Assessment of Some Health-Related Practices and Knowledge among a Group of Egyptian Patients with Peptic Ulcer Disease

Awareness of the General Population about the Causes, Management and Prevention of Peptic Ulcer Disease in Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia

“…This is unlike the results of Dafalla, who reported a significant relation between gastric ulcer awareness and age and level of education, as the calculated p-values for these parameters was recorded as 0.002 and 0.010, respectively [5]. Our results were also in contrary to the results previously reported by Shamseya et al [12], where it was stated that statistically significant difference was observed between the patient's level of knowledge score and age, in favor of patients whose age ranged between 20 and 30 years, and education level, in favor of patients with high or secondary education, and also in contrary to the study done by Malek et al [14], who reported a significant relation between level of awareness of participants and gender (P= 0.008).We found a significant relationship between level of awareness and social status, functional status and the average monthly income of the participants (P= 0.016, 0.027 and 0.009) respectively, which is in contrast to the findings of the study that was conducted by Shamseya et al [12], who stated that statistically significant difference was found between the patient's level of knowledge score and occupation, in favor of students and office workers (p = 0.000).…”

“…This level is higher than the level of awareness found in Jeddah by Dafalla [5], as they reported the awareness level about gastric ulcer disease to be 38.4%. Much lower levels of awareness were reported by Shamseya et al [12], who stated that the majority of the subjects (81.3%) had poor total knowledge scores, While higher levels of awareness among final-year physician assistantship were reported by Quartey et al [13], who found that the overall mean knowledge was 64.0%, and 53.5% among the nursing students.…”