International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Thamer H. Alghamdi
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Perceived Risk of Colorectal Cancer and Barriers to Screening among Adult Saudi: A Population-Based Study
Author(s): Thamer H. Alghamdi*, Abuobaida E. E. Abukhelaif, Naif Abdullah M.Alzahrani and Turki Abdullah A. Alzahrani
Objectives: Aimed to assess the level of awareness and the perceived factors about CRC screening among adult Saudi. Methodology: A Population-based, cross-sectional study. Participants: Adult Saudi general population. Results: Among 1612 respondents 1568 eligible were included. Neither gender (p=0.51), level of education (p=0.72), income (p=0.22), nor marital status (p=0.88) were found to be statistically associated with willingness to undergo CRC screening. With regards to the awareness related to CRC incidence and risk such as “leading cause death due to CRC” “increased age is associated with increased risk of developing CRC” “both men and women are at risk for getting CRC” “People with a family history of CRC are at higher risk” and” most CRCs begin as a growth in the colon or rectum” was found to be 29.5%, 31.5%, 37.7%, 2.. Read More»
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