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Background: Physical activity is an effective component of health and prevention of disease. Increasing the general health knowledge about physical activity could prevent obesity and chronic diseases
Objectives: Study the knowledge, attitude and practice [KAP] of Saudi women regarding physical activity in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [KSA]
Methods: This was a community based survey study conducted among 800 Saudi adult females chosen randomly using a multistage random technique during the period from January to April 2017. The study included subjects were asked to fill up a predesigned questionnaire including questions about socio-demographics and assessing the KAP about physical activity
Results: Most of females [64%] had poor knowledge while 36% had good awareness about the physical activity. About 72.2% had poor practice pattern but 22.8% had good practice pattern of physical activity. The attitude toward physical activity was good in the majority of subjects [75.1%] and poor in [24.9%] of them. The overall general KAP of included females regarding physical activity was poor in 62% and good in 38%
Conclusion: The overall general KAP was low among the studied groups thus, there is a dispensable need for providing a good and safe environment for women for practicing routine physical activity. Also, more efforts should be carried out to increase the KAP of females toward physical activity through educational campaigns in internet, TV and health care facilities
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Background: Gallstone disease is common, and it is asymptomatic, patients may need an operative. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy becomes the choice for symptomatic gallstone disease intervention; open surgery was replaced by Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the cholecystolithiasis treatment, open surgery has different complications. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has several advantages over open surgery, but it has several complications also
Aim: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of postoperative complications of open and lab cholecystectomy in AL-Madinahcitizen
Method: This retrospective cross-section study included 205 patients from king Fahad hospital in AlMadinah AL-Munwwarah. A questionnaire was conducted on the participant by interview to investigate different variables
Results: The percent of a female was 73.7%, and percent of a male was 26.3%, the bleeding complication represented 19.5%, infection was 3.9%, biliary leakage was 3.9%, and wound infection was 1.5%. The mean duration of recovery was 3.56 days while the mean duration for returning back to work was 12.37 days. Lap operation had less duration for recovery than an open operation
Conclusion: Bleeding was the most common complication among patients, lap group patients experienced complications less than the open group. Male gender, age, obesity, the emergency of operation, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, thyroid and heart disease were not risked factors for complications