Prevalence and Correlates of Night Eating Syndrome, Insomnia, and Psychological Distress in Primary Care Patients with Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Management of obesity is challenging for both patients and healthcare workers. Considering the low success rate of current interventions, this study aimed to explore the prevalence and associated factors of night eating syndrome (NES), insomnia, and psychological distress among individuals with obesity in order to plan comprehensive obesity management interventions.

Methods: A cross-sectional study on a convenient sample from five primary healthcare centers in Port Said, Egypt, was conducted from November 2020 to March 2021.

Association of treatment satisfaction and physician trust with glycemic control among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes in Egypt.

Objectives: To evaluate the association of diabetes treatment satisfaction and trust in family physicians with glycemic control among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: A cross-sectional study on 319 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from five primary healthcare centers in Egypt. Data were collected from February to August 2021 using a structured questionnaire that contained six parts: sociodemographic data, disease profile, the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ), 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8), self-reported medication knowledge questionnaire (MKQ), and revised healthcare relationship trust scale (HCR).

The relationship between self-care activities, social support, and glycemic control in primary healthcare patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: Egyptian studies in assessing the relationship between diabetes self-care, social support, and glycemic control in primary healthcare (PHC) are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to assess this relationship, and to evaluate the associated factors of diabetes self-care, social support, and glycemic control in Egyptian PHC patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 320 T2DM patients at four PHC settings in Port Said city, affiliated with the General Authority of Healthcare.

Assessment of left atrial mechanical functions and atrial electromechanical delay in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis by tissue Doppler echocardiography.

Background: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a systemic chronic inflammatory disease. Studies using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) for the evaluation of cardiac functions of children with JIA are limited. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate Left ventricular function, left atrial mechanical functions and atrial electromechanical delay in JIA.