埃及人样本中的非酒精性脂肪肝相关知识:一项探索性横截面研究
Mona A Hegazy1, Arwa Elshafei2,3, Marwa Rashad Salem2
1Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Frontiers in public health
|June 14, 2024
概括
埃及成年人对非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD) 有相当到适度的了解,对其原因和治疗有误解. 提高意识和教育对于预防和早期发现这种广泛的肝脏疾病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD) 影响全球约25%的人口,是严重的公共卫生问题.
- 评估公众的知识对于制定有效的NAFLD预防和管理策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估埃及人口的样本中关于非酒精性脂肪性肝病 (NAFLD) 的知识水平.
- 确定与NAFLD的定义,症状,危险因素和治疗有关的特定误解领域.
主要方法:
- 一项探索性横截面研究,涉及3,124名参与者,他们填写了在线或打印的问卷.
- 调查问卷评估了社会人口统计数据和知识,包括NAFLD的定义,症状,并发症,危险因素,预防和治疗.
- 数据分析包括描述性统计,奇平方,费舍尔的精确,t测试,曼-惠特尼U,克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯和ANOVA测试.
主要成果:
- 虽然89.3%的人认为NAFLD是可以预防的,81.4%的人知道减肥有帮助,但存在重大误解,100%的人错误地将其视为一种家族性,与年龄相关的疾病.
- 对于高胆固醇血症 (60%),饮食脂肪 (54%) 和肥胖 (46.6%) 等原因,准确知识最高.
- 女性对预防措施的了解更高,而就业人士在一般知识,风险因素和预防方面得分更高.
结论:
- 埃及成年人对NAFLD的知识相当或适度,但存在重大误解,特别是关于其家族性和与年龄有关的性质.
- 在医疗保健中,向优先考虑NAFLD预防,主动措施和早期检测的范式转变至关重要.
- 需要有针对性的健康教育活动来解决知识差距,并打击关于NAFLD的错误信息.
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