2016
DOI: 10.12816/0033782
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Perception of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of Safety, Effectiveness, Consequences and Management of Bariatric Surgery among Community in Jeddah City

Abstract: Background: obesity is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The use of bariatric surgery has recently increased dramatically in order to lose weight fast; however, the heavy consequences and the long-term weight loss induced by bariatric surgery has favorable effects on life span remains unclear. Aim of Study: this study was aimed to explore knowledge and beliefs about safety, effectiveness and consequences of bariatric surgeries among community population in Jeddah city and to evaluate the role … Show more

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“…On the other hand, social status had found to influence the level of knowledge and awareness of the participants. This was in line with others, when most of Jeddah residents held adverse attitudes towards bariatric surgery, with gender, educational level, economic, matrimonial, and job status having no significant influence (Abouhamda et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…On the other hand, social status had found to influence the level of knowledge and awareness of the participants. This was in line with others, when most of Jeddah residents held adverse attitudes towards bariatric surgery, with gender, educational level, economic, matrimonial, and job status having no significant influence (Abouhamda et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Obesity is a syndrome in consequence of multiple hereditary, ecological, social and cultural issues (Favieri et al, 2021;Popkin et al, 2020). Because obesity has been estimated as among the top five causes of death worldwide, and thus obesity related diseases have become more important and serious health problems (Abouhamda et al, 2016;Aboulghate et al, 2021;GĂĽler et al, 2018). People who are obese have an increased risk of many diseases such as hypertension, elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine, sleep disorders, emotional disorders, osteoporosis, and other diseases (Burridge et al, 2022;van der Valk et al, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(2018) where obesity among adults was found to be less than 30% of the respective populations. [ 3 7 8 ]…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The questionnaire was formulated and designed based on the previous study done by Abouhamda et al . (2016)[ 7 ] about bariatric surgery. The online questionnaire was segmented into three parts; the first part aimed at collecting demographic data consisting of age, gender, nationality, residence area, marital status, educational level, employment status and income.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A questionnaire was designed according to the previous study of Ayman Abouhamda et al (2016) with some modifications (16) and investigated by 3 experts, approved by the ethical committee of Faculty of Medicine and translated into Arabic then published online. The questionnaire included 4 items: 1-Demographics including age, gender, education, employment status and income.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%