Prevalence of Bleeding Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Capital City of Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Mohammed Almadani, Khalid Al Saleh, Hazzah Alzahrani, Abdulmajeed Albanyan, Abdulkareem Al Momen, Mahmood Abu-Riash, Ayman Alsulaiman, Tarek Owaidah, Ali Al Zahrani, Mahasen Saleh, Khawar Siddiqui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject business.industry Prevalence Hematology 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Surgical procedures 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Capital city Epidemiology medicine Severe morbidity Chronic bleeding Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs Young adult RC633-647.5 business 030215 immunology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Hematology Advances in Hematology, Vol 2018 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1687-9104 |
| Popis: | Background.Bleeding disorders vary in prevalence. While some are rare, some can be common in both sexes. Most bleeding disorders manifest as chronic bleeding tendencies or as an increase in bleeding during surgical procedures or trauma. The consequences of bleeding can be as simple as iron deficiency or catastrophic, resulting in severe morbidity and mortality. Bleeding disorders typically affect both sexes except hemophilia A and B, which mainly affects males.Method.We conducted a questionnaire-based survey among adolescents and young adults (1901[49%]boys, 1980[51%]girls) in Riyadh city regarding bleeding symptoms. Of these, 1849 (47.6%) responded “Yes/Positive” for at least one question about the bleeding symptoms.Results.The most common bleeding symptom was epistaxis (19.7% of the sample population) detected in Phase I of the study. A tandem survey was conducted among 525 adolescents who had responded “Yes/Positive” to any one of the questions inquiring about bleeding symptoms.Conclusion.In this study, we report for the first time the prevalence of bleeding symptoms in a representative sample of Saudi adolescents and young adults. |
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