Research

  • RESEARCH 2018
  • RESEARCH 2019
  • RESEARCH 2020
  • RESEARCH 2021

RESEARCH

Research Projects 2018

Demographic Characteristics and Clinical Profile of Suicide Attempts Attending Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman: A Cross Section Study

Investigators: Samir Al-Adawi, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU. 

 

Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in HIV Positive Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman

Investigators: Samir Al-Adawi, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU. 

 

Effectiveness and Adverse Effects Associated with the Use of Methylphenidate or Atomoxetine in Children with a Dual Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders

Investigators: Hassan Mirza, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus at SQUH

Investigators: Rodger Martin, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Clinical and Sociodemographic Profile of Omani Adolescents with Mood Disorders: A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study

Investigators: Hassan Mirza, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Efficacy and Adverse Effects of Risperidone in Managing Maladaptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting at a University Hospital in Oman

Investigators: Hassan Mirza, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU

 

A Cross-Cultural Exploration of the Prevalence of Eating Disorders and their Characteristics in the UK and Oman

Investigators: Hassan Mirza, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Prevalence of Social Anxiety Disorder among Omani Adults 

Investigators: Amaal Ambusaidi, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Psychotropic Induced Weight Gain among Psychiatric Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital (SQUH) in Oman

Investigators: Nasser Al Sibani, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety and their Severity among Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Attending a Tertiary Care Rheumatology Clinic in Muscat

Investigators: Rodger Martin, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Impact of Sleep Habits and Sleep Problems on the Academic Performance of Medical Students in Oman

Investigators: Samir Al-Adawi, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Patients with IBD Attending Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

Investigators: Nasser Al Sibani, Dept. Behavioral Medicine, SQU.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS 2018

  1. Braithwaite, J., Mannion, R., Matsuyama, Y., Shekelle, P.G., Whittaker, S., Al-Adawi, S., Ludlow, K., James, W., Ting, H.P., Herkes, J., McPherson, E., Churruca, K., Lamprell, G., Ellis, L.A., Boyling, C., Warwick, M., Pomare, C., Nicklin, W. and Hughes, C.F. The future of health systems to 2030: a roadmap for global progress and sustainability. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Dec 1;30(10):823-831. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy242.

 

  1. Burke DT, Al-Adawi S, Jain NB, Burke DP. The Effect of Body Mass Index on Rehabilitation of Patients with Amputation. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. 2018 Oct 1; 30(4):202-6.

 

  1. Al-Abri MA, Al-Adawi S, Al-Abri 1, Al-Abri F, Dorvlo A, Wesonga R, Jaju S.Daytime Sleepiness Among Young Adult Omani Car Drivers. SQUMJ. 2018 May; 18(2):e143-e148. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.004.

 

  1. Al-Ghannami SS, Al-Adawi S, Ghebremeskel K, Cramer MT, Hussein IS, Min Y, Jeyaseelan L, Al-Sibani N, Al-Shammakhi SM, Al-Mamari F, Dorvlo ASS. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Parental Factors in School Children Aged Nine to Ten Years in Muscat, Oman. Oman Med J. 2018 May; 33(3):193-199. doi: 10.5001/omj.2018.37.

 

  1. Ganguly S S; Sarkar K, Al-Adawi S; Al-Mahrezi A. Screening for disglycaemia using anthropometric indices in an adult population in Oman. East Mediterr Health J. 2018 Jun 10; 24(3):254-261. doi: 10.26719/2018.24.3.254.

 

  1. Al-Farsi OA, Al-Farsi YM, Al-Sharbati MM, Al-Adawi S. Sleep habits and sleep disorders among children with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities and typically developing children in Oman: a case-control study. Journal Early Child Development and Care 2018. doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1455671

 

  1. Al Alawi M, Al Sinawi H, Al Qasabi AM, Al Mamari AM, Panchatcharam SM, Al-Adawi S. Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among attendees of a tertiary care dermatology clinic in Muscat, Oman. Int J Dermatol. 2018 Mar; 57(3):284-290. doi: 10.1111/ijd.13912.

