Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia
Objective: Assessing the knowledge and awareness of the Saudi society about bronchial asthma in children. Methods: Structured questionnaires were randomly distributed to 1039 Saudi Arabians in May 2014 at Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. Results: The awareness of bronchial asthma questions showed that 67...
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| author | Saleh Al-Harbi Adel S Al-Harbi Abdullah Al-Khorayyef Mansour Al-Qwaiee Abdullah Al-Shamarani Wafa Al-Aslani Hayat Kamfar Osama Felemban Mohammed Barzanji Naser Al-Harbi Ruqaia Dhabab Mohammed Ahmed Al-Omari Abdullah Yousef |
| author_facet | Saleh Al-Harbi Adel S Al-Harbi Abdullah Al-Khorayyef Mansour Al-Qwaiee Abdullah Al-Shamarani Wafa Al-Aslani Hayat Kamfar Osama Felemban Mohammed Barzanji Naser Al-Harbi Ruqaia Dhabab Mohammed Ahmed Al-Omari Abdullah Yousef |
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| description | Objective: Assessing the knowledge and awareness of the Saudi society about bronchial asthma in children.
Methods: Structured questionnaires were randomly distributed to 1039 Saudi Arabians in May 2014 at Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam.
Results: The awareness of bronchial asthma questions showed that 67% of total sample thought that it could be a fatal disease, and only 13.2% thought that there is a difference between bronchial asthma and chest allergies in children. 86.1% thought that the symptoms of bronchial asthma include dyspnea and nocturnal cough, and 45.7% thought that fever, a runny nose and throat inflammation are not symptoms. 60.2% thought that infectious respiratory diseases may increase bronchial asthma progression. In addition, 40% thought that the use of antibiotics doesn't help in diminishing bronchial asthma complications, and some thought that the patient can stop medication after an acute asthma attack. 34.1% thought that inhaled medication for asthma doesn't cause addiction. Very highly significant results are shown between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, the level of education, marital status, and if the individual knows a person who suffers from bronchial asthma (P < 0.001). There are positive correlations between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, marital status, and level of education (r = 0.152, 0.150, 0.197), respectively.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated that bronchial asthma knowledge in the Saudi Arabian population is insufficient, and efforts should be carried out to spread bronchial asthma management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-175c5d9146854a188dc61fc00874d0f32022-12-21T17:58:56ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Thoracic Medicine1817-17371998-35572016-01-01111606510.4103/1817-1737.173194Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi ArabiaSaleh Al-HarbiAdel S Al-HarbiAbdullah Al-KhorayyefMansour Al-QwaieeAbdullah Al-ShamaraniWafa Al-AslaniHayat KamfarOsama FelembanMohammed BarzanjiNaser Al-HarbiRuqaia DhababMohammed Ahmed Al-OmariAbdullah YousefObjective: Assessing the knowledge and awareness of the Saudi society about bronchial asthma in children. Methods: Structured questionnaires were randomly distributed to 1039 Saudi Arabians in May 2014 at Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. Results: The awareness of bronchial asthma questions showed that 67% of total sample thought that it could be a fatal disease, and only 13.2% thought that there is a difference between bronchial asthma and chest allergies in children. 86.1% thought that the symptoms of bronchial asthma include dyspnea and nocturnal cough, and 45.7% thought that fever, a runny nose and throat inflammation are not symptoms. 60.2% thought that infectious respiratory diseases may increase bronchial asthma progression. In addition, 40% thought that the use of antibiotics doesn't help in diminishing bronchial asthma complications, and some thought that the patient can stop medication after an acute asthma attack. 34.1% thought that inhaled medication for asthma doesn't cause addiction. Very highly significant results are shown between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, the level of education, marital status, and if the individual knows a person who suffers from bronchial asthma (P < 0.001). There are positive correlations between bronchial asthma knowledge and age, marital status, and level of education (r = 0.152, 0.150, 0.197), respectively. Conclusion: The study demonstrated that bronchial asthma knowledge in the Saudi Arabian population is insufficient, and efforts should be carried out to spread bronchial asthma management.http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2016;volume=11;issue=1;spage=60;epage=65;aulast=Al-HarbiAwarenessbronchial asthmachildrenSaudi Arabia |
| spellingShingle | Saleh Al-Harbi Adel S Al-Harbi Abdullah Al-Khorayyef Mansour Al-Qwaiee Abdullah Al-Shamarani Wafa Al-Aslani Hayat Kamfar Osama Felemban Mohammed Barzanji Naser Al-Harbi Ruqaia Dhabab Mohammed Ahmed Al-Omari Abdullah Yousef Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia Annals of Thoracic Medicine Awareness bronchial asthma children Saudi Arabia |
| title | Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Awareness regarding childhood asthma in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | awareness regarding childhood asthma in saudi arabia |
| topic | Awareness bronchial asthma children Saudi Arabia |
| url | http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2016;volume=11;issue=1;spage=60;epage=65;aulast=Al-Harbi |
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