Open AccessAwareness about total knee replacement among Saudi population
Author(s) -
Omar Alsuleiman,
Abdulaziz Almaawi,
Wael Aloud,
Fahad Alshayhan,
Khaled Aljedia,
Fahad Alaskar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1437_21
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoarthritis , logistic regression , psychological intervention , physical therapy , population , univariate analysis , bivariate analysis , univariate , categorical variable , statistical significance , continuous variable , multivariate analysis , multivariate statistics , alternative medicine , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , psychiatry
The purpose of this study is to identify the knowledge of the general population about knee osteoarthritis and its surgical interventions in the management of knee osteoarthritis. Knee osteoarthritis is a prevalent disease. A lack of knowledge about the nature of the disease may delay seeking medical advice until the advanced stage of the disease.