Publications by authors named "Eman Mohamed Mahfouz"
Insight into hazards and control of transfusion-transmitted infections in Egypt: A narrative review.
Transfus Apher Sci
August 2024
Blood transfusion is a critical life-saving medical intervention, but it carries the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) that can lead to serious consequences. TTIs include viral, bacterial, parasitic, and prion infections, transmitted through asymptomatic donor blood, contamination of stored blood products, or transfusion-related immunosuppression. Recognized global agents posing challenges to blood safety include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), Syphilis, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA comparative study of the work-family conflicts prevalence, their sociodemographic, family, and work attributes, and their relation to the self-reported health status in Japanese and Egyptian civil workers.
BMC Public Health
August 2022
Article Synopsis
- Cross-cultural analysis of work-family conflicts (W_F_Cs) found that they were more common in Egyptian civil workers compared to their Japanese counterparts, with women in Egypt experiencing the highest rates.
- Health assessments indicated that Japanese workers reported poorer self-rated health overall, despite lower W_F_Cs, suggesting a complex relationship between work dynamics and health perception.
- Factors influencing W_F_Cs included longer working hours, family structures, and living situations, with significant associations drawn from gender and country-specific contexts impacting health outcomes.
Objective: Linear growth is controlled by several factors, malnutrition is one of the leading causes of stunted child growth. The objective of this study was to determine the dietary intakes associated with stunting among pre-school children in rural Upper Egypt.
Design: Community-based cross-sectional study.
Background: Family caregivers are critical partners in the plan of care of people with disabilities. The study aims to demonstrate the factor structure and internal consistency of the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) among the studied caregivers of disabled persons and to determine the effects of patients' and caregivers' characteristics on the burden and its dimensions.
Methods: A cross-sectional study among 260 family caregivers of disabled patients was carried out in a randomly chosen rural area, Minia, Egypt, 2019.
Background: This study aimed to examine the relationship between mothers' knowledge related to treatment management of type 1 diabetes (T1D), with perceptions of coping with diabetes-related stress and to examine the relationship between children's metabolic control and maternal coping. A cross-sectional study was done among ninety-two mothers of T1D children.
Methods: Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, Ways of coping questionnaire (WCQ), and Diabetes Knowledge questionnaire-24 (DKQ-24).
Background: Recent global cancer statistics indicate rising global incidence of breast cancer and the increase is occurring at a faster rate in developing countries. Training women how to carry out breast self-examination (BSE) can help them to be alert to any abnormalities in their breasts to speedily seek medical consultation. Health behavior may be influenced by level of awareness about breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives. To determine the barriers that hinder early seeking of medical care among Minia's myocardial infarction patients. Methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, after lung and breast cancer, and is associated with the population dietary and lifestyle factors.
Aim: To determine the relation between dietary and lifestyle factors and development of CRC in patients attending Minia oncology centre and compare them with their control.
Methods: Study included 150 CRC patients attending Minia oncology centre and 300 control subjects matched by age and sex.