Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Allergic Rhinitis in Saudi Arabia, 2017 | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 3, Volume 69, Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 2199-2203 PDF (439.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.12816/0041516 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Faris Mohammed Alreshidi1; Abdullah Saleh Alrashidi1; Fayez Nashi Motlaq Alshammari1; Alya Bakr A. Qadi2; Ali Ghannam Mohammed Alrashidi1; Saleh Muflih Srai Alghaythi1; Fouad Taiwilaa Alshammari1; Saud Mohammed Saud Aleisa3 | ||
| 1University of Hail | ||
| 2Medical University | ||
| 3Taif University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: allergic rhinitis (AR) is considered a worldwide health disease therefore the lack of knowledge would result in poor adherence to management and preventive protocols and increasing the prevalence of AR. Objectives: evaluating the knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) of Saudi adult subjects toward AR in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methods: a cross sectional study conducted on 900 Saudi adult subjects admitted to primary health care centers. The subjects were interviewed and filled up a questionnaire including the respondent’s demographics, questions related to knowledge, attitude and practice. Results: most of the respondents aged from31-45 years old, 59.7% were females and 49% were graduated from college.30% of participants had a family history of allergic rhinitis and 34% suffered from allergic rhinitis. Inadequate KAP was found among the participants with higher KAP scores related with higher educational degree. But there were no association between KAP level and gender or age. Conclusion: an inadequate knowledge was found among most of respondents thus resulting in poor attitude and practice pattern. Also, higher educational levels were associated with higher KAP scores. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| KSA; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Allergic Rhinitis (AR) | ||
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