Alamri Abdulrahman, Al-Jahash Najla Ahmad S, Alsultan Mashael Saad H, AlQahtani Shahad Saeed A, Saeed Yasmeen Abdulwahab A, Alhamlan Rawan Ahmed O
Department Ophthalmology College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
Medical Students, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Sep;10(9):3233-3239. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_86_21. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global public health problem. Global prevalence of diabetes is 8.5% in adult population. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) is increasing day by day, the number of persons with diabetes will double by 2030. It is a serious cause of irreversible blindness and is the most common complication of diabetes. Annual fundus examination for diabetics aids in the prevention of blindness and allows intervening at a timely manner. This study's intent to estimate and improve level of awareness (A), knowledge (K), and practice (P) among all King Khalid University (KKU) students besides medical students in Abha, Saudi Arabia.
This is a cross-sectional survey that targets all KKU students besides medical students in Abha, Saudi Arabia. The researchers will use closed-end questions for awareness (A), knowledge (K), and practice (P). The data and the questionnaires will be sent to the sample by social media. The data will be analyzed by statistical package for the social sciences program (SPSS).
A total of 635 KKU students completed the questionnaire. Female students were more than male students, 334 (52.6%) for females and 301 (47.4%) for males, respectively. Ages ranged from 18 to 24 years with a mean 23 ± 2 years. There was a good awareness for some of the factors related to the DR which is noted in the results. Awareness of smoking and pregnancy rate is extremely low compared to the rest of the factors related to the DR.
There was high awareness regarding DR and its risk factors among KKU students but low awareness regarding smoking and pregnancy relationship with DR. Improvement is required for smoking and pregnancy with the progression DR.
糖尿病（DM）是一个全球性的公共卫生问题。全球成年人糖尿病患病率为8.5%。糖尿病视网膜病变（DR）的患病率日益上升，到2030年糖尿病患者数量将翻倍。它是不可逆失明的一个严重原因，也是糖尿病最常见的并发症。糖尿病患者每年进行眼底检查有助于预防失明并能及时进行干预。本研究旨在评估并提高沙特阿拉伯阿卜哈国王哈立德大学（KKU）所有学生（除医学生外）对糖尿病视网膜病变的知晓水平（A）、知识水平（K）和实践水平（P）。
这是一项横断面调查，目标人群为沙特阿拉伯阿卜哈国王哈立德大学所有学生（除医学生外）。研究人员将使用封闭式问题来评估知晓水平（A）、知识水平（K）和实践水平（P）。数据和问卷将通过社交媒体发送给样本。数据将使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）进行分析。
共有635名KKU学生完成了问卷。女生多于男生，女生334人（52.6%），男生301人（47.4%）。年龄范围为18至24岁，平均年龄23±2岁。结果显示，学生们对一些与糖尿病视网膜病变相关的因素有较好的知晓度。与其他糖尿病视网膜病变相关因素相比，对吸烟和妊娠率的知晓度极低。
KKU学生对糖尿病视网膜病变及其危险因素的知晓度较高，但对吸烟以及妊娠与糖尿病视网膜病变的关系知晓度较低。在糖尿病视网膜病变进展过程中，吸烟和妊娠方面的认知需要改善。
