BACKGROUND: Patients with schizophrenia and their families have suffered greatly from negative social attitude toward their illness which results in social discrimination. And this social discrimination leads to many drawbacks in patient's life such as person relationship, education, and work. OBJECTIVES: The study aims to explore the view of non psychiatric medical staff and medical students of Faculty of Medicine, ... إقراء المزيد

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture resulting from a non-progressive lesion to an immature brain. AIM OF THE STUDY: is to identify the prevalent subtypes, associated co-morbidity and risk factors of CP among children under 12 years in Sohag, Egypt. METHOD: a case control study was conducted where 122 cases of CP ... إقراء المزيد

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Internet use may have many drawbacks. Among the main threats caused by internet use is time wasting and lack of self-control over internet use which amounts to the level of addiction with several deleterious consequences. The aim of the study is to identify the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and associated factors among medical students in Sohag University, ... إقراء المزيد

BACKGROUND: Haemodialysis has a considerable impact on health related quality of life. Haemodialysis alters the life style of the patients and their families and interfere with their lives. It's important to assess QoL of patients on haemodialysis and determine factors that alters the QoL. AIM OF THE WORK: The aim of this study was to assess QoL of patients on ... إقراء المزيد

BACKGROUND: Continually rising prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is a major public health concern. This is due to its various and serious health hazards on one side and its preventable nature on the other side. This study aims at identification of prevalence of overweight and obesity and its risk factors among children between 6 - 14 ... إقراء المزيد

BACKGROUND: Violence against woman is a pervasive public health issue. Domestic Violence (DV) committed by husbands against their wives is the most common type of violence and has many negative impacts on physical and mental health of women and their children. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is identification of magnitude and determinants of DV among ever married women in ... إقراء المزيد

INTRODUCTION: Two folds increase in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) have been noticed in the past few decades. This might be linked to either increase in the exposure of individuals to environmental risk factors or improved diagnostic techniques or both of them. We aimed at studying risk factors of thyroid cancer in Sohag, Egypt. METHODOLOGY: retrospective case control study that was ... إقراء المزيد

INTRODUCTION: The effect of Seasonality on stroke has been reported in several regions worldwide. Nevertheless, there is inadequate data related to these phenomena in other areas. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effect of seasonality on first ever ischemic stroke (FEIS).PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 350 patients with first ever ischemic stroke (FEIS) admitted, ... إقراء المزيد