Background: personalised medicine is a medical concept that intends to provide individuals with individualized approach preventative and treatment techniques. It is substantially relies on genetic and clinical examination; this aspect of medicine has significantly progressed over the last few decades.
Aims: our study surveyed health students from different health-related colleges in the Makkah region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We compared student knowledge, awareness and attitudes toward personalised, genomic, and pharmacogenomic medicine to address a knowledge gap in the literature.
Methodology: an online survey-based study was carried out on health students in different health colleges at Umm Al-Qura University between March 2021 and September 2021.
Results: the number of participants in the current study was 370. Their mean age was 21.05± 1.72 years. Altogether, 68.1% of the participants were male, and 31.9% were female. The majority were second-year students, while intern students were the least represented. The College of Medicine had the largest representation of students. The majority of the students were single. Moreover, there was a correlation found between participants’ level of awareness and their gender and college (p, value 0.003, 0.050, respectively). Furthermore, a significant correlation was found regarding students’ interest in undertaking a genetic test (p-value, 0.045).
Conclusion: according to the findings of the current study, health care professionals have limited awareness about personalised, genomic, and pharmacogenomics medicine. Furthermore, participants’ gender, and college were found to have a significant correlation with their level of awareness, compared with the other demographic categories.
Introduction: The correlation between psychological factors and digestive abnormalities is significant yet, the full mechanism still undetermined.
Objectives: Our study aimed to study the correlation between anxiety, depression, and GERD among health specialties students in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Methods: a survey-based study was demonstrated among health-related students in different medical colleges at Umm Al-Qura University in the period time between December 2020 until January 2021. GERD symptom frequency was evaluated using a previously validated gastroesophageal reflux symptom questionnaire GERD-Q; however, depressive and anxious symptoms were assessed using a Hospital Anxiety/Depression Scale (HADS).
Result: A total of 353 students participated in the current study. The mean age of participants in the present study was 22.69 ± 2.27. 215 (60.9%) participants were male, and 138 (39.1%) were female. The majority of respondents were 2nd-year students. There is a significant correlation between anxiety and depression among students with GERD (P-value, 0.001), (P-value, 0.017), respectively.
Conclusions: Depression and anxiety represent a significant factor in correlation with students with GERD.
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