Regular attendance at theoratial and practical classes for bachelor grades' students at the Faculty of Medicine [male] Al-Azhar University - an exploratory study

This study was designed to identify reasons that led to students' irregular attendance at their theoretical and practical classes. The total number of the studied samples was 200 university staff members and 300 students from bachelor grades. The results revealed that attending distinguished lectures at other colleges and students' commitment to private lessons were the most important reasons for students' irregular attendance with 70.3% and 61.7%, respectively, particularly among the 6th grade students. It was indicated that 81.7% of the students stated that expatriation and repeated traveling helped in students' irregular attendance. The study also indicated that not using MCQ method in examination, expanding of regulations of facilitating success and not specifying a part of total scores for regular attendance were among the most important reasons for students' irregular attendance. A statistical significant difference between staff members was detected regarding expanding of regulations of facilitating success

Prevalence of hypertension among Al Azhar University students

This work aimed to study the prevalence of hypertension among the young adult age [university students] and to identify the associated risk factors. A total of 860 male and female students was randomly selected for this study. The results revealed that the overall prevalence rate of hypertension was 13.7%. Obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases and chronic renal diseases were the personal risk factors that significantly associated with hypertension. So, encouragement of the yearly periodic medical examination of university students was a necessity for the early detection and more effective control of the disease and its complications

Effect of medical studies on smoking practice among Al-Azhar university male studies

The aim of this study is to assessing the effect of medical studies on smoking practice at Al-Azhar University for male students. The percentage of smoking at the place of the study was 55.3% and 59.7% of medical and non-medical groups, respectively. Overall, 44.7% and 40.3% of medical and non-medical groups had made an active attempt to quitting smoking at the place of the study. Media were an important source of knowledge, especially for the medical group. Regarding factors that inhibit the male students from smoking the study found that, 76% of medical students and 76.5% of non-medical students due to religious causes. In conclusion, the results of this study documented that smoking is a problem which exist among the male university students. The medical studies does not change the smoking habits of the medical students. Religious considerations were important barrier which may prevent an individual from smoking