Awareness of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among the population in taif, Saudi Arabia 2020
| Autor: | Lama H. Alkhaldi, Nouran Khalid Althumali, Raghad Sami Aljuaid, Aeshah D. Alrabie, Waad Dhaifallah Alotaibi, Mohammed M Mougrabi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Population population heart Primary prevention medicine Sore throat otorhinolaryngologic diseases awareness taif education Secondary prevention fever education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease stomatognathic diseases Rheumatic fever Medicine Original Article Health education rheumatic medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 10, Iss 8, Pp 3056-3063 (2021) Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |
| ISSN: | 2249-4863 |
| Popis: | Objective Studies assessing knowledge about rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are scarce in KSA. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness about ARF and RHD among the population at Taif city, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was done on 716 of residents of Taif city. A pre-designed questionnaire that collected data about the participants' demographic characters, their history of sore throat and medication used, participants' knowledge about cause and complications of sore throat, its relation to RHD, treatment, primary and secondary prevention of RHD. Results 77% of the participants had a history of sore throat, of them 58.4% took antibiotics as a self-medication. A significant higher prevalence of previous history of sore throat was present among 42-50-year-old females, graduated, and those with an income above 10000 SR. Participants with an age of 18-24 years and graduated, had significantly higher percent of those who knew about: cause and complications of sore throat, sore throat is associated with heart diseases, and if treating sore throat can prevent heart disease. Females had a significantly higher percent of those who knew about: complications of sore throat, being extremely aware of that primary prevention of sore throat by using antibiotics such as penicillin and being extremely aware of secondary prevention of recurrence RF and decrease progression of RHD. Conclusion Raising awareness about ARF and RHD through health education programs is needed. |
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