Saudi Population Awareness Regrading Methods of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Mohammed Abdelrazik, Osamah Zeid Aldakkan, Afnan Abdaljabbar Almurashi, Balsam Ghazi Alshareef, Saad Abdulmalik Almohareb, Khuloud Hussein Alshaya, Reema Saleh Alzahrani, Mohammed Ahmed Algarni, Miad Matuq Alosaimi, Khames T. Alzahrani
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · pp. 812–820 · Published 17 Dec 2021
10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i59A34333Abstract
Aims: To assess the level of knowledge about colorectal cancer screening methods among the population in Saudi Arabia. Study Design: A cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery Department, between January 2021 and November 2022. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional, survey-based study conducted in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a predesigned self-administered online questionnaire. Inclusion criteria include Saudi male and female between 18-65 years in Saudi Arabia. Then data were analyzed by the SPSS program, version 25 at a level of significance of 0.05. Results: A total of randomly taken 794 participants who filled our questionnaire according to the inclusion criteria. Most of our participants (67.1%) were females and 32.9% of them were males. Only 17.5% of the participants were less than 20 years old, 62.5% of them were between 20 and 30 years old and 20% were more than 30 years old. Most of our participants (58.3%) were university educated, Conclusion: CRC screening were not well known in Saudi Arabia. Educational programs are compulsory and should target people at risk.
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