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Background: in the past, and until the end of the twentieth century, TB was one of the major causes of death. Nowadays, the world is still challenging with TB control, even though the percentage of TB has been decreased. In Saudi Arabia, annual TB incidence rate is 12/100,000 population. Even though incidence rate of TB has been decreased in Saudi Arabia, still TB not fully control. Getting the world free from TB will not happen if general populations don't aware about TB
Aim: to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice towards TB among general populations in Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia
Method: this is a cross-sectional study done by selection of general populations in Riyadh region by random sample. The study was done by a self-administrated questionnaire that contains demographic data part and other parts that evaluate the awareness of TB. Comparison of results between many variables by Chi-Square Test and P-value < 0.05 was considered as a significant level
Result: around 519 participants in this study [Response rate 94.36%] by mean age 33. Only 3.3% have a history of TB and 21.1% have relative with a history of TB. Only 19.4% of participants have good knowledge, only 18.0% have favorable attitude and most of the participants have a good practice [67.6%]. People with high degree educational level have better knowledge than others. Non-Saudi people are better than Saudis in practice and people who have relative with a history of TB are better in attitude than others. In practice, Female are better than male, married people also better than single, people with a history of TB or relative with a history of TB are better than others
Conclusion: papulations in Riyadh and its surroundings have a very low level of knowledge toward TB. Most people have unfavorable attitude level. Even though there is a high level of good practice but still it needs to be increased. Education has an important role to increase the level of knowledge about TB
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To evaluate the rate of caffeine consumption amongst students studying in Gulf Medical University and to assess the factors that affect caffeine intake. Also, to assess the perceived health effects of caffeine consumption and to estimate students' knowledge about caffeine and its health effects. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Gulf Medical University in Ajman on students of all colleges including: MBBS, Pharm D, BPT, and DMD. A self- administered questionnaire was used to collect the data and was analyzed using the SPSS programs. Data was collected from 303 students. Chi square test was used to test associations between the year of study and the gender with the caffeine consumption in students. The study population comprised of 66.30% females and 33.20% males. 86.60% of the participants were consumers of caffeinated beverages while the rest were non-users. 73.80% students did not have a perceived addiction to caffeine while 26.20% said they have a perceived addiction to caffeine. The most common reason for caffeine intake was seeing others take caffeinated beverages made them crave for caffeine. And other reasons were observed to be taking caffeine as a morning habit, as a preference for their taste, help to deal with anxiety and help to feel alert. 69.30% participants said that they consumed caffeine the most during tests and examination while only 30.70% consumed caffeine in a normal day. 62.30% agreed that caffeine is addictive and only 9.90% of participants agreed that drinking caffeinated beverages decreases the risk of getting Parkinson's disease. A very high percentage of people were found to consume caffeine in the form of beverages and the most common reasons for caffeine consumption were due to craving. About 1/3[rd] of the participants experienced increased urination as the most common side-effect upon consumption of caffeine following with restlessness, insomnia and stomach irritation. More than 2/3[rd] of the participants had a perceived addiction to caffeine. A very few percentage of participants had the knowledge about the benefits of caffeine on the body