Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce th... more Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce the resultant health burden via patient-oriented smoking cessation interventions. Primary care physicians (PCPs) have a significant role in providing counselling and advice to quit smoking. Objectives: To assess knowledge and attitudes of PCPs regarding smoking cessation counselling (SCC) and to investigate the barriers and facilitators to providing SCC care. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including family physicians, general practitioners (GPs), and dentists working at primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The included PHCCs were selected via a random sampling technique, and all eligible PCPs were approached via a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire comprising of 33 items. Results: A total of 130 physicians responded (55.4% females, 60.2% family physicians, 16.2% smokers). The median (P75) knowledge score was 5.00 (6.00) out of 10, and 36...
Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce th... more Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce the resultant health burden via patient-oriented smoking cessation interventions. Primary care physicians (PCPs) have a significant role in providing counselling and advice to quit smoking. Objectives: To assess knowledge and attitudes of PCPs regarding smoking cessation counselling (SCC) and to investigate the barriers and facilitators to providing SCC care. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including family physicians, general practitioners (GPs), and dentists working at primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The included PHCCs were selected via a random sampling technique, and all eligible PCPs were approached via a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire comprising of 33 items. Results: A total of 130 physicians responded (55.4% females, 60.2% family physicians, 16.2% smokers). The median (P75) knowledge score was 5.00 (6.00) out of 10, and 36...
Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective:... more Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective: The objective of this study was to find outparental knowledge and understanding about preventing child sexual abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study on parents attending primary health care centers in Jeddah city were selected randomly (n=400). They were requested to fill the questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed in IBM SPSS ver. 20. P value <0.05 was interpreted as an indication for significance. Results: The response rate was 100%, the overall mean score reflecting knowledge of parents about CSA was 5.0+1.6 out of 10.The mean score of knowledge about CSA was relatively higher among female parents (5.1+1.6) than males (4.9+1.7). Majority of parents (93.8%) knew that CSA is a common problem worldwide. Parents with higher monthly income were less afraid to introduce CSA prevention education to their children and more likely to provide them with ...
Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective:... more Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective: The objective of this study was to find outparental knowledge and understanding about preventing child sexual abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study on parents attending primary health care centers in Jeddah city were selected randomly (n=400). They were requested to fill the questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed in IBM SPSS ver. 20. P value <0.05 was interpreted as an indication for significance. Results: The response rate was 100%, the overall mean score reflecting knowledge of parents about CSA was 5.0+1.6 out of 10.The mean score of knowledge about CSA was relatively higher among female parents (5.1+1.6) than males (4.9+1.7). Majority of parents (93.8%) knew that CSA is a common problem worldwide. Parents with higher monthly income were less afraid to introduce CSA prevention education to their children and more likely to provide them with ...
BACKGROUND: Living with the family at home or away from it at the university dorm might affect th... more BACKGROUND: Living with the family at home or away from it at the university dorm might affect the behavior of students, including their dietary habits. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in dietary habits between Saudi undergraduate students living with their families and those living at university dorms.METHODS: A cross-sectional study done at six Saudi universities. We recruited 354 undergraduate students. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits, physical activities, perceived body weight and gastro-intestinal symptoms. Differences between students living at home with their families and those living on campus at university dorms were assessed using the chi-squared test. RESULTS: Three quarters of our sample were female (77%). Almost 80% of the students lived with their families. Change in dietary habits after joining the university was significantly more common among students livin...
ObjectivesPrimary care physicians have an opportunity to support healthy dietary behaviours of pa... more ObjectivesPrimary care physicians have an opportunity to support healthy dietary behaviours of patients by providing nutrition care. However, it is unclear whether primary care physicians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are sufficiently competent in nutrition. This study aimed to assess the nutrition competence of primary care physicians in KSA and identify whether nutrition competence is associated with the provision of nutrition care to patients living with diet-related chronic disease.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingChronic disease clinics across 48 primary care centres under the Ministry of Health in the city of Jeddah, KSA.Participants90 primary care physicians completed the survey (response rate: 98%). General practitioners and family medicine residents, specialists, and consultants actively working in chronic disease clinics between February and May 2019 were included.Primary and secondary outcome measuresPrimary outcome measure was nutrition competence of primary c...
INTRODUCTION: Excessive internet use can lead to negative outcomes such as poor academic performa... more INTRODUCTION: Excessive internet use can lead to negative outcomes such as poor academic performance and social isolation. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of the internet addiction and to explore the factors associated with depression among medical students, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.METHODS: The total number of senior medical students was 1049 in the academic years 2013-2014. An analytical cross sectional study was adopted. Stratified sampling technique with proportional allocation to recruit medical students. A self-administered questionnaire was used which adopted the 20-item Young’s internet addiction test (IAT) to explore the internet addictions, while the existence of depression was assessed using the centre for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D).RESULTS: The study included 161 medical students, making the response rate of 78.2%. Majority (94.4%) had computer and 99.4% were using the internet. Community sites ranked first (40.6%), wh...
