RESUMO
Background: despite the modern life and the availability of knowledge, the prevalence of people who have had appendectomy procedures is increasing these days in Saudi Arabia in the previous years for multiple different risk factors. Knowing the prevalence of people who underwent appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with other countries could provide useful information about these risk factors and how to avoid them
Objectives: This study was done to collect information upon and investigate the prevalence people under went appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 864 participants from different social media platforms to investigate the prevalence of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia from February to April 2018
Results: 41.1% of the participants knew some information about appendicitis, 8.1% of the participants have had an appendectomy procedure, 33.3% of the participants who had an appendectomy procedure suffered from post-surgery complication, 29.7% of the participants suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. Recently, 41.4% of the participants do not eat food rich in fibers and 37.7% of the participants have a positive family history of appendectomy
Conclusion: At the end of this study, there were an increased number of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia