The Prevalence of Hernia Repair and its Associated Risk Factors in Saudi Arabia

Zaid Awad Hamoud Alshammari 1, Anfal Hazza Abdullah Alhobera 1, Yossef Fahad Khaled Alshammari 1, Alzamil Abdullah Fahad A 1, Adnan Meteb Mohamed Almezani 1,, Yazid Abraheem Ayed Alzapni 1, Yousef Ateeg Awad Alsadi 1, Manal Abdullah Flaywi Alhamazani 1, Abdulmohsen Saad Mohsen Alghassab 1, Abdullah Ahmed Alkhalaf 1, Yahya Dokhi Rashid Altamimi 1,; Nwaf Shabram Alsabi Alenezi 4, Faisal Hameed Al-Anazi 2, Nawaf Faisal Al-Harthi 3,

The Prevalence of Hernia Repair and its Associated Risk Factors in Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Yazid Abraheem Ayed Alzapni 1, Yousef Ateeg Awad Alsadi 1, Manal Abdullah Flaywi Alhamazani 1, Abdulmohsen Saad Mohsen Alghassab 1, Abdullah Ahmed Alkhalaf 1, Yahya Dokhi Rashid Altamimi 1, Zaid Awad Hamoud Alshammari 1, Anfal Hazza Abdullah Alhobera 1, Yossef Fahad Khaled Alshammari 1, Alzamil Abdullah Fahad A 1, Adnan Meteb Mohamed Almezani 1, ¹
Faisal Hameed Al-Anazi 2, Nawaf Faisal Al-Harthi 3, Nwaf Shabram Alsabi Alenezi 4 ²

¹ College of Medicine University of Hail 1 ,

² College of Medicine Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University 2, College of Medicine Tabuk University 3, College of Medicine Northern Border University 4

Abstract

Background: despite the modern life and people knowledge about certain diseases, the prevalence of hernia repair procedures and its associated conditions have been increased in the recent years in Saudi Arabia.
Objectives: prevalence of hernia repair procedures is almost known in the modern countries. This study was done to know the prevalence of hernia repair procedures in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: a cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of hernia repair procedures in Saudi Arabia was distributed among men and women from February to January to February 2018 to 523 participants on many different social media platforms.
Results: 3.8% of the participants had done hernia repair procedure. Regarding risk factors that may lead to hernia repair procedure, 29.1% of the participants had a positive family history of hernia repair procedure, 44.5% of the participants were obese, 27.6% were smoker, 25.8% ate high fat diet, 17.5% suffered from chronic constipation, 12.6% suffered from chronic cough, 8.3% had major surgeries, 7.7% were diabetic, 5.2% had been admitted to ICU, 4.6% suffered from urinary retention, 2.1% had major trauma, 1.25% had been diagnosed with atherosclerosis disease and 37.7% were having no risk factors.
Conclusion: at the end of this study, we found out that hernia repair procedure is increased among people in Saudi Arabia and multiple people are suffering from many risk factors that may lead to hernia and then hernia repair procedure eventually.

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