 

  1. Al-Mandhari A, Al-Farsi S, Al-Barwani S, Al-Salmani N, Al-Rabhi S, Al-Saidi S, Abulmajd K, Al-Adawi S. Developing patient safety system using WHO tool in hospitals in Oman. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Mar 24. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzy050.

 

  1. Al-Zaabi K, Al-Adawi S, Jaju S, Jeyaseelan L, Al-Sibani N, Al-Alawi M, Al-Abri M, Al-Abri R. Effects of an Adenotonsillectomy on the Cognitive and Behavioural Function of Children Who Snore: A naturalistic observational study. SQUMJ. 2018 Nov;18(4):e455-e460. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.005. Epub 2019 Mar 28.

 

  1. Al Reesi H,  Freemanc J, Davey J, Al Adawi S, Al Maniri A. Measuring risky driving behaviours among young drivers: Development of a scale for the Oman setting. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2018, 55, 78–89.

 

  1. Mirza H, Roberts E, Al-Belushi M, Al-Salti H, Al-Hosni A, Jeyaseelan L, Al-Adawi S. School Dropout and Associated Factors Among Omani Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Feb/Mar; 39(2):109-115. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000522.

 

 

 ABSTRACTS 2018

  1. Al Balushi N, Alalawi M, Al Shekaili M, Adawi S. Predictors of depressive symptoms among caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) attending a tertiary care facility: a cross-sectional analytical study from Muscat, Oman. The 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2018.  European Psychiatry 48S (2018) S141–S358.

 

  1. Al Balushi M, Al Balushi N, Alshekaili M, Adawi S. Burden of care among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Oman: A cross sectional analytical study, Muscat, Oman. The 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2018.  European Psychiatry 48S (2018) S141–S358.

 

  1. Al Huseini S; Al Alawi M; Al‐ Balushi N; Jose S; Al‐Adawi S; Al‐Hashemi T. Burnout syndrome and its correlates among primary care physicians in Muscat, Oman. The 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2018.  European Psychiatry 48S (2018) S141–S358.

 

  1. Al Alawi M, Al Sinawi H, Al Qasabi AM, Al Mamari  AM, Murthi SP, Al-Adawi S. Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among attendees of a tertiary care dermatology clinic in Muscat, Oman. The 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2018.  European Psychiatry 48S (2018) S141–S358.

 

  1. Burke D, Al-Adawi S, Burke DP, Penna S. The effect of body mass index on pulmonary related debility rehabilitation. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Volume 61, Supplement, July 2018, Page e280. Conference abstract: 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Paris. 8-12 July 2018

 

  1. Burke D, Bratton Bell R, Al-Adawi S, Burke DP. The effect of body mass index on indices of functional prognosis: Evidence for ‘obesity paradox’ among traumatic brain injury population. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Volume 61, Supplement, July 2018, Page e226. Conference abstract: 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Paris. 8-12 July 2018.
  1. Al-Adawi S, Al-Kalbani Y, Panchatcharam SM, Al-Zadjali MA, Al-Adawi SS, Essa MM, Qoronfleh MW. Differential executive functioning in the topology of Spirit possession or dissociative disorders: an explorative cultural study. BMC Psychiatry. 2019 Dec 2;19(1):379. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2358-2.

 

  1. Essa MM, Subash S, Dhanalakshmi C, Manivasagam T, Al-Adawi S, Guillemin GJ, Thenmozhi AJ Correction to: Dietary Supplementation of Walnut Partially Reverses 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine Induced Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. Neurochemical Research. 2019 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/s11064-019-02887-1.
  2. Al-Balushi N, Al-Alawi M, Al Shekaili M, Al-Balushi M, Mirza H, Al-Huseini S, Panchatcharam SM, Al-Sibani N, Cucchi A, Al-Adawi S. Predictors of Burden of Care Among Caregivers of Drug-Naive Children and Adolescents With ADHD: A Cross-Sectional Correlative Study From Muscat, Oman. Journal of Attention Disorders. 2019 Mar; 23(5):517-526. doi: 10.1177/1087054718808381.

 

  1. Burke DT, Penna S, Al-Adawi S, Bell RB, Burke DP. The Effect of Body Mass Index on Pulmonary Related Debility Rehabilitation. PM & R: The Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation.. 2019 Aug 23. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12243.

