Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022

Knowledge of polycystic ovary syndrome among females in Al- Qunfudah governorate, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional community-based study

Mosad M Odah^1,2, Fuad M Alkudaysi³, Ibrahim A Alnashri³, Hassan I Alnashri³, Hassan O Alfakieh³, Ali A Almathami³, Awad A Alessi³, Turki M Alhasani³, Ali A Alghanmi³, Abdulrahman A Almarhabi³, Safa H Alkalash^4,5♦

¹Department of Biochemistry, Al-Qunfudah Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Qunfudhah city, 28013, KSA
²Department of Biochemistry, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt
³Medicine and Surgery, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Qunfudah, 28013, KSA
⁴Department of Community Medicine and Health care, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Qunfudhah city, 28013, KSA
⁵Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia Governorate, ShebeenAlkom city, 32511, Egypt

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant professor of family medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al- Qura University, Al-Qunfudhah, KSA and Menoufia University, Egypt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3587-1589

ABSTRACT

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) considered one of the foremost common endocrinological diseases, which affects women of childbearing age and their quality of life. Methods: An analytical crosssectional study was conducted among a simple random sample of 826 females whose ages of 18-years-old and above in Al-Qunfudah governorate. Data were collected through a validated, electronic self-administered questionnaire to assess their knowledge toward PCOS. Results: A total of 826 women from different areas of Al-Qunfudah governorate were recruited in this study, 47.3% of them whose ages between 18 to 24 years and 39.3% were residents of Al-Qunfudah city. A percentage of 11.9 of this study sample self-reported as being previously diagnosed of PCO, of whom 65.3% received treatment. There was a significant association between knowledge score and age (p=0.000), marital status (p=0.036), educational level (p=0.000), prior knowledge about PCOS and its symptoms (p=0.000) and self-reported PCOS diagnosis (p=0.000). Conclusions: Knowledge levels varied among participants of different socio-demographic backgrounds. Better knowledge was evident among younger and married participants, university graduates, participants with previous background regarding PCOS and its symptoms, as well as participants with self-reported PCOS diagnoses.

Keywords: Female, knowledge, polycystic ovarysyndrome, Al-Qunfudah, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms537e2649

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms537e2649

Published: 19 December 2022