Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. (2019). Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 76(2), 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Iman Mohmad Wahby Salem; Soad Shaker Ali; Fatma Ibrahim Al Bllady; Ebtihal Mohammed Saleh Albeshri. "Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 76, 2, 2019, 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. (2019). 'Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 76(2), pp. 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
Salem, I., Ali, S., Al Bllady, F., Albeshri, E. Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 76(2): 3564-3571. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162

Eating Red meat and Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection among female students at King Abdul-Aziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 24, Volume 76, Issue 2, July 2019, Page 3564-3571  XML PDF (662.64 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.39162
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Authors
Iman Mohmad Wahby Salem1; Soad Shaker Ali2; Fatma Ibrahim Al Bllady3; Ebtihal Mohammed Saleh Albeshri4
1Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU and Al-Azhar University
2Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU
3Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU
4Undergraduate student, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, KAU.
Abstract
Background: Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension associated-heart disease; and several different cancers were reported to be linked to high meat consumption. Assessment of urinary nutria-metabolomics was also considered and reported as a novel tool for dietary styles. Increased consumption of red meat was associated with increased risk of bladder diseases and infection. Method: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among the Rabigh colleges’ female students throughout 10 months, for measuring the prevalence of symptomatic lower urinary tract infection (LUTI) at King Abdul-Aziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, 2019. The questionnaire was distributed among 200 students through their mobile via WhatsApp. It was calculated by the sample size equation, using a mean prevalence of LUTI among teenage female. Result: Among the 230 students who received the questionnaire, the response rate was 66%, so the total current studied sample was 152 female students from different colleges in Rabigh. 75.66% of them in age (15- 24 years), and 24.34% of them were in age (25-30 years), 23.68% of them were married, and 78.29% were eating red meat. UTI prevalence was 25.66%. There was a high percentage (66.7%) of UTI among the young female (15-24 years), the married women (35.9%), the group who don’t drink enough water (69.2%), and 59.0% with a high rate of eating meat (2 times/ week). All these differences were found to be statistically significant (P ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: LUTI symptoms seemed to be related to increased trend towards red meat eating besides other factors e.g. water drinking and marital status.
Keywords
Eating Red meat; Symptomatic Lower Urinary Tract Infection; Female Students
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