Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017
The Extent of Knowledge in Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis (SLE) and Lupus Nephritis
Hanadi M. Alhozali, Hanouf A. Aljuaid, Liqaa F. Alghamdi, Shahad Matook Daali
Abstract :
<p> <span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) isan autoimmune disease thst affect multiple system in the human body. Previous studies have found that Asian patients are more susceptible to this disease and the Quality of Life (QoL) after SLE is hugely impacted by an individuals knowledge, awareness and perception of the disease. This study aims to assess the knowledge of SLE among patients with this disease and also to help provide materials and resources to maximize the understanding and improve the QoL. The sudy included 199 patients with SLE participated in this quantitative awareness study conducted in a single study center at the Abdulaziz University Hospital. A questionnaire to assess the knowledge of SLE was given to patients and the data were analyzed with SPSS 20.0.</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Results showed that most of the participants of the study were well educated and had good knowledge about the nature and awareness of SLE and there was also a statistically significant relationship in the age and duration between the two nationalities of the test subjects. Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that a physician can play a major role in increasing the knowledge and the awareness of an individual in relation to SLE and its renal complications. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 200%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Hanadi M. Alhozali, Hanouf A. Aljuaid, Liqaa F. Alghamdi, Shahad Matook Daali, The Extent of Knowledge in Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythromatosis (SLE) and Lupus Nephritis, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-2, February‾2017