Hyperactivity and Risk for Dysregulation of Mood, Energy, and Social Rhythms Syndrome (DYMERS): Standardization of a Simple One-Item Screener versus the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ).

This study aims to verify the accuracy of item 10 on the energy level of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) in an item screening according to Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) results, providing a measure of hyper-energy. Regression techniques were employed in a dataset comprising 4093 records of respondents to test both linear and nonlinear relationships between predictor and outcome variables (energy level and symptoms considered in the MDQ). We examined the relationship of energy level with cases identified using MDQ with a cut-off of 7.

Doctoral theses at the medical faculty of Tunis from 2015 to 2017: Scientific publication rates and associated factors.

Introduction: Medical doctoral thesis publication is a way to ensure knowledge dissemination and to increase the scientific research visibility.

Aim: To determine thesis-related publication's rate at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (FMT), and identify associated factors.

Methods: Cross-sectional retrospective study including medical theses registered at the FMT over the study period (2015-2017).

Adapting waterpipe-specific pictorial health warning labels to the Tunisian context using a mixed method approach.

Background: Waterpipe (WP) use is rapidly increasing among young people worldwide due to the widespread misperception that it is safer than cigarette smoking. Health warning labels (HWLs) can effectively communicate tobacco-related health risks but have yet to be developed for WP. This study aimed to optimize and adapt a set of 16 pictorial WP-specific HWLs, developed by an international Delphi study, to the Tunisian context.

Colorectal cancer mass screening, Tunisia 2019. Evaluation of a pilot program in the Tunis region (Tunisia, 2019).

Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a real public health issue in Tunisia. A screening program based on fecal immunological occult blood test, followed in case of a positive test by colonoscopy, was launched in Tunis region in 2016. We aimed to evaluate this screening program in order to make recommendations for a better implementation of this program in years to come.

Vulvar Basal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical and Histopathologic Features.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent skin cancer but <1% of the cases develop in the vulva. Histoprognostic features of vulvar BCCs are not recognized and, consequently, the treatment of the disease is not well codified. To overcome this lack of knowledge, we have performed a retrospective analysis of vulvar BBCs to assess the value of various histological features regarding the disease outcome.

Papillary thyroid tumors: Diagnostic value of CD56 and Cytokeratin 19.

Introduction: Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm With Papillary-like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) is a tumor composed exclusively of follicles lined by cells having nuclear characteristics of papillary carcinoma. Morphological diagnosis is often difficult especially in the cases in which these nuclear abnormalities are focal.

Aim: To investigate the contribution of the immunohistochemical study with anti CD56 and anti cytokeratin 19 in the positive diagnosis of NIFTP.

Extracapsular involvement in nodal metastasis as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer.

Background: Extracapsular extension of nodal metastasis has recently emerged as an important prognostic factor in different malignancies. In colorectal cancer (CRC), only a limited number of studies have been published and its prognostic value has not yet been completely established.

Aims: To assess the incidence of extracapsular invasion (ECI) in lymph node (LN) metastasis in colorectal adenocarcinoma and to investigate the correlation between this parameter and other clinico-pathological factors.

Prevalence, Genotype Distribution and Risk Factors for Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in the Grand Tunis Region, Tunisia.

Implementation of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination should be considered a key cervical cancer prevention strategy in Tunisia, where Pap smear screening is not efficient. This study aims to estimate the prevalence and to identify risk factors associated with HPV infection among women from Grand Tunis, Tunisia. We conducted a cross-sectional study, between December 2012 and May 2013.