 

  1. Burke DT, Bell RB, Al-Adawi S, Burke DP. The Effect of Body Mass Index on the Functional Prognosis of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. PM & R: The Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation. 2019 Jan 28. doi: 10.1002/pmrj.12091

 

  1. Al Huseini S, Al Alawi M, Al Sinawi H, Al-Balushi N, Jose S, Al-Adawi S.Trait Emotional Intelligence and Its Correlates in Oman Medical Specialty Board Residents. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 2019 Aug;11(4 Suppl):134-140. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-18-00388.

 

  1. Alkaabia S, Al-Balushi N, Al-Alawi M, Mirza M, Al-Huseini S, Al-Balushi M, Murthi S, Al-Saadon M, Al-Sibani N, Al-Adawi S. Level and determinants of patient satisfaction with psychiatric out-patient services, Muscat, Oman. International Journal of Mental Health, 2019, 48 (2), 80–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2019.1585226

 

  1. Al-Ghannami SS, Al-Adawi S, Ghebremeskel K, Hussein IS, Min Y, Jeyaseelan L, Al-Shammakhi SM, Mabry RM, Al-Oufi HS. Randomized open-label trial of docosahexaenoic acid-enriched fish oil and fish meal on cognitive and behavioral functioning in Omani children. Nutrition. 2019 Jan;57:167-172. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2018.04.008.

 

  1. Al Wahaibi N, Al Lawati A, Al Ruqeishy F, Al Khatri A, Al-Farsi Y, Juma TMA, Al Hinai F, Al-Sibani N, Mahadevan S, Al-Adawi S. The characteristics and patterns of utilization of healthcare services among Omanis with substance use disorders attending therapy for cessation. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 31;14(1):e0210532. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210532.

 

 

  1. Alshekaili M, Al-Balushi N, Mohammed Al-Alawi, Mirza H, Al-Huseini S, Al-Balushi M, Panchatcharam SM, Mahadevan S, Al-Sibani N, Al-Farsi YM, Al-Adawi S. Risk factors underlying depressive symptoms among parents/primary care providers of kids with autism spectrum disorder: A study from Muscat, Oman. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 2019 Mar 19. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12374.

 

  1. Claudino AM, Pike KM, Hay P, Keeley JW, Evans SC, Rebello TJ, Bryant-Waugh R, Dai Y, Zhao M, Matsumoto C, Herscovici CR, Mellor-Marsá B, Stona AC, Kogan CS, Andrews HF, Monteleone P, Pilon DJ, Thiels C, Sharan P, Al-Adawi S, Reed GM. The classification of feeding and eating disorders in the ICD-11: results of a field study comparing proposed ICD-11 guidelines with existing ICD-10 guidelines. BMC Medicine. 2019 May 14;17(1):93. doi: 10.1186/s12916-019-1327-4.

 

  1. Al-Saadoon M, Al-Adawi S. Informed Consent in Societies with Different Ethos of 'Selfhood'. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2019 Feb; 19(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2019.19.01.001.

 

  1. Qoronfleh MW, Essa MM, Alharahsheh ST, Al-Farsi YM, Al-Adawi S. Autism in the Gulf States: a regional overview. Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition). 2019 Jan 1; 24:334-346.

 

  1. Scott P, Al Kindi A, Al Fahdi A, Al Yarubi N, Bruwer Z, Al Adawi S, Nandhagopal R. Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy type 1 revisited. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2019 Jun 7. pii: S0967-5868(19)30238-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.05.060

 

  1. Moghadas M, Essa MM, Ba-Omar T, Al-Shehi A, Qoronfleh MW, Eltayeb EA, Guillemin GJ, Manivasagam T, Justin-Thenmozhi A, Al-Bulushi BS, Al-Adawi S, Edalatmanesh MA. Antioxidant therapies in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition). 2019 Jan 1; 24:313-333.

 

  1. Al-Hashemi T, Al-Huseini S, Al-Alawi M, Al-Balushi N, Al-Senawi H, Al-Balushi M, Jose S, Al-Adawi S. Burnout Syndrome Among Primary Care Physicians in Oman. Oman Medical Journal. 2019 May; 34(3):205-211. doi: 10.5001/omj.2019.40.

