OPTIMIZING OUTCOMES AND EXPERIENCE FOR PATIENTS TRAVELING ABROAD FOR SPINE SURGERY: A SURVEY OF NEUROSURGEONS AND ORTHOPEDIC SPINE SURGEONS IN SAUDI ARABIA

Background: It is widely accepted that patients with complex medical diagnoses and those with the means will travel for specialized medical care abroad.For various reasons, patients from the Gulf countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), have comprised a significant proportion of patients traveling abroad for care.Rarely, however, hav

Abstract Background Ethiopia is affected by human leishmaniasis Cocktail Shakers caused by several Leishmania species and transmitted by a variety of sand fly vectors of the genus Phlebotomus.The sand fly fauna in Ethiopia is highly diverse and some species are closely related and similar in morphology, resulting in difficulties with species identi

Persuasive technologies have been identified as a potential motivational tool to tackle the rising problem of physical inactivity worldwide, with research showing they are more likely to be successful if tailored to the target audience.However, in the physical activity Decorative domain, there is limited research on how culture moderates users̵