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Volume 18, Issue 5

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Letter to the Editor
Impact of Age Factor in COVID-19 Infectivity in Population of Nowshera KP, Pakistan
Hamzullah Khan
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93813

Original Contribution

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Physician’s Satisfaction Regarding Plan of Care among Physicians in Abha City, Saudi Arabia, 2018
Maher Abdulkarim Alsmail, Safar A. Alsaleem, Bandar Alasmari
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93804


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Adult Allergic Rhinitis in Aseer, Southwestern Region of Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and its Concomitant Aspects
Badr Al-Ghamdi
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93805

Population and Community Health

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Knowledge and attitude of dyslipidemia among school teachers in Ahad Rufaidah, Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia
Mansoor Abdullah Al-Lajhar, Mohammad S. Al-Shahrani, Naif M. Alqahtani
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93806

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The safest values of high density lipoproteins in the plasma
Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93807

Clinical Research and Methods

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Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid in patients with knee osteoarthritis in Aden, Yemen
Abdulsalam Abdullah Hadi Mohsen
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93808

Education and Training

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Minor Surgery in Primary Care; Audit Report
Muhammad Hameed, Shabana Shaheen
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93809

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Food allergies in atopic dermatitis
Idris Akinwande, Kazeem Salako
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93810

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Parkinson’s Disease: An update on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management.
Part 1 : Background and Epidemiology
Abdulrazak Abyad
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93811

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Congenital Acinar Dysplasia: A Familial Cause of Severe Primary Lung Hypoplasia
Ashwag Asiri, Ali Alsuheel Asseri , Ahmed Aldurah, Eman Saeed Sallem , Bayan Hanif Al-Qahtani
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DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93812


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May 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 5

Adult Allergic Rhinitis in Aseer, Southwestern Region of Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and its Concomitant Aspects

Badr Al-Ghamdi

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Altitude and Human Health Research Unit, College of Medicine, King Khalid University

Correspondence:
Badr Rashed Al-Ghamdi, Department of Internal Medicine,
College of Medicine, King Khalid University,
Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia.
P.O. Box 641
Email: bghamdi@yahoo.com

Received: March 2020; Accepted: April 2020; Published: May 1, 2020. Citation: Badr Al-Ghamdi. Adult Allergic Rhinitis in Aseer, Southwestern Region of Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and its Concomitant Aspects. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(5): 20-25 DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93805

Abstract


Objective: To study the prevalence and factors associated with allergic rhinitis (AR) in Aseer region of southwestern Saudi Arabia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a representative sample of adults. We used an authenticated Arabic form of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood questionnaire that was appropriately modified to fit the present adult survey.

Results: The present study included 960 adults. The prevalence of AR in the previous 12 months was 30.2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 27.3–33.2). In the multivariate analysis, female sex (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=1.49, 95% CI: 1.05–2.12), use of wood for heating (aOR=3.62, 95% CI: 1.14–6.03), exposure to trucks passing outside the dwelling (aOR=1.69, 95% CI: 1.22–2.36), and having cats in the household (aOR=2.24, 95% CI: 1.16–4.34) were factors significantly associated with AR.

Conclusion: AR is a community health problem in Aseer, southwestern Saudi Arabia. The magnitude of AR and its associated factors should be taken into consideration by the health policy decision makers, clinicians, and medical practitioners during the management of this condition.

Key words: Allergic rhinitis; associated factors; Saudi Arabia

 







 


 
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