Saudi Population Awareness Regrading Methods of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Aims: To assess the level of knowledge about colorectal cancer screening methods among the population in Saudi Arabia.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study

Place and Duration of Study: General Surgery Department, between January 2021 and November 2022.

Methodology: This was a cross-sectional, survey-based study conducted in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a predesigned self-administered online questionnaire. Inclusion criteria include Saudi male and female between 18-65 years in Saudi Arabia. Then data were analyzed by the SPSS program, version 25 at a level of significance of 0.05.

Results: A total of randomly taken 794 participants who filled our questionnaire according to the inclusion criteria. Most of our participants (67.1%) were females and 32.9% of them were males. Only 17.5% of the participants were less than 20 years old, 62.5% of them were between 20 and 30 years old and 20% were more than 30 years old. Most of our participants (58.3%) were university educated,

Conclusion: CRC screening were not well known in Saudi Arabia. Educational programs are compulsory and should target people at risk.