SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS AY-2015
1. Abu-Saad Huijer, H., Sagherian, K., Tamim, H. Validation of the Arabic version of the
Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale among Lebanese Cancer Patients. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management. DOI:10.1016/[Link].2014.08.014 50(1): 559–565
2. Abu-Saad Huijer, H., Saab, M. Hajjar, M. Palliative Care for Older Adults in Lebanon.
Lebanese Medical Journal, In Press
3. Adra M. G., Hopton,J. & Keady J. (2015) Constructing the meaning of quality of life for
residents in care homes in the Lebanon: perspectives of residents, staff and family.
International Journal of Older People Nursing, published online on June 29, 2015.
4. Al-Gharib RM, Abu-Saad Huijer H, Darwish H. Quality of care and relationships as
reported by children with cancer and their parents. Ann Palliat Med 2015. doi:
10.3978/[Link].2224-5820.2015.01.04
5. Al-Gharib RM, Abu-Saad Huijer H, Darwish H. Evaluating quality of care , spirituality,
and relationships among children with cancer and parents. Lebanese Journal of Nursing
2015, 4: 22-26.
6. Clinton, M.E. Dumit, N.Y., El-Jardali, F. Rasch Measurement Analysis of a 25-Item
Version of the Mueller/McCloskey Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale in a Sample of Nurses in
Lebanon and Qatar. SAGE Open June 2015, DOI: 10.1177/2158244015592167
7. Clinton, M., Dumit, N. Y., & El Jardali, F. (2015). Rasch measurement analysis of a 25-item
version of the Mueller/McCloskey Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale (MMSS-25) in a sample of
nurses in Lebanon and Qatar. SAGE Open. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015592167
8. Darwish H, Adra M, Abu-Saad Huijer H. Incorporating gerontological content in the
nursing curriculum; the case of AUB School of Nursing. J Med Liban 2015; 63 (1): 21-26.
9. Darwish, H, Zeinoun, P , Ghusn, P, Khoury, B, Tamim, H, Khoury, S.J. Serum 25-
hydroxyvitamin D predicts cognitive performance in adults. Neuropsychiatric Disease and
Treatment (2015) August:11 2217–2223
10. Deek, H., Newton, P., Inglis, S., Kabbani, S., Noureddine, S., MacDonald, P., Davidson, P.
(2015). Heart health in Lebanon and considerations for addressing the burden of
cardiovascular disease. Published on line in Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing
Practice, Scholarship and Research, 22(3), 333-39.
11. Deek, H., Noureddine, S., Newton, P. J., Inglis, S. C., Peter S. MacDonald, P. S., &
Davidson, P. M. (2015). A family-focused intervention for heart failure self-care: conceptual
underpinnings of a culturally appropriate intervention. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Published online September 13, 2015. DOI: 10.1111/jan.12768
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12. Dumit, N. Y., Magilvy, J. K., Afifi, R. (2015). The Cultural Meaning of Cardiac Illness and
Self-care among Lebanese Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Transcultural
Nursing, in press. Published online before print February 17, 2015, doi:
10.1177/1043659615573080
13. Farhood, L; Dimassi, H. (2015), Validation of an Arabic version of the GHQ-28 against the
Beck Depression Inventory for Screening for depression in war-exposed civilians,
psychological Reports: Measures & Statistics, 116, 2, 1-1\
14. Kantar, L., & Massouh, A. (2015). Case-based learning: What traditional curricula fail to
teach. Nurse Education Today, 35(8), 8-14.
15. Mouheidine, T, Darwish, H, Fawaz, L, Yamout, B, Tamim, H, Khoury, S.J. Risk factors of
Multiple Sclerosis and associations with anti-EBV antibody titers: a retrospective case-
control study in Lebanon. Clinical Immunology (2015) May: 158, Issue 1, 59–66.
16. Noureddine, S., Dumit, N.Y., Saab, M. (2015). Deciding to seek care for acute myocardial
infarction in Lebanon. Clinical Nursing Research, 24(5), 487-503. DOI:
10.1177/1054773814548508
17. Salloum, R.G., Abbyad, C. W., Kohler, R.E., Kratka, A., Oh, L., Wood, K.A. (2015).
Assessing preferences for a smoking cessation program in Lebanon: A discrete choice
experiment. Nicotine & Tobacco Research DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntu188
18. Springer, R.A., Clinton, M.E. (2015) Doing Foucault: Inquiring into nursing knowledge
with Foucauldian discourse analysis. Nursing Philosophy. 16,87-97. Article first published
online : 12 FEB 2015, DOI: 10.1111/nup.12079