Emotional distress symptoms and their determinants: screening of non-clinical hospital staff in an Egyptian University hospital.

Background: Non-clinical hospital staff were rarely studied despite their potential exposure to workplace stressors. We aimed to measure the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress (emotional distress symptoms) and determine their association with perceived job stress level and socioeconomic factors among non-clinical hospital staff.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ain-Shams University Hospitals from March to May 2019.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care: A cross-sectional study of Egyptian patients' perspectives and concerns.

Background: Worldwide, COVID-19 greatly reduced healthcare accessibility and utilization by non-COVID patients including cancer. This study aimed to quantify and characterize cancer care adjustments experienced by cancer patients/survivors; and to explore their concerns, beliefs, and knowledge regarding COVID-19.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire distributed through social media patients' groups (June-December 2020).

Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Cases at a sentinel site in Egypt, 2013-15.

Background: Sentinel surveillance for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in Egypt began in 2006 and occurs at eight sites. Avian influenza is endemic, and human cases of influenza A (H5N1) have been reported annually since 2006. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of SARI at a major sentinel site in the country.

Prognostic factors of treatment among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Egypt.

Background/purpose: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) represents 5% of TB cases globally. In Egypt, it represents 11.4% of TB cases (2.