Infectious Diseases |
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Title |
Year |
PI |
Owner Institution |
Study Design |
Sample Size |
Keywords |
References |
| Questionnaire-based analysis of infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia in regards to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. | 2017 | Ali A. Rabaan | Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | Cross-sectional | 607 | Saudi Arabia;
Infection; prevention;
Infection; control;
Healthcare workers;
MERS-CoV | http://www.sciencedirect
.com/science/article
/pii/S187603411
7300205 |
| Neisseria meningitidis nasopharyngeal carriage during the Hajj: A cohort study evaluating the need for ciprofloxacin prophylaxis. | 2017 | Prof Ziad A Memish | MOH
Alfaisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Cohort study | 1055 | • Hajj;
• Pilgrimage;
• Meningococcal disease;
• Neisseria meningitidis; | http://doi.org/
10.1016/j.vaccine.2017
.03.027 |
| An assessment of the level of concern among hospital-based health-care workers regarding MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia. | 2017 | Mostafa A. Abolfotouh | MNG-HA in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Cross sectional | 1031 | Concern; Attitude;Health-care worker; MERS-CoV; Saudi Arabia | http://doi.org/
10.1186/s12879-
016-2096-8 |
| Hepatitis B and C virus prevalence in couples attending an in vitro fertilization clinic in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia: comparison with ten years earlier. | 2017 | Asma Albadran | King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre | Retrospective prevalence study | 4442 patients during 2002-2005 and 5747 patients during 2012-2015 | Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Vitro fertilization clinic; Saudi Arabia | http://doi.org/
10.5144/0256-4947
.2017.272 |
| Magnitude and causes of loss to follow-up among patients with viral hepatitis at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. | 2017 | Hanan Balkhy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | A two-step cross-sectional study design including a chart review (2011) followed by phone survey (2012) | 328 | Viral hepatitis;
Loss to follow-up;
Tertiary care
Management;
Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jiph.
2016.06.012 |
| Hepatitis B virus infection in Aseer Region, south-western Saudi Arabia: a call for an immediate action against a preventable disease. | 2017 | Suliman Al Humayed | King Khalid University | Cross sectional | 10234 | Epidemiology; HBV; Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.puhe.2017
.01.004 |
| Hepatitis C virus infection in southwestern Saudi Arabia: Are we still in the plateau phase? | 2016 | Suliman Al Humayed | King Khalid University | Cross sectional | 10234 | Epidemiology; HCV; Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1002/jmv.
24712 |
| Psychobehavioural responses to the 2014 Middle East respiratory syndrome-novel corona virus (MERS CoV) among adults in two shopping malls in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Nesrin S. AlNajjar | King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. | Cross-sectional | 358 | Psycho-behavioural; Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS CoV; Jeddah; Saudi Arabia. | http://www.emro.who.int
/emhj-volume-22-2016
/volume-22-issue-11
/psychobehavioural-
responses-to-the-2014
-middle-east-respiratory
-syndrome-novel-corona
-virus-mers-cov-among
-adults-in-two-
shopping-malls-in-
jeddah-western-saudi
-a.html |
| Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of Healthcare Workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to MERS Coronavirus and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases. | 2016 | Abdullah J. Alsahafi | Monash University, Melbourne, Australia | Cross sectional | 1216 | Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour, Healthcare worker, MERs-Cov, Saudi Arabia | http://doi.org
/10.3390/ijerph
13121214 |
| Magnitude and causes of loss to follow-up among patients with viral hepatitis at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Hanan H Balkhy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | cross-sectional | 328 | Viral hepatitis; Loss to follow-up; Tertiary care; Management; Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jiph.
2016.06.012 |
| Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward MERS-CoV
among primary health-care workers in Makkah
Al-Mukarramah: an intervention study. | 2016 | Mohammad Alkot | Umm Al-Qura University | cross-sectional | 398 | MERS-CoV, prevalence, outbreak, knowledge, attitude and practice, health-care workers | https://doi.org/
10.5455/ijmsph.
2016.10022016362 |
| Awareness of droplet and airborne isolation precautions among dental health professionals during the outbreak of corona virus infection in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Mohammad Abdul Baseer | Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry And Pharmacy | cross-sectional | 406 | Awareness; Isolation precautions; Dental health professionals; Outbreak; Corona virus; Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org/
10.4317/jced.
52811 |
| Knowledge and Apprehension of Dental Patients about MERS-A Questionnaire Survey. | 2016 | Bassel Tarakji | Alfarabi College of Dentistry | cross-sectional | 340 | Knowledge; Apprehension; Dental Patients; MERS-Cov; Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org
/10.7860/JCDR/2016
/17519.7790 |
| Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak perceptions of risk and stress evaluation in nurses. | 2016 | Elham Bukhari | King Saud University | cross-sectional | 386 | Coronavirus Outbreak; Perceptions Risk; Stress; Nurses; Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org
/10.3855/jidc
.6925 |
| Prevalence and predictors of hepatitis B in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia: a population-based seroprevalence study. | 2016 | Rajaa M Al-Raddadi | Ministry of Health | cross-sectional | 5584 | Prevalence; predictors; of Hepatitis B; Seroprevalence study; Jeddah; Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org
/10.3855/jidc.
