scholarly journals Study of knowledge, attitude and practice of osteoporosis among adult women in Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A AlEidan ◽  
M AlMubark ◽  
F AlOtibi ◽  
K ElTohami ◽  
W Sami
Author(s):  
Walid G. Babikr ◽  
Abdullah I. Aedh ◽  
Awad Mohamed Ahmed ◽  
Ahmed Abdelraheem ◽  
Mohammed Alasmary ◽  
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Background: This cross-sectional hospital based study aimed at determining the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes among local people of Najran, Saudi Arabia.Methods: We aimed to investigate the levels of knowledge, attitude and practice among diabetic people in Najran area.Results: 10% of the participants scored >7, 28% scored >5 and 62% scored 5 and less in Knowledge questionnaire. None [0.00%] of the participants scored 7 or more out of the attitude questionnaire. 100% of the participants scored 5 and less out of 12. 100% of the participants scored >6 and 0% scored 12 or more in the practice questionnaire.Conclusions: Our study revealed that the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes in the area of Najran is very poor. We suggest that a structured educational program to be adopted by the health authorities in Saudi Arabia.


Author(s):  
Dalia Almaghaslah ◽  
Mona Almanasef ◽  
Rajalakshimi Vasudevan ◽  
Geetha Kandasamy ◽  
Krishnaraju Venkatesan ◽  
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