27Jan 2017

KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS AMONG SAUDI ADULTS IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA,2016

  • Consultant of Community Medicine, World Health Organization, Khartoum, Sudan., College of Medicine, Almaarefa Colleges for Science & Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia- P.O.Box 71666 Riyadh (Diriyah) 11597.
  • Medical students in Al Maarefa Colleges.
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Introduction: Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, which affects millions of people around the world and its frequency increases by age, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is not an exception. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue. Objectives: This study aimedto evaluate knowledge and awareness of osteoporosis among general Saudi adult in Riyadh. Methodology:AnObservational, descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 150 males and females participants of general Saudi adult in Riyadh city, 2016. Inclusion criteria: Saudiadults, and Exclusion criteria: other than Saudi nationalities andchildren. The Sample technique used in this study: convenience consecutive sampling. The data was cleared, coded, entered and analyzed by SPSS (Static Package For Social Science) and Microsoft excel was used to generate figures and charts. Chi-square test with significance level (P value 0.05). Results:Out of 150 participants, 145 have heard about osteoporosis. About (60.66%) of participants have moderate general knowledge about osteoporosis. while only (25.33%) have good general knowledge about osteoporosis. Males participants had the best knowledge about the high risk age group of getting Osteoporosis (55.44%) compared to females participants (44.89%). Approximately most of the participants (48%) thought that they are susceptible to contracting osteoporosis in a point of their lives. Out of 49 females, who participated in the study, on asking about their susceptibility to contracting osteoporosis, approximately half (51.02%) of them knew that they are susceptible of contracting osteoporosis, while males were (46.53%) out of 101. This indicates that there is no statistically significant between males and females on perceived susceptibility. This study showed there is significant relations (P-Value: 0.046) between participants with high perceived knowledge (87.76%), low perceived knowledge (66.67%) and their knowledge about relation between eating a diet low in milk products and getting osteoporosis. Conclusion: Knowledge and awareness are moderate towards this disease. This finding is similar to other studies done in the kingdom in different cities implying no serious actions were taken to improve this situation. Health authorities should create programs to upraise the awareness of the community for this important disease, especially at primary health care levels and community pharmacies.

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[Amar Fathi Mohammed Khalifa MD, Abdullah Nasser, Yaser Alhulaimi, Ahmed Alanazi, Mohammad Alfarah, Yousef Abdulkhaliq, Jalal Alakhras, Abdullah Alkahil, Abdulrahman Elemam, Basil Alfarrah, Mohammad Mariee, Mathgal Alanazi and Abdulwahab Alkhars. (2017); KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS AMONG SAUDI ADULTS IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA,2016 Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 1413-1420] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr.Amar Fathi Mohammed Khalifa MD, Abdullah Alkahil, Abdulra

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2902      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2902

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