Publications by authors named "T Daradkeh"
Article Synopsis
- Substance use is a growing public health issue, particularly in the Arab world, and this study focused on understanding its prevalence among patients with psychiatric disorders in Jordan.
- The research involved 671 patients aged between 20-80 years and highlighted that factors like male sex, lower education, and unemployment were associated with higher rates of substance use.
- Findings suggest that these patients not only had higher instances of substance use but also faced additional challenges like self-harming behaviors and emotional trauma, indicating a need for targeted clinical interventions.
Psychiatric morbidity and its sociodemographic correlates among women in Irbid, Jordan.
East Mediterr Health J
April 2007
The rate of psychiatric morbidity and its sociodemographic correlates was estimated in 2000 women attending 3 primary care centres in Irbid, Jordan. Women completed standardized diagnostic tools that yielded psychiatric diagnoses, a stress scale and sociodemographic details. The rate of psychiatric morbidity was 26.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe studied quality of life in 211 patients with schizophrenia from 2 outpatient clinics in Irbid, Jordan and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using the self-reporting questionnaire SRQ-24 and the modified version of the schizophrenia quality of life scale. Sex, marital status, employment, education, nonpsychotic symptoms and psychotic symptoms were examined. Approximately 27% had good quality of life, 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report several cases of hyperthyroidism in patients presenting with the unusual symptom of sleepwalking and to discuss the possible pathophysiologic basis for this novel association.
Methods: After encountering and reporting the first case of new-onset somnambulism in a patient presenting with thyrotoxicosis at our institution, we routinely inquired about the sleep history of patients with thyrotoxicosis, questioning both the patients and family members when applicable. Those patients who actually had sleepwalking episodes coinciding with the onset of thyrotoxicosis underwent close follow-up, and the relationship between the sleepwalking and the results of thyroid function tests was analyzed.
Purpose: There is wide variation in the reported recurrence rate after a first unprovoked seizure in children. We investigated the risk of recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in Jordanian children and the risk factors associated with increased recurrence rate.
Methods: All consecutive patients aged 3 months-14 years who presented with their first unprovoked seizures between January 1997 and 2000, were included in a prospective study and followed up for 3 years for possible recurrence.