We compared the adequacy of the management of hemodialysis patients in different health sectors i... more We compared the adequacy of the management of hemodialysis patients in different health sectors in a major city in Saudi Arabia. Cross-sectional analytic study conducted in three different health sectors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from nine hemodialysis centers, which represent three sectors: Ministry of Health, governmental (but not health ministry) hospitals, and charity centers. A simple random sampling tech.nique was employed for gathering data from the participating centers. Medical records were reviewed and all the relevant data were retrieved using a pre-designed form. In the 587 subjects, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and an idiopathic etiology accounted for 85.3% of end-stage renal disease. Only 25.4% of the patients had a hemoglobin level of 110-120 g/L and 12.1% achieved target levels of ferritin and transferrin saturation. The percentage of patients meeting targeted levels of calcium (2.1-2.38 mmol/L), phosphorous (1.13-1.78 mmol/L) and albumin (>=4...
Abstract: Objectives: To estimate a period-percentage of non-emergency cases attending emergency ... more Abstract: Objectives: To estimate a period-percentage of non-emergency cases attending emergency department (ED) at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, KSA and to describe the pattern and outcome of those cases. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, taking a representative random sample of patients who attended the emergency department of King Fahd Hospital in 2012. A checklist was completed using the file data in ED archive. This list contains socio-demographics, medical status, complaints, emergency level and outcome. The Canadian emergency department triage and acuity guidelines (CTAS) were used to assess the emergency level. Results: We analyzed 388 patients’ files, of which (82.7%) were adults, (71.9%) were Saudis and (69.1%) were male. Only (7.9%) of the patients arrived in ED by ambulance. Trauma and RTA were the main causes of attending ED (24.5%), followed by fever (12.4%) and GIT complaints (11.9%). Based on the CTAS classifications, (42.3%) of the patients ...
INTRODUCTION: Identifying people with an increasing risk of diabetes provides a chance to change ... more INTRODUCTION: Identifying people with an increasing risk of diabetes provides a chance to change some factors before the occurrence of serious sequelae and permits the expectation of diabetes tendencies and the necessitated means to manage emerging diabetes. This current research aimed to screen students versus employees in Rabigh campus, King Abdulaziz University for the incidence of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus Type 2.METHODS: A sample of 279 was proportionally taken from student and employee study groups. Structured Modified Diabetic Risk Test (MDRT) questionnaire was adapted to be filled by each participant. Impaired glucose tolerance, body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure of all participants were quantified. This study was done from January 2017 to March 2017.RESULTS: Higher pre-diabetic and diabetic risks were observed in employee as compared to students (ORPre-Dia=4.07 with 95% CI =1.518-10.95; ORDia=2.913 with 95% CI 0.815-10.41). Waist circumference a...
Background. Primary care physicians with an inadequate attitude and practics in managing diabetes... more Background. Primary care physicians with an inadequate attitude and practics in managing diabetes may have a detrimental effect on the diabetic patients treated by them. These deficiencies need to be identified so that corrective measures can be planned. Objectives. The aim of the study was to assess the attitude and practices of primary health care physicians of Jeddah City in managing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and methods. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted among primary care physicians in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A validated and pretested questionnaire was randomly distributed among physicians working in most of the primary healthcare centers for data collection. Formal ethical approval and informed consent from participants was obtained, and confidentiality was maintained. Results. A total of 225 PCPs working in PHCs of Jeddah participated in the study. 143 of them were male, and most were in the age group of 31 to 40 years. 83 PCPs had work experience ...
AIM: To explore levels and determinants of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma among patients.... more AIM: To explore levels and determinants of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma among patients. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study that included adult patients from October to the end of December 2018. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed by the researchers to measure the levels of awareness and knowledge about 18 basic information about glaucoma. The sheet was divided into 4 domains: types of glaucoma, risk factors, clinical features, and management. A knowledge score (KS, range=0-18) was calculated, with higher scores indicating higher levels. RESULTS: A total of 383 patients responded to the questionnaire, 61.9% males, mean±SD age was 38.5±12.94 years old, and 61.6% had a university degree or higher. Of them, 6.3% and 23.2% reported personal and family history of glaucoma, respectively. The most frequently reported source of information about glaucoma was another person with glaucoma (28.2%), followed by physicians (24.8%) and TV (19.6%). Knowledge by item ranged...
Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce th... more Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce the resultant health burden via patient-oriented smoking cessation interventions. Primary care physicians (PCPs) have a significant role in providing counselling and advice to quit smoking. Objectives: To assess knowledge and attitudes of PCPs regarding smoking cessation counselling (SCC) and to investigate the barriers and facilitators to providing SCC care. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including family physicians, general practitioners (GPs), and dentists working at primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The included PHCCs were selected via a random sampling technique, and all eligible PCPs were approached via a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire comprising of 33 items. Results: A total of 130 physicians responded (55.4% females, 60.2% family physicians, 16.2% smokers). The median (P75) knowledge score was 5.00 (6.00) out of 10, and 36...
Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce th... more Background: Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in Saudi Arabia, and there is a need to reduce the resultant health burden via patient-oriented smoking cessation interventions. Primary care physicians (PCPs) have a significant role in providing counselling and advice to quit smoking. Objectives: To assess knowledge and attitudes of PCPs regarding smoking cessation counselling (SCC) and to investigate the barriers and facilitators to providing SCC care. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including family physicians, general practitioners (GPs), and dentists working at primary healthcare centers (PHCCs) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The included PHCCs were selected via a random sampling technique, and all eligible PCPs were approached via a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire comprising of 33 items. Results: A total of 130 physicians responded (55.4% females, 60.2% family physicians, 16.2% smokers). The median (P75) knowledge score was 5.00 (6.00) out of 10, and 36...
Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective:... more Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective: The objective of this study was to find outparental knowledge and understanding about preventing child sexual abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study on parents attending primary health care centers in Jeddah city were selected randomly (n=400). They were requested to fill the questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed in IBM SPSS ver. 20. P value <0.05 was interpreted as an indication for significance. Results: The response rate was 100%, the overall mean score reflecting knowledge of parents about CSA was 5.0+1.6 out of 10.The mean score of knowledge about CSA was relatively higher among female parents (5.1+1.6) than males (4.9+1.7). Majority of parents (93.8%) knew that CSA is a common problem worldwide. Parents with higher monthly income were less afraid to introduce CSA prevention education to their children and more likely to provide them with ...
Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective:... more Background: No community is safe from child sexual abuse (CSA) even conservative ones. Objective: The objective of this study was to find outparental knowledge and understanding about preventing child sexual abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study on parents attending primary health care centers in Jeddah city were selected randomly (n=400). They were requested to fill the questionnaire. The data was entered and analyzed in IBM SPSS ver. 20. P value <0.05 was interpreted as an indication for significance. Results: The response rate was 100%, the overall mean score reflecting knowledge of parents about CSA was 5.0+1.6 out of 10.The mean score of knowledge about CSA was relatively higher among female parents (5.1+1.6) than males (4.9+1.7). Majority of parents (93.8%) knew that CSA is a common problem worldwide. Parents with higher monthly income were less afraid to introduce CSA prevention education to their children and more likely to provide them with ...
BACKGROUND: Living with the family at home or away from it at the university dorm might affect th... more BACKGROUND: Living with the family at home or away from it at the university dorm might affect the behavior of students, including their dietary habits. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in dietary habits between Saudi undergraduate students living with their families and those living at university dorms.METHODS: A cross-sectional study done at six Saudi universities. We recruited 354 undergraduate students. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits, physical activities, perceived body weight and gastro-intestinal symptoms. Differences between students living at home with their families and those living on campus at university dorms were assessed using the chi-squared test. RESULTS: Three quarters of our sample were female (77%). Almost 80% of the students lived with their families. Change in dietary habits after joining the university was significantly more common among students livin...
ObjectivesPrimary care physicians have an opportunity to support healthy dietary behaviours of pa... more ObjectivesPrimary care physicians have an opportunity to support healthy dietary behaviours of patients by providing nutrition care. However, it is unclear whether primary care physicians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are sufficiently competent in nutrition. This study aimed to assess the nutrition competence of primary care physicians in KSA and identify whether nutrition competence is associated with the provision of nutrition care to patients living with diet-related chronic disease.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingChronic disease clinics across 48 primary care centres under the Ministry of Health in the city of Jeddah, KSA.Participants90 primary care physicians completed the survey (response rate: 98%). General practitioners and family medicine residents, specialists, and consultants actively working in chronic disease clinics between February and May 2019 were included.Primary and secondary outcome measuresPrimary outcome measure was nutrition competence of primary c...
INTRODUCTION: Excessive internet use can lead to negative outcomes such as poor academic performa... more INTRODUCTION: Excessive internet use can lead to negative outcomes such as poor academic performance and social isolation. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of the internet addiction and to explore the factors associated with depression among medical students, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.METHODS: The total number of senior medical students was 1049 in the academic years 2013-2014. An analytical cross sectional study was adopted. Stratified sampling technique with proportional allocation to recruit medical students. A self-administered questionnaire was used which adopted the 20-item Young’s internet addiction test (IAT) to explore the internet addictions, while the existence of depression was assessed using the centre for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D).RESULTS: The study included 161 medical students, making the response rate of 78.2%. Majority (94.4%) had computer and 99.4% were using the internet. Community sites ranked first (40.6%), wh...
