Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most widely prevalent diseases in Saudi Arabia. Health education is considered an essential component to improve knowledge and change behavior. People affected by diabetes often have inadequate knowledge about the nature of diabetes, its risk factor...
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| author | Aseel Menwer Alanazi Nagah Mohamed Abo el-Fetoh Hanan Khalid Alotaibi Khalid Ayed Alanazi Banan Khalid Alotaibi Sultan Majed Alshammari Saud Rteamy Alanazi Meshari Dalaf Alhazmi Yousef Talal Alshammari Zaid Qati Alshammari |
| author_facet | Aseel Menwer Alanazi Nagah Mohamed Abo el-Fetoh Hanan Khalid Alotaibi Khalid Ayed Alanazi Banan Khalid Alotaibi Sultan Majed Alshammari Saud Rteamy Alanazi Meshari Dalaf Alhazmi Yousef Talal Alshammari Zaid Qati Alshammari |
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| description | Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most widely prevalent diseases in Saudi Arabia. Health
education is considered an essential component to improve knowledge and change behavior. People affected by
diabetes often have inadequate knowledge about the nature of diabetes, its risk factors and associated
complication.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the awareness of the Arar population with various aspects of
diabetes mellitus.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Arar city, the capital of the Northern Province of Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The study was carried out on Saudi nationals from different age groups that were selected
by systematic random sampling. Data was collected by means of personal interview with the participants using a
pre-designed questionnaire which was administered by the medical students for each diabetic patient. Data were
analyzed by SPSS version 15, using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test.
Results: A total of 702 participants were interviewed, among them 201 (28.6%) males and 501 (71.4%) females,
and most of them (77.8%) had high educational level, 10.4% were diabetics, 78.9% did not have regular checkup
visits to the doctor and 58.5% did not perform any regular exercises, including walking, 60% thought that DM
was due to partial or total decrease in insulin secretion and 12.4% thought that it was due to excess sweet eating.
Additionally, 48.7% of the respondents thought that lack of exercise and obesity were the major risk factors of
DM, 33.2% thought that it was a genetic disease. The majority (86.3) of the participants believed that the
treatment of DM was a combination of healthy diet, exercise and medication and more than half (63.1%) said that
weight loss and modification of life style were the most important preventive measures of DM. Regarding
participants’ knowledge about DM complications, 24.5% knew about retinopathy and loss of vision, 8.3% knew
about retinopathy, loss of vision, low sensation and numbness in extremities, 24.9% said that symptoms of DM
were thirst and frequent urination.
Conclusion: This study recommends that health policy makers conduct more effective health education sessions
to increase knowledge of diabetic patients and their caregivers about diabetes and the importance of compliance
with its treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57315c2335b94a57849b6dd5e6b6d6842022-12-22T01:18:33ZengElectronic PhysicianElectronic Physician2008-58422008-58422017-09-01995369537410.19082/5369Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi ArabiaAseel Menwer AlanaziNagah Mohamed Abo el-FetohHanan Khalid AlotaibiKhalid Ayed AlanaziBanan Khalid AlotaibiSultan Majed AlshammariSaud Rteamy AlanaziMeshari Dalaf AlhazmiYousef Talal AlshammariZaid Qati AlshammariBackground: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most widely prevalent diseases in Saudi Arabia. Health education is considered an essential component to improve knowledge and change behavior. People affected by diabetes often have inadequate knowledge about the nature of diabetes, its risk factors and associated complication. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the awareness of the Arar population with various aspects of diabetes mellitus. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Arar city, the capital of the Northern Province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The study was carried out on Saudi nationals from different age groups that were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was collected by means of personal interview with the participants using a pre-designed questionnaire which was administered by the medical students for each diabetic patient. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 15, using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test. Results: A total of 702 participants were interviewed, among them 201 (28.6%) males and 501 (71.4%) females, and most of them (77.8%) had high educational level, 10.4% were diabetics, 78.9% did not have regular checkup visits to the doctor and 58.5% did not perform any regular exercises, including walking, 60% thought that DM was due to partial or total decrease in insulin secretion and 12.4% thought that it was due to excess sweet eating. Additionally, 48.7% of the respondents thought that lack of exercise and obesity were the major risk factors of DM, 33.2% thought that it was a genetic disease. The majority (86.3) of the participants believed that the treatment of DM was a combination of healthy diet, exercise and medication and more than half (63.1%) said that weight loss and modification of life style were the most important preventive measures of DM. Regarding participants’ knowledge about DM complications, 24.5% knew about retinopathy and loss of vision, 8.3% knew about retinopathy, loss of vision, low sensation and numbness in extremities, 24.9% said that symptoms of DM were thirst and frequent urination. Conclusion: This study recommends that health policy makers conduct more effective health education sessions to increase knowledge of diabetic patients and their caregivers about diabetes and the importance of compliance with its treatment.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633239/AwarenessDiabetesKnowledgeArar City |
| spellingShingle | Aseel Menwer Alanazi Nagah Mohamed Abo el-Fetoh Hanan Khalid Alotaibi Khalid Ayed Alanazi Banan Khalid Alotaibi Sultan Majed Alshammari Saud Rteamy Alanazi Meshari Dalaf Alhazmi Yousef Talal Alshammari Zaid Qati Alshammari Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia Electronic Physician Awareness Diabetes Knowledge Arar City |
| title | Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the Arar population, Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | survey of awareness of diabetes mellitus among the arar population northern border region of saudi arabia |
| topic | Awareness Diabetes Knowledge Arar City |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633239/ |
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