Efficacy of core stability training on upper extremity performance in collegiate athletes.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of a five-week core stability training program for collegiate athletes on upper extremity performance measures.

Methods: Seventy healthy collegiate athletes (age 21.6±1.

Incidence and Risk Factors of Colistin-Induced Nephrotoxicity Associated with The International Consensus Guidelines for the Optimal Use of the Polymyxins: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

Colistin is an effective therapy against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. However, nephrotoxicity is a major issue with its use. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and the potential risk factors of nephrotoxicity in colistin-treated patients.

Impact of Pharmacophobia and Pharmacophilia on Perception of Medication Use and Self-Medication Behaviors in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: Pharmacophilia and pharmacophobia have positive and negative effects on treatment outcomes. There exist lacune of information on these phenomena in middle east countries. Therefore the current study aimed to determine the pattern and predictors of Pharmacophilia and pharmacophobia in Saudi Arabia.

Short-Term Effects of Dry Needling with a Standard Exercise Program on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain.

Background: This study aimed to determine the short-term effects of dry needling (DN) combined with a standard exercise program on pain and quality of life in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).

Methods: Thirty-one patients with CMNP were randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received DN and underwent a standard exercise program (one DN session and six exercise sessions) for two weeks, whereas the control group underwent the same exercise program alone for two weeks.

Exploring the perception and readiness of Pharmacists towards telepharmacy implementation; a cross sectional analysis.

Background: Amid the turbulent nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, telepharmacy has shifted the paradigm of patient care by leveraging digital medicine. Government mandated lockdowns and norms of social distancing have further underscored the need for telepharmacy. Many developed and developing countries implemented such initiatives where pharmacists have provided tele-pharmacy services telecommunications.

Patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical care services for chronic diseases and their medication adherence during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: During the ongoing coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, chronic disease management and medication adherence have become challenging; thus, health-related quality of life may have been compromised. As highly trusted healthcare providers, pharmacies in Saudi Arabia have undergone restructuring or redesign to cope with the current demands during the pandemic. The study assessed satisfaction levels of patients with chronic diseases concerning pharmaceutical care services provided during COVID-19 in addition to medication adherence and quality of life during the pandemic.

Changes in Attitude to Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Youngsters in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: A growing number of epidemiological evidence suggests a significant increase in waterpipe tobacco smoking, and its potential to become a major public health concern in most Arabic countries, including Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of intention to quit among ever users of waterpipe and intention to start among the never users. The study also investigated the barriers that may prevent users from quitting or trigger the nonusers to start waterpipe smoking.

The immediate psychological response of the general population in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 may differentially exacerbate anxiety and stress in people subjected to the real or perceived threat of the virus.

Method: An online cross-sectional survey was carried out to assess the general population's psychological response during the initial state of the outbreak in Saudi Arabia. The study used brief screening tools PHQ-4 for anxiety-depression symptoms and IES-6 for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.

An observational study on adverse reactions of cosmetics: The need of practice the Cosmetovigilance system.

Introduction: Cosmetovigilance is public health surveillance on cosmetic products with a public health objective. Since the radical development in beautifying products in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority takes the responsibility of regulating cosmetic products and issuing guidelines to ensure its safety. Despite this, there exists a lacuna of Re published reports on cosmetics-related adverse reactions in the Saudi population.

Evaluation of acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia among critically ill patients in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Microbiology; Bacteria; Antimicrobial; Infectious disease; Medical microbiology; Pharmacology; Pneumonia; ; Colistin.

Off-label Medications Use in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: The Views of General Practitioners, Pediatricians, and Other Specialists.

Off-label drug prescribing remains a major pediatric health concern worldwide. The lack of studies in this vulnerable population causes many practitioners to prescribe drugs outside their license. This study aims to investigate and compare the current knowledge and views of general practitioners, pediatricians, and other specialists toward off-label pediatric prescribing.

Health-related quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.

Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic levels, and it threatens the economy and health globally and Saudi Arabia in particular. The study assessed health-related quality of life using EuroQol instrument and its predictors among patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 378 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from two major health centers in Eastern Province.

Assessment of knowledge and attitude toward the new antibiotic dispensing law and its effect on antibiotic use in Saudi Arabia.

Background: Antibiotics resistance is a serious problem around the world, which has been increasing in the last century due to misuse of antibiotics. Recently, Saudi Arabia enforced the Executive Regulations of Health Practice Law that prohibits dispensing antibiotics without prescription.

Aim: (1) To assess the association between the knowledge and attitude toward the recent enforcement of the antibiotic restriction Law and the antibiotic use among Saudi population.

A causal modelling framework for reference-based imputation and tipping point analysis in clinical trials with quantitative outcome.

We consider estimation in a randomised placebo-controlled or standard-of-care-controlled drug trial with quantitative outcome, where participants who discontinue an investigational treatment are not followed up thereafter, and the estimand follows a treatment policy strategy for handling treatment discontinuation. Our approach is also useful in situations where participants take rescue medication or a subsequent line of therapy and the estimand follows a hypothetical strategy to estimate the effect of initially randomised treatment in the absence of rescue or other active treatment. Carpenter et al proposed reference-based imputation methods which use a reference arm to inform the distribution of post-discontinuation outcomes and hence to inform an imputation model.

A Call for Effective Interventions to Curb Shisha Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Although the number of cigarettes smoked has been declining due to major public health initiatives, shisha tobacco smoking is gaining popularity around the world, particularly among youth and university students.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 464 university students in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia using a structured questionnaire (i) to assess the prevalence of shisha smoking; (ii) to evaluate risk-perception, knowledge and normative belief about shisha smoking, and to compare these among users and non-users of shisha.

Results: The study reported a high prevalence (22.

A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data.

Objectives: In randomized trials, the primary analysis should be consistent with the intention-to-treat (ITT) principle and should address missing data appropriately to draw valid inferences. This review focuses on current practices relating to the ITT principle and methods to handle missing data in the major musculoskeletal journals.

Study Design And Setting: A systematic review of randomized trials published in 2010 and 2011 in five musculoskeletal journals was performed.