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SMJS Volume 1 Issue 2, Page 22 - Page 29
EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CAUSES AND COMPLICATIONS OF FATTY LIVER DISEASE AMONG THE POPULATION IN TABUK CITY, SAUDI ARABIA
Abdullah Alatawi, Rakan Mohammed Bedaiwi, Sultan Makki Alsharef, Turki Moshabab Alqahtani, Waseem Mohammed Almalawi, Nasser Hashim Alshareef, Omar Muslih Albalawi.
Background: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) defined as the presence of ≥5% of hepatic steatosis, in the absence of competing liver disease etiologies, has been increasingly world widely in both morbidity and mortality, the highest prevalence was found in the Middle East and South America, Liver damage ranging from simple steatosis to steatohepatitis, advanced fibrosis, and cirrhosis, despite its prevalence and impact on health and social life it remains less knowledgeable because the community does not have enough information about it.
Materials and Methods: This is an exploratory cross-sectional and questionnaire-based study conducted among 584 Tabuk City residents, Saudi Arabia: Saudi and non-Saudi, aged ≥18 years old.
Results: The prevalence of knowledge about causes of fatty liver disease was 21 % between male participants and 20% between female participants, and the prevalence of knowledge about complication of fatty liver disease was 18 % between male participants and 20% between females' participants. However, 89% of males and 95% of females think that they need more information about fatty liver disease.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the knowledge of causes and complications of fatty liver disease among the population in Tabuk City residents are insufficient, despite the presence of risk factors which may lead to fatty liver disease among them. It was found that there is no relation between awareness about causes and complication of fatty liver disease and gender, age and education of participants. Therefore, awareness campaigns must be held to increase the awareness about fatty liver disease and its complication and how they can prevent getting the disease, among the population in Tabuk City.
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To cite this article; Alatawi A, Bedaiwi RB, Alsharef SM, Alqahtani TM, Almalawi WM, Alshareef NH, Albalawi OM. Extent of knowledge about causes and complications of fatty liver disease among the population in Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J Students. 2020;1(2): [published online ahead of print Oct. 2020]
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