Awareness of carpal tunnel syndrome among adult population of Al Majmaah city, Saudi Arabia, 2018–2019

Abstract

Background:Due to the lack of data and studies concerning about measurement of population awareness about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Al Majmaah city, this study aims at determining the level of population awareness among Al Majmaah adult population in Saudi Arabia.Aims:To study the awareness of CTS among adult population in Al Majmaah city, Saudi Arabia, and to estimate the overall prevalence of CTS. In addition, to look for the relationship between CTS and chronic disease.Materials and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 386 individuals were covered, both males and females in the targeted areas. A standardized questionnaire was used to cover 11 different aspects concerning CTS. SPSS package was used to analyze the data collected from the sample.Results:The result of scoring system shows that 54 of participants (14.0%) have CTS. Approximately, 30% of them are thought that the main symptom is pain in wrist. However, 26.7% think that tingling and numbness in fingers is the main manifestation. The most causes that population think that leads to the CTS are trauma, repeated hand physical activities such as using computer, taping, and wrist fracture or dislocation by 33.8%, 29.1%, and 21.4% respectively. There is relationship between patients who had chronic diseases and CTS [sig = 0.000]. CTS cause a strong effect on social life by 79.01% of participant though that CTS could affect patient sleep and job performance.Conclusion:The awareness of community was sufficient among adult population in Al Majmaah city, and the prevalence of CTS is 14%.

Comparative study on awareness about carpal tunnel syndrome among dental professionals in India and Malaysia

“…Marshal et al reported that steroid injections led to improvement of CTS symptoms but in our study only 3 -5% participants were aware of it [22]. Our results are similar to those reported by Alyousef et al, in which most of the participants agreed that CTS affects their job performance [21,23]. But Indians are not aware that hypothyroidism people have a risk of emerging CTS.…”

“…By increasing the number of breaks, reducing work hours, and decreasing the recurrent wrist movement would prevent the CTS [20]. Alyousef et al revealed that oral analgesics and splint are most used to cure CTS [21]. However in our study, both Indian and Malaysian dentists were not aware that oral analgesics can also be used to treat CTS (Figure 6).…”

Knowledge, Prevalence and Risk factors of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Young, Adult and Middle-Aged information Technology Professionals

“…According to another survey by Raman et al, there was a possibility that the general population of Kuwait under-recognized or is unaware of carpal tunnel syndrome (Raman et al, 2012). Our survey has a percentage of 61% people who are aware of the area more affected by CTS which is higher when compared to a survey which stated that only 30% were aware of the most affected area (Alyousef et al, 2019). According to the survey, 56% have chosen the female gender to be more affected by CTS.…”

"Assessment of knowledge and practice of Carpal tunnel syndrome among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Hail region, Saudi Arabia"

“…So far, patients with metabolic syndrome are more commonly diagnosed with CTS than type1 DM (Alyousef et al, 2019).…”

“…However, some studies assess the awareness of CTS in Al-Jouf Region and in Al-Majmaah city, Saudi Arabia. A (74.8%) of Al-Jouf participants had a deprived level of consciousness of CTS (Alqunai, 2021), while the awareness of community toward CTS was sufficient among adults in Al-Majmaah city (Alyousef et al, 2019). Therefore, this study was planned to assess the level of knowledge and practice about Carpal tunnel syndrome women and general population in Hail region, Saudi Arabia.…”