 

  1. Al-Alawi M, Al-Sinawi H, Al-Qubtan A, Al-Lawati J, Al-Habsi A, Al-Shuraiqi M, Al-Adawi S, Panchatcharam SM.Prevalence and determinants of burnout Syndrome and Depression among medical students at Sultan Qaboos University: A cross-sectional analytical study from Oman. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 2019;74(3):130-139. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1400941.                
  2. Ahmed Bait Amer, The Health Care Ethics: Overview of the Basics,OJN 2019, 9, 183-187.
  3. Ahmed Bait Amer, Understanding the Ethical Theories in Medical Practice 2019, 9, 188-193.
  4. Ahmed Bait Amer, ,The Ethics of Veracity and It Is Importance in the Medical Ethics,OJN 2019, 9, 194-198.
  5. Ahmed Bait Amer, Profile of inpatient children an adolescent in Oman, Accepted in 11/3/2019,OJN.

 

 

  1. Al-Adawi S.S.H., Al Lamki Z., Moustafa A.A., Alkindi S., Al-Adawi S. (2020) Palliative Care in a Society in Transition: How to Address the Unmet Biopsychosocial Needs in Oman. In: Laher I. (eds) Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Springer, Cham, pp.1-20

 

  1. Alshekaili M, Hassan W, Al Said N, Al Sulaimani F, Jayapal SK, Al-Mawali A, Chan MF, Mahadevan S, Al-Adawi S. Factors associated with mental health outcomes across healthcare settings in Oman during COVID-19: frontline versus non-frontline healthcare workers. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 10;10(10): e042030. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042030. PMID: 33040019.

 

  1. Al-Kaabi, S., Al-Huseini, S., Bader, A. H., Al Balushi, N., Al-Ruzaiqi, M., Al-Wahibi, A.& Al-Adawi, S. (2020). Appropriateness of Electroencephalographic Referrals in a Tertiary Care Psychiatric Hospital: Retrospective Study from Oman. International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases, 10(4), 188.

 

  1. Al-Sibani N, Al-Maqbali M, Mahadevan S, Al-Huseini S, Al-Muzeni M, Al-Adawi S. Psychiatric, cognitive functioning and socio-cultural views of menstrual psychosis in Oman: an idiographic approach. BMC Womens Health. 2020 Sep 29;20(1):215. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-01060-z. PMID: 32993616; PMCID: PMC7523046.

 

 

  1. Wu Y, Levis B, Ioannidis JPA, Benedetti A, Thombs BD; Al-Adawi, S. DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) Collaboration. Probability of Major Depression Classification Based on the SCID, CIDI, and MINI Diagnostic Interviews: A Synthesis of Three Individual Participant Data Meta-Analyses [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 19]. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2020;1-13. doi:10.1159/000509283.

 

  1. Al-Saadoon M, Al-Adawi M, Al-Adawi S. Socio-Cultural Constraints in Protecting Child Rights in a Society in Transition: A Review and Synthesis from Oman [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 7]. Child Indicators Research. 2020; 1-29. doi:10.1007/s12187-020-09759-z

 

 

  1. Alsumait AF, Al-Farsi  YM, Waly M, Al-Qarshoobi, IS, Al-Adawi S, Albali NH, Al-Moundhri MS. Hospital Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer among Colonoscopy Recipients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Oman: A Cross-Sectional Study. Scientific World Journal. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5863126

 

  1. Al-Maashani M, Al-Balushi N, Al-Alawi M, Mirza H, Al-Huseini S, Al-Balushi M, Obeid Y, Jose S, Al-Sibani N, Al-Adawi S. Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms among Medical Students: a Cross-sectional Single-centre Study. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 2020 Mar;30(1):28-31. doi: 10.12809/eaap1882. PMID: 32229644

 

 

  1. Al-Adawi, S., Al-Naamani, A., Jaju, S., Al-Farsi YM, Dorvlo ASS, Al-Maashani A, Al-Adawi SSH, Moustafa AA, Al-Sibani N, Essa MM, Burke, DT& Qoronfleh, MW. Methylphenidate improves executive functions in patients with traumatic brain injuries: a feasibility trial via the idiographic approach. BMC Neurology 20, 103 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-020-01663-x