7880 |
| Prevalence and characterization of occult hepatitis B infection among blood donors in central Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Areej Alshayea | King Khalid University Hospital | cross-sectional | 8501 | Prevalence; Characterization; Hepatitis B; Among blood donors; central; Saudi Arabia; | https://doi.org
/10.15537/smj.
2016.10.14705 |
| Hepatitis C virus infection among patients with diabetes mellitus in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Ebtesam Ba-Essa | Dammam Medical Complex | cross-sectional | 1054 | Dammam; Diabetes; Hepatitis C; Insulin resistance; Risk factors | https://doi.org/
10.1186/s12913
-016-1578-0 |
| Co-infection assessment in HBV, HCV, and HIV patients in Western Saudi Arabia. | 2016 | Jamil AlMughales | King Abdulaziz University Hospital | cross-sectional | 628 | Prevalence; Screening; Undiagnosed; Venereal diseases; Viral sexually transmitteddiseases; | https://doi.org/
10.1002/jmv
.24503 |
| Presence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus antibodies in Saudi Arabia: a nationwide, cross-sectional, serological study | 2015 | Prof Ziad A Memish | Ministry of Health | Cross-sectional | 10009 | Middle East respiratory syndrome; coronavirus; antibodies; Saudi Arabia; cross-sectional | http://doi.org
/10.1016/S1473-
3099(15)70090-3 |
| Epidemiology of H1N1 (2009) Influenza among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia: A 6-Month Surveillance Study. | 2015 | Hanan H Balkhy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | Cohort study | 526 | Epidemiology, H1N1, Healthcare worker, Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1086/656241 |
| Awareness, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Coronavirus Pandemic Among Public in Saudi Arabia. | 2015 | Khalid Almutairi | King Saud University | cross-sectional | 1147 | Awareness; Attitudes; Practices; Coronavirus; Public Health; Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1097/FCH.000000
0000000082 |
| Infection control: Knowledge and compliance among Saudi undergraduate dental students. | 2015 | Sadeq Ali Al-Maweri | Al-Farabi Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing | cross-sectional | 512 | Compliance; Dental students; Infection control; Knowledge | https://doi.org/
10.3205/
dgkh000253 |
| Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infections among health students and health care workers in the Najran region, southwestern Saudi Arabia: The need for national guidelines for health students. | 2014 | Jobran M Alqahtani | Najran University | cross-sectional | 300 HS and 300 HCWs | HBV;
HCV;
HCW;
Health Students;
Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1186/1471-
2458-14-577 |
| Prevalence of MERS-CoV Nasal Carriage and Compliance With the Saudi Health Recommendations Among Pilgrims Attending the 2013 Hajj. | 2014 | Prof Ziad A Memish | MOH | | 5235 pilgrims (3210 pre-Hajj, 2025 post-Hajj) | Hajj pilgrimage, MERS-CoV, nasal carriage, screening, vaccination | https://doi.org/
10.1093/infdis/
jiu150 |
| Risk analysis of needle stick and sharp object injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital (Saudi Arabia) | 2013 | Ziad A. Memish | MOH | cross-sectional | 477 | Occupational health; Healthcare workers; Epinet; Needle-stick injury | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.
03.004 |
| Comparison of the Prevalence of Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Hepatitis C Patients and Hepatitis B Patients in Saudi Arabia. | 2013 | Yaser R. AlHuthail | King Khalid University Hospital | cross-sectional | 372 | Depression, general health questionnaire, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, psychiatric, Saudi Arabia, SF-36 | https://doi.org/
10.4103/1319-3767
.114514 |
| Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in Donated Blood from the Jazan Region of Saudi Arabia | 2013 | Saleh Mohammed Abdullah | King Fahd Central Hospital | cross-sectional | 29,949 | blood donors, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, Jazan, prevalence, Saudi Arabia. | http://pubmedcentralcanada
.ca/pmcc/articles/
PMC3743998/ |
| Hepatitis B virus among Saudi National Guard Personnel: Seroprevalence and risk of exposure. | 2012 | Majid S. Al-Thaqafy | Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | cross-sectional | 400 | Hepatitis B virus; Prevalence; Exposure; Military; Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jiph.
2012.12.006 |
| Improvement of the low knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B virus infection among Saudi national guard personnel after educational intervention. | 2012 | Majid S Al-Thaqafy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | Cross sectional | 400 | Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Hepatitis B virus, Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1186/1756-0500
-5-597 |
| Impact of infection control educational activities on rates and frequencies of percutaneous injuries (PIs) at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia. | 2012 | Kamel El Beltagy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | Cohort study | 1000 | Infection; control; educational activities; percutaneous injuries (PIs); Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jiph.
2012.04.002 |
| Epidemiology of H1N1 (2009) influenza among healthcare workers in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia: a 6-month surveillance study. | 2010 | Hanan H Balkhy | King Abdulaziz Medical City | Cohort study | 526 | Epidemiology; H1N1; healthcare workers; Saudi Arabia: | https://doi.org/
10.1086/
656241 |
| Awareness, attitudes, and practices related to the swine influenza pandemic among the Saudi public. | 2010 | Hanan H Balkhy | King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) | Cross sectional | 1548 | Awareness, Attitude, Practice, Swine influenza Public, Saudi Arabia | https://doi.org/
10.1186/1471-
2334-10-42 |