“…This study is aimed at evaluating the validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the EQ-5D in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The study was done utilizing a convenience sample of Arabic-speaking adult patients or visitors at the outpatient clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) in Riyadh during October–December 2015. …”
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“…Few studies have thus far been carried out on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and obesity in Arab-speaking countries, an issue that we therefore set out to investigate in this study. …”
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“…Although, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has one of the highest prevalence of overweight, obesity and type 2 diabetes in the world, however, validated dietary assessment aids to estimate food intake of individuals and populations in the UAE are currently lacking. …”
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“…The Environmental Attitudes Inventory (EAI) was developed to evaluate the multidimensional nature of environmental attitudes; however, it is based on a dataset from outside the Arab context. This study reinvestigated the construct validity of the EAI with a new dataset and confirmed the feasibility of applying it in the Arab context. …”
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“…CONCLUSION: Future work involving high-throughput sequencing methods and correlating archaeal communities with the main operational parameters of anaerobic digesters will help to obtain a better understanding of the dynamics of the methanogenic archaeal community in wastewater treatment plants in United Arab Emirates (UAE) which in turn would lead to improved performance of anaerobic sludge digesters.…”
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“…The dataset in this article are related to an experimental Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) scheme involving the use of dispersions containing Gum Arabic coated Alumina Nanoparticles (GCNPs) for Nigerian medium crude oil. …”
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“…Initial studies conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2003 and 2004 on pregnant women published a considerably higher upper limit for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) than that proposed by ATA. …”
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“…SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The validated Arabic version of the WHO-ILAR COPCORD Core Questionnaire was used in a survey of 2500 randomly selected Kuwaiti households to assess the frequency of musculoskeletal pain, disability, and health-seeking behavior in adult Kuwaitis. …”
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“…This pilot study examined the efficacy and acceptability of a self-guided and culturally modified internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (iCBT) treatment for Arab people, aged 18 and over, with symptoms of depression and anxiety. …”
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“…OBJECTIVES: The study goals were to assess the health literacy level of the general population in Saudi Arabia using translated Gulf Arabic version of the short-version of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) and Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS) tests and to measure the relationship between health literacy and education level. …”
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“…The purpose of this study was to observe and report variations in several haematological and biochemical markers throughout an entire athletic season in a large cohort of adolescent athletes of Arab origin. Blood samples were collected from 72 adolescent male athletes at 4 selected time points during their training season. …”
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“…The present study aimed at verifying whether the cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitor B (CDKN2B) genomic region strongly associated with coronary artery disease (CAD)/myocardial infarction (MI) may also constitute risk for its risk factors type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (HTN) in ethnic Saudi Arabs. METHODOLOGY: We genotyped eight CDKN2B SNPs for cardiovascular risk in a total of 4650 Saudi Arabs, (3049 male and 1601 female) by Taqman assay. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: The need for improved research on ill health has been recognized internationally and locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council recently committed to enhancing the status and contributions of nursing in healthcare research across the UAE by establishing a National Committee for Research Development. …”
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“…This systematic review synthesizes research on the influence of human and economic resources for women’s empowerment on their pre- and postnatal mental health, understudied in the Arab world. We include articles using quantitative methods from PubMed and Web of Science. …”
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“…Studies show that mothers of adolescents belonging to the Arab minority have much lower help-seeking rates than Jewish mothers. …”
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“…Unlike these languages, Arabic has a unique position-dependent allography whereby some letters change shape according to their position within a word. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Obesity is a worldwide problem. The Arab world, and particularly the Middle East, has witnessed a recent dramatic rise in obesity and obesity-related diseases. …”
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“…We aimed to identify a set of plasma microRNAs, which could serve as biomarkers of T2DM and complications in a mixed Israeli Arab/Jewish patient sample. Subjects included 30 healthy volunteers, 29 early-stage T2DM patients, and 29 late-stage T2DM patients with renal and/or vascular complications. …”
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“…METHODS: We translated the MUST into Arabic by using the Brislin back-translation method. …”
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“…As part of a project to translate and validate scales used in the diagnosis and treatment of Arab patients with schizophrenia, this study aimed to explore the experience of clinical research coordinators (CRCs) while administering the Arabic version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) on Arab schizophrenia patients. …”
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