Preeclampsia is one of the pregnancy complications characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, most often the liver and kidneys. It usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy. This disease encompasses 2 to 8% of pregnancy-related complications, greater than 50,000 maternal deaths, and over 500,000 fetal deaths worldwide (12), according to the annual statistical book from Ministry of Health King Saudi Arabia preeclampsia cases at 2017 in hospitals was 4292 cases. This study aims to estimate the level of awareness and knowledge of preeclampsia among women in Saudi Arabia. Because the literature shows a remarkably lack of knowledge of PE among women in Saudi Arabia. This is a cross sectional study conducted in 2023. A total of 390 women ages ranged from 18 to 60 years were included in the study and given a self-administered web-based questionnaire. The study uses the general knowledge about pre-eclampsia as one of the three measurements, together with sociodemographic data and the conceptual history of pregnancy. A total of 390 participants were enrolled in this study. Of the total sample of 66.7% had poor awareness level regarding preeclampsia while 33.3% had good awareness level. However, it was found that about one-third of the participants had an overall good awareness for preeclampsia. More than half of them heard about preeclampsia. The reports that the level of preeclampsia awareness in Saudi Arabia is low. Factors associated with women awareness level regarding preeclampsia are employment, high level of education and family history of preeclampsia. Two thirds of low awareness is alarming, which emphasize the importance of enhancing the awareness of pre-eclampsia among Saudi women that helps fasten medical seek with low complications of both mothers and fetuses.
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Alshayeb, Z. K., Omer, F. O. M., Saeed, O. A. A. A. (2024). Preeclampsia Awareness Among Women in King Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Science, Technology and Society, 12(1), 69-74. https://doi.org/10.11648/ijsts.20241201.17
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Department of Clinical Neurosciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Asha, King Saudi Arabia
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