 

  1. Omar A Al-Farsi, Yahya M Al-Farsi, Marwan M Al-Sharbati, Samir Al-Adawi. Sleep problems among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in Oman: A case control study. Kuwait Medical Journal 2020; 52 (1): 36 – 42

 

 

  1. Burke DT, Armour DJ, McCargo T, Al-Adawi S. Change over time of the ankle-brachial index. Wound Medicine,  March 2020, 100174. doi.org/10.1016/j.wndm.2019.100174

 

  1. lshekaili M, Alkalbani Y, Hassan W, Alsulimani F, Alkasbi S, Chan MF, Al-Adawi S. Characteristic and psychosocial consequences of sexually abused children referred to a tertiary care facility in Oman: Sentinel study. Heliyon. 2020 Jan 6;6(1):e03150. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03150. PMID: 32042947; PMCID: PMC7002805.

 

 

  1. Al-Mashrafi S, Al-Saadi S, Al-Ruzaqi W, Al-Alawi M, Al-Huseini S,  Panchatcharam,  SM, AlAdawi S. Determinants Affecting the Perception toward Mental Health Problems amongResidents at Oman Medical Specialty Board; Across Sectional Correlative Study. Clinical and Experimental Psychology 2020, 6 (1), 001-004.

 

  1. Al Abri, R., Al Bassam, W., Al-Balushi, F., Hlaiwah, O., Jaju, S., & Al-Adawi, S. (2020). Postoperative Functional and Cosmetic Satisfaction among Subjects Undergoing Open Versus Endonasal Septorhinoplasty: Five Years' Experience from an Open-label Study at a Tertiary Care Center in Oman. Oman medical  journal, 35(2), e120. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.38

 

  1. Wu Y, Levis B, Sun Y, Krishnan A, He C, Riehm KE, Rice DB, Azar M, Yan XW, Neupane D, Bhandari PM, Imran M, Chiovitti MJ, Saadat N, Boruff JT, Cuijpers P, Gilbody S, McMillan D, Ioannidis JPA, Kloda LA, Patten SB, Shrier I, Ziegelstein RC, Henry M, Ismail Z, Loiselle CG, Mitchell ND, Tonelli M, Al-Adawi S. et al. (2020). Probability of major depression diagnostic classification based on the SCID, CIDI and MINI diagnostic interviews controlling for Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Depression subscale scores: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 73 primary studies. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 129, 109892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109892

 

  1. Mirza, H., Al Sinawi, H., Al-Balushi, N., Al-Alawi, M. and Panchatcharam, S.M., 2020. Barriers to university-industry collaboration in an academic university department in London, United Kingdom, June 2020, International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print) DOI: 10.1108/IJPHM-11-2016-0062

 

 

  1. Al Sinawi HA, Al Balushi N, Al-Mahrouqi T, Al Ghailani A, McCall RK, Sultan A, Al Sabti H, Al Maniri A, Murthi Panchatcharam S, Al-Alawi M. Predictors of psychological distress among the public in Oman amid coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional analytical study. Psychol Health Med. 2021 Jan;26(1):131-144. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1842473. Epub 2020 Nov 5. PMID: 33151748.

 

  1. Al-Alawi M. Prevalence of Depression among Oman Medical Specialty Board Residents. Oman Med J. 2020 Nov 30;35(6):e211. doi: 10.5001/omj.2020.102. PMID: 33312714; PMCID: PMC7719743.

 

 

  1. AlBreiki M, AlMaqbali M, AlRisi K, AlSinawi H, Al Balushi M, Al Zakwani W. Prevalence of antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction among psychiatric outpatients attending a tertiary care hospital. Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2020 Jan;25(1):55-60. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2020.1.20190058. PMID: 31982896.

