Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020

Evaluating knowledge of students’ from the college of medicine at Majmaah University to diagnose common chronic diseases in the Saudi Population

Mansour K. Alzahrani¹, Thamer A. Alghaith^2♦, Meshary S. Almutairi², Raed J. Almuqhim², Abdullah S. Almutairi², Sami S. Alabdulqader², Abdulelah S. Alsakran²

¹Consultant and Associate Professor of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia
²Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia Email: ithamer324@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Chronic diseases knowledge is an imperative prerequisite for an individual to implement behavioural modifications focused towards the prevention and control of chronic illnesses. With a particular focus on medical students, the present study’s objective is to evaluate the awareness rate of chronic diseases knowledge among medical students in Majmaah University. Methods: A crosssectional study was conducted in the college of medicine, Majmaah University. Data were composed by using pre-tested questionnaires. The questions covered the social, personal and knowledge of participants toward the diagnosis of common chronic diseases. The inference was carried out at 0.05 level of significance. The sample was a convenience sample. Ethical consent from the ethical committee of the Basic Health Research Centre of Majmaah University was granted. Results: The final sample had 152 sample members, most of whom had come from the Almajmaah city 46.7%. There was 80.3% male while the rest were females. Knowledge of microvascular complications of diagnosis did not vary across the levels of education as each level had an almost similar amount of knowledge p>.05. There was no significant difference across the groups p=0.055. More students in the higher and middle level of college education correctly answered the question than the students in the lower levels of education p=.004. Conclusion: There was no difference in terms of gender, and the third year appears to the level at which most of the medical knowledge is given to students.

Keywords: Chronic disease, Diabetes, asthma, hypothyroidism, hypertension, knowledge

Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1314-1323

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