Toward healthy behavior: fear of missing out, smartphone, social networking addiction, and life satisfaction among medical students at Tanta University, Egypt.

Background: The global shift in culture towards "digitalization," particularly among youth, has made individuals increasingly vulnerable to the behavioral effects of social networking sites and smartphones. This study aims to measure the degree of smartphone and social networking addiction, as well as fear of missing out (FOMO), among medical students and to investigate the relationship between these constructs and life satisfaction.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, between December 2023 and March 2024.

Toward safe dental service: risk perception and practice modification among Egyptian dental students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: COVID-19 was declared a major public health crisis and a challenge to healthcare systems especially dental services where dentists working close to patients face a greater risk of infection. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the risk perception and practice modifications of undergraduate dental students at Tanta University to ensure safe dental practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A convenience sample of 450 dental students from practical academic years at Tanta University, Egypt responded to a self-administered pre-designed validated and pretested questionnaire from the 11 of February 2022 to the end of April 2022 to assess some sociodemographic data, risk perception, and their practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Screening of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among preschool children Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.

Background: Children who experience mental health issues, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), experience significant distress and impairment at home, at school, and in the community. Without adequate care or prevention, this frequently results in adulthood-long distress and impairment at large societal costs. Determining the prevalence of ADHD cases among preschoolers as well as some associated maternal and child risk factors was the aim of this study.

Digital eye strain: prevalence and associated factors among information technology professionals, Egypt.

Digital eye strain (DES) is a growing occupational and public health problem and one of the most frequent reasons for seeking medical care. The objectives of this study are to identify the prevalence and to study some associated personal, ergonomic, and environmental factors of DES among information technology (IT) professionals at Tanta University, Egypt. An interview questionnaire was used to collect data related to socio-demographic, job, ergonomic and environmental characteristics.

Toward safe environment: injection device disposal among diabetic patients attending tertiary care academic clinic in Middle Delta, Egypt.

In Egypt, there are 8.9 million adult diabetics using almost 16 million insulin injection devices daily. Unsafe disposal of these sharps will result in many environmental and public health hazards.