Cystic fibrosis knowledge and practice among primary care physicians in southwest region, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Ali Alsuheel Asseri

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem autosomal recessive disease that affects 1 in 4,000 newborns in the United States and has high mortality and morbidity. In the Middle East, there is no exact estimation of CF prevalence and the survival rate is almost 50% of the reported survival in the developed countries. In this study, I aimed to determine the CF knowledge and practice (CF-KP) among primary care physicians (PCPs) and to propose effective educational programs to recognize children who suffer from CF early on and refer them to appropriate tertiary centers. This was a cross-sectional study among PCPs in the Aseer region. The principal investigator designed and formulated the used CF-KP questionnaire in this study. It was developed in the English language and distributed through Google and printed forms. Each question included right and wrong answers with the ability to choose more than one option. There were three categories for each question either answer completely, incompletely, or wrong answer. Fifty-one PCPs were recruited and successfully completed the questionnaire. Around two-thirds of the responders were less than 40 years old while few were older than 50 years. The majority of the responding doctors were male 82.4...Continue Reading

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