Nada Yasein

• professor
• Head of Department at University of Jordan

Background : The COVID-19 pandemic affected physicians’ practices of prescribing antibiotics for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs). Aim : This study aims to explore the perceptions of resident physicians in a teaching hospital towards antibiotic prescribing for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method...

Introduction: Educational interventions targeting health care professionals can contribute to improving knowledge and behaviors of antimicrobial agents prescribing. However, the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak caused a disruption of the current practices and treatment guidelines. Therefore, it is highly likely that the pandemic had its disruptive...

Background: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care professionals towards pharmacovigilance are strongly associated with reporting adverse drug reactions, as proven by a number of studies. This study aims to evaluate the levels of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards pharmacovigilance among physicians working at health centres of t...

Abstract: Objective: Evaluating patient-centeredness and communication skills of the doctors in Jordan University Hospital by the patient. And to find out what are the doctor’s self-assessment of their own consultation in regard to patient-centeredness and communication skills. Methodology: Cross sectional study of 418 patient and 94 doctors at Jor...

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the baseline knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals in Jordan towards pharmacovigilance, and to investigate any factors that could be affecting these levels. Design: This was a cross sectional study. The study utilized a convenient sample of 106 physicians. Materials and methods: A tota...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between various socioeconomic characteristics and bone mineral density in osteoporotic postmenopausal women. Design: This is a cross sectional study of 326 postmenopausal women attending a family practice clinic. Materials and method: Multiple socioeconomic factors were studied. In addition...

Introduction: To get better educational outcomes, feedback should be regularly taken from medical students about their curriculum to undertake continous improvements. This study aims to evaluate the medical teaching program from the students perspective. Methods: The research was conducted among medical students in their clinical years at the medic...

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to investigate the frequency of metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal osteoporotic women and to examine the association of metabolic syndrome and each of its components with BMD. Design: This is a cross sectional study of 326 postmenopausal women attending a family practice clinic. Materials and method: The fre...

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency and the metabolic syndrome are two common health issues worldwide. The association between these two health problems is subject to debate. This study aims to investigate the association between vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency and the metabolic syndrome in a sample of osteoporotic postmenopausal women att...

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to assess the association of bone mineral density improvement in osteoporotic postmenopausal women with age of menarche, age of menopause and lifestyle over a period of 1 to 2 years. Design: This is a comparative study of 150 postmenopausal women attending a family practice clinic. Materials and methods: For wome...

Maternal obesity adversely affects perinatal outcome through increasing rates of hypertensive disease during pregnancy, diabetes, cesarean section and fetal macrosomia. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of prepregnancy over weight and obesity and their impact on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes in Jordan. Design: A prospective study comparin...

Objective: To identify the types of herbs used by elderly patients with metabolic syndrome attending a family practice clinic at Jordan University Hospital in Amman - Jordan, and to investigate whether these herbs have any association with metabolic syndrome Design: A total of 635 elderly people aged 60 years or more were studied. Materials and met...

This study explores the prevalence of herbal medicine use in a cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), dyslipidemia and hypertension (HTN) in Jordan. The study took the form of a cross-sectional survey of patients attending the outpatient departments at The Jordan University Hospital (JUH), in Amman. The method was based on semi-struc...

Background: Providing evidence-based care is recognized as a key skill for health care workers from diverse professions and cultures. Purpose: We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a short course in evidence-based medicine (EBM) to change the knowledge and skills of undergraduate medical students and point to possible incorporation of EBM in t...

Background The data showed that comorbidity between chronic physical conditions and depression is common, and that people with chronic diseases are significantly more likely to suffer from depression than those without Our objectives to study the prevalence of depression in patients attending family medicine clinics and its relation with patient’s...

Scand J Caring Sci; 2013; 27; 131–138 Discrepancies between elderly patient’s self-reported and prescribed medications: a social investigation Aims: To study some characteristics of the elderly people attending the family practice clinic at the Jordan University Hospital (JUH) and to evaluate their knowledge of the prescribed drugs. Methods: A to...

We estimate the prevalence and type of urinary incontinence (UI), possible associated risk factors, and the impact of UI on women's social and psychological well-being. The sample consisted of women attending a family medicine clinic at Jordan University Hospital (JUH) who answered a self-administered questionnaire. More than one-third of the sampl...

Objective: to study the frequency of metabolic syndrome according to the ATPIII criteria among elderly people attending the family practice clinic at the Jordan University Hospital, and to investigate the pattern of antihypertensive medications used for patients with metabolic syndrome. Design: A total of 635 elderly people (298 males and 337 femal...

Adherence to bisphosphonates has become a major issue in clinical practice due to its effect on bone mineral density and fracture risk. This study aims to evaluate the adherence of a sample of postmenopausal osteoporotic women and to investigate the side effects experienced by them. For each participant in the study, a recent DXA scan (Dual-energy...

