Varicose Vien (Risk Factors and Prevalence) in KSA – Questionnaier Study
Masoud Ahmad Al-Ghamdi *
Laproscopic and Colorectal Surgery at the Surgery Department in King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, KSA.
Rakan Abdullah Alghamdi
MOH, KSA.
Baiader Saleh Alsheikh
MOH, KSA.
Mohammed Abdulaziz Alharthi
MOH, KSA.
Abdullah Saad Alqurashi
MOH, KSA.
Emad Yousef Alqurashi
MOH, KSA.
Ruwaydah Abdulaziz Althunayyan
MOH, KSA.
Mishal Mohammed Awaji
MOH, KSA.
Abdulaziz Munahi Alanazi
MOH, KSA.
Ahmed Mosa Alzahrany
MOH, KSA.
Abdulrahman Muwaffaq Khoj
MOH, KSA.
Abdullah Ata Abdulqader
MOH, KSA.
Alya Faisal Alsharif
MOH, KSA.
Amjad Khalid Abumilha
MOH, KSA.
Abeer Mousa Alshuqayfi
MOH, KSA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between different variables (namely: age group, gender, risk factors like smoking history, alcohol consumption, long duration of sitting and standing hours, family history of varicosities, history of leg trauma or surgery, frequent constipation, pregnancy more than once, and hormonal therapies including OCPs) and the presence of varicose veins. Also, the purpose is to determine the prevalence of varicose veins among the sample taken in the study, and the prevalence of the different symptoms and complication among this population.
A significant relationship was found between the presence of varicose veins and age group, gender, alcohol consumption, long duration of sitting and standing hours, family history of varicosities, history of leg surgery, frequent constipation, pregnancy more than once, and hormonal therapies including OCPs. The results are concordant, in most parts of this study, with the previous studies in different times and regions, done for the nearly similar purposes.
Keywords: Varicose veins, symptoms, risk factors, leg surgery