Cargando…

Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious and often underreported condition, despite its highly prevalent distribution. Primary care physicians (PCPs) play an integral role in screening and managing patients with a high risk of developing OSA. This northern Saudi Arabian cross-sectional survey asse...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N., Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar, Almutairi, Abdulhakeem, Alruwaili, Sultan, Alotaibi, Hatem, Alzaid, Wasan, Albalawi, Faisal, Alwadani, Osama, Dilli, Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122369
_version_ 1784856335974662144
author Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N.
Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almutairi, Abdulhakeem
Alruwaili, Sultan
Alotaibi, Hatem
Alzaid, Wasan
Albalawi, Faisal
Alwadani, Osama
Dilli, Ahmed
author_facet Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N.
Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almutairi, Abdulhakeem
Alruwaili, Sultan
Alotaibi, Hatem
Alzaid, Wasan
Albalawi, Faisal
Alwadani, Osama
Dilli, Ahmed
author_sort Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N.
collection PubMed
description Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious and often underreported condition, despite its highly prevalent distribution. Primary care physicians (PCPs) play an integral role in screening and managing patients with a high risk of developing OSA. This northern Saudi Arabian cross-sectional survey assessed the knowledge and attitude towards OSA among 264 randomly selected PCPs using the OSA Knowledge and Attitude (OSAKA) questionnaire. Among the participating PCPs, 43.9% and 45.1% had low scores in the knowledge and attitude categories, respectively. More than three-fourths (78%) of them recognized that an overnight sleep study is the gold standard for diagnosing OSA. Regarding referral, 39.4% of the OSA patients encountered by the PCPs were referred to ENT specialists, while 21% were referred to sleep clinics, and 18.2% were referred to pulmonologists. Nearly half (50.8%) of the participants recognized OSA as an important clinical disease, and 56.8% were confident in caring for OSA patients. Spearman’s correlation of the current study identified a positive correlation between knowledge scores and attitude scores (rho—0.151, p = 0.017). It is important to improve PCPs’ knowledge regarding OSA and the necessity for referral through different training methods. Furthermore, the study findings emphasize the need to include appropriate OSA programs and continuing medical education for PCPs.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9778346
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-97783462022-12-23 Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N. Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar Almutairi, Abdulhakeem Alruwaili, Sultan Alotaibi, Hatem Alzaid, Wasan Albalawi, Faisal Alwadani, Osama Dilli, Ahmed Healthcare (Basel) Article Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious and often underreported condition, despite its highly prevalent distribution. Primary care physicians (PCPs) play an integral role in screening and managing patients with a high risk of developing OSA. This northern Saudi Arabian cross-sectional survey assessed the knowledge and attitude towards OSA among 264 randomly selected PCPs using the OSA Knowledge and Attitude (OSAKA) questionnaire. Among the participating PCPs, 43.9% and 45.1% had low scores in the knowledge and attitude categories, respectively. More than three-fourths (78%) of them recognized that an overnight sleep study is the gold standard for diagnosing OSA. Regarding referral, 39.4% of the OSA patients encountered by the PCPs were referred to ENT specialists, while 21% were referred to sleep clinics, and 18.2% were referred to pulmonologists. Nearly half (50.8%) of the participants recognized OSA as an important clinical disease, and 56.8% were confident in caring for OSA patients. Spearman’s correlation of the current study identified a positive correlation between knowledge scores and attitude scores (rho—0.151, p = 0.017). It is important to improve PCPs’ knowledge regarding OSA and the necessity for referral through different training methods. Furthermore, the study findings emphasize the need to include appropriate OSA programs and continuing medical education for PCPs. MDPI 2022-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9778346/ /pubmed/36553893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122369 Text en © 2022 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/).
spellingShingle Article
Al-Rasheedi, Abdullah N.
Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
Almutairi, Abdulhakeem
Alruwaili, Sultan
Alotaibi, Hatem
Alzaid, Wasan
Albalawi, Faisal
Alwadani, Osama
Dilli, Ahmed
Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title_full Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title_fullStr Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title_short Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study
title_sort knowledge and attitude towards obstructive sleep apnea among primary care physicians in northern regions of saudi arabia: a multicenter study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122369
work_keys_str_mv AT alrasheediabdullahn knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT thirunavukkarasuashokkumar knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT almutairiabdulhakeem knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT alruwailisultan knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT alotaibihatem knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT alzaidwasan knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT albalawifaisal knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT alwadaniosama knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy
AT dilliahmed knowledgeandattitudetowardsobstructivesleepapneaamongprimarycarephysiciansinnorthernregionsofsaudiarabiaamulticenterstudy