Alhazimi Amro
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Feb;16(Suppl 1):S383-S388. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_604_23. Epub 2024 Jan 5.
This study aimed to evaluate the awareness, knowledge, and attitude on diabetic retinopathy of final-year medical students and the association of knowledge, attitude, and practice with the gender of medical students.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The initial part of the questionnaire included demographic details, while the remaining parts of the questionnaire included six questions on knowledge, four on attitude, and three on practice. IBM SPSS Statistics 24 was used to retrieve and analyze data from an Excel file. A value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Of 84 medical students, 51 (60.71%) and 33 (39.19%) were male and female medical students, respectively. The total knowledge score for male and female medical students was 4.28 (SD = 0.92). The majority of students correctly answered practice questions, indicating good significant practice toward diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients with A score of 1.93 (SD = 0.83).
The majority of final-year medical students were good in knowledge and practice toward prevention and treatment of diabetic retinopathy, which helps them become better future care providers for patients with diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.
本研究旨在评估医学专业最后一年学生对糖尿病视网膜病变的认识、知识和态度，以及知识、态度和实践与医学生性别的关联。
在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的伊玛目穆罕默德·伊本·沙特伊斯兰大学医学院进行了一项描述性横断面研究。问卷的初始部分包括人口统计学细节，而问卷的其余部分包括六个关于知识的问题、四个关于态度的问题和三个关于实践的问题。使用IBM SPSS Statistics 24从Excel文件中检索和分析数据。P值<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在84名医学生中，分别有51名（60.71%）男医学生和33名（39.19%）女医学生。男、女医学生的知识总分是4.28（标准差=0.92）。大多数学生正确回答了实践问题，表明糖尿病患者对糖尿病视网膜病变的实践表现良好，得分为1.93（标准差=0.83）。
大多数医学专业最后一年的学生在糖尿病视网膜病变的预防和治疗方面知识和实践良好，这有助于他们未来成为更好的糖尿病和糖尿病视网膜病变患者的护理提供者。