We compared the adequacy of the management of hemodialysis patients in different health sectors i... more We compared the adequacy of the management of hemodialysis patients in different health sectors in a major city in Saudi Arabia. Cross-sectional analytic study conducted in three different health sectors in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from nine hemodialysis centers, which represent three sectors: Ministry of Health, governmental (but not health ministry) hospitals, and charity centers. A simple random sampling tech.nique was employed for gathering data from the participating centers. Medical records were reviewed and all the relevant data were retrieved using a pre-designed form. In the 587 subjects, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and an idiopathic etiology accounted for 85.3% of end-stage renal disease. Only 25.4% of the patients had a hemoglobin level of 110-120 g/L and 12.1% achieved target levels of ferritin and transferrin saturation. The percentage of patients meeting targeted levels of calcium (2.1-2.38 mmol/L), phosphorous (1.13-1.78 mmol/L) and albumin (>=4...
Abstract: Objectives: To estimate a period-percentage of non-emergency cases attending emergency ... more Abstract: Objectives: To estimate a period-percentage of non-emergency cases attending emergency department (ED) at King Fahd Hospital, Jeddah, KSA and to describe the pattern and outcome of those cases. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, taking a representative random sample of patients who attended the emergency department of King Fahd Hospital in 2012. A checklist was completed using the file data in ED archive. This list contains socio-demographics, medical status, complaints, emergency level and outcome. The Canadian emergency department triage and acuity guidelines (CTAS) were used to assess the emergency level. Results: We analyzed 388 patients’ files, of which (82.7%) were adults, (71.9%) were Saudis and (69.1%) were male. Only (7.9%) of the patients arrived in ED by ambulance. Trauma and RTA were the main causes of attending ED (24.5%), followed by fever (12.4%) and GIT complaints (11.9%). Based on the CTAS classifications, (42.3%) of the patients ...
INTRODUCTION: Identifying people with an increasing risk of diabetes provides a chance to change ... more INTRODUCTION: Identifying people with an increasing risk of diabetes provides a chance to change some factors before the occurrence of serious sequelae and permits the expectation of diabetes tendencies and the necessitated means to manage emerging diabetes. This current research aimed to screen students versus employees in Rabigh campus, King Abdulaziz University for the incidence of prediabetes and diabetes mellitus Type 2.METHODS: A sample of 279 was proportionally taken from student and employee study groups. Structured Modified Diabetic Risk Test (MDRT) questionnaire was adapted to be filled by each participant. Impaired glucose tolerance, body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure of all participants were quantified. This study was done from January 2017 to March 2017.RESULTS: Higher pre-diabetic and diabetic risks were observed in employee as compared to students (ORPre-Dia=4.07 with 95% CI =1.518-10.95; ORDia=2.913 with 95% CI 0.815-10.41). Waist circumference a...
Background. Primary care physicians with an inadequate attitude and practics in managing diabetes... more Background. Primary care physicians with an inadequate attitude and practics in managing diabetes may have a detrimental effect on the diabetic patients treated by them. These deficiencies need to be identified so that corrective measures can be planned. Objectives. The aim of the study was to assess the attitude and practices of primary health care physicians of Jeddah City in managing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Material and methods. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted among primary care physicians in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A validated and pretested questionnaire was randomly distributed among physicians working in most of the primary healthcare centers for data collection. Formal ethical approval and informed consent from participants was obtained, and confidentiality was maintained. Results. A total of 225 PCPs working in PHCs of Jeddah participated in the study. 143 of them were male, and most were in the age group of 31 to 40 years. 83 PCPs had work experience ...
AIM: To explore levels and determinants of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma among patients.... more AIM: To explore levels and determinants of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma among patients. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study that included adult patients from October to the end of December 2018. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed by the researchers to measure the levels of awareness and knowledge about 18 basic information about glaucoma. The sheet was divided into 4 domains: types of glaucoma, risk factors, clinical features, and management. A knowledge score (KS, range=0-18) was calculated, with higher scores indicating higher levels. RESULTS: A total of 383 patients responded to the questionnaire, 61.9% males, mean±SD age was 38.5±12.94 years old, and 61.6% had a university degree or higher. Of them, 6.3% and 23.2% reported personal and family history of glaucoma, respectively. The most frequently reported source of information about glaucoma was another person with glaucoma (28.2%), followed by physicians (24.8%) and TV (19.6%). Knowledge by item ranged...
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