Video-based teach-to-goal intervention on inhaler technique on adults with asthma and COPD: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Incorrect use of inhalers is a problem associated with poor patient outcomes. Despite improvement in the technique after verbal educations, this deteriorates over-time requiring re-enforcement through different educative strategies. This study aimed to assess the impact of a novel video-based teach-to-goal (TTG) educational intervention on: mastery of inhaler technique, disease control, medication adherence and disease-related quality of life (QoL) over-time among asthma and COPD patients.

Validation of the Arabic Version of the Health Literacy (HLS-Q12) Questionnaire in chronically ill patients.

Health literacy (HL) is an essential component of public health. Few tools are used to measure HL in Arabic-speaking countries, essentially the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults and the Single Item Literacy Screener. The new 12-item version of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-Q12), has not been validated in the Arabic language.

Brain Meningiomas Manifesting as Intracranial Hemorrhage: Comprehensive Systematic Review and Report of the First Case of Hemorrhagic Meningiomatosis.

Objective: To characterize the salient features of hemorrhagic manifestation of meningiomas and to report on the first case of hemorrhagic meningiomatosis.

Methods: A comprehensive systematic review of the English-language literature was performed using MEDLINE, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases to identify case reports and series of brain meningiomas manifesting as intracranial hemorrhage.

Results: A total of 65 patients were evaluated.