Prof. Dr. Khadim Abdulameer Al-Zaidy and Dr. Abbas Abdulameer Salman

Abstract

As common diseases are: diabetes, blood pressure, high cholesterol, kidney failure, and thyroid disease widely exist in the Iraqi societies, it is imperative for diverse population to update their medical knowledge base. The foundation of the research based on statistical data collection. A questionnaire study test for medical knowledge was depended on ages and jobs (educational backgrounds). The relationship between the age and the medical knowledge was investigated. The results indicate that there is a strong relationship between the medical knowledge and the age that whenever respondents ages were older, they had more knowledge about the common diseases. Likewise, the relationship between the jobs and the medical knowledge also was investigated. The medical knowledge is significantly affected by job factor. The respondents who have jobs related learning had more knowledge about the common diseases.

Full Article is to be published on Journal of Al-Bayan University Issue 1, 2019.