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To study the prevalence of gallstone disease and related risk factors in a Saudi Arabian population a cross-sectional community-based study was made of 291 people from Abha district, Asir region. A structured interview collected background data and all participants had upper abdominal ultrasonography to detect gallstones. The overall prevalence of gallstone disease was 11.7%. Using logistic regression multivariate analysis, the following were significant risk factors for gallstone disease: female sex, family history of gallstone disease and past history of pancreatitis. Age, education, blood pressure, smoking, coffee intake, overweight, diabetes mellitus, number of pregnancies and use of oral contraceptives were not significant risk factors. Discriminant analysis of symptoms showed that only right hypochondrium pain was significantly associated with gallstone disease.
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Altitude , Cálculos Biliares/epidemiologia , Cálculos Biliares/etiologia , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Análise por Conglomerados , Estudos Transversais , Análise Discriminante , Dispepsia/etiologia , Feminino , Flatulência/etiologia , Cálculos Biliares/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Icterícia Obstrutiva/etiologia , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Vigilância da População , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Arábia Saudita/epidemiologia , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Inquéritos e Questionários , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
To study emergency services delivery in all 30 primary health care centres in Abha district of Asir region, Saudi Arabia, data were collected about equipment and facilities, physicians' practices and attitudes, and patients' utilization of and satisfaction with emergency services. Two centres had no devoted place for emergency services. Lack of some essential equipment and drugs was evident. The greatest continuing medical education need for doctors was the management of cardiovascular emergencies (72.3%). Many doctors (40.4%) did not consider the majority of cases as true emergencies. Many patients (43.7%) used the centres for emergency services, the most common being trauma, burns and orthopaedics (47.8%). Most patients were satisfied overall with emergency services (82.2%).