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ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine2011

Sleep medicine in Saudi Arabia: Current problems and future challenges.

Ahmed S Bahammam

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Article in Annals of thoracic medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05953324 (The Effects Of Kiwifruit Consumption On Sleep Quality, Fatigue And BMI In Saudi Students With Poor Sleep Quality), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05953324 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Effects Of Kiwifruit Consumption On Sleep Quality, Fatigue And BMI In Saudi Students With Poor Sleep Quality: A 6-Week Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUmm Al-Qura UniversityRan2022 to 2022Enrolled26ConditionsSleep Disturbance, Fatigue, Body WeightArmsKiwifruit
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Curriculum development for the Saudi sleep medicine fellowship program.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022
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  10. Sleep medicine in Africa: past, present, and future.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
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  12. Sleep pattern and dozing chance among university students.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020
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  20. Sleep Medicine in Saudi Arabia.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed S BahammamUniversity Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep medicine is a relatively new specialty in the medical community. The practice of sleep medicine in Saudi Arabia (KSA) began in the mid to late nineties. Since its inception, the specialty has grown, and the number of specialists has increased. Nevertheless, sleep medicine is still underdeveloped in the KSA, particularly in the areas of clinical service, education, training and research. Based on available data, it appears that sleep disorders are prevalent among Saudis, and the demand for sleep medicine service is expected to rise significantly in the near future. A number of obstacles have been defined that hinder the progress of the specialty, including a lack of trained technicians, specialists and funding. Awareness about sleep disorders and their serious consequences is low among health care workers, health care authorities, insurance companies and the general public. A major challenge for the future is penetrating the educational system at all levels to demonstrate the high prevalence and serious consequences of sleep disorders. To attain adequate numbers of staff and facilities, the education and training of health care professionals at the level of sleep medicine specialists and sleep technologists is another important challenge that faces the specialty. This review discusses the current position of sleep medicine as a specialty in the KSA and the expected challenges of the future. In addition, it will guide clinicians interested in setting up new sleep medicine services in the KSA or other developing countries through the potential obstacles that may face them in this endeavor.

Indexed as

Developing countriesSaudi Arabiasleepsleep centerssleep disordered breathingsleep laboratoriessleep medicine

Identifiers

PMID21264164
PMCPMC3023868
OpenAlexW2087937178

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