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Assessment of hypertension and its associated risk factors among medical students in Qassim University.
The objective of the study is to assess the prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in medical students attending the College of Medicine in Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia. It is a cross-sectional study that was conducted during the year 2017 on medical students attending the College of Medicine at Qassim University. A total of 130 students were selected using multistage stratified random sampling. We collected data on sociodemographic information and risk factors using a self-administered questionnaire derived from the WHO STEPS instrument, and we measured the blood pressure and body mass index...
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - September 1, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: AlWabel AH, Almufadhi MA, Alayed FM, Aloraini AY, Alobaysi HM, Alalwi RM Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research

Hypertension care in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia: Barriers and solutions.
This study revealed that HTN patients received insufficient care, which could be attributed to many different barriers. In order to improve the quality of HTN care for HTN, these barriers should be overcome by implementation of the recommendations. PMID: 25394461 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - November 1, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Al-Saleem SA, Al-Shahrani A, Al-Khaldi YM Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research