المؤلفون: David Atallah, Charbel El Feghaly, Murielle El Feghaly, Wissam Arab, Abir Khaddage, Mira Akiki, Nadine El Kassis, Sara Abboud, Georges Chahine, Malak Moubarak

المصدر: Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease. 26:2-7

مصطلحات موضوعية: Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female, General Medicine, Alphapapillomavirus, Papillomaviridae

الوصف: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for a multitude of lesions with high psychosocial burden. The "HPV Impact Profile" (HIP) questionnaire is one of the first and most specific tools evaluating the emotional impact of HPV. This study aimed to translate this questionnaire into Arabic and to validate it, in a sample of Lebanese female patients.The HIP questionnaire was translated to Arabic. It was then administered to 118 Lebanese women infected with HPV or screened for HPV-associated lesions, in parallel with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire. The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were studied in our sample population.The internal consistency of the HIP questionnaire was weak as Cronbach α coefficients of most of the domains were low. The study of the composite matrix resulted in the improvement of the internal consistency after the elimination of some items. Moreover, the "adapted domains" were created by reverse-scoring items with positive implications.The composite reliability and the average variance extracted of all the domains were analyzed. Analysis of discriminate validity through heterotrait-monotrait ratio of correlation ratio analyses of corresponding Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale domains was also performed along with reliability analysis. There results were satisfying for the adapted domains.The adapted domains of the 27 items questionnaire with reverse scoring of 8 items presented with good psychometric properties, allowing their use in clinical trials and in clinical practice.

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https://doi.org/10.1097/lgt.0000000000000640

المؤلفون: Raja Wakim, Toufic Saber, Christelle Habchi, Murielle El Feghaly, Christina Abou-Malhab, Adham Alkadri, Jean Dib, Marwan Haddad

المصدر: Clinical Oncology and Research. :1-5

مصطلحات موضوعية: medicine.medical_specialty, education.field_of_study, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, medicine.disease, Epigastric pain, eye diseases, Portal vein thrombosis, Endoscopy, body regions, Hemangioma, Atrophy, medicine, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, cardiovascular diseases, sense organs, Radiology, Hepatectomy, education, business, Laparoscopy, General Environmental Science

الوصف: Hepatic cavernous hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of the liver. They can be found incidentally in the general population in up to 20% of the cases. On the other hand, gastric hemangioma is a very rare entity. These tumors account for only 0.05% of all gastrointestinal (GI) neoplasms. Hemangiomas have no malignant transformation potential. They are detected using CT-scan or MRI. Endoscopy can play a role in the differentiation of gastric from hepatic hemangiomas. Hepatic hemangioma can be associated with portal vein thrombosis as a mass effect resultant. Surgery is recommended for the treatment of symptomatic hemangiomas or giant ones (above 10cm). Laparoscopy is recommended for symptomatic hemangiomas less than 4cm or those who harbor a vascular pedicle. Here we present a case of a 50-year-old male presenting with a history of 1 month duration of epigastric pain and 5 kilograms of weight loss diagnosed on imaging studies with gastric hemangioma and partial portal vein thrombosis. Laparoscopic approach was adopted to deal with his condition. Intra-operatively, he was found to have hepatic hemangioma of around 10cm associated with complete atrophy of the left liver lobe. Decision was taken intra-operatively to carry a laparoscopic left hepatectomy regardless of all the challenges that pose laparoscopy in general for any hepatectomy. This decision was taken due to the presence of a vascular pedicle, which was clipped for hemostatic control.

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https://doi.org/10.31487/j.cor.2021.02.06

المؤلفون: David Atallah, Charbel El Feghaly, Murielle El Feghaly, Wissam Arab, Abir Khaddage, Mira Akiki, Nadine El Kassis, Rim Abou Chakra, Georges Chahine, Malak Moubarak

المصدر: Journal of lower genital tract disease. 26(1)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Sociodemographic Factors, Sexual Behavior, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Humans, Female, General Medicine, Alphapapillomavirus, Anxiety, Papillomaviridae

الوصف: The human papillomavirus (HPV) has been associated with an important psychosocial impact. This impact has been poorly evaluated in developing countries, mostly because of the lack of instruments to quantify it. The HIP questionnaire aims to measure HPV-associated affective burden. Our team has previously translated this questionnaire to Arabic and used it to assess the impact of HPV on Lebanese women.While the HIP is a specific tool to evaluate the emotional impact of HPV, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire consists of 2 scales, anxiety and depression, and assess the psychological distress in nonpsychiatric patients. The HPV impact profile and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaires were administered to 118 Lebanese women with an HPV-related presentation, aiming to determine which aspect of these women's lives was mostly affected. The association with different sociodemographic factors was also assessed.Feelings of "concerns and worries" were mostly strongly felt in our population except for women with genital warts who were more concerned with the risk of transmission and the impact on their partners. All women had predominant feelings of anxiety.Religion was a statistically significant influencing factor and employment a protective factor. Muslim women demonstrated significant adverse affects on HPV impact profile domains that included: "sexual impact," "self-image," "interaction with doctors," and "health control/life impact."Different women perceive the diagnosis of HPV and HPV-related lesions differently. In this study, employment was found to play a protective role, but the biggest influencers were social and religious beliefs.

URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ef3e44b320276f68e0fc41e3b1b30069
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34928248