Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia
Alqurashi, A., Alshafi, A., Aleisa, S., Albahrani, Z., Alalyani, A., Almutairi, A., Abdulghani, A., Almoumen, F., Alkhudhairi, O. (2017). Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 68(3), 1486-1490. doi: 10.12816/0039693
Amani Jamil Alqurashi; Abdullah Saleh Alshafi; Saud Mohammed Saud Aleisa; Zainab Yaseen Albahrani; Abdullah Saad Alalyani; Abdulrahman Mubarak M Almutairi; Alzaidi Ahmed Abdulghani; Faisal Abdullah Almoumen; Osama Sulaiman Alkhudhairi. "Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 68, 3, 2017, 1486-1490. doi: 10.12816/0039693
Alqurashi, A., Alshafi, A., Aleisa, S., Albahrani, Z., Alalyani, A., Almutairi, A., Abdulghani, A., Almoumen, F., Alkhudhairi, O. (2017). 'Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 68(3), pp. 1486-1490. doi: 10.12816/0039693
Alqurashi, A., Alshafi, A., Aleisa, S., Albahrani, Z., Alalyani, A., Almutairi, A., Abdulghani, A., Almoumen, F., Alkhudhairi, O. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 68(3): 1486-1490. doi: 10.12816/0039693

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Safety, Effectiveness and Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Among Community In Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 28, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 2017, Page 1486-1490  XML PDF (278.46 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0039693
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Authors
Amani Jamil Alqurashi1; Abdullah Saleh Alshafi2; Saud Mohammed Saud Aleisa1; Zainab Yaseen Albahrani3; Abdullah Saad Alalyani1; Abdulrahman Mubarak M Almutairi4; Alzaidi Ahmed Abdulghani1; Faisal Abdullah Almoumen5; Osama Sulaiman Alkhudhairi6
1Taif University
2King Khalid University,
3King Faisal University
4Majmaah University
5mam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
6Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Background: Obesity was reported to be highly prevalent in KSA. Bariatric surgery is considered as the most effective, beneficial, and permanent method for treatment of obesity and decreasing the long-term mortality
Objectives: Evaluating the knowledge and beliefs about the safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery among adult Saudi population.       
Methods: A questionnaire based on cross-sectional study was distributed among 790 adult Saudi population form January 2017- June 2017. The questionnaire was based on 4 aspects including subject’s demographics, anthropometric measures, knowledge about obesity and its causes and beliefs about Bariatric surgery.
Results: Overweight and obesity were found to be high among the studied population. The most common causes for obesity were bad life style habits and genetic factors. There was a good knowledge about obesity but low favorable beliefs about bariatric surgery as 55.7% of subjects have non-favorable beliefs about the Bariatric surgery and 44.3% have favorable beliefs about the surgery. The favorable beliefs about bariatric surgery were significantly associated with female gender and subjects having high BMI scores.
Conclusion: The knowledge of subjects about obesity and its preventive measures were high but the favorable perceptions about Bariatric surgeries were low. These results indicated that efficient educational programs about obesity and Bariatric surgeries are needed for control of obesity and its complications as well as increasing the availability of weight loss surgeries.
 
Keywords
KAP; safety; Effectiveness; Consequences; Bariatric surgery; KSA
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