OBJECTIVES To evaluate the level of empathy among medical students in Kuwait University Medical School and its association with sociodemographic factors, stress levels and personality. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 264 medical students was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. Empathy levels were measured using the Jefferson Scale, personality was assesse...

OBJECTIVE We build classification models and risk assessment tools for diabetes, hypertension and comorbidity using machine-learning algorithms on data from Kuwait. We model the increased proneness in diabetic patients to develop hypertension and vice versa. We ascertain the importance of ethnicity (and natives vs expatriate migrants) and of using regional data in risk assessment. DESIGN Retr...

Educational systems worldwide have been forced into shifting to online learning during COVID-19 pandemic. This decision faced diverse challenges, especially in underdeveloped countries that still use traditional teaching methods, with minimal or no integrated technology, and guidance the literature. study explores factors, adaptation initiatives might underlie success failure of abrupt acceptin...

OBJECTIVE To report on stroke subtypes, associated risk factors and outcome in Kuwait. METHODS The records of 62 patients (30 male, 32 female) admitted with diagnosis of stroke to Kuwait Oil Company Hospital, Kuwait, a tertiary care hospital, during a 5-year period (1995-1999), were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Small artery infarction was the most common subtype and occurred in 37 subj...

Objective: To assess the compliance with hand hygiene guidelines among nursing staff in secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through direct observation using the Lewisham observation tool and self-administered questionnaire in six major public secondary care hospitals in Kuwait. Only patient care activities that are described as ‘dirty ...

The isolation and characterization of two bacterial species, Streptococcus agalactiae and Lactococcus garvieae, previously unreported in wild marine mammals are described from a freshly dead bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, from Kuwait Bay, Kuwait, in September 2001. Conventional and rapid identification systems were used to determine that isolates from muscle and kidney were S. agalacti...

BACKGROUND Accidents are a preventable cause of death. Unfortunately it accounts for a large number of deaths in many societies. In Kuwait, road traffic accidents (RTA) is the leading cause of death in young people. The study investigated the patterns of accidental deaths in Kuwait, one of the Gulf States which incorporates a wide variety of multi-ethnic communities. METHODS The study was ret...

This study was conducted to evaluate the contribution of Psychological Immunity dimensions in predicting Flow, and impact two demographic factors among health workers Kuwait. performed on random sample consisted 90 doctor nurses were chosen from three coronavirus quarries Immunity, Flow scales developed, validated used current study. psychological are found be at high levels. Furthermore, all p...

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Péter Lajkó,1 Enrico Carlon,2 Heiko Rieger,3 and Ferenc Iglói4,5 1Department of Physics, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait 2Interdisciplinary Research Institute c/o IEMN, Cité Scientifique Boîte Postale 60069, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France 3Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany 4Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics...