Background: COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide and social emergency that requires the application of strict measures to prevent the rapid spread of the disease. Health Care Workers (HCWs) compliance to control measures can be affected and determined by their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) towards the virus. Aim of work: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice among HCWs towards COVID 19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done to evaluate KAP among HCWs towards COVID 19. This study involved a sample of online Health care workers in which they shared by sending an invitation link across the available social media seeking to react and answer the questionnaire (Survey Monkey tool) was sent Results: The majority of respondents were female 82 (77.4%). Most of the 66 (64.4%) were nurses, 28 (26.4%) were pharmacists and 10 (9.4%) were physicians. Mean age and standard deviation (SD) 30.10 ± 5.25 years. About (79.2%), (84.8%) and (91.7%) of the participants (nurses, pharmacists, and physicians) were within the accepted knowledge range respectively. The majority of the HCWs had an accepted attitude (78.6% -100%) towards the successful control of COVID-19, majority of the HCWs had healthy practice and preventive measures given by local health care authorities (85.3% -100% -100%) of the nurses, pharmacists and physicians respectively. Conclusion and recommendations:Our results ensured the need to assess the KAP towards COVID-19 among the HCWs (nurses, pharmacists, and physicians). This will induce a promising attitude and encourage healthy practice.

Background: Psoriasis is common, chronic disease of the skin. The disease has psychosocial impact and associated with impairments in Quality of Life (QOL). Aim of the study: It was to define the psychosocial impact of psoriasis and to determine QOL of the psoriasis patients. Patients and methods: This study was conducted on 100 adult patients with psoriasis, attending Dermatology Clinic, Al-Hussein University Hospital and an equal number of normal adults as controls. An analytic, case-control, clinic based study design was selected to conduct this research. An interviewing form and Middle Sex Hospital Questionnaire were used to survey psychosocial impact of the disease and psychiatric symptoms. Dermatology life quality index was used to assess disease impact on the patients' QOL. Results: The most common statistically significant impact was the interference with daily activities (59.0%). This was higher in patients with severe disease (96.2%) and with disease affected visible areas of the body (70.6%). The depression was the commonest psychiatric symptom (27.0%); 46.2% and 35.3% in patients with severe disease and with disease affected visible areas of the body, respectively. QOL was poor in 73.0% of the patients; the most common affected QOL mean domains scores were symptoms and feelings (15.8 ± 5.4), personal relationships (14.6 ± 5.2), and daily activities (14.4 ± 4.9). All QOL mean domain scores were statistically significantly higher in patients with disease affected visible areas of the body and with severe disease. Conclusions and recommendations: Psoriasis has a great effect on the patients' QOL. It disrupting psychosocial aspects and interfering with symptoms and feelings, daily activities, etc. The highest mean domain was symptoms and feelings (15.8) and the lowest mean was treatment (13.6). It could be recommended that more researches should be carried out on big number of patients in Egypt and on different clinical types to understand the impact of this disease.

Background: psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic, inflammatory, progressive joint disease. It has much psychosocial impact and affects quality of life (QOL) of the patients. Aim of the study: to determine the psychosocial impact of PsA on the patients and to define QOL of them. Patients and Methods: the study was conducted on 50 PsA patients, 68 psoriasis (Ps) patients, and 100 controls. A case-control, clinic-based study design was used in this research. An interviewing form and Middle Sex Hospital Questionnaire were used to survey the characteristics of the patients and controls. Severity of PsA was determined clinically. Also, the medical outcomes study 36-item short form (SF-36) was used to assess impact of the disease on the patient's QOL. Results: most (92.0%) of PsA patients had psychiatric symptoms. The disease had interfered with most of patients' personal feelings and relationships, daily activities, school/work, and leisure/sport. Majority (88.0%) of the patients had stigma feeling. Also, 40.0% and 60.0% of PsA patients had severe and mild forms, respectively. The differences between two forms of PsA regarding interference with school/work and presence of suicidal ideation were significant. The difference regarding presence of familial psychological stress was significant. The highly affected SF-36 domain scores were general health and physical limitation. The eight mean domain scores were significantly lower among PsA patients than controls. The mean domain scores of physical functioning, physical limitation, social functioning, emotional limitation, and mental health were significantly lower among patients with severe PsA than those with mild PsA. The eight mean domain scores were significantly lower among PsA patients than those with only Ps. Conclusions: the physical and psychosocial aspects of PsA may interact and influence one another. So, PsA has a great effect on the patients' QOL; disrupting physical and psychosocial aspects, and interfering with daily activities, school/work, and leisure/sport. QOL scores were significantly lower among PsA than only Ps patients.

Background: Pediculosis capitis (PC) and scabies are an important public health problem in childhood. They have a worldwide distribution. Also, they have many effects on the infested students. Objectives: To define the prevalence of PC and scabies, to find out the socio-demographic, environment, and health care behavior risk factors, and to determine the effects on the studied students in Cairo, Egypt. Subjects and Methods: A cross-section, analytical study design was chosen to conduct this work. Three primary schools were the field of this study. Total number of the students was 1987. The students were clinically examined; for each infested case with PC and/ or scabies a control student was chosen. Results: Prevalence of PC and scabies was 10.2% and 3.4%, respectively. These infestations were more common significantly among students in the public school. Significant social risk factors of infested students were the low level of head of the family education, occupation, and social status. Also, significant personal hygiene risk factors were poor hair, body, and environment hygiene. While significant health care behavior risk factors were student never received skin examination, no early consultation for skin diseases, and no compliance with therapy. Also; female gender, the last birth order child, had previous infestation with PC, had sibling(s) with PC, and had parents with history of infestation with PC were significant risk factors. On the other hand; male gender, the last birth order child, had previous infestation with scabies, had sibling(s) with scabies, and had parents with history of infestation with scabies were significant risk factors. Further, the PC cases with crowding index >1, had no sun access, had shared water supply and bathing facilities, cosleeping, had no short cut hair, and sharing hair brushes were significant risk factors. On the other hand, the scabitcs with crowding index >1, had no sun access, had shared water supply and bathing facilities, and co-sleeping were significant risk factors. Lastly, presences of psychiatric, sleep, and peers' relations disturbances were significantly more common among the infested students. Conclusions: Many risk factors of PC and scabies can be manipulated, so these infestations can be prevented, so many health hazards on the students could be prevented. Recommendations: Improving students' hygiene, health education, and regular dermatological screening and treatment of students are important essentiality. Also, dermatological health component should be integrated in school health program. Lastly, further studies in different rural and urban areas in Egypt are recommended.