Physicians' Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health Aspects of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To explore the physicians' knowledge, awareness, and perspectives on HRQoL and mental health aspects of people with T2DM in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted over a three-month period (October to December 2022) on 54 physicians. Physicians were requested to respond to a 12-item researcher-designed, self-administered survey questionnaire that explored their perspectives regarding the importance of their patients' general, physical, and mental health aspects using the 12-item Short Form Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2).

Quality of life and mental health measurements among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.

Background: Over the past few decades the benefits of assessing Quality of Life (QoL) and mental health in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) have steadily increased with limited studies relating to the most useful method to assess these patients. This study aims to identify, review, summarise, and evaluate the methodological quality for the most validated commonly used health-related QoL and mental health assessment measurements in diabetic patients.

Methods: All original articles published on PubMed, MedLine, OVID, The Cochrane Register, Web of Science Conference Proceedings and Scopus databases were systematically reviewed between 2011 and 2022.

Depressive disorders in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a literature review.

Objective: To determine the contributions from the six Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to the national scientific literature on depressive disorders.

Methods: This literature review identified all of the published studies on all major depressive disorders as cited on the PubMed® and APA PsycInfo® databases from inception to 31 December 2016 from the six GGC countries. Data were extracted using a standardized form.

Illness invalidation from spouse and family is associated with depression in diabetic patients with first superficial diabetic foot ulcers.

Objectives: (1) To assess the prevalence of depressive disorders in a sample of diabetic patients with their first superficial diabetic foot ulcer. (2) To evaluate the association between illness invalidation from spouse, family, and depressive disorders in those patients.

Methods: Depressive disorders and severity were diagnosed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis Ι disorders, clinical version, and the spouse and family scales of the Illness Invalidation Inventory, respectively (3*I).

Predictors of diabetes foot complications among patients with diabetes in Saudi Arabia.

Aims: To identify risk factors and clinical biomarkers of prevalent diabetes foot complications, including foot ulcers, gangrene and amputations among patients with diabetes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: 598 diabetes patients from Jeddah participated in the current study. Patients were considered to have diabetes foot complications if they reported diagnosis of foot ulcers or gangrene or amputations in a questionnaire administered by a physician and confirmed by clinical exams.

Learning strategies of medical students in the surgery department, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To identify medical students' perceptions of their learning strategies including, learning habits, resources, and preferred teaching methods, in the Department of Surgery (DOS) of the King Abdulaziz University-Faculty of Medicine (KAU-FoM), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study which was designed to identify students' perceptions of their learning in the DOS of the KAU-FoM. A questionnaire was administered to a random group of 549 medical students, to explore student perceptions of their learning strategies including methods of learning and learning resources.