Enablers and barriers to community pharmacists' readiness to implement deprescribing of inappropriate medications for older adults in Qatar. by Marwa Elshazly, Sondus Jawad, Ayesha Ahmed, Hager ElGeed, Kazeem Babatunde Yusuff

“…A cross-sectional survey of 252 community pharmacists was conducted in Qatar with a pre-tested 24-item questionnaire developed with the theory of domain framework. …”
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Shaping the future of primary healthcare: Factors influencing medical students’ preference for family medicine specialty in Qatar by Maryam A. Al-Rashid, Muna T Abed Alah, Areej S. Al-Hamad, Michail Nomikos, Marwan F. Abu Hijleh

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Real-world clinical validation of the Qatar pre-diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Narjiss Sallahi, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Halima None Bensmail, Abdelilah Arredouani

“…This study assessed the validity of the recently developed pre-diabetes risk score in Qatar (PRISQ) in a real-world clinical setting.Research design and methods We recruited 1021 walk-in participants from 3 different health centres of Qatar’s Primary Health Care Corporation. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an Edutainment Tool for Imparting Education and Awareness among Type 1 Diabetes Children in Qatar by Abdulla Al Hamaq, Ahmed A Elasyouti, Rasha T Abou-Amona, Nedaa G ElKhatib

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Association of serum magnesium and calcium with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study from the Qatar-biobank by Raneem Alsheikh, Haneen Aldulaimi, Rami Hinawi, Fatima Al-Sadi, Alanoud Al-Baker, Aldana Alkuwari, Muhammad Sameer, Ghalya Al-Abdulla, Zumin Shi, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu

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Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar by Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Linda Kimmel, Salma M. Khaled

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out using a probability sample of 1,418 undergraduate female students living in Qatar, a rapidly developing nation in the Middle East. …”
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Rheolytic Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy in Renal Dialysis Arteriovenous Fistula and Graft Thrombosis: Outcomes from a Tertiary Hospital in Qatar by Ahmad L. F. Yasin, Sohaib Zoghoul, Ahmad N. Al-Ekeer, Yaman M. Alahmad, Ali Barah, Saad Rehman, Omran Almokdad, Qayed Al-Debyani, Ayman Elmagdoub, Rahil Hussein Kassamali

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“The only certainties in life are … wait, I pay no taxes, and I’m not dead, yet.” A letter from Qatar. by Rod Whiteley

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Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in the Treatment of HIV-Infected Patients: Experience with the First 100 Patients from Qatar by Hussam Al Soub, A. Latif M. Al-khal, Deema Alsoub, Waleed Awouda

“…To describe our experience with the use of Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide (EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF) in the treatment of HIV-infected patients in Qatar including both naïve and treatment experienced. …”
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Assessing the Relationship Between the Type of Internet Use and Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study From Qatar by Khansa Chemnad, Maryam Aziz, Sanaa Al- Harahsheh, Azza Abdelmoneium, Ahmed Baghdady, Diana Alsayed Hassan, Raian Ali

“…MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 377 students from 16 schools in Qatar. The survey measured essential and nonessential internet use, subjective happiness with nonessential use, and IA symptoms using the Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire, as well as participant demographics. …”
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Applying Global Models of Teacher Development to Improve Student Outcomes: Insights from a Teacher Development & Leadership Program in Qatar by Seungah S. Lee, Leena Zahir

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Corrigendum to “Indicators of Quality of Clinical Care for Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Primary Health Care Centers in Qatar: A Retrospective Analysis” by Saleh Attal, Mohamed H. Mahmoud, Muna Taher Aseel, Ady Candra, Paul Amuna, Mohamed Elnagmy, Mostafa Abdallah, Nahed Ismail, Ahmed Hanfy, Dia Albaw, Abdulsalam Albashir, Hisham Elmahdi

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Challenges in diagnosing polyethylene glycol and polysorbate 80 allergies: implications for allergic reactions in COVID-19 mRNA vaccination program: experience from Qatar by Sami Aqel, Sherin Thalappil, Asaad Imameldin, Dalal Mudawi, Muna Al Maslamani, Abdullatif Al-Khal, Hassan Mobayed, Maryam Ali Al-Nesf, Tayseer Ibrahim

“…This study aimed to review the practical aspects of using allergy skin testing for COVID-19 vaccine excipients in patients with a history of allergic reactions developed following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.MethodsA retrospective chart review was conducted for patients who reported allergic reactions after the COVID-19 vaccine and underwent allergy skin testing for COVID-19 vaccine excipients in the Adult Allergy and Immunology Service at Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. The testing protocol, developed based on published data during the pandemic, included skin prick (SPT) and intradermal (ID) testing using medications containing polysorbate 80 and polyethylene glycol (PEG), the primary excipients in the COVID-19 vaccines suspected of triggering allergic responses.ResultsOf the 88 patients reviewed, 38 reported different types of allergic reactions following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, with the majority being female. …”
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Comparison of demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics between first and second COVID-19 waves in a secondary care hospital in Qatar: a retrospective study by Prem Chandra, Vamanjore A Naushad, Nishan K Purayil, Abazar Ahmad M Saeed, Pradeep Radhakrishnan, Irfan Varikkodan, Joe V Mathew, Jaseem Sirajudeen, Riyadh A Hammamy, Ahmad M Badi, Aasir M Suliman, Mohamed N Badawi, Saket Arya, Maryam AlMotawa, Aisha Al-Baker, Rania Alatom, Anand Kartha

“…Objective To compare the patient profile and outcomes in Qatar during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.Setting A retrospective observational study was conducted comparing the demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to a secondary care hospital, during the first and second waves of the pandemic.Participants 1039 patients from the first wave and 991 from the second wave who had pneumonia on chest X-ray and had a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by a real-time PCR test of a nasopharyngeal swab were included. …”
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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: History, Key Achievements and Development Prospects by E. S. Melkumyan

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The evolution of the Gulf Coopera-tion Council approaches to security issues after the Arab Spring by E. S. Melkumyan

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Hyperosmotic Stress Induces a Specific Pattern for Stress Granule Formation in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by Salam Salloum-Asfar, Rudolf Engelke, Hanaa Mousa, Neha Goswami, I. Richard Thompson, Freshteh Palangi, Kamal Kamal, Muna N. Al-Noubi, Frank Schmidt, Sara A. Abdulla, Mohamed M. Emara

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Progesterone induces meiosis through two obligate co-receptors with PLA2 activity by Nancy Nader, Lama Assaf, Lubna Zarif, Anna Halama, Sharan Yadav, Maya Dib, Nabeel Attarwala, Qiuying Chen, Karsten Suhre, Steven Gross, Khaled Machaca

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Risk Factors for Microvascular Complications of Diabetes in a High-Risk Middle East Population by Sohaila Cheema, Patrick Maisonneuve, Mahmoud Zirie, Amin Jayyousi, Hekmat Alrouh, Amit Abraham, Sura Al-Samraye, Ziyad Mahfoud, Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Janahi, Buthaina Ibrahim, Albert B. Lowenfels, Ravinder Mamtani

“…We collected information via a structured questionnaire and directly from the patient’s record on 1034 adult type 2 diabetic patients who were attending outpatient clinics in Qatar. Results. The mean age of the patients was 55 ± 10 years, and the mean duration of diabetes was 12.4 ± 8.9 years. …”
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Quantitative method developing hydrogen standard sample for GDOES by Qingyang Liu, Sumia Manzoor, Yan Yan, Mohammad Tariq, Hanan Farhat, Afrooz Barnoush

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