Assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice of Epistaxis in Saudi Population | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 19, Volume 69, Issue 6, October 2017, Pages 2675-2679 PDF (318.68 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0042247 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Khaled Saleh Almulhim; Ibrahim Abdulhakim; Al Sheikh Mubarak; Marwan Abdul Rahman Al-Shaikh Hussain; Mohammed Sami Alhaddad; Nasser Khalid Alotaibi; Khalid A. Alyahya | ||
| King Faisal University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: epistaxis is acute hemorrhage from the nasopharynx or the nose. Epistaxis is a common otorhinolaryngology, andit ranges from mild to a severe, life-threatening rhinological emergency. First aid is performed to reduce mortality and morbidity of the emergency case until obtaining medical support. The aim of the work: this study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of first aid measures in Saudi population regarding epistaxis. Patients and Methods: The present study included 1114 Saudi participants using a semi-modified questionnaire. The data was collected using excel sheet and analysis of data was performed by using SPSS. Results: There were 751 (67.4%) of participants knew about epistaxis management, while 363 (32.6%) didn’t know. The mean score ± SD of KAP was 8.25±1.9, the correlation between KAP with gender (P value=0.001), marital status (P value=0.02) and education (P value=0.004) was significant. Conclusion: knowledge of participants about epistaxis management was moderate, sex, marital status and education significantly affected KAP score. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| epistaxis; epistaxis first aids; KAP of epistaxis | ||
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