Adherence of primary health care physicians to hypertension management guidelines in the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia.

Although there has been significant progress in the management of hypertension, rates for control of this chronic disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been shown to be very low. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge of primary health care (PHC) physicians and the extent of their adherence to the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines concerning care of hypertensive patients. The assessment was made in the Aseer region of KSA using a modified version of the World Health Organization "Physician Inquiry Questionnaire.

Adolescents' mental health in Abha city, southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Using stratified random sampling technique, 1552 adolescent school age boys and girls in Abha city, southwestern Saudi Arabia, were screened for mental health using Arabic validated version of SCL-90-R. The overall prevalence of mental disorders amounted to 15.5%.

Prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress as Measured by the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42) among Secondary School Girls in Abha, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress among secondary school girls.

Methods: A cross- sectional study was carried out on secondary school girls in Abha city, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia, using the Arabic version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-42).

Results: Of 545 female students recruited in this study, 73.

Prevalence of psychological symptoms in Saudi secondary school girls in Abha, Saudi Arabia.

Background And Objectives: Adolescence is characterized by rapid physiological, social and cognitive changes. Aim of the present work is to study mental health of Saudi adolescent secondary school girls in Abha city, Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 secondary schools for girls using the Arabic version of the symptom-revised checklist 90 (SCL 90-R), a mental health questionnaire that was administered to the girls by fourth-year female medical students.

Barriers against application of evidence-based medicine in general hospitals in aseer region, kingdom of saudi arabia.

Objective: To explore the attitudes of doctors in the general hospitals and their application of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and to identify the barriers that hinder its use.

Subjects And Methods: This study included 346 doctors in the general hospitals of Aseer. A questionnaire was designed to assess their awareness as well as the barriers that hinder their practice of EBM.

Hypertension care at primary health care centers: a report from Abha, Saudi Arabia.

It is well known that effective management of hypertension reduces the incidence of myo-cardial infarction, stroke and vascular complications. The Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, introduced the Quality Assurance Guidelines with the hope to improve the management of hypertension in its centers. We conducted an audit of two Primary Health Care Centers namely, Al-Manhal (MPHCC) and Al-Numais (NPHCC), to evaluate how well hypertension was managened at these centers.

Psychiatric morbidity among Saudi secondary schoolteachers.

Objectives: To measure the prevalence and severity of depression, anxiety, and stress among male secondary schoolteachers.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic session 2004/5, covering the teachers of 65 boys` secondary schools in Abha Educational Area, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. A study sample of 195 teachers was obtained using the random sampling technique.

Dietary habits and exercise practices among the students of a Saudi Teachers' Training College.

Objective: To assess the dietary habits and exercise practices among Saudi male students of a Teacher's Training College.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic year 2005/2006 in Abha, Aseer Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study sample was drawn using the systematic random sampling technique.

Obesity and related behaviors among adolescent school boys in Abha City, Southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Using stratified sampling technique 2696 adolescent school boys (aged 11-19 years) in Abha City, Southwestern Saudi Arabia were interviewed and examined for weight and height using standardized techniques. The overall prevalence of obesity and overweight in the present study amounted to 16%. Using logistic regression analysis, lack of exercise practice in the previous week in general [aOR = 1.

Depression, anxiety and stress among Saudi adolescent school boys.

Aims: This study reports on research to determine the prevalence rates and severity of depression, anxiety and stress among Saudi adolescent boys. A cross-sectional study, of secondary school boys at Abha, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia was conducted.

Methods: The systematic sampling method was used to select a class at each level in a school.

Prescribing patterns for acute respiratory infections in primary health care, aseer region, saudi arabia.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the patterns of prescribing for Acute respiratory infections in patients attending primary health care centers in the Aseer region, southwestern Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS #ENTITYSTARTX00026;

Methods: This study was conducted at primary health care centers in the Aseer region during November 2003. A master sheet designed by the investigator was distributed to all the working physicians in the primary health care center in the Aseer region.

Intra-rator variability of primary care physicians in management of hyperlipidaemia.

Background: Recent studies support the link between hyperlipidaemia and increased prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In Saudi Arabia, CVDs became a serious problem following rapid urbanization. The health care system in Saudi Arabia makes the primary care accessible to all.

Quality of referral letters to Abha Psychiatric Hospital, Asir region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Objective: This study aims to explore the quality of referral letters from different health institutions to Abha Psychiatric Hospital, the only psychiatric center in Asir region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: In this descriptive study, a total of 582 consecutive referral letters to Abha Psychiatric Hospital, during the first half of 1998, were evaluated for the components that are supposed to be found in the consentient referral letter to a psychiatric service. Each letter quality was indicated as good or poor according to the used scale.