infants as early as 4-6 months old, but there’s uncertainty around caregivers’ knowledge and compliance with these practices.
- A study at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University involved 405 mothers of children aged 12-36 months, revealing that on average, allergenic foods were introduced later than recommended: at around 9.84 months for eggs and 14.6 months for peanuts.
- Most mothers were unaware of the benefits of timely introduction of allergenic foods, and only a small percentage received accurate information from healthcare providers, highlighting a need for better education on food allergy prevention.
Background Intranasal corticosteroids (INCSs) are the first-line treatment for patients with moderate to severe conditions of allergic rhinitis (AR) as per current guidelines. However, patients' knowledge and practice towards the safety of such medications remains ambiguous. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identify the awareness of and knowledge about the safety of nasal corticosteroid usage in patients with allergic rhinitis as well as their adherence to taking the medication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Parental recognition of children's developmental milestones has been correlated with more effective childcare strategies and overall better outcomes for children. However, the knowledge that parents have about children's development remains uncertain which reflects serious concerns about children's health in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identify parents' knowledge levels about children's developmental milestones and the information sources they rely on for this knowledge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The College of Medicine at Imam University has incorporated reciprocal peer-teaching into the curriculum in the form of peer-led seminars. The aim was to evaluate this program and ascertain student perceptions.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of medical students attached to the Internal Medicine I and II courses was conducted in 2018.
Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered innovating instructional approach in which students define their learning objectives by using triggers from the problem case or scenario.
Objectives: To assess undergraduate medical students' perception toward PBL sessions and to compare their perceptions among different sex and grade point average (GPA) in the college of medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study based on a self-administered anonymous online questionnaire during the first semester of the 2017-2018 academic year in IMSIU.