Knowledge and Perception of Physicians of Different Specialties in Saudi Arabia Toward

Overview

Journal J Multidiscip Healthc

Publisher Dove Medical Press

Specialty Health Services

Date 2023 Mar 27

PMID 36969735

Authors

Osamah Ahmad Hakami

Refah Asheer Alsubaie

Bayan Abdulhadi Albaqami

Haifa Matar Almutlaq

Nourah Mushabab Alqahtani

Manal Alkhonezan

Farah Fahad Almuqrin

Abdullah Hussien Alghamdi

Abdullah Abdulaziz Alaryni

Rayan Abubakker Qutob

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Abstract

Background: is a key pathogen causing several gastrointestinal diseases. Fortunately, infection is treatable, which can lower its comorbidities. However, data assessing physicians' awareness of is lacking in Saudi Arabia.

Objective: To assess the knowledge and awareness of physicians of different specialties who practice in Saudi Arabia about infection.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between May and September 2022 on physicians across all regions in Saudi Arabia using a validated online questionnaire covering their knowledge and awareness of infection. An independent -test, one-way ANOVA, and Games-Howell as a post hoc test were used to analyze the data. A General Linear Model was also employed to determine significant predictors among the variables reliant on awareness.

Results: The results showed that the mean awareness score of 474 physicians was 76.99± 6.9, indicating that participants had sufficient knowledge about infection. In general, the internal medicine specialists (28.3%) had better awareness of infection than the other specialties. Moreover, the university hospital sector performed the best, scoring 80.68±13.3, and the southern region had the highest-ranked physicians with a score of 81.56 ±13.7 in terms of awareness. Furthermore, the general linear model revealed a statistical significance (p<0.05) for the following demographic aspects concerning awareness: the physicians' age group of 30-39 years, duration of experience of 11-15 years, the hospital sectors of Nation Guards (NGH) and Security Forces (SFH), and the southern and central regions of practice in Saudi Arabia.

Conclusion: Physicians in Saudi Arabia have relatively sufficient awareness of ; however, they are highly influenced by age, years of experience, the hospital sector involved, and the region where the physicians practice.

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