社区对阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的认识:沙特阿拉伯
Kareemah Salem Alshurtan1, Sarrah Yousef Aldhaifi2, Siwar Awad Alamrani2
1University of Hail - College of medicine, , Hail, Saudi Arabia. k.alshurtan@uoh.edu.sa.
Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung
|August 11, 2025
概括
在沙特阿拉伯,人们对阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的认识很低,只有39%的人知道这种严重的疾病. 需要有针对性的健康计划来提高对OSA症状,风险和治疗方法的理解.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 是一个与代谢和心血管问题相关的重大健康问题.
- 在沙特阿拉伯,OSA的患病率正在增加,但公众对其的了解仍然不足.
- 了解公众意识对于开发有效的卫生干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估沙特阿拉伯公众对阻断性睡眠呼吸暂停 (OSA) 的认识水平.
- 确定影响沙特人口对OSA知识的因素.
主要方法:
- 在沙特阿拉伯各地进行了一项描述性的横截面研究,992名参与者参加了该研究.
- 一个经过验证的在线问卷收集了有关人口统计,健康状况和OSA知识的数据.
- 描述性统计学和Pearson的Chi-Square测试用于数据分析.
主要成果:
- 只有39%的参与者表现出对OSA的认识.
- 意识水平与年龄,地理位置,医疗保健专业和家庭病史有显著的相关性 (p < 0.05).
- 一般来说,对OSA的症状,后果和治疗选择的了解是不充分的.
结论:
- 在沙特人口中,关于OSA存在显著的知识差距 (61%不知道).
- 开发针对性教育计划,重点关注OSA症状,风险和治疗方法,对于早期诊断和改善结果至关重要.
- 在公共卫生倡议中,应特别关注服务不足的人群和非医疗保健部门.
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