Rizg Sameer, Almuntashiri Sultan A, Alamri Saleh, Alsehli Sultan, Alharbi Hamzah, Gadah Abdulelah
Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, SAU.
Cureus. 2025 Jan 2;17(1):e76777. doi: 10.7759/cureus.76777. eCollection 2025 Jan.
The study aimed to survey the self-reported competence of primary care physicians in the National Guard in addressing and treating sexual health issues at King Abdulaziz Medical City Primary Health Care (PHC) centers in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia.
In this cross-sectional study, the region was represented by three cities as follows: three PHC centers from Jeddah City (Iskan PHC Center (King Faisal Residential City), Specialized Poly Clinic PHC Center, and Bahra PHC Center at National Guard Hospital), one PHC center from Taif City (Iskan PHC Center (King Khalid Residential City)), and one PHC center from Makkah City (Al-Sharaie PHC Center). A total of 93 participants were included in this study.
This study revealed that nearly half of the participants (40, 43%) reported having moderate levels of perceived competence, while nearly half (39, 41.9%) noted moderate barriers to addressing sexual health issues.
Evidence of moderate levels of perceived competence and barriers suggests the need to address sexual health education.
本研究旨在调查沙特阿拉伯西部地区阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王医疗城初级卫生保健（PHC）中心国民警卫队初级保健医生在处理和治疗性健康问题方面自我报告的能力。
在这项横断面研究中，该地区由三个城市代表，如下所示：吉达市的三个初级卫生保健中心（伊斯坎初级卫生保健中心（费萨尔国王居住城）、专科综合诊所初级卫生保健中心和国民警卫队医院的巴赫拉初级卫生保健中心）、塔伊夫市的一个初级卫生保健中心（伊斯坎初级卫生保健中心（哈立德国王居住城））和麦加市的一个初级卫生保健中心（沙拉伊初级卫生保健中心）。本研究共纳入93名参与者。
本研究显示，近一半的参与者（40人，43%）报告称其感知能力处于中等水平，而近一半（39人，41.9%）指出在处理性健康问题方面存在中等障碍。
感知能力和障碍处于中等水平的证据表明有必要开展性健康教育。
