Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance tuberculosis among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Egypt-2021: a national health facility-based survey.

Background: The magnitude of MDR-TB cases was noticeable in Egypt. However, the last national survey was 11-years ago. The current survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of rifampicin resistance among sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Egypt.

Truth-telling in Oncology: Egyptian Patients' Attitudes and Preferences.

Objective: Truth-telling in oncology is a major challenge, particularly in the absence of disclosure protocols in Egypt and the lack of Egyptian studies examining patients' preferences regarding cancer disclosure. This study aimed to reveal the preferences of patients seeking care at the National Cancer Institute - Cairo University regarding disclosing cancer diagnosis and the type and amount of information to be told.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 patients selected consecutively from those attending the outpatient clinics of the National Cancer Institute - Cairo University.

Emotional distress symptoms and their determinants: screening of non-clinical hospital staff in an Egyptian University hospital.

Background: Non-clinical hospital staff were rarely studied despite their potential exposure to workplace stressors. We aimed to measure the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress (emotional distress symptoms) and determine their association with perceived job stress level and socioeconomic factors among non-clinical hospital staff.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ain-Shams University Hospitals from March to May 2019.

Household catastrophic total cost due to tuberculosis in Egypt: incidence, cost drivers and policy implication.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that disproportionately affects the poor. The World Health Organization lists economic factors as one of main barriers to tuberculosis management.

Aims: This study aimed to estimate the household total catastrophic cost of TB and its determinants among newly diagnosed Egyptian tuberculous patients.

Assessment of Household Catastrophic Total Cost of Tuberculosis and Its Determinants in Cairo: Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: One goal of the End tuberculosis (TB) Strategy is to see no TB-affected households experiencing catastrophic costs. Therefore, it is crucial for TB-elimination programs to identify catastrophic costs and their main drivers in order to establish appropriate health and social measures. This study aimed to measure the percent of catastrophic costs experienced by Egyptian TB patients and to identify its determinants.

Intracranial haemorrhage associated with Vitamin K deficiency in Egyptian infants.

Aim: Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) in infancy is a rare life-threatening event. The aim of this review is to highlight the association of ICH and potentially preventable vitamin K deficiency and to describe risk factors, presentation and outcome.

Methods: Original published data on ICH related to vitamin K deficiency during 2008-2012 were extracted from records of participating centres in Egypt (Cairo and Delta region).

Screening for diabetes among tuberculosis patients: a nationwide population-based study in Egypt.

Background: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing rapidly in Egypt and considered one of the major health problems in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Objectives: To measure the prevalence of diabetes and detect the undiagnosed cases of diabetes mellitus among patient with tuberculosis.

Methods: Study Design: Nationwide population-based study.

Hypertension and associated cardiovascular risk factors among urban slum dwellers in Egypt: a population-based survey.

Background: The economic deprivation of most slum inhabitants, and the lack of services and facilities may increase their vulnerability to unhealthy lifestyles and cardiovascular diseases.

Aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in slum residents in Cairo, Egypt and evaluate their association with hypertension.

Methods: A household cluster survey was conducted in Mansheiet Nasser, a large slum area in Cairo.

Association between hepatitis C infection and cerebro-cardiovascular disease: analysis of a national population-based survey in Egypt.

Objectives: To examine the association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, cardiovascular risk factors and cerebro-cardiovascular (CCV) disease.

Methods: The source of data was the Egypt Health Issues Survey conducted in 2015. Participants were 11 256 individuals with complete HCV testing, age 25-59 years.

Association of rotating night shift with lipid profile among nurses in an Egyptian tertiary university hospital.

The main objective was to identify whether night shift nurses are more prone to dyslipidaemia than day shift nurses. One hundred and fifty female nurses aged 20-49 years were recruited from Ain Shams University Hospitals, Egypt, from January to March 2016: 64 day shift and 86 night shift. Diet type was assessed by interview questionnaire and job satisfaction was assessed using the job satisfaction survey.

The application of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool to assess health inequity among dwellers of an urban slum area in Giza Governorate, Egypt.

Background: The WHO in 2008 developed the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool. It is a user-friendly guide for stakeholders and decision makers at national and local levels to identify health inequities. Moreover, using such tool will facilitate decisions on viable and effective strategies, interventions, and actions that should be used to reduce health inequities.

Clinical characteristics of patients with multiple sclerosis enrolled in a new registry in Egypt.

Background: Epidemiological studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking in Egypt.

Objective: To study the characteristics of Egyptian patients with multiple sclerosis in a new registry in a major tertiary referral centre in Cairo, Egypt.

Subject And Methods: Patients were from the project MS database of the Multiple Sclerosis Unit at Ain Shams University Hospitals (N=950).

Prognostic factors of treatment among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Egypt.

Background/purpose: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) represents 5% of TB cases globally. In Egypt, it represents 11.4% of TB cases (2.

