Akbar Jumana Nabeel, Tallab Mawaddah Abdulgader, Aljoudi Sarah Bandar, Nukaly Houriah Y, Abduljabbar Mohammed Haitham
Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Dermatology, King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 May 9;12:1483112. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1483112. eCollection 2025.
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a relatively common chronic inflammatory skin disorder. Early identification by primary healthcare (PHC) physicians plays a crucial role in preventing its adverse outcomes.
To assess the knowledge of primary healthcare physicians in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia regarding HS and identify the determinants influencing their knowledge level.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected PHC physicians working in the cities of Jeddah, Makkah, and Taif. A valid and reliable self-administered online questionnaire was used for data collection.
A total of 106 PHC physicians participated in the study, with ages ranging from 26 to 48 years. The majority (79.2%) were aware of HS. The most frequently reported source of information was a diagnosed patient (64.3%). Overall, 47.2% of participants demonstrated a good level of knowledge regarding HS. Female physicians ( = 0.043), those over 35 years of age ( = 0.001), family medicine consultants (p < 0.001), physicians with more than 10 years of clinical experience ( = 0.008), and those who had seen more than five dermatological cases per day ( = 0.019) were significantly more knowledgeable. Most participants assigned the responsibility for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of HS cases to dermatologists, followed by surgeons or PHC physicians. About one-third (33%) had previously diagnosed a case of HS.
Although most PHC physicians in Western Saudi Arabia were aware of HS, less than half demonstrated a good level of knowledge, and only one-third had ever diagnosed a case. These findings highlight the need to implement targeted dermatology education programs for PHC physicians.
化脓性汗腺炎（HS）是一种相对常见的慢性炎症性皮肤病。初级医疗保健（PHC）医生的早期识别在预防其不良后果方面起着关键作用。
评估沙特阿拉伯西部地区初级医疗保健医生对HS的了解情况，并确定影响其知识水平的决定因素。
对随机选择的在吉达、麦加和塔伊夫市工作的PHC医生进行了一项横断面研究。使用一份有效且可靠的自填式在线问卷进行数据收集。
共有106名PHC医生参与了该研究，年龄在26至48岁之间。大多数（79.2%）知晓HS。最常报告的信息来源是确诊患者（64.3%）。总体而言，47.2%的参与者对HS表现出良好的知识水平。女性医生（p = 0.043）、35岁以上的医生（p = 0.001）、家庭医学顾问（p < 0.001）、有超过10年临床经验的医生（p = 0.008）以及每天看过超过5例皮肤科病例的医生（p = 0.019）的知识水平明显更高。大多数参与者将HS病例的诊断、治疗和随访责任分配给皮肤科医生，其次是外科医生或PHC医生。约三分之一（33%）的人此前曾诊断过HS病例。
尽管沙特阿拉伯西部的大多数PHC医生知晓HS，但不到一半的人表现出良好的知识水平，只有三分之一的人曾诊断过病例。这些发现凸显了为PHC医生实施针对性皮肤病学教育项目的必要性。
