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Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Eid Mahfouz, Feras Hameed Alotaibi, Nouran Khalid Althumali, Khalid Turki Althobaiti, Mohammed Mahdi Alqarni, Rasan Faisal Almnjwami.


Abstract
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition that affects gastrointestinal tract with a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness and knowledge about IBD among the community in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire. The study included all public older than 18 years old and living in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A pre-designed questionnaire was designed to collect data about the participants’ knowledge about causes and complications of IBD, treatment, primary and secondary prevention of IBD.
Results: In this study, 586 responses were collected in which it was found that 90.3% participants indicated having no history of colon conditions, while 4.8% had family history of IBD, 3.1% of ulcerative colitis and 1.9% were Crohn patients. Moreover, it was found that 5.5% participants did not have any knowledge about IBD, 42.7% had low level of knowledge and 9% had high le vel of knowledge.
Conclusion: A significant low awareness toward IBD was found, especially toward management and complications of IBD among general public. The high-risk population were older participants, male gender, participants with low education, and participants without pervious history of IBD.

Key words: inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, Saudi Arabia


 
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Mahfouz ME, Alotaibi FH, Althumali NK, Althobaiti KT, Alqarni MM, Almnjwami RF. Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2022; 6(2): 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748

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Mahfouz ME, Alotaibi FH, Althumali NK, Althobaiti KT, Alqarni MM, Almnjwami RF. Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=137505 [Access: May 14, 2025]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748

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Mahfouz ME, Alotaibi FH, Althumali NK, Althobaiti KT, Alqarni MM, Almnjwami RF. Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2022; 6(2): 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz ME, Alotaibi FH, Althumali NK, Althobaiti KT, Alqarni MM, Almnjwami RF. Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2022), [cited May 14, 2025]; 6(2): 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz, M. E., Alotaibi, . F. H., Althumali, . N. K., Althobaiti, . K. T., Alqarni, . M. M. & Almnjwami, . R. F. (2022) Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 6 (2), 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz, Mohammad Eid, Feras Hameed Alotaibi, Nouran Khalid Althumali, Khalid Turki Althobaiti, Mohammed Mahdi Alqarni, and Rasan Faisal Almnjwami. 2022. Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (2), 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz, Mohammad Eid, Feras Hameed Alotaibi, Nouran Khalid Althumali, Khalid Turki Althobaiti, Mohammed Mahdi Alqarni, and Rasan Faisal Almnjwami. "Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6 (2022), 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz, Mohammad Eid, Feras Hameed Alotaibi, Nouran Khalid Althumali, Khalid Turki Althobaiti, Mohammed Mahdi Alqarni, and Rasan Faisal Almnjwami. "Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 6.2 (2022), 251-257. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748


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Mahfouz, M. E., Alotaibi, . F. H., Althumali, . N. K., Althobaiti, . K. T., Alqarni, . M. M. & Almnjwami, . R. F. (2022) Assessment of inflammatory bowel diseases among Taif community in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 6 (2), 251-257. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1635869748




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