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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Primary care physicians play a vital role in preventing the progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) from the initial stages to the late stages. This questionnaire-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, practices, and their correlation among 274 ran...

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Autores principales: Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar, Almulhim, Abdulmohsen Khaled, Albalawi, Faisal Ahmed, Alruwaili, Ziyad Muharib, Almajed, Ola Ali, Alruwaili, Sultan Hamoud, Almugharriq, Malek Mohammed, Alruwaili, Abdulaziz Saud, Alkuwaykibi, Malak Khalid
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121697
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author Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almulhim, Abdulmohsen Khaled
Albalawi, Faisal Ahmed
Alruwaili, Ziyad Muharib
Almajed, Ola Ali
Alruwaili, Sultan Hamoud
Almugharriq, Malek Mohammed
Alruwaili, Abdulaziz Saud
Alkuwaykibi, Malak Khalid
author_facet Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almulhim, Abdulmohsen Khaled
Albalawi, Faisal Ahmed
Alruwaili, Ziyad Muharib
Almajed, Ola Ali
Alruwaili, Sultan Hamoud
Almugharriq, Malek Mohammed
Alruwaili, Abdulaziz Saud
Alkuwaykibi, Malak Khalid
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description Primary care physicians play a vital role in preventing the progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) from the initial stages to the late stages. This questionnaire-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, practices, and their correlation among 274 randomly selected primary care physicians in Saudi Arabia. Among the studied population, high knowledge, attitudes, and practice scores were observed in 21.5%, 15%, and 29.2% of the physicians, respectively. The mean knowledge score was significantly higher among the age group of less than 30 years (p = 0.031) and the female gender (p = 0.012). The attitude scores were significantly higher among the Saudi physicians (p = 0.027) and those with PHC work experience of less than five years (p < 0.001). Regarding the practices, a significant association was found among the age group of less than 30 years (p = 0.019) and Saudi physicians (p = 0.003). There was a significant positive correlation between knowledge (correlation coefficient (r) = 0.739, p < 0.001) and attitude (r = 0.479, p = 0.007) with the practice scores. It is recommended that targeted continuous medical education, workshops, and seminars are conducted on the prevention and care of DR among primary care physicians. Furthermore, an exploratory multicenter study that involves primary care physicians belonging to all ministries and private sectors is warranted.
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spelling pubmed-87013462021-12-24 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar Almulhim, Abdulmohsen Khaled Albalawi, Faisal Ahmed Alruwaili, Ziyad Muharib Almajed, Ola Ali Alruwaili, Sultan Hamoud Almugharriq, Malek Mohammed Alruwaili, Abdulaziz Saud Alkuwaykibi, Malak Khalid Healthcare (Basel) Article Primary care physicians play a vital role in preventing the progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) from the initial stages to the late stages. This questionnaire-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, practices, and their correlation among 274 randomly selected primary care physicians in Saudi Arabia. Among the studied population, high knowledge, attitudes, and practice scores were observed in 21.5%, 15%, and 29.2% of the physicians, respectively. The mean knowledge score was significantly higher among the age group of less than 30 years (p = 0.031) and the female gender (p = 0.012). The attitude scores were significantly higher among the Saudi physicians (p = 0.027) and those with PHC work experience of less than five years (p < 0.001). Regarding the practices, a significant association was found among the age group of less than 30 years (p = 0.019) and Saudi physicians (p = 0.003). There was a significant positive correlation between knowledge (correlation coefficient (r) = 0.739, p < 0.001) and attitude (r = 0.479, p = 0.007) with the practice scores. It is recommended that targeted continuous medical education, workshops, and seminars are conducted on the prevention and care of DR among primary care physicians. Furthermore, an exploratory multicenter study that involves primary care physicians belonging to all ministries and private sectors is warranted. MDPI 2021-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8701346/ /pubmed/34946423 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121697 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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Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almulhim, Abdulmohsen Khaled
Albalawi, Faisal Ahmed
Alruwaili, Ziyad Muharib
Almajed, Ola Ali
Alruwaili, Sultan Hamoud
Almugharriq, Malek Mohammed
Alruwaili, Abdulaziz Saud
Alkuwaykibi, Malak Khalid
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Diabetic Retinopathy among Primary Care Physicians of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards diabetic retinopathy among primary care physicians of saudi arabia: a multicenter cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8701346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34946423
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121697
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