Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.

Background: Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) can cause considerable impairment of functional capacity and quality of life (QoL), especially in elderly individuals.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of KOA on the functional capacity and QoL of elderly patients and to identify the factors associated with their impairment.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including patients aged 65 years or more with primary KOA.

Bullying victimization among adolescents: Prevalence, associated factors and correlation with mental health outcomes.

Introduction: Knowledge of the risk factors of bullying victimization in adolescents is crucial for the implementation of preventive measures. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of bullying victimization and to identify its correlation with mental health outcomes among middle school students in Tunisia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a multi-stage cluster sampling technique to recruit a sample of 1111 students from 10 middle schools in El kef (Tunisia).

Association of tobacco experimentation with anxiety and depression: findings from a representative sample of Tunisian adolescents.

Objectives: Emerging evidence points to tobacco experimentation being associated with a vast array of mental disorders, particularly anxiety and depression. We aimed to assess the prevalence of tobacco experimentation, its predictive factors and its potential links with anxiety and depressive disorders among in school adolescents in a Tunisian delegation.

Methods: We carried out a cross sectional study among adolescents schooling in middle and high schools in the delegation of Nfidha, Sousse, Tunisia, during the period from January to March of the 2019-2020 school year using an anonymous questionnaire self-administered to a representative sample of 1,353 randomly selected pupils.

Video games and Facebook addiction among Tunisian adolescents: prevalence and associated factors.

Objectives: As social media and online gaming technology have developed very rapidly over the last two decades, their paired issues are of growing concern worldwide. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of video game and Facebook addiction and its predictive factors among Tunisian in school adolescents.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among in school adolescents in Sousse, Tunisia, over the first academic term of the 2019-2020 school year using a self-administered questionnaire to a randomly selected representative sample of 1,353 students.

Analysis of Pathogens of Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Indwelling Double-J Stents and Their Susceptibility to .

Ureteral double-J stents are frequently used to prevent urinary obstruction. They can develop bacterial colonization and encrustation, which leads to persistent infections that seldom respond to antibiotic treatment. Thus, the goal of this study was to evaluate the local spectrum of bacterial pathogens and their susceptibility to natural compounds.