Publications by authors named "Hatem Alqahtani"

Introduction: Lower back pain is common worldwide and affects over 600,000 people annually, including teachers. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of low back pain and disability among secondary school teachers in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study included secondary school teachers in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

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Background: Polypharmacy, or the routine use of five or more medications, can result in impacting patients' quality of life.

Objective: to examine the association between multi-morbidities and polypharmacy, and to examine prescription practices in the elderly.

Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study.

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Background: Social Anxiety disorder (SAD) is common worldwide. However, data from Saudi Arabia is deficient. This study aims to determine the prevalence of SAD across Saudi medical students and its associations with sociodemographic factors and their academic performance.

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Background: Video games have become popular in the last few decades, resulting in an increase in reported negative consequences. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of internet gaming disorder (IGD), its association with gaming behavior, depression, and anxiety in male high school students.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study involved male high school students in Dammam.

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Background: Our study sought to determine the frequency of Needlestick injuries (NSIs) among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) working at governmental hospital and to study the factors that associated with occurrence of NSIs, and to develop recommendations for a comprehensive program for prevention.

Methods: Retrospective study of all reported cases of NSIs in the period from April 2016 to May 2018 among healthcare workers at a governmental hospital.

Results: Incidence of NSIs over 26 months was 8.

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Gender dysphoria is defined as a multisystemic medical condition where a person has marked discordance between their biological sex and the gender they identify with. Here we report a case of 44-year-old male who presented to the family medicine clinic as a known case of gender dysphoria. Patient was severely distressed about his life and was actively seeking a solution to his problem.

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Article Synopsis
  • Primary care is essential in healthcare systems, particularly in Saudi Arabia amid health reforms, but patients face barriers preventing them from accessing Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs).
  • A study conducted with 403 patients in an emergency department used a questionnaire to assess satisfaction with PHC services and identify barriers, revealing that only 28.3% were always satisfied, with organizational and socioeconomic issues being the most significant obstacles.
  • The research identified that factors like being female and high educational attainment correlated with lower satisfaction levels, indicating a need for targeted solutions by healthcare policymakers to improve access and satisfaction with PHCs.
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Background: In-flight medical emergencies (IMEs) are common, and for a traveling physician, it is very likely to encounter such a condition. Data discussing this issue are limited. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the willingness and confidence of physicians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in responding to IMEs.

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Background: Physical and psychological workplace violence in health-care settings has serious implications for the health of workers, as well as a negative effect on productivity and health-care quality.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to July 2018 among physicians and nurses using a convenience sample (n = 213) for the previous 12 months at a tertiary hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The participants completed a self-administered questionnaire that assessed their personal and professional characteristics, whether they had experienced physical violence (assault) or psychological violence as health-care practitioners, and whether they had reported the incidents.

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Background: Cyclists are predisposed to different types of injuries whose patterns and distribution change over time. During bicycling, the high demand on lower extremities to produce speed places high load on the legs resulting in overuse injuries of which pain in the Achilles tendon is one. This study assessed Achilles tendon pain in cyclists in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

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Objective: To produce a conceptually equivalent Arabic version of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT), and to assess its reliability.

Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out from June 2010 to September 2010 at King Abdulaziz Medical City and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We conducted this study in 2 phases.

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