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Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the Eight-item Center for Epid...
Ali, Amira M.; Al-Dossary, Saeed A.; Fekih-Romdhane, Feten; Alameri, Rana Ali; Laranjeira, Carlos; Khatatbeh, Haitham; Zoromba, Mohamed AliBackground Despite extensive evaluations of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD), its shortest version, the Eight-Item version (CESD-8), is less investigated, with absolute lack of information on its psychometric properties in the Arab world. Methods To fill the gap, data collected via an anonymous online survey from Saudi samples of students (N = 979, 422) and employees (N = 314), wer...
Loneliness among dementia caregivers: evaluation of the psychometric properties...
Ali, Amira Mohammed; Al-Dossary, Saeed A.; Laranjeira, Carlos; Selim, Abeer; Hallit, Souheil; Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A.; Aljubilah, Aljawharah FahadIntroduction: Dementia is a chronic progressive syndrome, with an entire loss of function in the late stages. The care of this demanding condition is primarily provided by family members, who often suffer from chronic burnout, distress, and loneliness. This instrumental study aimed to examine the factor structure, reliability, convergent validity, criterion validity, and cutoff scores of a short loneliness meas...
The Arabic Version of the Patient Health Questionnaire‐2 (PHQ‐2): Psychometric ...
Ali, Amira Mohammed; Al-Dossary, Saeed A; Aljaberi, Musheer A.; El-Gazar, Heba Emad; Laranjeira, Carlos; Khatatbeh, Haitham; Zoromba, Mohamed AliAim: Mothers of children with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to mental distress due to demanding and exhausting caregiving. However, in the Arab world, they are seldom screened for depression because of limited diagnostic resources. Addressing the urgent need for brief and reliable screening tools, this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Patient Healt...
Effects of Hormonal Replacement Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction ...
Ali, Amira Mohammed; Al-Dossary, Saeed A.; Laranjeira, Carlos; Amer, Faten; Hallit, Souheil; Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A.; Aljubilah, Aljawharah FahadBreast Cancer Associated Susceptibility Proteins Type 1/2 (BRCA1/2) promote cellular functioning by modulating NRF2-mediated antioxidant signaling. Redox failure in women with BRCA1/2 insufficiency increases the risk for breast/ovarian/uterine cancers. Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is a prophylactic surgery of the reproductive organs, which is frequently conducted by the age of 40 to lower the occu...
Cardiometabolic Morbidity (Obesity and Hypertension) in PTSD: A Preliminary Inv...
Ali, Amira Mohammed; Al-Dossary, Saeed A.; Laranjeira, Carlos; Atout, Maha; Khatatbeh, Haitham; Selim, Abeer; Alkhamees, Abdulmajeed A.Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or specific PTSD symptoms may evoke maladaptive behaviors (e.g., compulsive buying, disordered eating, and an unhealthy lifestyle), resulting in adverse cardiometabolic events (e.g., hypertension and obesity), which may implicate the treatment of this complex condition. The diagnostic criteria for PTSD have lately expanded beyond the three common symptoms (in...