Publications by authors named "Hussain Alkaff"
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- Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common mental disorder characterized by fear and avoidance, and this study focuses on its prevalence and severity among adults in Riyadh City, where a significant portion of respondents reported high levels of SAD symptoms.
- The research involved a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional method with 752 participants, primarily well-educated females with a low to middle family income, using standardized scales to measure anxiety levels.
- The results revealed that 30.98% of participants had moderate to severe SAD, and there is a notable correlation between SAD and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), with many individuals experiencing symptoms of both conditions.
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- The study aimed to analyze one-year mortality rates after osteoporotic femur fractures and identify factors linked to increased mortality, focusing on patients from King Saud Medical City in Saudi Arabia over an 11-year period.
- Out of 108 patients with femoral fractures, 77.8% had proximal fractures, and 55.6% were under 75 years old; hypertension and diabetes were common but did not significantly affect mortality risk. The overall mortality rate was 21.3%, with 25% mortality for proximal fractures compared to 8.3% for distal fractures.
- Findings suggest that patients with normal bone mass density had higher mortality rates compared to those with abnormal BMD; the study
Introduction: Pipkin-III femoral head fracture dislocation is a rare injury and its outcome is guarded. Some authors believe femoral neck fracture of Pipkin-III injury is largely iatrogenic. Recent literature showed none of these injuries had excellent outcome, and most patients end up with hip replacement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Narcolepsy is an uncommon neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and multiple other symptoms. Due to the under-recognition of narcolepsy symptoms, patients are often misdiagnosed. This study aimed to assess the types of specialties visited and the diagnoses received by Saudi patients prior to their narcolepsy diagnosis.
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