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Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Objectives The most frequent otolaryngological complaint is nasal obstruction. We aimed to determine if there is a relationship between nasal blockage and academic performance among medical college students in Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional survey carried out from August to December 2022...

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Autores principales: Alshehri, Ali A, Hakami, Faisal, Gadi, Wala, Darraj, Hussam, Hamdi, Sulaiman, Awaf, Mohammed, Hakami, Alshomokh, Zogel, Basem
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10101197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065372
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36135
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author Alshehri, Ali A
Hakami, Faisal
Gadi, Wala
Darraj, Hussam
Hamdi, Sulaiman
Awaf, Mohammed
Hakami, Alshomokh
Zogel, Basem
author_facet Alshehri, Ali A
Hakami, Faisal
Gadi, Wala
Darraj, Hussam
Hamdi, Sulaiman
Awaf, Mohammed
Hakami, Alshomokh
Zogel, Basem
author_sort Alshehri, Ali A
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description Objectives The most frequent otolaryngological complaint is nasal obstruction. We aimed to determine if there is a relationship between nasal blockage and academic performance among medical college students in Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional survey carried out from August to December 2022, included 860 medical students determining the risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the participants using the Berlin Sleep Questionnaire Risk Probability, then comparing it to their socio-demographic characteristics, while the Chi-square test was used for the comparison of categorical variables. Result The average age of the participants in our study was 21.52 years; 60% were females and 40% were males. The risk of obstructive sleep apnea was found to be two times higher in females than in males (95% CI: 1.195- 3.345; p-value 0.008). The hypertensive participants had a 27-fold increased risk of OSA compared to non-hypertensives. Grade Point Average (GPA) and snoring had a statistically significant relationship, however, a fifth of the participants reported snoring (79.8% reported not snoring). We also found that 14.8% of the participants with snoring had a GPA between 2-4.49 compared to 44.6% of participants without snoring. Conclusion Female students had a two-fold higher chance of developing OSA than males. While a GPA of 4.5 and above was more often associated with participants without snoring, the number of individuals with a GPA of 2-4.49 was greater among participants with snoring. To aid in the prevention of illness complications and the management of risk factors, additional efforts should be made to increase disease knowledge among students, primary healthcare practitioners, and specialty doctors.
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spelling pubmed-101011972023-04-14 Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Alshehri, Ali A Hakami, Faisal Gadi, Wala Darraj, Hussam Hamdi, Sulaiman Awaf, Mohammed Hakami, Alshomokh Zogel, Basem Cureus Otolaryngology Objectives The most frequent otolaryngological complaint is nasal obstruction. We aimed to determine if there is a relationship between nasal blockage and academic performance among medical college students in Saudi Arabia. Methods This cross-sectional survey carried out from August to December 2022, included 860 medical students determining the risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the participants using the Berlin Sleep Questionnaire Risk Probability, then comparing it to their socio-demographic characteristics, while the Chi-square test was used for the comparison of categorical variables. Result The average age of the participants in our study was 21.52 years; 60% were females and 40% were males. The risk of obstructive sleep apnea was found to be two times higher in females than in males (95% CI: 1.195- 3.345; p-value 0.008). The hypertensive participants had a 27-fold increased risk of OSA compared to non-hypertensives. Grade Point Average (GPA) and snoring had a statistically significant relationship, however, a fifth of the participants reported snoring (79.8% reported not snoring). We also found that 14.8% of the participants with snoring had a GPA between 2-4.49 compared to 44.6% of participants without snoring. Conclusion Female students had a two-fold higher chance of developing OSA than males. While a GPA of 4.5 and above was more often associated with participants without snoring, the number of individuals with a GPA of 2-4.49 was greater among participants with snoring. To aid in the prevention of illness complications and the management of risk factors, additional efforts should be made to increase disease knowledge among students, primary healthcare practitioners, and specialty doctors. Cureus 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10101197/ /pubmed/37065372 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36135 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alshehri et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alshehri, Ali A
Hakami, Faisal
Gadi, Wala
Darraj, Hussam
Hamdi, Sulaiman
Awaf, Mohammed
Hakami, Alshomokh
Zogel, Basem
Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_full Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_short Nasal Blockage and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_sort nasal blockage and academic performance among medical college students in the kingdom of saudi arabia
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10101197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37065372
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36135
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