Publications by authors named "Riyadh Khudhair Lafta"

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of workplace violence and its impact on doctors in hospitals.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2021 to January 2022 in Baghdad and Karbala governorates of Iraq, and comprised resident doctors at a number of hospitals. Data was collected using a selfadministered questionnaire that focussed on the frequency of exposure to violence, type, source, most common time, and other details about violence as well as its impact on doctors and their careers.

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Objective: To assess the prevalence of cosmetic interventions, and the factors that instigate women to undergo such procedures.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2021 in Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised women aged 18 years or above from 4 general hospitals, 4 health centres and 8 schools. The sample was divided into group A having subjects with experience of cosmetic interventions, and group B having those with no such exposure.

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Objective: To assess the structure as well as availability of essential equipment and medicine at emergency departments in Baghdad hospitals.

Method: The descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2021 after approval from the ethics review committee pf the College of Medicine, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised emergency departments of general and teaching hospitals in the city. Evaluations were done using the World Health Organisation checklist and the guidelines of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine related to Emergency Department Design.

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Objective: To explore the psychological impact of coronavirus disease-2019 on frontline healthcare workers in Iraq.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to September 2021 after approval from the ethics review committee of the College of Medicine, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised doctors and nurses from 4 teaching hospitals and 8 primary healthcare centres in Baghdad. Psychological sequels, like anxiety, depression, fear and insomnia, were assessed along with exposure to coronavirus disease-2019.

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