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Background: despite the modern society and medical knowledge, irritable bowel syndrome has been common these days in medical students in Hail city
Objectives: irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] is a common gastrointestinal disease presenting with abdominal pain, bloating and change in bowel habit. This study aims to assess the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students in Hail's university, Saudi Arabia
Methods: a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was randomly distributed among men and women in Hail University in Hail city, of Saudi Arabia from January to February 2018 involving 133 medical student participants
Results: in 18% of the participants have been diagnosed with IBS and 28.5% fit Rome IV criteria for the diagnosis of IBS. Stress with a percentage of 69.2% and lack of exercise 75.9% being the highest risk factors of IBS
Conclusion: our result showed that huge number of medical students are suffering from inflammatory bowel syndrome
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Irritable Bowel Syndrome/diagnosis , Students, Medical , Prevalence , Cross-Sectional StudiesABSTRACT
Background: despite the availability of knowledge and multiple educating social medias, the prevalence of people who know the importance of vitamin D to the skin in Saudi Arabia is decreasing these days
Objectives: This study was done to know the prevalence of people knowing the importance of vitamin D to the skin in Saudi Arabia
Methods: a cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of people knowing the importance of vitamin D to the skin in Saudi Arabia was done from January to April 2018 on 864 participants within many different social media platforms
Results: only [36%] of the participants know the importance of vitamin D to the skin, [36.7%] of the participants have checked their vitamin D level at a certain time of point, [25.1%] of the participants have been diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency,[ 66%] of the participants know the sources of vitamin D, [63.1%] of the participants know the consequences of vitamin D deficiency, [42.9%] of the participants usually get exposed to the sunlight, only [18.3%] of the participants use vitamin D supplements, [47.3%] of the participants know the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency, [37.8%] of the participants have a current skin disease and more than half of the participants [55.9%] think that the society has a role in educating people about the importance of vitamin D
Conclusion: at the end of this study, there is a decrease number of participants who know the importance of vitamin D to the skin in Saudi Arabia
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Background: Despite the modern society, nasal bleeding has been increased these days in Saudi Arabia people these days due to multiple factors. People knowledge about this important situation is not quit enough. Attitude toward nasal bleeding is different from one person to another which may reflect the outcomes of nasal bleeding
Objectives: Nasal bleeding [epistaxis] is causing trouble to the patients in a multiple aspect. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of nasal bleeding [epistaxis] in Saudi Arabia and to know the participants attitude towards it
Methods: A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of nasal bleeding [epistaxis] and the attitude towards it was randomly investigated among men and women [392 participants] within different social media platforms in Saudi Arabia during the period from January to March 2018
Results: in 27% of the participants have been suffering from nasal bleeding, only 17.4% seek medical help, 16.3% tried traditional medicine to stop the nasal bleeding, 5.6% are using anticoagulants, 49% had a positive family history of nasal bleeding and 9.4% had a chronic illness
Conclusion: Our result showed that huge number of the participants was suffering from nasal bleeding [epistaxis] in Saudi Arabia
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Background: Despite the modern life and the availability of great facilities, patients are not satisfied with the health care offered in the primary health care center in Saudi Arabia. Common complains that bring patients to the primary health care center are usually hypertension, headaches or back pain but there are others that are unknown and common like abdominal pain
Objectives: This study was done to explore the overall patient's satisfaction of the primary health care in Saudi Arabia and the common complains that bring patients to the primary health centre
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from January to April 2018 on 864 participants chosen from many different social media platforms to investigate the overall patient's satisfaction of the primary health care in Saudi Arabia and the common complains that bring patients to the primary health centre
Results: 48.1% of the participants had visited the primary health care center at a certain point of time, 33.6% of the participants went to the primary health center first before going to the hospital, 43.7% of the participants received a professional health care whenever they enrolled to the primary health care centers, 51.9% of the participants usually found the prescribed medications at the primary health care center and 30% of the participants claimed abdominal when they visited the primary health care center. Regarding patient's satisfaction, 18.8% of the participants rate the primary health care center 5 out of 10. Finally, 90.6% of the participants thought that the ministry of health should pay more attentions to the primary health care centers
Conclusion: overall patient's satisfaction about the primary health care center in Saudi Arabia was as great as we could expect. The main complain that brings participants to the primary health care centers was abdominal pain
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Background: Despite the modern life and the availability of nutrition, the prevalence of children suffering from rickets in Saudi Arabia is increasing these days. Rickets can cause an effect to the children growth and cause an impaction on their later life. Identifying the prevalence of rickets in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with other countries can bring useful information about it in reaching the causes, risk factors and prevention methods that have been done in the community to avoid it
