Awareness of cervical cancer and its associated socio-demographic factors among Yemeni immigrant women in Malaysia.

Background: Studies have revealed that a higher proportion of women affected by cervical cancer are from some minority groups of immigrant women. Hence, this study was conducted to assess Yemeni immigrant women's awareness of cervical cancer and its associated socio-demographic factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 370 Yemeni women in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Unethical behavior and professionalism among medical students in a private medical university in Malaysia.

Background: Ethical behavior and professionalism is an ideal characteristic required of medical students and included as 'must achieve' and critical aspect of medical students' curriculum. This study proposes to determine the perceived unethical and unprofessional behavior among medical students in a private medical university from year 1 to year 5 of the medical curriculum.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among year 1 to year 5 medical students in a private medical university.

Adverse health effects and unhealthy behaviors among medical students using Facebook.

Little is known about the relationships between adverse health effects and unhealthy behaviors among medical students using Facebook. The aim of this study was to determine the associations between adverse health effects and unhealthy behaviors with Facebook use. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a private university in Malaysia among 316 medical students.

Factors influencing macrosomia in pregnant women in a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia.

Aim: To identify the risk factors influencing the development of macrosomia among pregnant women and to develop a regression model to predict macrosomia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia involving 2332 pregnant women. The data was retrospectively collected from the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Maternal factors in predicting low birth weight babies.

This study examines the association between maternal factors and low birth weight among newborns at a tertiary hospital in Malaysia. This was a cross-sectional study where mothers were followed through from first booking till delivery. There were 666 mothers who delivered from May 2007 to March 2008.

Economic impact of dyspepsia in rural and urban malaysia: a population-based study.

Background/aims: The economic impact of dyspepsia in regions with a diverse healthcare system remains uncertain. This study aimed to estimate the costs of dyspepsia in a rural and urban population in Malaysia.

Methods: Economic evaluation was performed based on the cost-of-illness method.

Depression among the urban poor in Peninsular Malaysia: a community based cross-sectional study.

This community based cross-sectional study examined the prevalence and factors associated with depression among urban poor in Peninsular Malaysia. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to determine the presence or absence of depression. The prevalence of depression among the urban poor was 12.

Patient satisfaction and loyalty to the private hospitals in Sana'a, Yemen.

Objective: To evaluate patients' satisfaction and loyalty to private hospitals and to identify factors influencing patient loyalty.

Design: A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted between May and September of 2005.

Setting: Sana'a, the capital city of the Republic of Yemen.

Risk factors associated with dyspepsia in a rural Asian population and its impact on quality of life.

Objectives: The epidemiology and impact of dyspepsia in rural Asia remains uncertain. We aimed to determine the prevalence epidemiology and impact of dyspepsia in a rural Malaysian community.

Methods: A door-to-door survey was conducted in a representative rural population in Malaysia.