BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major cause of mortality around the world. At present, almost half of the non-communicable diseases are CVDs. According to the literature review, CVD disease and the associated risk factors are high among Saudi adults. It has not been studied to determine at which age the majority of adults acquire the risk factors. We hypothesized and planned to assess CVD risk factors among medical students. AIM: The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of CVD risk factors among male and female medical students in Qassim University. METHODS: A cross-sectional study surveyed 188 males and female medical students in Qassim University. They were selected by random sampling technique. The data were collected by using a questionnaire included (age, gender, height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, random blood glucose, smoking habits, physical activity, and stress scale). After the data collection, it was entered and analyzed by SPSS. RESULTS: About 9.6% of male students were smokers, while there is no history of smoking among female students. About 18.2% of males were found obese, while obesity was lower among females (4.2%). The random blood glucose for males and females was within normal limits, but the measured blood pressure showed a higher percentage of elevated blood pressure among males (47.8%) in comparison to females (25.4%). Perceived stress scale exhibited that females were getting a greater percentage of high stress (34.3%), while in males, it was 14.4%. CONCLUSION: Many risk factors were greater among males, including elevated blood pressure 47.8%, obesity 18.2%, and smoking 9.6%. On the other hand, these risk factors were lower in females, but they have a higher stress scale 34.3% in comparison to males.
Based on the instructors' and the students' viewpoints, this study identifies and investigates the positive and negative effects of the pandemic (COVID-19) on the postgraduate programs in the Curricula and Teaching Methods Department (Department hereafter) at IMSU. The study provided a system for creating postgraduate programs at IMSU in the wake of the pandemic experience by employing descriptive survey methodology and designing a series of questionnaires. The study sample comprised 53 teaching staff individuals and 90 male and female graduate students studying in the Department at IMSU at the masters and doctoral levels. The results found that the study sample respondents' responses regarding the pandemic's positive effects on the postgraduate programs reached 3.85, indicating that the respondents' approval rate is very high. The study sample respondents' responses regarding the pandemic's negative effects on the University's postgraduate programs reached 3.43, signaling that the approval rate is high among the respondents. Accordingly, the network's poor service in remote areas and the absence of effective technical support to the e-learners and teachers are the significant negative effects of the pandemic recorded by the study's respondents on education. Received: 25 March 2022 / Accepted: 26 June 2022 / Published: 5 July 2022
Background: The attrition rate among nursing students is a serious phenomenon; however, this issue has attracted such little attention particularly in Saudi Arabia. Objective: This study aimed to assess students’ perceptions toward nursing and the factors and intention that influenced them to drop out from the program. The study also examined the predictors of students’ perceived factors and intention to quit nursing. Design: Quantitative, correlational, and cross-sectional design. Method: A convenience sample of 162 baccalaureate nursing students was surveyed. A logistic regression analysis was implemented to examine the predictor variables on students’ perceived factors and intention to quit nursing. Results: The overall agreement of the perceptions of nursing students toward the nursing profession can be interpreted as positive. In addition, the perceived factors are strong, whereas their intention to quit nursing is low. Nursing students’ age, marital status, and having no children had significant correlations with the factors that cause drop-out from the nursing program. Having a friend or relative who is a nurse and the positive family’s reaction to enrolment to nursing had significant relationships with the low level of intention to quit nursing. The strong and positive agreement with their perceptions of nursing as a profession had predictive effects on the perceived factors that cause dropping out from the nursing program. Conclusions: Female Saudi nursing students had positive perceptions and low intention to quit nursing but strongly agreed with the factors that cause drop-outs. As previous studies showed conflicting views with the current study, a further investigation involving students (males and females) and the public on a national level is paramount to gain a clear view of nursing in the country. Students and public view of nursing can affect and influence high school students who plan to enroll into the nursing program.
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