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Assessment of Saudi Society’s Knowledge Regarding Hypothyroidism and Its Neuropsychiatric Clinical Manifestations

Background: This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of hypothyroidism and its neuropsychiatric clinical manifestations among the Saudi population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study employing a convenient sampling technique, conducted between February and May 2...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh, Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla, Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh, Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim, AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman, Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid, Alamri, Tif Meshref, Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia, Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud, AlSarhan, Reem Saeed, AlHussein, Maha Mohammed, Almehmadi, Bader A., Alzahrani, Mansour, Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673645
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020277
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author Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh
Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla
Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh
Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim
AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman
Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid
Alamri, Tif Meshref
Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia
Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud
AlSarhan, Reem Saeed
AlHussein, Maha Mohammed
Almehmadi, Bader A.
Alzahrani, Mansour
Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad
author_facet Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh
Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla
Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh
Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim
AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman
Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid
Alamri, Tif Meshref
Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia
Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud
AlSarhan, Reem Saeed
AlHussein, Maha Mohammed
Almehmadi, Bader A.
Alzahrani, Mansour
Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad
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description Background: This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of hypothyroidism and its neuropsychiatric clinical manifestations among the Saudi population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study employing a convenient sampling technique, conducted between February and May 2022. A questionnaire was distributed online to all participants in all five regions. Results: In this survey, a total of 2016 Saudi citizens participated. When asked about depression, more than half of the participants (59.6%) correctly identified depression as one of the neuropsychiatric clinical symptoms of hypothyroidism. Nearly half of the participants (47.5%) were unaware that anxiety was not a neuropsychiatric manifestation of hypothyroidism. With a percentage of 91.0%, the majority of participants exhibited poor knowledge. The regression analysis showed that males have significantly reduced knowledge about hypothyroidism than females (coefficient −3.686, p-value < 0.0001). Similarly, those who have “enough income and can save” were more knowledgeable than others (coefficient 0.731, p-value < 0.02). Regarding the source of information, journals provide three times more information (p-value 0.0001), and healthcare practitioners provides four times more information as compared to family and friends (p-value 0.0001). Conclusion: Due to a lack of knowledge about hypothyroidism and its complications, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment, the most viable solution to these misconceptions would be to implement a variety of educational programs to increase public awareness of this issue.
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spelling pubmed-98588642023-01-21 Assessment of Saudi Society’s Knowledge Regarding Hypothyroidism and Its Neuropsychiatric Clinical Manifestations Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid Alamri, Tif Meshref Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud AlSarhan, Reem Saeed AlHussein, Maha Mohammed Almehmadi, Bader A. Alzahrani, Mansour Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of hypothyroidism and its neuropsychiatric clinical manifestations among the Saudi population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study employing a convenient sampling technique, conducted between February and May 2022. A questionnaire was distributed online to all participants in all five regions. Results: In this survey, a total of 2016 Saudi citizens participated. When asked about depression, more than half of the participants (59.6%) correctly identified depression as one of the neuropsychiatric clinical symptoms of hypothyroidism. Nearly half of the participants (47.5%) were unaware that anxiety was not a neuropsychiatric manifestation of hypothyroidism. With a percentage of 91.0%, the majority of participants exhibited poor knowledge. The regression analysis showed that males have significantly reduced knowledge about hypothyroidism than females (coefficient −3.686, p-value < 0.0001). Similarly, those who have “enough income and can save” were more knowledgeable than others (coefficient 0.731, p-value < 0.02). Regarding the source of information, journals provide three times more information (p-value 0.0001), and healthcare practitioners provides four times more information as compared to family and friends (p-value 0.0001). Conclusion: Due to a lack of knowledge about hypothyroidism and its complications, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment, the most viable solution to these misconceptions would be to implement a variety of educational programs to increase public awareness of this issue. MDPI 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9858864/ /pubmed/36673645 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020277 Text en © 2023 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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Alzahrani, Hayat Saleh
Alshabnan, Rand Abdalla
Mokhtar, Fatmah Mamdooh
Aleisa, Aljoharah Ibrahim
AlHedaithi, Nora Abdulrahman
Alotaibi, Ghadah Khalid
Alamri, Tif Meshref
Aluthaim, Wejdan Dia
Alyousef, Jana Mahmoud
AlSarhan, Reem Saeed
AlHussein, Maha Mohammed
Almehmadi, Bader A.
Alzahrani, Mansour
Alfhaid, Fahad Mohammad
Assessment of Saudi Society’s Knowledge Regarding Hypothyroidism and Its Neuropsychiatric Clinical Manifestations
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title_short Assessment of Saudi Society’s Knowledge Regarding Hypothyroidism and Its Neuropsychiatric Clinical Manifestations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9858864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673645
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020277
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