Back ground: Breast cancer is the top cancer in women both in the developed and the developing world. In Jordan it constituted more than one third of all female cancers and half of the newly diagnosed cases are younger than 50 years of age. The aims of our study are to assess knowledge and attitudes of women attending family practice clinics toward...

Maternal obesity adversely affects perinatal outcome through increasing rates of hypertensive disease during pregnancy, diabetes, cesarean section and fetal macrosomia. Objective: To investigate the prevalence of prepregnancy over weight and obesity and their impact on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes in Jordan. Design: A prospective study comparin...

The present study represents the current prescribing trend for antihypertensive drugs in family medicine clinics at Jordan University Hospital in Jordan. The study sample involved 416 male and female hypertensive Jordanian patients. Our results demonstrate that 2 hypertensive patients were not receiving any antihypertensive therapy at the time of e...

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the problems of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use among elderly patients. Design: 400 elderly patients ≥ 65 years of age attending the family practice clinic at Jordan University Hospital. Materials and method: All patients prescriptions taken over a period of 2 years or more were evaluated for the...

Objectives: to study the rate of adherence in patients of family medicine practice to lipid lowering drugs (statins) and to identify factors associated with adherence to these medications. Design: A cross-sectional study. Material and Methods: we conducted the study on 200 dyslipidemic patients attending family practice clinic at Jordan University...

This study assessed the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, and its components, as defined by Adult Treatment Panel III criteria in Jordanian patients attending a family practice clinic for management of cardiovascular risk factors. The sample was 730 randomly selected patients aged > or = 25 years. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 37.4%...

Objectives: To assess and compare knowledge, attitudes and practices on hypertension (HTN) in patients with or without HTN attending a Family Practice Clinic. Methods: A comparative study conducted in the period March to May 2010, using a face-toface constructed questionnaire administered to 400 subjects visiting a family medicine clinic, 200 hyper...

Objectives: to study the rate of adherence in patients of family medicine practice to lipid lowering drugs (statins) and to identify factors associated with adherence to these medications Design: A cross- sectional study Material and Methods: we conducted the study on 200 dyslipidemic patients attending family practice clinic at Jordan University...

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing worldwide, and patients with metabolic syndrome have increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Although specific criteria vary, the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP/ATP III) criteria (2002) defined metabolic syndrome as the presen...

Objective: To study the pattern of prescribing of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in a family practice clinic at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan. Materials and Methods: Review of files for prescribed drugs in the “Family Practice Clinic at Jordan University Hospital” during the period 28/03/2008- 18/07/2008. Files at the end...

Background: Understanding the extent of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among university youth students is essential for early detection and prevention. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among the university students. Methods: This quantitative exploratory study has been carr...

To evaluate the effect of teamwork (physician and pharmacist) on the management of uncontrolled hypertensive patients. This is a randomized controlled clinical trial conducted from March to November 2009. Patients attending the Family Medicine Clinic at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan with uncontrolled hypertension were invited to partici...

Objectives: To study the prevalence of obesity and its relationship to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among young university students. Subjects and Methods: A total of 403 medical students (273 males and 130 females), aged 20.8(±1.8) years, from Jordan University during 2005. Anthropometric measures and blood chemistry were obtained. Mul...

Metabolic syndrome is being reported more frequently in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Patients with hypertension attending family practice clinics in the University of Jordan Hospital between February and July 2006 were assessed for the frequency of metabolic syndrome and its individual components. Of 345 patients studied, 65% had metabolic syn...

To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Jordan University students and to investigate some factors that might be associated with overweight and obesity. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at Jordan University, Amman, Jordan from March to September, 2005 using a multistage stratified sampling technique to recruit the particip...

To determine the prevalence, reasons, source of information of vitamin-mineral supplement uses, and their relationship with selected demographic and lifestyle characteristics among Jordan University students. A cross-sectional survey was carried out at Jordan University, Amman, Jordan from March to September 2005. The survey included 1,187 students...

Background: Epidemiological studies find that obesity is associated with hypertension and diabetes. Therefore it is essential to identify simple and practical anthropometric indices which can predict these diseases. Objective: Study the association and the predictability of diabetes and hypertension by the four different anthropometric indices (BMI...

To investigate the present familiarity, knowledge, and attitudes of Jordanians towards epilepsy. This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted over a 6-month period, from April 2006 to October 2006 at the family clinic of Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan. A face-to-face questionnaire interview was conducted with 600 non-epileptic adul...

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of selected cardiovascular risk factors and their association with various anthropometric measures in a sample of women using family practice clinics at the Jordan University Hospital. Methods: Hospital records of 280 Jordanian women aged 25 years and over attending family practice clinics were reviewed. Informa...