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Determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Periodic Health Examinations (PHEs) typically occur annually and provide an important opportunity for providers to screen their patients for undiagnosed health conditions and monitor existing conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension. Unfortunately, PHEs are reported to be low in Sau...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Ali M., Felix, Holly C., Al-Etesh, Nashmi S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10479028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37675212
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_63_23
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Felix, Holly C.
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description BACKGROUND: Periodic Health Examinations (PHEs) typically occur annually and provide an important opportunity for providers to screen their patients for undiagnosed health conditions and monitor existing conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension. Unfortunately, PHEs are reported to be low in Saudi Arabia. This study’s aim was to assess the regular uptake of PHEs by adults residing in Al-Jouf region, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among adults (aged ≥ 20 years) residing in five communities in the Al-Jouf Region on sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported chronic conditions, knowledge of PHEs, and their regular uptake. Chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to determine the factors associated with regular uptake of PHEs. RESULTS: A total of 624 participants completed the survey questionnaire. Of the participants, 27.7% reported a regular uptake of PHEs. The odds of regular uptake of PHEs were higher among older respondents (odds ratio [OR] =1.98; P = 0.002), those who reported that they had diabetes (OR = 3.25; P < 0.001), hypertension (OR = 4.11; P = 0.001), hyperlipidemia (OR = 2.66; P = 0.003), and those with a higher PHEs knowledge score (OR = 1.35; P < 0.001). However, the odds regular uptake of PHEs among respondents residing in the three governorates and Skaka city were significantly lower (OR = 0.27; P = 0.001 and OR = 0.30; P = 0.002, respectively) than their counterparts. CONCLUSION: Low rates of PHEs uptake were observed among the survey participants in the Al-Jouf Region of Saudi Arabia. The characteristics of individuals associated with low uptake of PHEs were identified. Tailored interventions, such as the use of community health workers and clinic communications, could target these individuals to increase the uptake of PHEs.
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spelling pubmed-104790282023-09-06 Determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia Alzahrani, Ali M. Felix, Holly C. Al-Etesh, Nashmi S. J Family Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Periodic Health Examinations (PHEs) typically occur annually and provide an important opportunity for providers to screen their patients for undiagnosed health conditions and monitor existing conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension. Unfortunately, PHEs are reported to be low in Saudi Arabia. This study’s aim was to assess the regular uptake of PHEs by adults residing in Al-Jouf region, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among adults (aged ≥ 20 years) residing in five communities in the Al-Jouf Region on sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported chronic conditions, knowledge of PHEs, and their regular uptake. Chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to determine the factors associated with regular uptake of PHEs. RESULTS: A total of 624 participants completed the survey questionnaire. Of the participants, 27.7% reported a regular uptake of PHEs. The odds of regular uptake of PHEs were higher among older respondents (odds ratio [OR] =1.98; P = 0.002), those who reported that they had diabetes (OR = 3.25; P < 0.001), hypertension (OR = 4.11; P = 0.001), hyperlipidemia (OR = 2.66; P = 0.003), and those with a higher PHEs knowledge score (OR = 1.35; P < 0.001). However, the odds regular uptake of PHEs among respondents residing in the three governorates and Skaka city were significantly lower (OR = 0.27; P = 0.001 and OR = 0.30; P = 0.002, respectively) than their counterparts. CONCLUSION: Low rates of PHEs uptake were observed among the survey participants in the Al-Jouf Region of Saudi Arabia. The characteristics of individuals associated with low uptake of PHEs were identified. Tailored interventions, such as the use of community health workers and clinic communications, could target these individuals to increase the uptake of PHEs. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10479028/ /pubmed/37675212 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_63_23 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family and Community Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia
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title_short Determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia
title_sort determinants of periodic health examination uptake among adults in al-jouf region, saudi arabia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10479028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37675212
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_63_23
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