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Samir Al-Adawi

Professor of Behavioural Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboo …
Verified email at squ.edu.om
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[PDF][PDF] Assessment of quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Oman

MY Al-Maskari, AO Al-Shookri, SH Al-Adawi… - Saudi Med J, 2011 - researchgate.net
Objectives: To measure quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients in Oman, and examine which
patients’ socio-demographic and diabetes-related clinical characteristics are associated …

Zar: group distress and healing

SH Al-Adawi, RG Martin, A Al-Salmi… - Mental Health, Religion …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
<p>This paper describes Zar, a spiritual cosmology and ritual performance whose meaning
is associated with the experience of spirit possession. Commentators on spirit possession …

[HTML][HTML] Health services utilization by school going Omani adolescents and youths with DSM IV mental disorders and barriers to service use

AA Al Riyami, SH Al Adawi, HA Al Kharusi… - International journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Background Recent corpus of research suggests that psychiatric disorders amongst adolescents
and youths are an emerging global challenge, but there is paucity of studies exploring …

Attitudes of Omani physicians to people with epilepsy

SH Al-Adawi, MY Al-Maskari, RG Martin… - Neurosciences …, 2000 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: This study reports the results of a questionnaire design to elicit doctors views
about epilepsy. METHODS: Sixty-two percent of medical staff working in different regions of …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective effects of berry fruits on neurodegenerative diseases

S Subash, MM Essa, S Al-Adawi… - Neural regeneration …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Recent clinical research has demonstrated that berry fruits can prevent age-related
neurodegenerative diseases and improve motor and cognitive functions. The berry fruits are also …

[HTML][HTML] Child and adolescent mental health disorders in the GCC: A systematic review and meta-analysis

…, S Mahadevan, M Al Saadoon, S Al-Adawi - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with a predominant ‘youth bulge’ among
its 54 million people, has witnessed an exponential increase in research pertinent to child …

The future of health systems to 2030: a roadmap for global progress and sustainability

…, PG Shekelle, S Whittaker, S Al-Adawi… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Most research on health systems examines contemporary problems within one, or at most a
few, countries. Breaking with this tradition, we present a series of case studies in a book …

Motivational deficits after brain injury: effects of bromocriptine in 11 patients.

JH Powell, S Al-Adawi, J Morgan… - Journal of Neurology …, 1996 - jnnp.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that treatment with bromocriptine would ameliorate deficits
in clinical motivation, responsiveness to reward, and frontal cognitive function after brain …

Prevalence and determinants of burnout syndrome and depression among medical students at Sultan Qaboos University: a cross-sectional analytical study from …

…, A Al-Habsi, M Al-Shuraiqi, S Al-Adawi… - … of environmental & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the prevalence and determinants of Burnout Syndrome and
Depressive Symptoms among medical students in Oman. Then, it explored whether the three-…

[HTML][HTML] Methylphenidate improves executive functions in patients with traumatic brain injuries: a feasibility trial via the idiographic approach

S Al-Adawi, A Al-Naamani, S Jaju, YM Al-Farsi… - BMC neurology, 2020 - Springer
Background Road traffic accidents are known to be the main cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
TBI is also a leading cause of death and disability. This study, by means of the …