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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...
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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