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Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019

The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) established a National School-Based Screening Program (NSBSP) for health screening of schoolchildren. Students from specific grades were systematically screened for several health problems, including obesity, visual and auditory problems, dental cavities, scoliosis...

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Autores principales: Al Daajani, Manal Matar, Al-Habib, Dina Mohammed, Ibrahim, Mona Hamed, Al Shewear, Nora Abdulrhman, Fagihi, Yahya Mohammad, Alzaher, Abrar Abdulazeem, Alfaleh, Amjad Fawzi, Alabdulkareem, Khaled Ibrahim
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101310
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author Al Daajani, Manal Matar
Al-Habib, Dina Mohammed
Ibrahim, Mona Hamed
Al Shewear, Nora Abdulrhman
Fagihi, Yahya Mohammad
Alzaher, Abrar Abdulazeem
Alfaleh, Amjad Fawzi
Alabdulkareem, Khaled Ibrahim
author_facet Al Daajani, Manal Matar
Al-Habib, Dina Mohammed
Ibrahim, Mona Hamed
Al Shewear, Nora Abdulrhman
Fagihi, Yahya Mohammad
Alzaher, Abrar Abdulazeem
Alfaleh, Amjad Fawzi
Alabdulkareem, Khaled Ibrahim
author_sort Al Daajani, Manal Matar
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description The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) established a National School-Based Screening Program (NSBSP) for health screening of schoolchildren. Students from specific grades were systematically screened for several health problems, including obesity, visual and auditory problems, dental cavities, scoliosis, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of these health problems among primary school students based on secondary data obtained from the NSBSP. We included 444,259 screened school children from the first and fourth grades of 50% of the selected schools (both private and public) across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) during the academic year 2018–2019. Among them, the most prevalent health problems identified were dental cavities (38.7%), eye refractory errors (10.9%), and overweight and obesity (10.5%); the less prevalent problems included ADHD (2.81%), auditory problems (0.6%), and scoliosis (0.48%). A greater prevalence of most health problems was observed in girls more than boys. The NSBSP successfully aided the detection of health conditions with high and low prevalence among primary school students in the KSA, and thus, the identification of health problems of specific concern. Implementation of effective school health services for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of these health problems are imperative.
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spelling pubmed-85444082021-10-26 Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019 Al Daajani, Manal Matar Al-Habib, Dina Mohammed Ibrahim, Mona Hamed Al Shewear, Nora Abdulrhman Fagihi, Yahya Mohammad Alzaher, Abrar Abdulazeem Alfaleh, Amjad Fawzi Alabdulkareem, Khaled Ibrahim Healthcare (Basel) Article The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) established a National School-Based Screening Program (NSBSP) for health screening of schoolchildren. Students from specific grades were systematically screened for several health problems, including obesity, visual and auditory problems, dental cavities, scoliosis, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of these health problems among primary school students based on secondary data obtained from the NSBSP. We included 444,259 screened school children from the first and fourth grades of 50% of the selected schools (both private and public) across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) during the academic year 2018–2019. Among them, the most prevalent health problems identified were dental cavities (38.7%), eye refractory errors (10.9%), and overweight and obesity (10.5%); the less prevalent problems included ADHD (2.81%), auditory problems (0.6%), and scoliosis (0.48%). A greater prevalence of most health problems was observed in girls more than boys. The NSBSP successfully aided the detection of health conditions with high and low prevalence among primary school students in the KSA, and thus, the identification of health problems of specific concern. Implementation of effective school health services for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of these health problems are imperative. MDPI 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8544408/ /pubmed/34682990 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101310 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Al-Habib, Dina Mohammed
Ibrahim, Mona Hamed
Al Shewear, Nora Abdulrhman
Fagihi, Yahya Mohammad
Alzaher, Abrar Abdulazeem
Alfaleh, Amjad Fawzi
Alabdulkareem, Khaled Ibrahim
Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title_full Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title_fullStr Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title_short Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019
title_sort prevalence of health problems targeted by the national school-based screening program among primary school students in saudi arabia, 2019
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34682990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101310
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