Knowledge and Awareness About Inflammatory Articular Diseases

Knowledge and Awareness About Inflammatory Articular Diseases: A Cross Sectional Survey From a Syrian Population

The manuscript describes the level of knowledge and awareness about Inflammatory Articular Diseases in a Syrian population. we found that awareness of Inflammatory Articular Diseases is mostly bad and very bad in our sample. Also, we showed how the level of awareness changes due to the change of many factors such as (sex, age, residency, education, marital status, and others ).

Our community-based survey was the first conducted in Syria. we have included a total of 641 participants who were directed to the first part of the survey to complete questions around socio-demographic data and awareness questions about Inflammatory Articular Diseases. We ranked our participants into five levels: excellent, good, average, bad, and very bad.

Finally, we compared our results with other 4 original published studies, and we found many Boolean points of similarity and many other inspiring points of difference.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Inflammatory Articular Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: survey

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 641

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Syrian Arab Republic
  • Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 1
    • Faculty of Medicine, syrian private University, Syria

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

A random sample from all segments of the Syrian population

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• all participants older than 18 years and younger than 70

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-Syrians

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

5

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
excellent; participants who answered on > 80 % of the questioned correctly	Other: survey; questions around socio-demographic information, including age, sex, marital status, residency, education level, and employment status. After that, specific questions were asked to measure the level of knowledge and awareness about rheumatic diseases
good; participants who answered on 61 - 80 % of the questioned correctly	Other: survey; questions around socio-demographic information, including age, sex, marital status, residency, education level, and employment status. After that, specific questions were asked to measure the level of knowledge and awareness about rheumatic diseases
average; participants who answered on 41 - 60 % of the questioned correctly	Other: survey; questions around socio-demographic information, including age, sex, marital status, residency, education level, and employment status. After that, specific questions were asked to measure the level of knowledge and awareness about rheumatic diseases
bad; participants who answered on 21 - 40 % of the questioned correctly	Other: survey; questions around socio-demographic information, including age, sex, marital status, residency, education level, and employment status. After that, specific questions were asked to measure the level of knowledge and awareness about rheumatic diseases
very bad; participants who answered on <=20 % of the questioned correctly	Other: survey; questions around socio-demographic information, including age, sex, marital status, residency, education level, and employment status. After that, specific questions were asked to measure the level of knowledge and awareness about rheumatic diseases

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
knowledge about Inflammatory Articular Diseases	We ranked level of knowledge and awareness about Inflammatory Articular Diseases into five levels: excellent, good, average, bad, and very bad. higher knowledge level scores mean a better outcome	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Syrian Private University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 12, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): January 23, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 10, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2024
• Last Verified: June 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: knowledge; Awareness; Syrian population; Inflammatory Articular Diseases
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Joint Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB; CW 855.1-12-2021

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No