 

  1. El Hayek, S., Cheaito, M. A., Nofal, M., Abdelrahman, D., Adra, A., Al Shamli, S., ... & Al Sinawi, H. (2020). Geriatric mental health and COVID-19: An eye-opener to the situation of the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

 

  1. Mirza, Hassan, Salim Al-Huseini, Siham Al-Shamli, Maissa Al-Dhahri, Zainab Al-Rashdi, Amira Al-Hosni, Haya Al-Hasani, Sanjay Jaju, Nasser Al-Sibani, and Samir Al-Adawi. 2020. ‘The Relationship of Sociodemographic and Clinical Profiles to the Duration of Untreated Psychosis among Adolescents with First-Episode Psychosis in an Oman Tertiary Hospital’. Psychosis 0 (0):1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2020.1720272.

 

  1. Al-Harthy H, Al-Mahrouqi T, Al-Obaidani A, Al-Hashmi S, Mirza H. (August 06, 2020) Solitary Fibrous Tumor Revealed by Worsening Clinical Depression: A Case Report from Oman. Cureus 12(8): e9584. doi:10.7759/cureus.9584

Conference Paper

  1. Al Sinawi HA., Capacity building in dementia care. *8th Virtual International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in the Middle East.
  2. Al Sinawi HA., understanding stigma, the universal language in mental health
  3. Al Sinawi HA., Social customs, expectations, and religion in shaping dementia care. ADI 2020 conference
  4. Al Sinawi HA, Let’s talk about Dementia *Qatar- Oman joint Alzheimer’s month symposium.
  5. Mirza, H., Oral presentation, 1st Gulf Autism Conference, 24-26 January 2020, Muscat Oman

 

 

Book Chapter

 

  1. Al-Sinawi H., Mirza H., Al Alawi M. (2020) Mental Health Services in the Sultanate of Oman. In: Laher I. (eds) Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74365-3_131-1

     

 

  1. Daar S, Al Saadoon M, Wali Y, Al Mujaini R, Al Rahbi S, Chan MF, Al-Siyabi A, Alansary N, Mahadevan S, Al-Adawi S. Cognitive Function in Adults with Beta-Thalassemia Major in Oman: A Pilot Study. Oman Medical Journal. 2021 Nov 30;36(6):e322. doi: 10.5001/omj.2021.101.

 

  1. Al-Farsi, Y. M., Albali, N. H., Alsaqabi, M. K., Sayed, M., Al-Mawali, A. H., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). Period-prevalence and Publication Rate of Health Research Productivity in Seven Arabian Gulf Countries: Bibliometric Analysis from 1996 to 2018. Oman Medical Journal, 36(6), e316. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2021.100

 

 

  1. Al Lawati A, Al Ghafri T, Anwar H, Al Ajmi F, Al Hasani S, Chan MF, Mahadevan S, Al-Adawi S. Depressive symptoms among primary healthcare workers during the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic in the Muscat governorate. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2021 Nov 3;22: e62. doi: 10.1017/S1463423621000335. PMID: 34728003.

 

  1. Chan MF, Al-Shekaili M, Al-Adawi S, Hassan W, Al-Said N, Al-Sulaimani F, Jayapal SK, Al-Mawali A. Mental health outcomes among health care workers in Oman during COVID-19: A cluster analysis. International Journal of Nursing Practice. e12998. Do: 10.1111/ijn. 12998.

 

 

  1. Al-Adawi S. Does it Take Two to Tango? Coming to Grips with COVID-19: A Story of the Guest and the Host. Oman Medical Journal. 2021;36(5):e295. Published 2021 Sep 1. doi:10.5001/omj.2021.130.

 

  1. Al-Mamari W, Idris AB, Gabr A, Jalees S, Al-Jabri, M., Abdulrahim, R., Al-Mujaini, A., Islam, M. M., Al-Alawi, M.., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). Intellectual Profile of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Identification of verbal and nonverbal subscales predicting intelligence quotient. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 21(3), 386–393. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.4.2021.001.

 

 

  1. Alfalahi M, Mahadevan S, Balushi RA, Chan MF, Saadon MA, Al-Adawi S, Qoronfleh MW. Prevalence of eating disorders and disordered eating in Western Asia: a systematic review and meta-Analysis. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention. 2021 Sep 4:1-30. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2021.1969495. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34486495.

 

  1. Mahadevan S, Chan MF, Moghadas M, Shetty M, Burke DT, Al-Rasadi K, Al-Adawi S. Post-Stroke Psychiatric and Cognitive Symptoms in West Asia, South Asia and Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(16):3655. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163655.