Objectives: This study was done to investigate the prevalence of rickets among children in Saudi Arabia
Methods: A cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of rickets among children living in Saudi Arabia was carried out on 864 participants within different social media platforms during the period from February to April 2018
Results: 15.3% of the children were diagnosed with rickets, 50.5. % of the diagnosed children was between the ages of 0 to 5. Regarding risk factors, 41.9% of the children drink soft drinks and 15.4% of them were obese. Only 55% of the participants breast fed their children, 35.9% of the participants know what rickets is, 45.3% ask for medical help once their child has been diagnosed and 70.5% of the participants thought that vitamin D can prevent rickets
Conclusion: At the end of this study, there were an increased number of children that have been diagnosed with rickets in Saudi Arabia
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Background: despite the modern society and available healthy food, iron deficiency anemia is common in Saudi Arabia woman. Iron deficiency anemia is very common in women due to many risk factors like heavy menses and eating food that is not rich in iron. Knowing the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and its associated risk factors in Saudi Arabia can provide a useful knowledge in avoiding these risk factors and improving the overall health
Objectives: Iron deficiency anemia is increasingly common worldwide. This study aims to assess the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia and its associated risk factors in women in Saudi Arabia
Methods: Across-sectional study on the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia was randomly carried out among women [1638 participants] in different social media platforms of Saudi Arabia during the period from February to April 2018
Results: In 43.5% of the participants have been suffering from iron deficiency anemia, only 10.1% had a blood transfusion as a consequence of the anemia, 42.6% have sought medical help, 32.8% had heavy menses, 48.5% had a positive family history of iron deficiency anemia, only 15.4% had hypothyroidism disease, 57.2% don't eat iron rich food and only 7.9% were pregnant
Conclusion: Our result showed that huge number of the participants was suffering from iron deficiency anemia in Saudi Arabia
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Background: Despite the modern society and medical services, waiting in emergency department is taking too long time for patients in Saudi Arabia. Time spent in the emergency department is crucial and can affect the overall health outcomes. Knowing the time spent in the emergency department and overall patient's satisfaction can provide an important information of health care that is provided in Saudi Arabia. Comparing the time spent in the emergency department in Saudi Arabia to other countries will help us know the quality of health care provided
Objectives: Waiting in the emergency department is a global issue not only in the developing countries but also in modern countries. This study aimed at assessing how long is the waiting time spent by patients in the emergency department before receiving the medical care and the overall patients' satisfaction
Methods: A cross-sectional study on the time spent in the emergency department before getting help for patients in Saudi Arabia and overall patients' satisfaction was carried out on 528 participants during the period from February to March 2018
Results: 42% of the participants, indicated that the main complain that brought them to the emergency department was in the abdominal area and 29.5% of the patients spent more than one hour before getting helped from healthcare providers. 18.8% of the participants evaluated the emergency department service by 1 out of 10
Conclusion: Our results showed that large number of patients was suffering from waiting too long time in the emergency department before receiving the required medical care
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Background: Despite the modern society, medical support and education about skin problems, skin problems have been common in individuals living in Hail city
Objectives: to assess the knowledge about the prevalence of common skin problems like acne scars, pigmentation, chloasma and freckles in Hail's community, Saudi Arabia
Methods: a cross-sectional study on the common skin problems was randomly distributed among men and women in Hail city of Saudi Arabia from February to October 2017 involving 6032 participants
Results: in [35.3%] have acne scars, [30.8%] don't have any skin problems, [26.7%] have pigmentation, [11.2%] have chloasma and [5.5%] have freckles
Conclusion: my result showed that huge number of participants are suffering from a specific skin problem
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Background: despite the modern life and people knowledge about certain diseases, the prevalence of hernia repair procedures and its associated conditions have been increased in the recent years in Saudi Arabia
Objectives: prevalence of hernia repair procedures is almost known in the modern countries. This study was done to know the prevalence of hernia repair procedures in Saudi Arabia
Methods: a cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of hernia repair procedures in Saudi Arabia was distributed among men and women from February to January to February 2018 to 523 participants on many different social media platforms
Results: 3.8% of the participants had done hernia repair procedure. Regarding risk factors that may lead to hernia repair procedure, 29.1% of the participants had a positive family history of hernia repair procedure, 44.5% of the participants were obese, 27.6% were smoker, 25.8% ate high fat diet, 17.5% suffered from chronic constipation, 12.6% suffered from chronic cough, 8.3% had major surgeries, 7.7% were diabetic, 5.2% had been admitted to ICU, 4.6% suffered from urinary retention, 2.1% had major trauma, 1.25% had been diagnosed with atherosclerosis disease and 37.7% were having no risk factors
Conclusion: at the end of this study, we found out that hernia repair procedure is increased among people in Saudi Arabia and multiple people are suffering from many risk factors that may lead to hernia and then hernia repair procedure eventually