Publications by authors named "Hamzah Al Zubaidi"
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- Community pharmacists in the UAE have a significant opportunity to promote the safe use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), but their current role is underutilized.
- A national survey assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding CAM among 373 pharmacists, revealing that while over 50% understood CAM functions, knowledge of side effects and drug interactions was weaker.
- Although many pharmacists had positive attitudes towards CAM, 40% viewed it as effective only for minor issues, and only 47% discussed toxic effects, especially those with less experience working in independent pharmacies.
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- The study aimed to identify clinical and epidemiological factors linked to severe COVID-19 cases in hospitalized patients across two emirates in the UAE.
- A total of 738 medical records were analyzed, and 573 patient interviews were conducted from January 2020 to October 2021, using regression analysis to determine risk factors.
- Key risk factors included crowding, obesity, diabetes, and severe dehydration, while smoking, receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and higher oxygen saturation were found to be protective factors — highlighting the need for targeted monitoring of high-risk individuals to improve health outcomes.
To examine knowledge, worry, anxiety, and vaccine acceptance for mpox among UAE adults. An online survey, advertised on academic and social media platform in June 2022 collected data from 959 participants (aged 18 and above) on mpox beliefs, risks, knowledge, worry, anxiety, COVID-19 infection, vaccination, and willingness to receive the mpox vaccine. Bivariate and logistic regression analysis identified associations and predictors between variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide public health problem. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) optimize antimicrobial use within hospitals. The social marketing framework has been used in analyzing systems and devising best practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To implement an online health literacy (HL) module and evaluate its impact through virtual Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) on students' abilities to manage patients with low HL.
Methods: Students virtually engaged in several learning activities related to HL, including practicing using HL assessment tools, designing an information booklet suitable for low HL patients, using readability formulas to lower text readability level to ≤ sixth grade, role-playing scenarios related to HL, and undergoing a virtual OSCE. Student performance on course assessments was tested using Spearman's rank-order.
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- Environmental factors, particularly climate parameters like temperature, humidity, and wind speed, significantly influence the spread and death rates of COVID-19 in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
- The study collected COVID-19 case and death data along with climate data from GCC countries over a year, finding varying correlations between these factors across different nations.
- The findings indicate that temperature and humidity are crucial predictors of COVID-19 cases and deaths, highlighting the need for more long-term studies in the region to understand these dynamics better.
To describe the implementation of a teleconferencing-based patient counseling role play assessment in a newly developed pharmacy communications course, assess student performance on the role play and compare it with other assessments, and measure student perceptions of and satisfaction with the experience. Eighteen cases were developed, each belonging to one of three interactions in community pharmacy: filling a new prescription, completing a refill, or handling a request for a nonprescription (ie, over-the-counter [OTC]) medication. A rubric was designed to evaluate each type of interaction.
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