 

 

  1. Al Shukaili M, Al Alawi M, Al Huseini S, Al Shukaili A, Al Muharrami M, Al Abdali M, Al Harthi H, Al Saadi A, Al Balushi R, Al Kasbi F, Al-Fahdi A, Panchatcharam SM, Cucchi A, Al-Adawi S. Exploring Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Patients With Chronic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2021 Sep 10. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001409.

 

  1. Chan MF, Al Balushi AA, Al-Adawi S, Alameddine M, Al Sadoon M, Bou-Karroum K. Workplace bullying, occupational burnout, work-life imbalance, and perceived medical errors among nurses in Oman: A cluster analysis. Journal of Nursing Management. 2021 Jul 29. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13432.

 

 

  1. Al Balushi AA, Alameddine M, Fai Chan M, Al Sadoon M, Bou-Karroum K, Al-Adawi S. Factors Associated With Self-Reported Medical Errors Among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study From Oman. International journal for quality in health care: Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care. 2021; 2021 Jul 17;33(3): mzab102. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzab102. PMID: 34240130.

 

  1. Chan, MF, Al-Shekaili, M, Al-Adawi S, Hassan W, Al-Said N, Al-Sulaimani F, Kumar S, & Al- Mawali, A. (2021). Mental health outcomes among health-care workers in Oman during COVID-19: A cluster analysis. International Journal of Nursing Practice, e12998. https://doi.Org/10.1111/ijn. 12998

 

  1. Al Toobi, M. M., Al Subhi, L. K., Bose, S., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). Nutrition quality of life associated with affective functioning among Omani patients with type 2 diabetes from primary health care. Journal of Nutritional Science, 10 (e6), 1-9 doi: 10.1017/jeans. 2020. 57.

 

 

  1. Al-Busaidi AS, Ganesh A, Al-Adawi S, Al-Farsi YM, Al-Rawahi MK, Al-Mawali NA, Al-Kharousi NS, Al-Alawi M, Al-Mujaini AS. Development and validation of an instrument to measure physician awareness of bioethics and medical law in Oman. BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 May 22;22(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s12910-021-00619-1. PMID: 34022852; PMCID: PMC8140473.

 

  1. Wu Y, Levis B, Sun Y, He C, Krishnan A, Neupane D, Bhandari PM, Negeri Z, Benedetti A, Thombs BD; DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) HADS Group (Al-Adawi et al.) Accuracy of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Depression subscale (HADS-D) to screen for major depression: systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ. 2021 May 10;373:n972. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n972. PMID: 33972268.

 

 

  1. Al-Busaidi, S., Al Huseini, S., Al-Shehhi, R., Zishan, A. A., Moghadas, M., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). COVID-19 Induced New-onset Psychosis: A Case Report from Oman. Oman Medical Journal, 36(5), e303. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2022.25

 

  1. Al Kiyumi H, Al-Huseini S, Mirza H, Al Balushi N, Al-Risi K, Al Toubi A, Al Hosni A, Al-Mashaikhi T, Al Balushi R, Al-Adawi S. Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman. Oman Med J. 2021 Nov 30;36(6):e329. doi: 10.5001/omj.2021.112. PMID: 35024176; PMCID: PMC8722311.

 

 

  1. Al-Saadoon, M., Al-Adawi, M., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). Socio-Cultural Constraints in Protecting Child Rights in a Society in Transition: A Review and Synthesis from Oman. Child Indicators Research, 14, 239–267 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09759-z.

 

  1. Roy, N. M., Al-Harthi, L., Sampat, N., Al-Mujaini, R., Mahadevan, S., Al Adawi, S., Essa, M. M., Al Subhi, L., Al-Balushi, B., & Qoronfleh, M. W. (2021) Impact of vitamin D on neurocognitive function in dementia, depression, schizophrenia, and ADHD. Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark edition), 26, 566–611.

 

 

  1. Sinawi HA, Al Balushi N, Al-Mahrouqi T, Al Ghailani A, McCall RK, Sultan A, Al Sabti H, Al Maniri A, Murthi Panchatcharam S, Al-Alawi M. Predictors of psychological distress among the public in Oman amid coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a cross-sectional analytical study. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2021 Jan 2;26(1):131-44. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1842473. Epub 2020 Nov 5. PMID: 33151748.

