ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Knowledge and Attitude towards Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in Northern Regions of Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Study.
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- Assessing the Knowledge and Awareness of Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Patient Families in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Sleep Disorders Among the General Population of the Jazan Region of Southwest Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
- Knowledge and Attitude of Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Primary Care Physicians in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious and often underreported condition, despite its highly prevalent distribution. Primary care physicians (PCPs) play an integral role in screening and managing patients with a high risk of developing OSA. This northern Saudi Arabian cross-sectional survey assessed the knowledge and attitude towards OSA among 264 randomly selected PCPs using the OSA Knowledge and Attitude (OSAKA) questionnaire. Among the participating PCPs, 43.9% and 45.1% had low scores in the knowledge and attitude categories, respectively. More than three-fourths (78%) of them recognized that an overnight sleep study is the gold standard for diagnosing OSA. Regarding referral, 39.4% of the OSA patients encountered by the PCPs were referred to ENT specialists, while 21% were referred to sleep clinics, and 18.2% were referred to pulmonologists. Nearly half (50.8%) of the participants recognized OSA as an important clinical disease, and 56.8% were confident in caring for OSA patients. Spearman's correlation of the current study identified a positive correlation between knowledge scores and attitude scores (rho-0.151,
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