In Saudi Arabia, dental trauma is regarded as one of the most important issues affecting schoolchildren. This study evaluated Saudi Arabian schoolteachers' knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding emergency dental trauma management. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 263 schoolteachers from 25 schools; 50.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide, and although it is primarily a respiratory illness, gastrointestinal symptoms have been reported in a significant proportion of patients.
Aim: Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms after recovery from COVID-19.
Methodology: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia.
Background Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are an emerging treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The effect and tolerability of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with T2DM, especially related risk factors and susceptible populations, are an area of ongoing research. Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the tolerability of SGLT2 inhibitors, particularly the risk associated with urogenital infection, in patients with T2DM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We aimed to identify the central lifestyle, the most impactful among lifestyle factor clusters; the central health outcome, the most impactful among health outcome clusters; and the bridge lifestyle, the most strongly connected to health outcome clusters, across 29 countries to optimise resource allocation for local holistic health improvements.
Methods: From July 2020 to August 2021, we surveyed 16 461 adults across 29 countries who self-reported changes in 18 lifestyle factors and 13 health outcomes due to the pandemic. Three networks were generated by network analysis for each country: lifestyle, health outcome, and bridge networks.