Western Province
Saudi Arabia · 18 retained evidence mentions
Source-grounded findings
Supporting evidence
| Type | Entity | Source evidence | Confidence | Extractor |
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| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment. In 2010, Saudi Arabia became the first country from the Gulf Cooperation Council states to join the World Mental Health Survey Initiative, which collaborates with Harvard University and has undertaken over 33 countries. The Saudi National Mental Health Survey revealed that 80% of Saudis with severe mental health disorders do not seek treatment. Considering the strong evidence set out in Saudi national study and the recommendations for future research, this systematic literature review was initiated to examine the most studied neurodevelopmental disorders reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to explore public knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Findings have shown that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder have been the most studied neurodevelopmental disorders in Saudi Arabia since 2010. However, various groups in Saudi society, including healthcare professionals, medical students, and the general public, lacked knowledge about these health conditions, often leading to stigmatized attitudes and behaviors toward people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. However, demographic data showed that most of the studies were carried out in the Central and Western provinces. More research is needed in all regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to contribute to the knowledge about mental health conditions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder children and their parents to increase knowledge about neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, thereby enabling people to rethink their attitudes and behavior.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Prevalence of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patients in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia: Confirmation using the GeneXpert analysis. This study should aid in the prevention of unnecessary empiric therapy and increase the understanding of the toxigenic C. difficile burden on the healthcare system in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Preterm Infant Enteral Feeding Practices in Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review. OBJECTIVE: To investigate EF practices and related nutrition factors, patterns, and outcomes in preterm infants in Saudi Arabia by examining studies published in this area. METHODS: A search was conducted for articles on EF practices among preterm infants in Saudi Arabia that were published between January 2010 and May 2024. Studies that described or assessed EF practices used in preterm infants from any region of Saudi Arabia and were published in English or Arabic were included. Of these, 7 studies were conducted in the Central Province, 6 in the Western Province, and 1 in the Eastern Province. CONCLUSION: While research activity on EF practices in Saudi Arabia has increased very recently, yet there is a paucity of studies, particularly experimental studies that focus on both short- and long-term health outcomes.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Vision screening services in special needs schools in Western Saudi Arabia. To evaluate the current status of vision screening services in special educational needs (SEN) schools in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that involved distribution of a questionnaire to all 30 SENs schools in the western region of Saudi Arabia between April and May 2018. Conclusion: In the western province of Saudi Arabia, the vision care status of individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) in SEN schools is poor.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Prevalence of depression among adults with sickle cell disease in the southern region of Saudi Arabia. Saudi SCD patients are usually originally from Eastern and Southwestern Provinces. The main objective of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of depression among adults with SCD in southern region of Saudi Arabia. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study among subjects (n=78) in Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Saudi Arabia using an Arabic version of a Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression HAM-D that has received widespread use and have undergone reliability and validity testing. RESULTS: Most of the participants were young adults (26.4± 9.2 years), single females not working who are originally from Jizan and Mahayel Aseer, Southern Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection with high prevalence in southwestern province of Saudi Arabia (Tohama region); it mainly causes subcutaneous infections and rarely gastrointestinal disease. We are reporting a 7 year old Saudi girl with abdominal mass, fever and eosinophilia resembling malignancy on radiological and pathological picture fully recovered with only medical therapy in the form of oral Voriconazole 2012 Elsevier Ltd.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Childhood onset of Crohn disease: experience from a university teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Crohn disease (CD) is an increasingly recognized problem in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical pattern in children and adolescents with CD seen at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. CONCLUSIONS: The clinical pattern of CD in children from the Western Province of Saudi Arabia was found to be similar to reports from the West.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia: Saudi patients from the Southwestern province have similar HBB haplotypes but higher HbF levels than African Americans.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Epidemiology of sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia. Information about the prevalence of SCD in Saudi Arabia is patchy and probably underestimated, but studies have reported that SCD is a relatively common genetic disorder in this part of the world. The prevalence of SCD in Saudi Arabia varies significantly in different parts of the country, with the highest prevalence is in the Eastern province, followed by the southwestern provinces. Clinical and hematological variability exists in SCD in Saudi Arabia with two major phenotypes: a mild phenotype and a severe phenotype.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “OBJECTIVE: Obesity occurs at a high prevalence in the Saudi population. Male in the Eastern, Southern and Western provinces did not show an increased hypertension prevalence in the obese.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Electroencephalographic findings in epilepsy in Asir region of southern Saudi Arabia. We report the electroencephalographic findings in patients with epilepsy or history suggestive of epilepsy who were referred to the electroencephalographic unit of the major Psychiatric Hospital in Abha in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “This study was conducted on 820 Saudi males and females from Bisha in the western province of Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the sickle cell gene in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted on 689 Saudi males and females living in the Makkah area in the western province of Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Patterns of sickle cell, thalassaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency genes in north-western Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted on 429 blood samples collected from Saudi males and females from Al-Ula in the north-western province of Saudi Arabia in order to determine the frequency of the sickle cell gene, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency gene, and alpha- and beta-thalassaemia genes, and to investigate the pattern of their interactions.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Effect of alpha thalassaemia, G-6-PD deficiency and Hb F on the nature of sickle cell anaemia in south-western Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted on sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients from the south-western province (SWP) of Saudi Arabia to determine the effect of thalassaemias, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency and Hb F level on the clinical presentation of sickle cell anaemia. This paper reveals that alpha-thalassaemia may partially ameliorate the clinical manifestations of SCA in Saudi patients from the SWP, while high Hb F level and G-6-PD deficiency do not modify SCA to any statistically significant extent.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Glutathione reductase in the south-western province of Saudi Arabia--genetic variation vs. acquired deficiency. In an attempt to determine GR deficiency due to genetic (GR variant) and acquired causes (riboflavin deficiency), red cell GR activity was estimated in 461 male and female Saudis from the South-Western province of Saudi Arabia. The frequency of genetic GR deficiency (GR variant) was 24.5% in Saudi males and 20.3% in females.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “In a study conducted in the lowland areas of Tehamat Aseer and low mountainous areas of Al-Hepatah in the South Western Province of Saudi Arabia, different villages were screened for parasite infestation, anaemia prevalence and frequency of sickle cell (HbS) gene.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |
| population | Saudi Arabia, Western Province | “Beta-globin gene polymorphism in the Saudi Arab population. DNA mapping with the restriction endonucleases, Hpa I and Mst II, has been used to investigate beta-globin gene polymorphism in the Saudi Arab population. In Al-Hafouf and the surrounding villages, situated in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the frequencies of association of the beta A gene with the Hpa I 7.6 kb, 7.0 kb, and 13.0 kb fragments were 0.866, 0.043, and 0.071, respectively. In Khaiber, Tehamat-Aseer, and surrounding villages, in the Western Province, the frequency of association of beta A with 7.6 kb, 7.0 kb, and 13.0 kb fragments were 0.836, 0.027, and 0.0136, respectively, while that of beta S was 0.250 and 0.750 with 7.0 kb and 13.0 kb Hpa I fragments, respectively. The results of this study show extensive polymorphism at the Hpa I restriction site of the beta A and beta S globin genes with the different polymorphic forms existing at a variable frequency in different regions of Saudi Arabia.” | 0.95 | saudi_context_rules_v1 |