Background: otitis media (OM) also known as middle ear disease is an inflammation of the middle ear cleft, where infection leads to the effusion of fluids into the middle ear. In developing countries, otitis media is the main cause of hearing impairment. There are several factors that enhance the presence of otitis media, including genetic, environmental and demographic. Aim of the study: this study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of otitis media in adults. Methods: this study included 117 participants and it based on an online survey, the survey was divided into two parts. The data were collected in excel sheet and analyzed by SPSS. Results: the prevalence rate of OM was 40.2%, there were significance differences between health individuals and OM patients regarding chronic diseases (P value=0.01) and allergy (P value=0.001). Conclusion: the prevalence of OM was low, chronic disease and allergy were risk factors for OM.
Background: Dyslipidemia is defined as defect or over production of lipoprotein, it is a consequence of obesity. Dyslipidemia can result in several complications and diseases including stroke, cardiovascular diseases and arthrosclerosis. The prevalence of both obesity and dyslipidemia are increasing as a result of change in dietary content and change in life styles. Aim: To investigate the prevalence of dyslipidemia in obese patients. Methods: The study included 150 participants who were divided into 2 groups; the obese group and nonobese group. Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides were estimated for all individuals. Results: There were 90 obese person and 60 non-obese individuals. The mean± SD of TC for non-obese participants and obese was 191±12.7 mg/dl and 234.5±14.2 mg/dl respectively (P-value=0.04), while for LDL was 97.2± 5.4 mg/dl for non-obese and 166± 7.3 mg/dl for obese (P-value=0.02). Triglycerides mean ± SD for non-obese was 117.7±5.3 mg/dl and for obese was 160.7±12.4 mg/dl (P-value=0.012), regarding HDL mean± SD was 117.7± 7.2 mg/dl for non-obese and 160.8± 12.6 mg/dl for obese individuals (P-value=0.044). Conclusion: The prevalence of dyslipidemia was high in obese patients and the most common type was hypertriglyceridemia.
Background: Patient safety is a global concern among healthcare providers. However, the challenges to and the future of patient safety have not been explored in details at primary health care centers in recent literature in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines patient safety as "the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care" and "to do no harm to patients". The study aims to identify and analyze factors that influence patient safety culture in the primary health care setting. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on primary health care physicians working in 12 primary health care training centers, cluster one, ministry of health, Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over a period of two months from the beginning of January, 2021 to the end of February, 2021 using a survey inspired from Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS). The HSOPS was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in 2004 and has been translated into around 20 different languages. The questionnaire was answered by all primary health care physicians who accepted to be included in this study. The data was analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) latest version program. Results: In this study, the response rate was 94.55% and we were able to collect 208 responses of our questionnaire among primary health care physicians with 75% of the physicians were Saudis. 53.4% of the responders were males. The overall average positive response rate for the patient safety culture dimensions was 76.13%. Moreover, we found that 48.1% of the participants rated the procedures to achieve patients' safety is very good while 32.2% of them reported excellent patients' safety. Moreover, we found that almost half of the physicians (46.2%) reported no event reports in the last 12 months while 28.8% reported 1 -2 events, 20.2% reported 3-5 events and only 1% reported 11-20 event in the last 12 months. Conclusion:The patient safety culture in primary health care facilities in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is good and gives better results than previous studies.
Background: appendicitis is the inflammation of appendix which requires appendectomy for treatment. Appendectomy involves the surgical removal of the appendix. Early diagnosis and early appendectomy performing results in a good outcome of the surgery. The traditional strategy was an open surgery, while the modern one is laparoscopic appendectomy. However both have complications. Aim of the work: this study aimed to investigate the predictors of length stay, complications and patient satisfaction after performing an appendectomy. Methods: this study based on a simple online survey which composed of 2 parts. The data were collected using an excel sheet and analyzing data were performed using SPSS. Results: complication after surgery included presence of abscess which represented 88.7%, suffering from complications which represented 69.3% and wound infection which represented 5.7%. The range of hospital stay was 1 to 10 days with a mean± SD of 3.9± 2.4 days. 39.6% of participants had good satisfaction, 35.8% had very good satisfaction, 15.1% and 9.4% had a fair and bad level of satisfaction. Males had mean± SD of hospital stay = 4.69 days, while females had mean± SD 2.9 days. Mean ± SD of hospital stay for patients with chronic diseases was 5.14±2.34, while for those without chronic diseases it was 3.56±2.31. Conclusion: the most common complication for appendectomy was abscess after the operation, individuals reported good level of satisfaction. Male gender had chronic disease were associated with longer hospital stay.
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