Cross-cultural adaptation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) questionnaire in patients after traumatic brain injury in Morocco.

Objectives: Individuals after traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly experience a variety of symptoms that impact their daily life functioning. This study aims to evaluate the applicability, validity, and reliability of the health-related Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) questionnaire in the Moroccan context.

Methods: This multicentric cross-sectional study included 203 individuals after TBI in medical centers from three different cities at a mean of 4.

Governance of healthcare quality: exploring the relationships between hospital board performance and healthcare quality outcomes.

Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to the existing literature in the field of hospital governance by exploring the relationship between the attributes and performance of hospital boards and hospital performance in terms of quality of healthcare.

Design/methodology/approach: A survey of board performance in public hospitals in Morocco was carried out, in which we surveyed all board members of the 13 hospitals in the Casablanca-Settat region. A total of 82 members responded (82% response rate) to the previously adapted and validated self-evaluation questionnaire on board self-assessment questionnaire (BSAQ) board member performance.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) in Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem that remains largely under-diagnosed, mainly due to the under-use of spirometry to establish the diagnosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Moroccan Arabic dialect version of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) in screening for COPD.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in primary care facilities in Morocco, involving participants aged 40 and over.

Predictors of outcomes 3 to 12 months after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The exact factors predicting outcomes following traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain elusive. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we examined factors influencing outcomes in adult patients with TBI, from 3 months to 1 year after injury. A search of four electronic databases-PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect-yielded 29 studies for review and 16 for meta-analysis, in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines.

Misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate nursing students' potential misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries and the relationship between these misconceptions and students' sociodemographic characteristics.

Background: Although traumatic brain injuries have severe consequences, misconceptions about traumatic brain injury are widespread among healthcare professionals. Studying misconceptions about traumatic brain injury among nursing students can help enhance nursing curricula for better traumatic brain injury care and rehabilitation.

Characterizing the progress in traumatic brain injuries research in North Africa: a systematic review.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a major health concern worldwide. Currently, systematic TBI studies in North Africa are lacking. Nevertheless, they are highly needed to ameliorate TBI outcomes and increase survival rates among TBI patients.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among Users of Primary Health Care Facilities in Morocco.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem. In Morocco, few studies have focused on COPD in primary health care facilities, whose main mission is prevention. The aim of our work is thus to assess the prevalence of COPD and to study the factors associated with this silent disease among users of health care facilities in Morocco.

Estimating the global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem. The present study aims to provide a global and regional estimate of the prevalence of COPD based on spirometry according to the two most widely used diagnostic criteria of COPD: fixed ratio (FR) and lower limit of normal (LLN).

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature according to PRISMA guidelines.

Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) in moroccan patients with type-2 diabetes.

Background: The objective of the study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate the General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) in patients with type-2 diabetes in Morocco.

Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted between September 12 and October 12, 2022, and included patients with type-2 diabetes from a primary health care network. To measure the different psychometric parameters of the construct, data analysis was performed using SPSS v20.

[Epidemiological profile and diagnostic and evolutionary features of TB patients at the Diagnostic Centre for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in Settat, Morocco].

Introduction: tuberculosis is a public health problem in Morocco. This study aims to examine the epidemiological profile as well as the evolutionary and diagnostic features of tuberculosis in Settat, Morocco.

Methods: we conducted a retrospective descriptive and analytical study of data from the medical records of TB patients managed at the Diagnostic Centre for Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases in Settat, Morocco from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019.