Papers by Alkadi alshammari
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ObjectivesTo explore the relationship between patient activation, adherence to hypertension treat... more ObjectivesTo explore the relationship between patient activation, adherence to hypertension treatment plans, blood pressure control and other important demographic factors.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingPrimary healthcare centres in Riyadh province, Saudi Arabia.ParticipantsA total of 114 adults with hypertension, including 68 men and 46 women.Outcome measurementsBlood pressure control is achieved if (a) patients under 80 years of age with treated hypertension have blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg or (b) patients aged 80 years or over with treated hypertension have blood pressure under 150/90 mm Hg. Secondary outcomes included patient activation, adherence to hypertension treatment plans and demographic factors (age, gender, education, income and comorbidity). Data were analysed using Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression models.Results57% (n=66) of participants did not achieve the ideal blood pressure target. Perfect adherence to hypertension treatment plans was sign...
The aim of the current research was to explore whether we can improve the recognition of cross-cu... more The aim of the current research was to explore whether we can improve the recognition of cross-cultural freely expressed emotional faces in British participants. We tested several methods for improving the recognition of freely expressed emotional faces, such as different methods for presenting other-culture expressions of emotion from individuals from Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in two experimental stages. In the first experimental stage, in phase one, participants were asked to identify the emotion of cross-cultural freely-expressed faces. In the second phase, different cohorts were presented with interactive side-by-side, back-to-back and dynamic morphing of cross cultural freely-expressed emotional faces, and control conditions. In the final phase, we repeated phase one using novel stimuli. We found that all non-control conditions led to recognition improvements. Morphing was the most effective condition for improving the recognition of cross cultural emotional faces. In th...
The aim of this study was to assess Saudi women knowledge, attitudes and practices about osteopor... more The aim of this study was to assess Saudi women knowledge, attitudes and practices about osteoporosis preventive measure. The design was Quantitative, descriptive correlative, cross-sectional design. Setting: Primary Health Care centers, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh city and King Saud University out of Riyadh University. A 500 women. The subjects were chosen by simple random from the previous sittings. A structural interview questionnaire (for house wife/illiterate) and questionnaire sheet (for employee women) were developed by the researcher. Data collected through structure questionnaire interview during the period from (January 2009 to January 2011). Result revealed that majority of women in both groups (housewife and working) had satisfactory knowledge and attitude scores, but they failed to follow health promotion activities / practices toward osteoporosis and its prevention. However, significant correlation was found between their knowledge scores and their attitude level scores. The ...
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