Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City
Al-Rumaih, M., AlHarthi, B., Althobaiti, A., Alghamdi, K., Alhabili, A., Alsofyani, R., Alshaikh, H., Alshammari, J., Makhdoum, A., Aljulaihim, A. (2017). Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City. EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), 2690-2693. doi: 10.12816/0042250
Mohammed Hamad Al-Rumaih; Basim Khalid AlHarthi; Atif Abdullah Althobaiti; Khalid Ahmad Alghamdi; Adel Abdulkareem Alhabili; Rayan Abadel A Alsofyani; Hammad Abdulmughni Alshaikh; Jaber Hathloul Muslim Alshammari; Anas Mustafa Makhdoum; Abdulmalek Abdulrahman Aljulaihim. "Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 6, 2017, 2690-2693. doi: 10.12816/0042250
Al-Rumaih, M., AlHarthi, B., Althobaiti, A., Alghamdi, K., Alhabili, A., Alsofyani, R., Alshaikh, H., Alshammari, J., Makhdoum, A., Aljulaihim, A. (2017). 'Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City', EKB Journal Management System, 69(6), pp. 2690-2693. doi: 10.12816/0042250
Al-Rumaih, M., AlHarthi, B., Althobaiti, A., Alghamdi, K., Alhabili, A., Alsofyani, R., Alshaikh, H., Alshammari, J., Makhdoum, A., Aljulaihim, A. Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(6): 2690-2693. doi: 10.12816/0042250

Assessment of Community Knowledge toward Joint Replacement Therapy in Jeddah City

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 22, Volume 69, Issue 6, October 2017, Page 2690-2693  XML PDF (263.1 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042250
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Authors
Mohammed Hamad Al-Rumaih1; Basim Khalid AlHarthi2; Atif Abdullah Althobaiti2; Khalid Ahmad Alghamdi2; Adel Abdulkareem Alhabili3; Rayan Abadel A Alsofyani2; Hammad Abdulmughni Alshaikh3; Jaber Hathloul Muslim Alshammari4; Anas Mustafa Makhdoum5; Abdulmalek Abdulrahman Aljulaihim6
1Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University
2Taif University
3Cairo University
4Hail University
5Taibah University
6King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Abstract
Background: the joint replacement surgery is a great advance in the orthopedic medicine with a longlife promise of knee or hip reconstructive surgery which may exceeds 20 years old.
Objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of community Saudi adults regarding the joint replacement surgery in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia (KSA), 2017.
Methods: this was across sectional community based survey and it was conducted from May to August 2017 in Jeddah city among 670 adult Saudi subjects who were interviewed at shopping malls and community pharmacies. All the respondents answered a self-administrated questionnaire that considered the knowledge of respondents toward joint replacement therapy.
Results: all the subjects heard before the term joint replacement therapy and the major source of information was from friends and relatives. Only nine subjects (1.3%) have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery. The level of awareness about joint replacement surgery was adequate in only 30.9% of subjects and insufficient among 69.1% of subjects. The higher level of awareness was significantly associated with old age. Conclusion: the level of awareness was inadequate among most of Saudi participants about the causes and effects of the joint replacement surgery. There is urgent need for public education about the joint replacement surgery to address the concerns and advantages of the surgery through media, internet and health educational campaigns.
 
Keywords
Knowledge; joint replacement surgery; Jeddah; 2017
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