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Ghaleb Alrubaiee G, Alsabri M, Abdulrahman Al-Qadasi F, Ali Hussein Al-Qalah T, Cole J, Abdullah Ghaleb Alburiahy Y. Psychosocial Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Yemeni healthcare workers: A Web-based, Cross-sectional Survey. Libyan J Med 2023; 18:2174291. [PMID: 36840952 PMCID: PMC9970220 DOI: 10.1080/19932820.2023.2174291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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Yemeni healthcare workers (HCWs) experience high levels of psychosocial stress. The current study provides a psychosocial assessment of Yemeni HCWs during the COVID19 pandemic and the factors that influence this. Between 6 November 2020, and 3 April 2021, 1220 HCWs inside Yemen self-reported levels of stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression and quality of life using a web-based, cross-sectional survey. According to the findings, 73.0%, 57.3%, 49.8%, 53.2%, and 85.2% of all HCWs reported moderate or severe stress, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and a lower quality of life, respectively. Significant positive correlations were found between stress and anxiety, insomnia, and depression scores, as well as anxiety and insomnia and depression, and insomnia and depression (p < 0.001). There was also a significant inverse relationship between wellbeing scores and stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression scores (p < 0.001). A high percentage of respondents (85.8%) were 40 years old or younger and 72.7% had fewer than 10 years' experience, suggesting that experienced medics leave Yemen for safer and more secure jobs elsewhere. Psychosocial support to assist in building resilience to the prevailing conditions may need to be embedded in medical school training and continuing professional development to help support HCWs within Yemen and prevent even more from leaving the country.
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- Gamil Ghaleb Alrubaiee
- Department of Community Health, College of Nursing, Ha’il University, Hail, KSA,Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Al-Razi University, Sana’a City, Yemen
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- Emergency Department, Al-Thawra Modern General Teaching Hospital, Sana’a City, Yemen,CONTACT Mohammed Alsabri Department of Medical Surgical, College of Nursing, Ha’il University, Hail, KSA
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- Department of Health Studies, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
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Gunaid AA, Al-Radaei AN, LaPorte RE, Al-Qadasi FA, Ishak AA, Al-Serouri AA, AlKebsi TY, Bourji AA, Elshoubaki HR. Incidence of type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents during peace and war times in Yemen. Pediatr Diabetes 2022; 23:310-319. [PMID: 35084809 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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AIM To calculate a 30-year incidence rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Sana'a city, Yemen during peace and wartimes. METHODS A total of 461 patients aged between 8 months and 18 years with newly diagnosed diabetes were registered between 1989 and 2018. We used a standardized protocol for counting cases over time. The annual incidence rates (cases/100,000/year) were calculated from the number of new reported cases for each year divided by the estimated number of person-years "at risk" resident in Sana'a city, Yemen according to age and sex of the participants of that year. RESULTS The mean annual incidence rate of T1D in children aged 0-14 years was 1.83/100,000/year. With the use of 3-year time-periods, the mean annual incidence rate was (5/100,000/year) in the first time-period, fluctuated between 1.2 and 2.3 during subsequent seven time-periods, and declined to (0.5/100,000/year) during the conflict years. The age-specific mean annual incidence rates for age-groups 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, and 15-18 years were 0.83, 1.82, 3.14, and 2.31/100,000/year, respectively. CONCLUSION The mean annual incidence rate of T1D in children and adolescents over the observation period in Sana'a city was low. In children aged 0-14 years in particular, the incidence declined to a very low rate during wartime. Interpretation is partly limited by lack of recent census data, and the possibility of death from nondiagnosis at onset.
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- Abdallah Ahmed Gunaid
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sana'a University Medical School, Sana'a, Yemen.,Department of Diabetes, Sana'a Diabetes Center, Sana'a, Yemen
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- International Child Health Yemen Field Epidemiology Training Program (YFETP), Yemen Ministry of Public Health and population, Sana'a, Yemen
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Alsabri M, Abdulaziz AlGhallabi M, Abdulrahman Al-Qadasi F, Abdullah Yahya Zeeherah A, Ebo A, Ghafouri SAR, Abdullah Hassan AA, Hamzah M, Najjar S, Bellou A. Patient Safety Culture in Emergency Departments of Yemeni Public Hospitals: A Survey Study. FEM 2021. [DOI: 10.18502/fem.v5i2.5618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Introduction: Quality and safety is an important challenge in healthcare systems all over the world particularly in developing parts.
