General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia

Sultan Abdulrahman S. Alamrani; Mawddah Mohammed Bushnag; Faysal Mohammed Alahmari; Abdulaziz Khalid Almowina; Muath Saeed Alqahtani; Nasser Hamoud Alotibi; Rayan Meshal Almutairi; Mohammed Mutlaq Althobaiti; Ghassan Althinayyan

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IJMDC. 2020; 4(9): 1482-1490

doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia

Sultan Abdulrahman S. Alamrani, Mawddah Mohammed Bushnag, Faysal Mohammed Alahmari, Abdulaziz Khalid Almowina, Muath Saeed Alqahtani, Nasser Hamoud Alotibi, Rayan Meshal Almutairi, Mohammed Mutlaq Althobaiti, Ghassan Althinayyan.

Abstract
Background: Hypoglycemic attack refers to a medical condition in which blood glucose level decreases to a dangerous level (less than 40 mg/dl), resulting in the appearance of a physiological shock in the body. This study was aimed to assess the level of awareness of the general population in Saudi Arabia toward hypoglycemic attacks and to explore the relationship between the level of awareness and various socio-demographic factors.
Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 420 participants were randomly enrolled. A pre-tested questionnaire was used in data collection. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data.
Results: This study comprises 50.7% females and 49.3% males; most of them were graduated (49.5%), married (49.8%), and of Saudi nationality (74.3%). The findings of this study indicated that there was a high level of awareness about hypoglycemic attacks among the general population in Saudi Arabia, where most of the participants (n = 335, 79.8%) were identified with a good level of awareness, while 85 (20.2%) had a poor level of awareness. No significant difference was observed between nationality and level of awareness (p = 0.812). On contrary, there were significant differences between gender, age, marital status, and level of education concerning the level of awareness, as the calculated p values were recorded as <0.001 for all these parameters, and 0.046 for the age parameter.
Conclusion: The level of awareness of the general population in Saudi Arabia toward hypoglycemic attacks was sufficient. There was a significant relationship between gender, age, marital status, and level of education in relation to the level of awareness.

Key words: Hypoglycemic attack, cross-sectional study, physiological shock

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Alamrani SAS, Bushnag MM, Alahmari FM, Almowina AK, Alqahtani MS, Alotibi NH, Almutairi RM, Althobaiti MM, Althinayyan G. General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2020; 4(9): 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani SAS, Bushnag MM, Alahmari FM, Almowina AK, Alqahtani MS, Alotibi NH, Almutairi RM, Althobaiti MM, Althinayyan G. General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=125932 [Access: March 27, 2024]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani SAS, Bushnag MM, Alahmari FM, Almowina AK, Alqahtani MS, Alotibi NH, Almutairi RM, Althobaiti MM, Althinayyan G. General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2020; 4(9): 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani SAS, Bushnag MM, Alahmari FM, Almowina AK, Alqahtani MS, Alotibi NH, Almutairi RM, Althobaiti MM, Althinayyan G. General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2020), [cited March 27, 2024]; 4(9): 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani, S. A. S., Bushnag, . M. M., Alahmari, . F. M., Almowina, . A. K., Alqahtani, . M. S., Alotibi, . N. H., Almutairi, . R. M., Althobaiti, . M. M. & Althinayyan, . G. (2020) General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 4 (9), 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani, Sultan Abdulrahman S., Mawddah Mohammed Bushnag, Faysal Mohammed Alahmari, Abdulaziz Khalid Almowina, Muath Saeed Alqahtani, Nasser Hamoud Alotibi, Rayan Meshal Almutairi, Mohammed Mutlaq Althobaiti, and Ghassan Althinayyan. 2020. General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 4 (9), 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani, Sultan Abdulrahman S., Mawddah Mohammed Bushnag, Faysal Mohammed Alahmari, Abdulaziz Khalid Almowina, Muath Saeed Alqahtani, Nasser Hamoud Alotibi, Rayan Meshal Almutairi, Mohammed Mutlaq Althobaiti, and Ghassan Althinayyan. "General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 4 (2020), 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani, Sultan Abdulrahman S., Mawddah Mohammed Bushnag, Faysal Mohammed Alahmari, Abdulaziz Khalid Almowina, Muath Saeed Alqahtani, Nasser Hamoud Alotibi, Rayan Meshal Almutairi, Mohammed Mutlaq Althobaiti, and Ghassan Althinayyan. "General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 4.9 (2020), 1482-1490. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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Alamrani, S. A. S., Bushnag, . M. M., Alahmari, . F. M., Almowina, . A. K., Alqahtani, . M. S., Alotibi, . N. H., Almutairi, . R. M., Althobaiti, . M. M. & Althinayyan, . G. (2020) General public awareness of adult population toward hypoglycemic attacks in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 4 (9), 1482-1490. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1597600577

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