Promoting the culture of key performance indicators (KPIs) among primary health care staff at health district level: An intervention study.

Recently, identifying performance indicators and developing measurement frameworks have become crucial concerns. Our study first sought to analyze service statistics of Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities for the years 2017 and 2018 to develop PHC key performance indicators (KPI).This was then followed by a thorough discussion of these KPIs with staff and service providers.

Occurrence of pulmonary residuals as one of the sequelae of COVID-19 and it's predictors among moderate and severe cases.

Background: Moderate and severe COVID-19 patients typically present with pneumonia. In this study we aimed to detect the occurrence of pulmonary residuals as a late sequela of COVID-19 and to identify it's predictors among moderate and severe cases.

Methods: This observational prospective study involved 85 COVID-19 patients confirmed by real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) nasopharyngeal swab, patients were recruited in the period of 1 st of June to 1 st of July.

Changes in migraine characteristics over 30 days of Ramadan fasting: A prospective study.

Objective: To study Ramadan's effect on migraine from the start to the end of the month and the tolerability of patients with migraine to fasting.

Background: Fasting is a well-known trigger for migraine. Whether this effect on migraine is the same throughout the whole month, or whether it varies from the first to the last days of the month, has not been studied yet.

Evaluation of health appraisal project of primary school children: a study in Egypt.

Background: School Health insurance (SHI) is working in Egypt since 2003. However, there were no impact indicators that inform policy makers about health status of school children. Therefore, the school health project was conducted by Arab Medical Union (AMU) Medical Syndicate in cooperation with Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and Public Health Department, Cairo University to conduct comprehensive medical services to primary school children and to assess the impact of the SHI and the efficiency of AMU project to promote health of children.

Nutritional intake and its impact on patients with epilepsy: an analytical cross-sectional study.

Background: Anecdotal reports have proposed that diet might influence the occurrence of seizures.

Objectives: Our objectives were to assess nutritional status in a sample of patients with epilepsy and to investigate the impact of nutrition on epilepsy control.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and fifty patients with epilepsy participated in the study.

Relative Frequency and Risk Factors of COVID-19 Related Headache in a Sample of Egyptian Population: A Hospital-Based Study.

Objectives: Headache is considered one of the most frequent neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This work aimed to identify the relative frequency of COVID-19-related headache and to clarify the impact of clinical, laboratory findings of COVID-19 infection on headache occurrence and its response to analgesics.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Perspectives of pharmaceutical stakeholders on determinants of medicines accessibility at the primary care level.

Background: Equitable access to essential medicines of maintained efficacy, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness must be ensured by a well-functioning health system. This study aims to identify the determinants of patients' access to medicines at the primary health care (PHC) level from the perspectives of various (internal and external) stakeholders of the pharmaceutical system.

Methods: The study employed both quantitative and qualitative components.

Fasting and post fasting effect of Ramadan on different seizure types in patients with active epilepsy.

Background And Objectives: Fasting is the basis for the ketogenic diet, and intermittent fasting is emerging as a treatment for epilepsy. There are no available data about the role of Islamic fasting on seizure control. This study aims to assess the effect of Ramadan fasting on the frequency of different seizure types.

Characteristics of headache attributed to COVID-19 infection and predictors of its frequency and intensity: A cross sectional study.

Objective: To study the characteristics of headache attributed to COVID-19 infection and predictors of its severity.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 172 individuals who had headache due to COVID-19 infection. A detailed analysis of such headache was done through a face-to-face interview.

Predictors of successful Ramadan fasting in Muslim patients with epilepsy: A prospective study.

Purpose: Ramadan fasting represents a challenge for both Muslim patients with epilepsy (MPWE) as well as their treating neurologists who aim to minimize the risk of fasting-related seizures. Several factors may contribute to the risk of fasting-related seizures such as the half-life of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), seizure control before Ramadan, and sleep fragmentation. The aim of this work was to investigate these factors.

Health problems among street children seeking care in the Center for Social and Preventive Medicine in Egypt.

Background: In Egypt, around 1 million children are on the streets. Street children's health is an issue that is not well researched. The objective of the current study was to determine the health problems of a targeted group of street children seeking medical care and to generate a hypothesis about the positive/negative role of street children care organizations.

Body composition of women 20-49 years old as a predictor for noncommunicable diseases: a community-based study.

Background: Obesity increases a person's risk of developing a number of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and certain cancers. The bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has been considered as a safe, noninvasive, simple, and least expensive portable method for the evaluation of body composition in clinical practice. However, there is not enough information about its use in community-based surveys to detect the optimal cutoff point for the body fat percent (BF%) that could predict NCDs.

Epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among Egyptian children: a community-based cross-sectional survey.

Background: Injuries are a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. We aimed to determine the magnitude and characteristics of child injuries in Egypt and to identify the associated risk factors.

Methods: A community-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted over 27 Egyptian governorates from June to October, 2011.

Human Surfactant Proteins A2 (SP-A2) and B (SP-B) Genes as Determinants of Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Objective: To study the relationship between SP-A2 and SP-B gene polymorphisms and respiratory distress syndrome in preterm neonates.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Neonatal intensive care unit and the Molecular Biology unit of the Chemical Pathology Department, Kasr Alainy hospital, Cairo University.

Sociodemographic factors responsible for blindness in diabetic Egyptian patients.

Purpose: To evaluate factors behind the delay in diagnosis and treatment among Egyptian patients who present with complicated diabetic retinopathy.

Methods: Observational cross-sectional study of diabetic patients with advanced diabetic retinopathy. Patients were asked to answer a questionnaire to assess the impact of several sociodemographic factors.