Faisal O Alatawi Author
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Coronary artery disease
Faisal O Alatawi Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Post Box: 30001, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 41477, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Faisal O Alatawi
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Post Box: 30001, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 41477, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, his latest publication involves Innovative Method in Digitizing a Web-based OSCE Evaluation System for Medical Students: A University Hospital Experience.
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Author(s): Faisal O Alatawi
Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD) has become a global epidemic affecting all occupation. Teachers are suspected to be at occupation stress; however the risk of developing CAD among them is not studied in Saudi Arabia. This study was conducted to investigate the current situation of CAD and prevalence of its risk factors among school teachers in Almadinah Almunawwarah. The findings will help in understanding the extent of the problem of CAD and its risk it poses among school teachers in KSA.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic year 2015 in Almadinah Almunawwarah city. A sample of 210 teachers was randomly selected out of 10,341 Saudi male teachers following a common cluster-sampling scheme (30 schools ×... view moreĀ»