Medical Science
Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022
Awareness of osteoporosis among medical and health-related students of Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Salah Bakry1, Wael Abdullah Hamed Alqurashi1, Ibrahim Ali Hasan Alasmari1, Mohammad Ghazi Fintyana1, Saad Naif Saad Albagami1, Younis Abdulrahman Alharbi1, Fawaz Mohammed Alzubaidi2, Mohammed R Alhayli3, Mohamed A Elhefny4
1Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
2Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al Qunfudah, Saudi Arabia
3Consultant of Pediatrics and Neonatal ICU, Head of pediatric
department, ministry of health at South Qunfudah General hospital,
Ministry of health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura
University, Al-Qunfudah, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
Background: Osteoporosis still encompasses a health problem worldwide that can lead to critical complications if not managed
properly. Aim: The current study aimed to explore the awareness and knowledge of osteoporosis among medical and health-related
students of Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey, based on a self-administered
questionnaire was conducted using a google form during December 2021. All students of medical and health-related colleges of
UQU were targeted in this survey to investigate their Awareness of osteoporosis. Results: The number of participants in this study
was 351. Their mean age was 22.01 ± 1.77 years. Overall, 67% of students were males, and 33% were females. The majority were 6thyear students. College of medicine represents the highest responding among all colleges 84%. Importantly, about 94.02% of the
students had good knowledge regarding osteoporosis with no significant variation among students of different colleges.
Conclusions: Medical and health-related students of UQU had a good awareness regarding osteoporosis. However, studies targeting
the non- medical students are necessary to evaluate the degree of knowledge of osteoporosis in order to ensure early recognizing
and prevention of its serious consequences.
Keywords: Osteoporosis, knowledge, awareness, medical and health-related
students, Saudi Arabia
Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms141e2116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms141e2116
Published: 21 April 2022