Objective: This survey aimed to assess patient safety culture (PSC) in emergency departments (EDs) in Yemen and identify its associated factors.
Methods: A questionnaire containing the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) was distributed to ED physicians, nurses, and clinical, and non-clinical staff at three public teaching general hospitals. The percentages of positive responses on the 12 patient safety dimensions and the summation of PSC and two outcomes (overall patient safety grade and adverse events reported in the past year) were assessed. Factors associated with PSC aggregate score were analyzed.
Results: finally, out of 400 questionnaires, 250 (64%) were analyzed. In total, 207 (82.3%) participants were nurses and physicians; 140 (56.0%) were male; 134 (53.6%) were less than 30 years old; and 134 (53.6%) had a university degree. Participants provided the highest ratings for the “teamwork within units” PSC composite (67%). The lowest rating was for “non-punitive response to error” (21.3%). A total of 120 (48.1%) participants did not report any events in the past year and 99 (39.7%) gave their hospital an “excellent/very good” overall patient safety grade. There were significant differences between the hospitals’ EDs in the rating of “handoffs and transitions” (p=0.016), “teamwork within units” (p=0.018), and “frequency of adverse events reported” (p=0.016). Staff working in intensive care units (8.4%, n=21) had lower patient safety aggregate scores.
Conclusions: PSC ratings appear to be low in Yemen. This study emphasizes the need to create and maintain a PSC in EDs through the implementation of quality improvement strategies and environment of transparency, open communications, and continuous learning.
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Al-Shehab MA, Hudna AS, Thawaba FN, Al-Qadasi FA. Split Hand/Foot Malformation with Long Bone Deficiency: A Report of Two Female Siblings. J Clin Diagn Res 2021. [DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2021/48104.15060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Spilt Hand/Foot Malformation with Long-bone Deficiency (SHFMLD) is a rare heterogeneous group of limb malformations characterised by absence/hypoplasia and/or median cleft of hands and/or feet associated with long bone abnormalities, most frequently tibia. This case report described two sisters with congenital limb defects born to healthy consanguineous parents. The six-year-old girl did not had both radii and the left fibula. There was a cleft in the left hand and the right foot. She had one digit in her right upper limb, but did not have the left foot. The four-year-old girl had short four limbs, bilateral tibial aplasia with single digit in all limbs. Both parents were normal, and no other similar cases was reported in the family. According to the authors' best knowledge, these two cases are the first published cases in Yemen with the SHFMLD, but they need a genetic study to determine their genetic profile.
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Al-Shehab MA, Alhadi AM, Elnemr MAM, Al-Qadasi FA, Alabsi NA, Aqlan MA. Epidemiological, Clinical and Paraclinical Characteristics of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Sana’a, Yemen. J Clin Diagn Res 2020. [DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2020/43517.13651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Al-Qadasi FA, Shah SA, Ghazi HF. Tobacco chewing and risk of gastric cancer: a case-control study in Yemen. East Mediterr Health J 2017; 22:719-726. [PMID: 28134423 DOI: 10.26719/2016.22.10.719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This study aimed to assess the risk factors for gastric cancer in Yemen. A hospital-based case-control study of 70 cases and 140 controls was carried out in Sana'a city between May and October 2014. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information through direct interview. Living in rural areas, tobacco chewing and drinking untreated water were significant risk factors for gastric cancer. Frequent consumption of chicken, cheese, milk, starchy vegetables, cucumber, carrots, leeks, sweet pepper, fruit drinks, legumes and olive oil were associated significantly with decreased risk of gastric cancer. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that chewing tobacco and frequent consumption of white bread were associated with increased risk of gastric cancer, whereas frequent consumption of chicken, cooked potatoes and fruit drinks had an inverse association. Risk of gastric cancer can be prevented by health education and increasing community awareness.
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- F A Al-Qadasi
- Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen
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- Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Sana'a, Yemen; Medical Molecular Biological Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Community Medicine Unit, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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