Prevalence of Bleeding Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Capital City of Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Almomen, Abdulkareem
Owaidah, Tarek
Saleh, Mahasen
Alzahrani, Hazzah
Abu-Riash, Mahmood
Al Zahrani, Ali
Almadani, Mohammed
Alsulaiman, Ayman
Albanyan, Abdulmajeed
Siddiqui, Khawar
Al Saleh, Khalid
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-05-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Bleeding disorders vary in prevalence.
While some are rare, some can be common in both sexes.
Most bleeding disorders manifest as chronic bleeding tendencies or as an increase in bleeding during surgical procedures or trauma.
The consequences of bleeding can be as simple as iron deficiency or catastrophic, resulting in severe morbidity and mortality.
Bleeding disorders typically affect both sexes except hemophilia A and B, which mainly affects males.
Method.
We conducted a questionnaire-based survey among adolescents and young adults (1901 [49%] boys, 1980 [51%] girls) in Riyadh city regarding bleeding symptoms.
Of these, 1849 (47.6%) responded “Yes/Positive” for at least one question about the bleeding symptoms.
Results.
The most common bleeding symptom was epistaxis (19.7% of the sample population) detected in Phase I of the study.
A tandem survey was conducted among 525 adolescents who had responded “Yes/Positive” to any one of the questions inquiring about bleeding symptoms.
Conclusion.
In this study, we report for the first time the prevalence of bleeding symptoms in a representative sample of Saudi adolescents and young adults.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Owaidah, Tarek& Saleh, Mahasen& Alzahrani, Hazzah& Abu-Riash, Mahmood& Al Zahrani, Ali& Almadani, Mohammed…[et al.]. 2018. Prevalence of Bleeding Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Capital City of Saudi Arabia. Advances in Hematology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Owaidah, Tarek…[et al.]. Prevalence of Bleeding Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Capital City of Saudi Arabia. Advances in Hematology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Owaidah, Tarek& Saleh, Mahasen& Alzahrani, Hazzah& Abu-Riash, Mahmood& Al Zahrani, Ali& Almadani, Mohammed…[et al.]. Prevalence of Bleeding Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Capital City of Saudi Arabia. Advances in Hematology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1117733
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1117733