Rufaidah Dabbagh

ORCID: 0000-0002-6136-6810
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Research Areas
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
  • Medical Education and Admissions
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Public Health and Nutrition
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
  • Restraint-Related Deaths
  • Poisoning and overdose treatments

King Saud Medical City
2022-2023

King Saud University
2010-2023

Weatherford College
2023

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
2022

OASIS Clinic
2017

University of California, Los Angeles
2017

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection globally. Investigating HPV awareness can reduce the burden of HPV-related cancers. Aims: (1) Assessing and knowledge among health college students at King Saud University, (2) comparing these outcomes across sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted from November to December 2022 included 403 students. Associations with characteristics were assessed using logistic...

10.3390/healthcare11050649 article EN Healthcare 2023-02-23

Tobacco use is increasing among young people, especially in Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and behavioural patterns tobacco undergraduate students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Arabia during academic year 2008/09 investigate factors that influenced their use. A cross-sectional was done a representative sample (n = 6793) student population using modified version global youth survey questionnaire. smoking 14.5% students, 22.2%...

10.26719/2011.17.4.309 article EN Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2011-04-01

To estimate the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol and drug use in Iraq using data from Iraqi National Household Survey Alcohol Drug Use (INHSAD).A cross-sectional survey was conducted a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Trained surveyors face-to-face household interviews.Iraq, April 2014 to December 2014.A total 3200 adult, non-institutionalized citizens residing across all 18 governorates Iraq.We estimated weighted 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for life-time, past-year past-month variety...

10.1111/add.13800 article EN Addiction 2017-02-27

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a widespread sexually transmitted linked to various types of cancer. Although vaccination against HPV available, global rates remain low.This study aimed evaluate the awareness and knowledge vaccine identify predictors associated with hesitancy among health college students at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.A cross-sectional survey was distributed during December 2022 enrolled in colleges. The link randomly via social media platforms in-person...

10.2147/jmdh.s438633 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 2023-11-01

Breastfeeding counseling is an essential public health tool in postpartum maternal and infant health. In this study, we aimed to explore the relationship between frequency of breastfeeding type feeding outcome at six months. The study design was analytical, cross-sectional on mothers 6-24-month-old children living Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We conducted analysis with descriptive statistics as well logistic regression models. findings from our can be summarized following points: First, only 31.9%...

10.3390/children10071141 article EN cc-by Children 2023-06-30

Rheumatic diseases (RD) are chronic that significantly affect the lives of patients. Assessing health outcomes through a patient-reported outcome measurement information system (PROMIS) is essential for RD management. Moreover, these tend to be less favorable among individuals than rest population. This study aimed compare PROMIS between patients and other cross sectional was conducted in year 2021. Information about with obtained from registry at King Saud University Medical City. Patients...

10.1097/md.0000000000033151 article EN cc-by-nc Medicine 2023-03-02

This observational descriptive study that was carried out with the objective of exploring contribution local pharmaceutical industry to Saudi drug security. Using a formulary provided from Food and Drug Authority, containing all registered products available in Arabia, we extracted information about class, type, country place manufacturing, shelf-life price. Results showed majority drugs market are manufactured Europe (43.86%), followed by Arabia (22.55%), China India (20.47%), Americas...

10.1016/j.jsps.2023.03.001 article EN cc-by Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2023-03-08

Background: Over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drug misuse is understudied among Arab youth. We estimated the prevalence, correlates reasons for misusing these drugs female King Saud University students.Methods: conducted a cross-sectional study in 2019, using self-administered questionnaires inquiring about lifetime, past-year, past-month misuse, sources.Results: Five-hundred nineteen students (91.53%) responded. Lifetime OTC was 29.09% (95% CI = 25.19%, 33.00%), while past-year were...

10.1080/14659891.2020.1856210 article EN Journal of Substance Use 2020-12-08

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a widespread sexually transmitted linked to various types of cancers. Although vaccination against HPV available, global rates remain low. This study aimed evaluate the awareness and knowledge vaccine identify predictors associated with hesitancy among health college students in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional survey was distributed enrolled colleges. The association sociodemographic characteristics examined using logistic regression analysis. found...

10.20944/preprints202306.0346.v1 preprint EN 2023-06-05

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge about patient bill rights (PBR) among visitors King Saud University (KSU) “Patient Safety Day” event and associated demographic features, measure at which these PBR items were observed during their medical care experiences, perception importance from participants' perspectives. Materials Methods: A cross-sectional survey KSU was conducted, using interview-based questionnaires. The questionnaire adapted assessed in previous studies...

10.4103/jnsm.jnsm_141_21 article EN cc-by-nc-sa Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine 2022-07-01

Background Recreational nitrous oxide (N2O) inhalation is a growing trend among young adults, but few studies have explored its prevalence. We aimed to measure the prevalence of recreational N2O Saudi university students, perceived harm, as well association with gender, college type and use tobacco alcohol.

10.1080/09687637.2023.2277661 article EN Drugs Education Prevention and Policy 2023-11-03

The trends of prescription opioid misuse are understudied in Arab populations, let alone among university students. Additionally, little is known about the psychological traits that increase susceptibility for such behaviors this region. Thus, study aimed to assess prevalence and its association with addiction susceptibility, as measured by Substance Abuse Risk Profile Scale (SURPS).We sampled students from King Saud University's women's campus. Data on misuse, SURPS traits, demographic...

10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101764 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2023-08-25

Background: The growing trend of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among the youth is concerning. This behavior has not been well studied Saudi young adults, let alone females. Aims and Objectives: We measured prevalence e-cigarette regular female university students, their association with psychological distress student characteristics, reasons for smoking. Materials Methods: conducted a cross-sectional study 616 students at King Saud University, from January to March 2019....

10.4103/jnsm.jnsm_111_21 article EN cc-by-nc-sa Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine 2022-04-01
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