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Background: Child abuse is a common global devastating issue for the patient and physician. It can lead to much unpleasant and danger and even death. One of the most essential parts of a doctor's job is to help people in need and a child should be top priority as they are dependent for protection and care. Objectives: To analyze the experience and knowledge of Saudi residents from both specialty family medicine and pediatrics working in Riyadh city toward the recognition and diagnosis of child abuse and neglect and spot the light on the barriers that prevent its reporting and to assess the need for further training. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in four major tertiary hospitals in Riyadh (KKUH, National Guard Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Prince Sultan Medical City) from March 2019 to January 2020. Results: Most participants did not have sufficient knowledge regarding the physical assessment of suspected child abuse and neglect. The result showed no significant difference in terms of knowledge and attitude between family physicians and pediatrics working in tertiary centers in Riyadh. Conclusion: The study concluded that the Saudi residents from both specialties, that is, family medicine and pediatrics, had insufficient knowledge regarding child abuse. In addition, the residents had positive attitudes toward child abuse prevention. Finally, the study recommends conducting awareness campaigns to increase the knowledge of physicians about child abuse and the predictive factors.
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BACKGROUND: Social media is growing rapidly in the last few years and it became daily used by individuals, especially adolescents and young adults. Although social media has several benefits such as easy communication between individuals, it has also other drawbacks and negative influence on individuals. AIM: To assess the association between the level of social media use and body dissatisfaction among male and female college students and to examine these associations according to different types of social media. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted on students at King Saud University in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, using self-administrated questionnaire "The Body Shape Questionnaire BSQ-8." Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (Version 21.0). RESULTS: The present study included 204 students, females were more dominant (53.9%). Around 47.1% of participants spent >4 h, and the most used type of social media used was Twitter (46.6%). There were 71.1% who had low dissatisfaction. Several factors significantly had an impact on the level of dissatisfaction including upper class status (P = 0.015), using social media for 3-4 h (P = 0.05) and suing social media for more than 4 h (P = 0.011). CONCLUSION: There was low level of dissatisfaction level among students, however this level didn't differ between gender, so social media in Saudi Arabia didn't have the huge effect seen in other countries, especially among females.
