Magliah, Sultan
Alzahrani, Abdullah
Sabban, Mahmoud
Bakr, Maryam Bin
Aman, Muntha
Khorshid, Raghad
Aljuhani, Ghofran
Bawayan, Sarah
Turkistani, Haneen
Abulaban, Bahaa
Lingawi, Abdullatif
Zarif, Hawazen
Article History
Received: 4 February 2025
Accepted: 13 November 2025
First Online: 5 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Institutional Review Board (approval number: IRB/1626/23). All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Participants provided written informed consent before data collection. To maintain confidentiality, participant data were anonymized, and all responses were securely stored. Patients scoring ≥ 10 on the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 were advised to seek further evaluation and care from mental health professionals. This study was not registered in a clinical trials registry, as it is an observational study.