 

 

  1. Al-Alawi M, McCall RK, Sultan A, Al Balushi N, Al-Mahrouqi T, Al Ghailani A, Al Sabti H, Al-Maniri A, Panchatcharam SM, Al Sinawi H. Efficacy of a six-week-long therapist-guided online therapy versus self-help internet-based therapy for COVID-19–induced anxiety and depression: open-label, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial. JMIR mental health. 2021 Feb 12;8(2):e26683.

 

 

  1. Al Shukaili M, Al Alawi M, Al Huseini S, Al Shukaili A, Al Muharrami M, Al Abdali M, Al Harthi H, Al Saadi A, Al Balushi R, Al Kasbi F, Al-Fahdi A. Exploring Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Patients With Chronic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2021 Sep 10.

 

  1. Al-Busaidi AS, Ganesh A, Al-Adawi S, Al-Farsi YM, Al-Rawahi MK, Al-Mawali NA, Al-Kharousi NS, Al-Alawi M, Al-Mujaini AS. Development and validation of an instrument to measure physician awareness of bioethics and medical law in Oman. BMC medical ethics. 2021 Dec;22(1):1-1.

 

 

  1. Al-Alawi M. Clinical and Socio-Demographic Predictors of Depressive symptoms among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study from Oman

 

  1. Albalushi MA, Almaqbali MH, Al-Huseini SK, Al Sinawi H. Prescribing practices in the treatment of depression among psychiatrists in Oman. Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2021 Apr;26(2):152-157. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200110. PMID: 33814367; PMCID: PMC8024139.

 

  1. Mirza, H., Al-Huseini, S., Al-Jamoodi, S., Al-Balushi, N., Al-Hosni, A., Chan, M.-F., & Zadjali, F. (2021). The Socio-Demographic and Clinical Profiles of Adult ADHD Patients in a University Hospital in Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ], 1(1). https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.5.2021.104

 

  1. Al Kiyumi H, Al-Huseini S, Mirza H, Al Balushi N, Al-Risi K, Al Toubi A, Al Hosni A, Al-Mashaikhi T, Al Balushi R, Al-Adawi S. Depressive Symptoms and Its Correlate Among Children with Epilepsy at Single-center Study in Oman. Oman Med J. 2021 Nov 30;36(6):e329. doi: 10.5001/omj.2021.112. PMID: 35024176; 

 

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  1. Ougrin D, Wong BH, Vaezinejad M, Plener PL, Mehdi T, Romaniuk L, Barrett E, Hussain H, Lloyd A, Tolmac J, Rao M, Chakrabarti S, Carucci S, Moghraby OS, Elvins R, Rozali F, Skouta E, McNicholas F, Kuruppuaracchi N, Stevanovic D, Nagy P, Davico C, Mirza H, Tufan E, Youssef F, Meadowcroft B, Landau S. Pandemic-related emergency psychiatric presentations for self-harm of children and adolescents in 10 countries (PREP-kids): a retrospective international cohort study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 7:1–13. doi: 10.1007/s00787-021-01741-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33677628; PMCID: PMC7937052.

 

  1. Al-Huseini S, Al-Barhoumi A, Al-Balushi M, Al-Hosni A, Al-Mahrouqi T, Al-Mahrizi B, Jaju S, Mirza H. Effectiveness and Adverse Effects of Risperidone in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Naturalistic Clinical Setting at a University Hospital in Oman. Autism Res Treat. 2022 Jan 31;2022:2313851. doi: 10.1155/2022/2313851. PMID: 35127178; PMCID: PMC8814715.

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Al-Adawi S, Al-Sibani N, Al-Harthi L, Shetty M, Joe Valentina J, Al Sadoon M. The Frequency and Correlates of Mental Health Problems among Khaliji Students in post-secondary education. In, Masood Zangeneh & Mona Nouroozifar (Eds.). Post-Secondary Education Student Mental Health: A Global Perspective. https://concurrentdisorders.ca/2021/06/23/3117/

 

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