Awareness Regarding Diabetic Retinopathy Among Adult Diabetic Patients in Al Qunfudah District

Alkalash, Safa H; Alrizqi, Amal A; Kenani, Amnah I Al; Alessi, Shroog M; Alqozi, Rahaf A; Alamri, Amal; Goweda, Reda

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“…This was close to 85% of the participants showed a positive attitude toward contraceptive use in one previous report from Saudi Arabia. [20] Regarding attitudes, these ndings are important because if healthcare providers encourage them and provide information about contraception methods, these are very important factors that may ultimately improve understanding and levels of knowledge. Moreover, these will in uence undergraduate students' compliance with contraceptive use.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward contraceptive methods among female undergraduate students of Chiang Mai University, Thailand: A cross-sectional survey

Charussangsuriya,

Srisu,

Siri

et al. 2024

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Objective To assess sex activity, knowledge, attitudes and practices of contraception methods among female undergraduates at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Methods Female undergraduate students aged 18–26 years, who were studying for a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023, and August 31, 2023, were invited to participate in this study. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were answered by participants via an online platform. Participants were excluded if they did not understand Thai language. The questionnaire consisted of 4 parts (socio-demographic & contraception use, knowledge of contraceptive methods, attitudes, and sources of information.) Results A total of 475 women responded to the questionnaire. Of them 29.2% had sex experience, with significantly lower prevalence among the students in health sciences faculties, when compared with those of non-health sciences (20.6% vs 40.2%; p-value < 0.001). The mean ± SD scores of knowledge of contraceptive methods was 12.84 ± 4.59 (range, 0–24), indicating a medium level. There were only 15.1% of participants were categorized as a high level, while many participants (86.9%) had a positive attitude toward contraceptive methods. Most participants gained contraceptive knowledge from online content from the internet and social media. Conclusion Nearly 30% of the female university students had sex experience, lower than that in most previous studies, with significantly lower prevalence in the group of health sciences faculties. Most female university students had a positive attitude toward contraception uses; however, their knowledge about contraception was relatively limited. Finally, most contraceptive methods used were relatively less effective and theoretically at risk for unintended pregnancy. New knowledge on this issue needs to be encouraged. Establishing user-friendly reproductive and sexual health services may help improve student engagement in contraception methods.

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward contraceptive methods among female undergraduate students of Chiang Mai University, Thailand: A cross-sectional survey

Charussangsuriya,

Srisu,

Siri

et al. 2024

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“…Even if they know the names of some contraceptives, they have no idea where to get them or how to use them. These women have a negative attitude toward family planning, and some have received false or incomplete information [ 4 ].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Family Planning Among Saudi Primary Health Care Attendees in Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alwabari,

AlGhannam,

Aljassim

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Background: Assessing community awareness and practice of the significance and methods of family planning is critical for improving the effectiveness and quality of services, policies, and planning, which has a positive impact on the health and quality of life of women, children, families, and communities.Objective: This study aims to determine Saudi population's knowledge, attitude, and practice of family planning in Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. The study included randomly selected participants (male and female Saudi primary health care attendees). All adult Saudi individuals of both genders attending primary health care centers were eligible for inclusion in this study. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 15 (Released 2006; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States). Descriptive statistics for the prevalence and quantitative variables was used.Results: The study included 672 participants; 78.6% of them were females and 21.4% were males. 23.8% of participants aged between 20 and 30 years old. 73.8% of participants heard of family planning before. The source of information about family planning was reported as 36.9% from the Internet, 27.4% from relatives, 21.4% from the doctor, and 14.3% from books. 21.4% think that long-term contraceptive use led to permanent infertility. 81.0% of the participants said that they tend to use family planning methods. 78.6% of the participants have used a family planning method before, where 25.8% of the participants used natural contraception methods, 21.2% used surgical contraception, 27.3% used condoms, and 12.1% used hormonal tablets, while 13.6% used nothing. However, 65.2% currently use contraceptives. 31.8% use the natural method of family planning currently, 21.2% use surgical methods, and 6.1% use condoms. Conclusion:In comparison to many studies previously mentioned, the rate of family planning utilization was average, as was the level of knowledge and attitude toward family planning. However, there were some mistaken beliefs among participants regarding contraceptives. Age, gender, the duration of a marriage, education level, working status, and monthly income were all found to be significantly associated with knowledge of family planning.

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Awareness Regarding Diabetic Retinopathy Among Adult Diabetic Patients in Al Qunfudah District

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward contraceptive methods among female undergraduate students of Chiang Mai University, Thailand: A cross-sectional survey

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward contraceptive methods among female undergraduate students of Chiang Mai University, Thailand: A cross-sectional survey

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Family Planning Among Saudi Primary Health Care Attendees in Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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