Publications by authors named "M Aalaa"
Purpose: One of the key strategies for effective management of osteoporosis is training health care professionals on early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis according to a structured course. The aim was to investigate the e-learning courses on osteoporosis around the world in order to develop an online course on osteoporosis management for general practitioners (GPs).
Methods: In this review, the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Embase, and ERIC databases and the Google search engine were searched until March, 2021.
Augmented reality has promised a new paradigm in medical education. Multimedia videos are the most preferred assent for augmentation. So, this study aimed to assess the effect of using an augmented reality infographic poster for delivering micro-videos on the knowledge and satisfaction of medical students in cardiology rotation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiological Insights into Diabetic Foot Amputation and its Correlates: A Provincial Study.
Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- Diabetic foot ulcers are serious complications of diabetes that can lead to amputations, significantly impacting patients' quality of life, particularly in Tehran, Iran.
- This study aimed to evaluate the rates of lower extremity amputations in diabetic patients and identify factors related to the cause and type of these amputations based on medical records from 2011 to 2020.
- Out of 4676 patients with diabetic foot ulcers, 882 (18.8%) underwent amputations, primarily affecting middle-aged men who had lived with diabetes for an average of 15.1 years, highlighting the need for better disease management and patient education.
Objective: Stress is known as a conventional risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Nurses work in stressful environment and could be one of the target populations to be assessed for cardio metabolic risk factor. This study aimed to identify the association between perceived stress and cardio-metabolic risk factors in nurses who are prone for various metabolic diseases.
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