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Original Contribution
[Abstract]
Evaluation of the quality of mental health referrals
from Primary Care Physicians in Qatar
Kalim Zada, Mirza Anwarulhaq
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93768
[Abstract]
Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge and
Barriers against Practice of Healthy Lifestyle
in Abha City
Hussein Ali Hussein Azaybi, Mohammed Ali Hussein
Azaybi, Safar Abadi Alsaleem, Alhussein Ali
Almonawar
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93769
[Abstract]
Knowledge about inguinal hernia among the Saudi
Population
Mohammad E. Mahfouz, Alia M. AlShalawi , Abdulrahman
A. Alzahrani , Sara H. Alqaidi, Rawan N. Al-Holaifi
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93770
[Abstract]
Predictors of Pediatric Intensive care Unit
admissions among Children with Acute Asthma
Exacerbation
Ali Alsuheel Asseri
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93771
[Abstract]
The survey of primary care physicians regarding
attitude, confidence and knowledge in providing
mental health care in Qatar
Kalim Zada
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93772
Education and Training
[Abstract]
Incorporating Resilience into the Family Medicine
Training Curriculum
Mohsin Allah Ditta, Abubakar Bham
[pdf]
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93776
Population and Community
Studies
[Abstract]
Determinants of autism among children in Makkah
Al-Mukarramah City, Saudi Arabia: A case-control
study
Abid Obaid Alqurashi,Rishi Bharti, Safar Abadi
Alsaleem
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93773
[Abstract]
Does increased Body mass index increase the
risk of recurrent pregnancy loss? Saleemah Abdul
Majeed Omar, Alya Abdul-Rahman Sharef, Awara
Ahmed Rashid
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93774
[Abstract]
Quality of Sleep among General Governmental
Secondary School Students in Abha City, Saudi
Arabia Yahia M. Al-Qahtani, Hamad M. Al-Qahtani,
Bothyna M. Mohamed, Fatima Riaz , Ossama A.
Mostafa
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93775
Case reports
[Abstract]
Case Report: Detection and Excision of Melanoma
in Situ in an Australian Primary Care Setting
Abubakar Bham
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93778
[Abstract]
Disseminated Tuberculosis: A Rare Presentation
Fazila Khattak, Husam Al Saudi
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93777
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Knowledge about inguinal hernia
among the Saudi Population
Mohammad E. Mahfouz (1)
Alia M. AlShalawi (2)
Abdulrahman A. Alzahrani (2)
Sara H. Alqaidi (3)
Rawan N. Al-Holaifi (2)
(1) Assistant Professor of surgery, College
of Medicine, Taif University & Chairman
of surgery departments, King Abdulaziz Specialist
Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
(2) Emergency Medicine Resident, Emergency Department,
King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(3) MBBS, Neurosurgery department, King Fahad
Hospital, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Corresponding author:
Alia Mohammed AlShalawi.
College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif,
Saudi Arabia
Phone number: +966551788115
Email: Amam-1013@hotmail.com
Received: January 2020; Accepted: February 2020;
Published: March 1, 2020. Citation: Mohammad
E. Mahfouz, Alia M. AlShalawi, Abdulrahman A.
Alzahrani, Sara H. Alqaidi, Rawan N. Al-Holaifi.
Knowledge about inguinal hernia among the Saudi
Population. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(3):
18-25.
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Abstract
Background:
Inguinal hernias are the most common type
of hernias and are a common health problem,
which is most commonly treated surgically
to avoid the risk of complications.
Aim: assessing
the knowledge and awareness about causes,
risk factors, and proper management of
an inguinal hernia among the population
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was done from
May to August 2017. 1,119 people participated
in this study. The electronic online questionnaire
was published through social media in
all regions of Saudi Arabia. It consisted
of socio-demographic data, Past medical
and surgical history, Questions related
to risk factors. Awareness score was calculated
for all participants, depending on validated
answers from many surgical international
references to the answers chosen by the
participants. The collected data were
analyzed using the Statistical Package
for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program
version 21.
Results: 50.9%
show a good awareness level, 45.3% of
them were Saudi, those who were significantly
younger p=0.000 with a mean age of 28
± 9 compared with 49.1% show a
poor awareness level (mean age 31 ±
11). Variables found to have a statistically
significant relationship with awareness
level were age, marital status, occupation,
number of children and educational level
(p=0.005).
Conclusion:
The majority of participants in our study
were not fully aware of the causes and
management of a hernia. Age, marital status,
education level, number of children and
occupation play a significant role in
their awareness. More educational programs
about inguinal hernias are needed.
Key words:
Inguinal hernias, Awareness, Knowledge,
Saudi Arabia, Hernia.
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