Seroprevalence of rubella antibodies among adult Egyptian females aged 20-30 years. Is there a need for rubella vaccination?

Introduction: Egypt adopted a comprehensive strategy to eliminate measles and rubella by conducting a catch up campaign (in 2008) targeting children and young adults in the age group 10-19 years. This study aimed to explore the seroprevalence of rubella among females aged 20 to 30 years in order to provide the Ministry of Health with information to develop future strategies for rubella supplemental immunization activities among women of childbearing age before marriage and conception.

Methods: A total of 339 females in the age group 20 to 30 were selected.

Patient safety attitude among health care providers in family health care centers in Cairo governorate.

Two hundred and eighty Health care; physicians, nurses and technicians were included in the study, 133 (47.5) from 6th discrete HCF, 54 (19.3%) from Duwaiqa and 93 (33.

Assessment of rheumatoid arthritis patients' adherence to treatment.

Background: Reports on adherence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Egypt and the Middle East region are lacking. This study aimed to measure adherence to treatment among a sample of patients with RA at Ain Shams University Rheumatology outpatient clinic and to assess factors affecting it.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at the rheumatology outpatient clinic on a sample of 140 patients with RA.

Hepatitis C virus acquisition among Egyptians: analysis of a 10-year surveillance of acute hepatitis C.

Objective: To identify current risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) acquisition among Egyptians.

Methods: Patients with acute HCV were identified through a surveillance system of acute hepatitis in four fever hospitals in Egypt between 2002 and 2012. Case-control analysis was conducted, cases being incident acute symptomatic HCV and controls being acute hepatitis A identified at the same hospitals.

Surveillance of health care-associated infections in a tertiary hospital neonatal intensive care unit in Egypt: 1-year follow-up.

Background: Reported rates of neonatal health care-associated infections (HAIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have risen rapidly in recent years. Little data are available in Egypt, however. The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of and risk factors for HAIs in the NICU of Ain Shams University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Relationship of locus of control, psychological distress, and trauma exposure in groups impacted by intense political conflict in Egypt.

Introduction: Social and political instability have become common situations in many parts of the world. Exposure to different types of traumatic circumstances may differentially affect psychological status.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between personal perceptions of control over the events happening in one's life and psychological distress in two groups who experienced physical trauma but differed as to whether the trauma was a result of political upheaval and violence.

Morbidities and mortality in transfusion-dependent Beta-thalassemia patients (single-center experience).

Background: The improvement of quality and duration of life of transfusion-dependent B thalassemia patients over the last years discloses several complications due to the underling disorder, iron overload and the treatment with iron chelators. Our Aim was to assess the morbidity patterns and mortality rate of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients, and compare the outcomes in relation to age of onset, type, duration, and compliance to iron chelation therapy and frequency of blood transfusion.

Procedure: This retrospective study included 447 transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients who attended the Thalassemia Center, Ain Shams University Children's Hospital over the last 10 years in the period between January 2000 and January 2010.

Euro-Arab School of Oncology: an educational collaborative activity of the European School of Oncology with the Arab world.

In this article, we report on the new endeavor of the European School of Oncology to offer collaborative educational activity to the Arab oncologists. We present the 4-year detailed programme held in different Middle East countries with the organization of master classes, advanced courses, or symposia as well as the fellowship programme and the press media events. In addition, we assess the evaluation questionnaires given to the participants during the courses.

Adnexal mass vascularity assessed by 3-dimensional power Doppler: does it add to the risk of malignancy index in prediction of ovarian malignancy?: four hundred-case study.

The Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) is used for the prediction of ovarian malignancy. It includes menopausal status, carbohydrate antigen 125 serum levels, and ultrasound criteria. Three-dimensional power Doppler (3-DPD) is a reproducible investigation for assessment of tumor vascularity, classifying vascularity to avascular, parallel, and chaotic patterns.

Prevalence of female genital cutting among Egyptian girls.

Objective: Female genital cutting (FGC) is the collective name given to traditional practices that involve partial or total cutting away of the female external genitalia whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons. In Egypt, the result of the Demographic Health Survey in 2000 revealed that 97% of married women included in the survey experienced FGC. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of FGC among schoolgirls in Egypt.

Prevalence and risk factors of violence among elementary school children in Cairo.

Unlabelled: School violence is a growing problem that has received widespread attention. Violent behavior for elementary school children is primarily expressed as physical or verbal aggression. Various factors contribute to violent and aggression by children at homes, schools or individual risk factors.

The effect of nutritional intervention program on the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in rural areas of Belbis district-Sharkia Governorate-Egypt.

Objective: to determine the prevalence of anemia among pregnant women in rural areas of Belbis district, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, and to assess the effect of iron supplementation and nutritional educational program on the level of hemoglobin in blood.

Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted followed by intervention prospective study.

Subjects: Women attended the antenatal clinics in two primary health care units of Belbis district through December 2000, which amount to 100 women 50 in each primary health care unit.