Assessment of Saudi Society's Knowledge Regarding Hypothyroidism and Its Neuropsychiatric Clinical Manifestations.
| Autor: | Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh, Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla, Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh, Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim, AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman, Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid, Alamri, Tif Meshref, Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia, Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud, AlSarhan, Reem Saeed, AlHussein, Maha Mohammed, Almehmadi, Bader A., Alzahrani, Mansour, Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad |
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HEALTH education
HYPOTHYROIDISM NEUROPSYCHOLOGY HEALTH risk assessment CROSS-sectional method COMMUNITY health services REGRESSION analysis HEALTH literacy NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases SURVEYS CRONBACH'S alpha MENTAL depression QUESTIONNAIRES DESCRIPTIVE statistics POPULATION health ANXIETY STATISTICAL sampling DATA analysis software |
| Zdroj: | Healthcare (2227-9032); Jan2023, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p277, 10p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of hypothyroidism and its neuropsychiatric clinical manifestations among the Saudi population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study employing a convenient sampling technique, conducted between February and May 2022. A questionnaire was distributed online to all participants in all five regions. Results: In this survey, a total of 2016 Saudi citizens participated. When asked about depression, more than half of the participants (59.6%) correctly identified depression as one of the neuropsychiatric clinical symptoms of hypothyroidism. Nearly half of the participants (47.5%) were unaware that anxiety was not a neuropsychiatric manifestation of hypothyroidism. With a percentage of 91.0%, the majority of participants exhibited poor knowledge. The regression analysis showed that males have significantly reduced knowledge about hypothyroidism than females (coefficient −3.686, p-value < 0.0001). Similarly, those who have "enough income and can save" were more knowledgeable than others (coefficient 0.731, p-value < 0.02). Regarding the source of information, journals provide three times more information (p-value 0.0001), and healthcare practitioners provides four times more information as compared to family and friends (p-value 0.0001). Conclusion: Due to a lack of knowledge about hypothyroidism and its complications, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment, the most viable solution to these misconceptions would be to implement a variety of educational programs to increase public awareness of this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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