Awareness of osteoporosis among Saudi population in Saudi Arabia especially Taif governorate

Background: Osteoporosis is a worldwide health problem leading to an increased susceptibility to fractures and even more other complications. Awareness and perceptions of susceptibility and belief in the seriousness of a disease can help in its prevention and control

Objective: this study was aimed to evaluate knowledge and perceptions of osteoporosis among Saudi population from different country regions and different educational levels

Methodology: 986 participants from all over Saudi Arabia regions and the majority of them were from Taif governorate they were involved in a self- administered online questionnaire that was conducted in August, 2017 through the period to November, 2017 and was available online and easy to access to wide group of people, to evaluate the extent of knowledge about osteoporosis among Saudi population from those different regions of the country

Results: 986 participants from all over Saudi Arabia regions and the majority of them were from Taif governorate they were involved in a self- administered online questionnaire to evaluate the extent of knowledge about osteoporosis among Saudi population from those different regions of the country. The majority of the participants were aware of some knowledge about osteoporosis but female respondents were more knowledgeable in some very important points in this manner. Age was negatively correlated with the level of awareness though Awareness of osteoporosis was significantly different between educational groups

Conclusion: It is important to raise the awareness and knowledge of osteoporosis and its prevention measures as osteoporosis is a preventable disease among Saudi population. Saudi Ministry of health need to determine the population's knowledge of and attitudes towards osteoporosis to plan effective education programs to be able to avoid late complications and to safe highly cost methods of treating such a conditions

Assessment of knowledge about radiation risk among fellows and residents in pediatric department in Tabuk city

Background: The study aimed at investigating the knowledge in pediatric residents and fellows in two Saudi hospitals, putting shedding lights on the information available for patients and their relatives concerning the risk assessment of radiation used in radiological investigations for children

Methods: This study was a cross sectional study based on a questionnaire of multiple-choice questions. The questionnaire was distributed to 40 pediatric residents and fellows from two hospitals in Tabuk city in Saudi Arabia, military hospital [NWAFH] and KKH. Statistical analysis of the data was done using SPSS, version 17.0 [SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA]. The percentage of participants who gave correct answers was calculated for each question. Individual questions were analyzed using Chi-squared test of independence. All statistical significance values were P < 0.05

Results: Only35 from the 40 questionnaires were completed then analyzed [87.5%]. Only 10 surveyed [34.5%] was considered competent torisk radiation knowledge for commonly performed radiological examination. Regarding to the Percentage of correct answers, at least 50% [adequate knowledge was considered with seven minimum score of correct answers out of thirteen]

Conclusion: The knowledge of radiation doses and risks from common radiological tests was sub-optimal among the fellows and residents in pediatric department. Awareness of radiation hazards for fellows and residents during radiation exposure risk examinations should be considered an essential part of medical education