Alshammrani Bashair M, Aljuhani Renad O, Basaqr Khadijah M, Bin Mahfouz Eman A, Alhawsawi Ebtisam M, Alqahtani Reem
Medicine and Surgery, King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, SAU.
Department of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, SAU.
Cureus. 2022 Mar 19;14(3):e23320. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23320. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Background Family medicine is a specialty that provides care for family members' physical, social, and psychological aspects regardless of age, gender, and health conditions. A family physician can manage a wide range of health conditions and prevent various diseases. However, there are scarce data on the awareness and perceptions of the Saudi population regarding family medicine; therefore, we aim to determine the awareness and perception of family medicine and family physicians in the population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology This cross-sectional study was conducted in Jeddah and randomly enrolled 519 participants aged 18 years and older through an online self-administered survey. Microsoft Excel and SPSS were employed for the data entry and analysis. Result The analysis indicated that 86.7% of the participants had heard about family physicians, 55.1% recognized the family physician's role, 61.7% had never visited one, and 57.2% were unfamiliar with the locations of family medicine clinics. Conclusion The results of this study demonstrated that the general population of Jeddah has moderate positive responses toward the role of a family physician as a vital element in the healthcare system. However, the majority of the participants had never previously visited a family physician and were unfamiliar with the locations of family medicine clinics.
背景
家庭医学是一门为家庭成员的身体、社会和心理方面提供护理的专业学科，无论其年龄、性别和健康状况如何。家庭医生能够处理多种健康问题并预防各类疾病。然而，关于沙特民众对家庭医学的认知和看法的数据却很匮乏；因此，我们旨在确定沙特阿拉伯吉达市民众对家庭医学和家庭医生的认知与看法。
方法
这项横断面研究在吉达市开展，通过在线自填式调查问卷随机招募了519名18岁及以上的参与者。使用微软Excel和SPSS进行数据录入与分析。
结果
分析表明，86.7%的参与者听说过家庭医生，55.1%认可家庭医生的角色，61.7%从未就诊过家庭医生，57.2%不了解家庭医学诊所的位置。
结论
本研究结果表明，吉达市的普通民众对家庭医生作为医疗体系中重要组成部分的角色持适度积极的态度。然而，大多数参与者此前从未就诊过家庭医生，且不了解家庭医学诊所的位置。
