Awareness and Perception of the Specialty of Family Medicine Among Tabuk City Population
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction: A family physician is a physician who takes a large responsibility for a good care of unselected patients with wide undifferentiated problems and who is treated the person regardless of age, gender, illness. The clinical experience of family practice is focused on patient-centered, evidence-based, and problem-oriented. With the important role of family medicine in the health system at the national level, serious health policy issues appear to be intractable. A large proportion of the population and lack of family medicine doctor that estimated 636 family physicians across Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among Saudi and non-Saudi population in Tabuk city. Data collected via modified Arabic version questionnaires: the original questionnaires has been translating into the Arabic language, then re-translated into English and review by the linguistic reviewer to ensure correct meaning of questions, the questionnaires form it will be filled by the investigator himself. A pilot study will be conducted to establish whether patients or the investigators understand the questionnaires. Results: A total of 454 of participants79.3% were female, from Tabuk city were involved in this study. 265 participates (58.4%) aged between 18-28 years old, 96.3% were Saudi and 53.1% are married. Out of 454, 78.9% (358) participants had medical file in primary health care, 295 of them (65%) get the benefit from primary health care services in form of dental care, pregnancy follow up, chronic disease management and vaccination. 54.4% of the participants visit primary health care in the last 12 month. Conclusion: Steps such as education and explanation about primary health care and the rule of family medicine physicians are required to improve public awareness.
Authors and Affiliations
Norah Abdulrahman Alfuraydi, Sumayah abdulrahman alzhrani, Rawan Ali Albalawi, Ebtesam Saleem Alatawi, Bushra Hammad ALatawi
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2018.4.5.044
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