ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Awareness of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease among the population in taif, Saudi Arabia 2020.
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- Assessing mothers' knowledge and attitudes towards rheumatic fever and the chronic nature of rheumatic heart disease: an analysis of influential factors.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Strep Throat and Rheumatic Fever: A Cross-Sectional Study Among the United Arab Emirates Population.Avicenna journal of medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of public knowledge and awareness regarding rheumatological diseases: a cross-sectional study.Reumatologia · 2026Article
- "It Can Hurt Your Heart": A Co-Designed Cross-Sectional Survey Exploring Pacific People's Understanding of Rheumatic Fever in Auckland, New Zealand.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Knowledge and Attitude of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Among the Makkah City Population, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Research opportunities for the primary prevention and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop report.BMJ global health · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectiveStudies assessing knowledge about rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are scarce in KSA. The aim of this study was to assess the awareness about ARF and RHD among the population at Taif city, Saudi Arabia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was done on 716 of residents of Taif city. A pre-designed questionnaire that collected data about the participants' demographic characters, their history of sore throat and medication used, participants' knowledge about cause and complications of sore throat, its relation to RHD, treatment, primary and secondary prevention of RHD.
results77% of the participants had a history of sore throat, of them 58.4% took antibiotics as a self-medication. A significant higher prevalence of previous history of sore throat was present among 42-50-year-old females, graduated, and those with an income above 10000 SR. Participants with an age of 18-24 years and graduated, had significantly higher percent of those who knew about: cause and complications of sore throat, sore throat is associated with heart diseases, and if treating sore throat can prevent heart disease. Females had a significantly higher percent of those who knew about: complications of sore throat, being extremely aware of that primary prevention of sore throat by using antibiotics such as penicillin and being extremely aware of secondary prevention of recurrence RF and decrease progression of RHD.
conclusionRaising awareness about ARF and RHD through health education programs is needed.
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