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Awareness of osteoporosis among the general population of the aseer region, Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Al-Qahtani, Ali
Alsabaani, Abdullah
Asiri, Muhammad Abd Allah Muhammad
Raizah, Abd Allah
al-Qahtani, Khalid
al-Qahtani, Nawwaf
Source
Issue
Vol. 44, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2022), pp.841-845, 5 p.
Publisher
King Hamad University Hospital
Publication Date
2022-03-31
Country of Publication
Bahrain
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background : osteoporosis is a bone disorder related to low bone density, which mainly affects women during menopause.
osteoporosis has a variety of symptoms, including bone ache and fracture, which may affect the patients' quality of life.
greater public awareness of the nature, risks, and protective factors of osteoporosis may help to reduce the sequelae related to this disorder.
objective : this study was aimed to assess awareness of the disease in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia.
methodology : a cross-sectional survey was conducted on the general population in the aseer region of southwest Saudi Arabia from June to August 2016.
consecutive participants were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire.
results : our study included 1,066 participants, comprising 550 men (51.6%) and 516 women (48.4%), of whom 39.5% were < 30 years old and 7.5% were > 50 years old.
overall, 80.4% of the participants had good knowledge of the consequences of osteoporosis (knowledge score > 60% of the total), 44.7% had good general knowledge regarding osteoporosis, and 33.8% had good knowledge of the risk and protective factors; generally, 36.9% of the study sample had good knowledge of osteoporosis.
conclusions and recommendations : our findings indicated that individuals had a strong awareness of some aspects of osteoporosis, especially the consequences, as one out of three participants were aware of the general aspects of this disorder.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Raizah, Abd Allah& Alsabaani, Abdullah& al-Qahtani, Khalid& Asiri, Muhammad Abd Allah Muhammad& al-Qahtani, Nawwaf& Al-Qahtani, Ali. 2022. Awareness of osteoporosis among the general population of the aseer region, Saudi Arabia. Bahrain Medical Bulletin،Vol. 44, no. 1, pp.841-845.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494307
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Raizah, Abd Allah…[et al.]. Awareness of osteoporosis among the general population of the aseer region, Saudi Arabia. Bahrain Medical Bulletin Vol. 44, no. 1 (Mar. 2022), pp.841-845.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494307
American Medical Association (AMA)
Raizah, Abd Allah& Alsabaani, Abdullah& al-Qahtani, Khalid& Asiri, Muhammad Abd Allah Muhammad& al-Qahtani, Nawwaf& Al-Qahtani, Ali. Awareness of osteoporosis among the general population of the aseer region, Saudi Arabia. Bahrain Medical Bulletin. 2022. Vol. 44, no. 1, pp.841-845.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1494307
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 845
Record ID
BIM-1494307