Knowledge of and attitude toward venous thromboembolism among professional drivers in Saudi Arabia.

IF 0.9 4区医学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-04-08 DOI:10.1080/19338244.2021.1910118

Adnan Raed Alnaser, Abdullah Abdulaziz Abdulwahab Khojah, Ammar S A Hashemi, Bandar Alsabban, Ammar Y E Musa, Eltayeb A Albasheer, Tawfik Mamoun Rajab, Mohamed A Ali, Juliann Saquib, Abdulrahman Almazrou, Nazmus Saquib

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Abstract

Evidence suggests that professional drivers are at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE), a life-threatening yet preventable disease. Awareness of VTE among this population has not been assessed in the Middle East. The study aimed to assess professional drivers' awareness of VTE and attitudes toward VTE preventive measures. We used a validated VTE awareness questionnaire to interview 324 drivers in Saudi Arabia during February-March 2020. Knowledge about VTE was the lowest compared to other medical conditions. Less than a third (31.8%) of the drivers were aware of VTE. Only 15.7% of those with prior awareness correctly identified all four deep vein thrombosis symptoms, and only 7.4% correctly identified all five pulmonary embolism symptoms. A significant proportion believed in unrelated practices for VTE prevention. Health promotion campaigns are urgently needed to raise awareness and to promote healthy behaviors.

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沙特阿拉伯职业司机对静脉血栓栓塞的认识和态度。

有证据表明，职业司机有静脉血栓栓塞(VTE)的风险，这是一种危及生命但可预防的疾病。中东地区这类人群对静脉血栓栓塞的认识尚未得到评估。本研究旨在评估职业司机对静脉血栓栓塞的认知和对静脉血栓栓塞预防措施的态度。我们在2020年2月至3月期间使用了一份经过验证的VTE意识问卷，采访了沙特阿拉伯的324名司机。与其他疾病相比，对静脉血栓栓塞的了解程度最低。不到三分之一(31.8%)的司机意识到静脉血栓栓塞。只有15.7%事先意识到的患者正确识别所有四种深静脉血栓症状，只有7.4%正确识别所有五种肺栓塞症状。相当大比例的人认为静脉血栓栓塞的预防是不相关的。迫切需要开展健康促进运动，以提高认识和促进健康行为。

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Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.70

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health , originally founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, and perhaps most well-known as the Archives of Environmental Health, reports, integrates, and consolidates the latest research, both nationally and internationally, from fields germane to environmental health, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, modeling and biostatistics, risk science and biochemistry. Publishing new research based on the most rigorous methods and discussion to put this work in perspective for public health, public policy, and sustainability, the Archives addresses such topics of current concern as health significance of chemical exposure, toxic waste, new and old energy technologies, industrial processes, and the environmental causation of disease such as neurotoxicity, birth defects, cancer, and chronic degenerative diseases. For more than 90 years, this noted journal has provided objective documentation of the effects of environmental agents on human and, in some cases, animal populations and information of practical importance on which decisions are based.