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SMJS Volume 2 Issue 1, Page 57 – Page 68
KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, AND ATTITUDE ABOUT PSORIASIS AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION IN TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA
Mohammed Olaythah Alraddadi, Sara Ibrahim A Alhawiti, Abeer Bakheet N Alotaibi, Nouf Mohammed Albalawi, Nadia Abdullah M Alzahrani, Fatimah Sulaiman Alhawiti, Mashael Zayed M Albalawi, Bushra Hammad Alatwi
Background: The present survey was performed to explore the public prevalence, knowledge, and attitude of psoriasis among Saudi residents in Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia.
Substance and Methods: A online questionnaire including demographic information, disease awareness, sources of information, personal experience, opinions on psoriasis, as well as knowledge about public actions was applied.
Results: This study included 632 participants who completed the questioner. Twenty-five (6.0%) of the studied subjects have developed the disease. About one-third (30.4%) did not know that specific types of food could cause flare up of psoriasis and did not identify Eczema as a predisposing factor to psoriasis (29.3%). About 64.0% realized that psoriasis is not infectious disease, but still 182 (28.8%) thought about the probability of being infectious. Negative attitudes including refusing sharing food, shake hands, using the same swimming pool, living in the same house hold or entering in a personal relationship with the patient were identified in 10.8%, 17.1%,54.9%,5.1%, and 37.8%, respectively.
Conclusion: This study shows the need for interventions to increase public awareness of psoriasis in Saudi Arabia. Further, educational campaigns against stigmatization of affected persons are essential. Gender, age and education level of the target groups should be considered.
Keywords: psoriasis, survey, knowledge, attitude, stigma, Saudi Arabia.
To cite this article: Alraddadi MO, Alhawiti SI, Alotaibi AB, Albalawi NM, Alzahrani NA, Alhawiti FS, Albalawi MZ, Alatwi BH. Knowledge, Perception, And Attitude About Psoriasis Among The General Population In Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J Students. 2021;2(1):57-68
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