Defensive medicine practices as a result of malpractice claims and workplace physical violence: a cross-sectional study from Egypt.

Defensive medicine refers to practices motivated mainly by legal rather than medical purposes. Increased healthcare costs, overutilization of medical services, and potential harm to patients from unnecessary procedures are among its drawbacks. We performed this study to assess the prevalence of defensive medicine practices in Egypt and their associations with experiencing malpractice claims and workplace physical violence.

mHealth App Barriers, Usability, and Personalization: A Cross-Sectional Study from Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Mobile health (mHealth) has emerged as a substantial segment of eHealth. Herein, we conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate mHealth app barriers, usability, and personalization in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. We used a Google survey to recruit participants from both countries between the 15th of September and the 15th of October 2022.

Maternal and neonatal risk factors for autism spectrum disorder: A case-control study from Egypt.

Background: The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing steadily in Egypt and worldwide. Detecting risk factors for ASD could help initiate screening and risk prevention approaches. Herein, this study aimed to detect several maternal and neonatal risk factors for ASD in Egypt.

Violence against healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study from Egypt.

Workplace violence (WPV) is a serious endemic phenomenon in healthcare settings, and it has been escalating during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, healthcare workers (HCWs) (105 physicians and 104 nurses) working at two public hospitals accepting patients with COVID-19 in Egypt were included. Using a self-administered questionnaire distributed in January 2021, data about HCWs' sociodemographic and occupational characteristics and their exposure to psychological and physical WPV during the past six months were collected.

Public attitudes towards people who stutter in South Egypt.

Purpose: Stuttering is a multifactorial speech disorder with significant social and psychological consequences. There is a lack of knowledge about public attitudes towards people who stutter (PWS) and the factors that can determine such attitudes in underprivileged communities. This study aimed to assess the public attitudes in South Egypt towards PWS and compare our results with those stored in a reference database representing 180 different samples.

Completeness of Medical Records of Trauma Patients Admitted to the Emergency Unit of a University Hospital, Upper Egypt.

Trauma records in Egyptian hospitals are widely suspected to be inadequate for developing a practical and useful trauma registry, which is critical for informing both primary and secondary prevention. We reviewed archived paper records of trauma patients admitted to the Beni-Suef University Hospital in Upper Egypt for completeness in four domains: demographic data including contact information, administrative data tracking patients from admission to discharge, clinical data including vital signs and Glasgow Coma Scale scores, and data describing the causal traumatic event (mechanism of injury, activity at the time of injury, and location/setting). The majority of the 539 medical records included in the study had significant deficiencies in the four reviewed domains.

Age-related differences in driving behaviors among non-professional drivers in Egypt.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate whether young and old non-professional drivers in South Egypt have aberrant driving behaviors compared with their middle-aged counterparts.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1764 non-professional drivers aged ≥ 19 years, residing in Beni-Suef in South Egypt, and having ≥ one year of driving experience were randomly selected. All drivers were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire, including personal information, driving habits, and the Arabic version of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire which evaluates driving violations, errors, and lapses.

Psychological Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Public in Egypt.

This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and inadequate sleeping among the public in Egypt during the novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. An online snowball sampling approach was used to collect data from netizens in four Egyptian governorates between 16 and 30 April 2020. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed to assess sociodemographic characteristics, sleeping hours per day, and psychological disturbances (depression, anxiety, and stress) of participants using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21.

Pattern and quitting of tobacco smoking among Egyptian university students.

Objectives: University students are at high risk of practicing the smoking habit being exposed to smoking peers and easier cigarette availability.

Methods: This study aims to explore prevalence, attitude and pattern of tobacco smoking and quitting among Beni-Suef University students. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2019.

Knowledge and attitudes about toxoplasmosis among female university students in Egypt.

Aim: This study aimed to assess toxoplasmosis-related knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices among female undergraduate students in Beni-Suef University, Egypt.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional design with a multi-stage random sample of female Beni-Suef university students were recruited in this survey over a period of 8 weeks' duration using a self-administrated questionnaire.

Results: Among 1079 female students, only 35 (3.

Menstrual disorders and medical counseling among schoolgirls in South Egypt: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Menstrual disorders are common gynecological problems among adolescents, however, medical counseling for these disorders is not well documented in developing countries.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess medical counseling for menstrual disorders among schoolgirls in Beni-Suef city in South Egypt.

Methods: Using a multi-stage random sampling, a total of 970 preparatory schoolgirls were included in this study.

Pattern and correlates of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef, Egypt.

Background: The expansion of the online environment has unveiled many cyber risks and potentials for abuse such as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying carries many negative psychological impacts that affect mainly young people.

Aim: The objective of our study is to explore the of cyberbullying victimization among Egyptian university students in Beni-Suef and investigate factors correlating with it.

Hepatitis C virus in patients on regular hemodialysis in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt.

Background: The prevalence of HCV infection among hemodialysis patients (HD) varies from country to country and from one center to another. Despite the existence of guidelines for a comprehensive infection control program, Egypt is one of the countries with high HCV prevalence. In Egypt, the prevalence of HCV in haemadalysis patients (2015) was 50.

Prevalence of HIV among blood donors at Beni-Suef University Hospital Blood Bank, Egypt.

Background: The prevalence rate of HIV among blood donors differs between countries and regions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV among blood donors in the Blood Bank of Beni-Suef University Hospital, Egypt, during the 5 years 2010-2014.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective, record-based study that involved the abstraction of data of all donors from registers at the Beni-Suef University Hospital Blood Bank during the period 2010-2014.