Publications by authors named "K K M Yusuff"

Introduction: The use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder (BD) remains contentious, in part due to the risk of antidepressant-induced mania (AIM). However, there is no information on the architecture of mood regulation in patients who have experienced AIM. We compared the architecture of mood regulation in euthymic patients with and without a history of AIM.

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Context: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the greatest global health catastrophe of the century, with its vaccine hesitancy compounding the woes. Relevant stakeholders, including pharmacy students (whose education was disrupted) are important bulwarks against these catastrophes, but their COVID-19-related information are scarce.

Aims: We assessed COVID-19 knowledge, its vaccine uptake intentions, and the influence of personality traits among pharmacy undergraduates in a Nigerian university.

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Objective: To explore the pharmacy students' perception of the content and pedagogical strategies used for the delivery of drug information (DI) training.

Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study was conducted among BSc Pharmacy and PharmD students at the College of Pharmacy, Qatar University. The first phase consisted of a quantitative cross-sectional survey using a 34-item pretested questionnaire.

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Introduction: Fever is both a sign of various diseases (chief of which are infectious in nature) and an adverse effect of certain interventions (e.g. vaccines, drugs) in the pediatric population.

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Background: There is a paucity of studies about the readiness of community pharmacists to manage the safe and effective use of oral anticancer medicines (OAMs) in developing settings.

Objectives: Using the readiness component (knowledge and willingness) of the situational theory of leadership, the study assessed community pharmacists' readiness to manage the safe and effective use of OAMs in Qatar, and also identified its significant predictors.

Methods: A cross-sectional assessment of 252 community pharmacists was conducted with a pre-tested 48-item questionnaire.

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