ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of bariatric surgery among adult Saudi community, Saudi Arabia, 2019.
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- Prevalence, risk factors, and interventions for obesity in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Awareness Level of Sleeve Gastrectomy Indications and Complications Among Adults in Saudi Arabia.Materia socio-medica · 2025Article
- Awareness and Attitudes of the Saudi Population Towards Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluation of clinical aspects of obesity among undergraduate healthcare students- a cross-sectional study at King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Awareness of Obesity and Bariatric Surgeries in the Northern Borders Region, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
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- A Cross-Sectional Study on Awareness and Knowledge of Sleeve Gastrectomy in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
- The Incidence of Cholelithiasis After Bariatric Surgery in Saudi Arabia and Its Associated Risk Factors.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Obesity and its Management in Migrants and Rural Residents in China: a Cross-sectional Pilot Study.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
- Data Analysis and Computational Methods for Assessing Knowledge of Obesity Risk Factors among Saudi Citizens.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher in developed countries than in developing countries of all ages (data from 2013). This study is aimed at assessing the knowledge and attitudes of people in Saudi Arabia toward bariatric surgery. To do this, the specific objectives sought to determine the satisfaction of people who underwent bariatric surgery and to determine the importance of bariatric surgery among the community.
methodsThe study is a cross-sectional, community-based study conducted among the Saudi adult population. The final sample size was 891 respondents from different regions of Saudi Arabia. Data collection was through online questionnaires that consisted of 26 questions to assess the perceived knowledge and attitudes toward obesity and bariatric surgery adopted from Abouhamda (2016).
resultsMore than 70% of the study participants were aged between 18 and 25 years. There were more males than there were females 76.0% versus 24.0%, while most of the respondents were living single. The proportion of respondents across listed regions of Saudi Arabia significantly varied at a 5% level (
conclusionThe knowledge about obesity in Saudi Arabia is generally good and most Saudis would rather take the approach of proper diet as opposed to surgery, with the bigger percentage being in the normal range (BMI 18.5-25).
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