Patient awareness about the indications and complications of sleeve gastrectomy
ZakiH Al Watban, OmarA Al Sulaiman, MohammadS Al Suhaibani, IbrahimY Al Nafisah, IbrahimM Al Ateiq, YousefA Al Samil, YousefA Al Turki
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess patients' awareness of the indications and complications of sleeve gastrectomy in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. METHODS: value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULT: Of 480 participants, 247 (51.5%) of them were male. The educational level of most was bachelor's degree (253; 52.7%). Most of the participants (326; 67.9%) are not aware about BMI. However, 80 (16.7%) participants knew the true answer to obese BMI. Of the total participants, 283 (59.0%) did not knew about sleeve gastrectomy indications; however, 311 (64.8%) of the participants had heard about the complications of sleeve gastrectomy. All these results are correlated with the educational level of the participants. CONCLUSION: Our study shows a lack of awareness of sleeve gastrectomy indications and complications among study population. We need to increase public awareness about sleeve gastrectomy indications and complication by proper scientific health education in the community.