@article{ajphr2017533,
author={{Hammadi, Haneen Assad and El-Shereef, Etemad AA},
title={Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Plastic Surgery among Females Students at Faculty of Education, Taif University, Saudi Arabia},
journal={American Journal of Public Health Research},
volume={5},
number={3},
pages={63--69},
year={2017},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/5/3/3},
issn={2327-6703},
abstract={<b>Background: </b>This study investigates the knowledge, attitudes and practices of cosmetic surgery among faculty of education female students at Taif University (KSA). <b>Methods: </b>An observational cross-sectional study design was used to carry out the study at College of Education, Taif University. A self-administered questionnaire was first developed to collect the data necessary to fulfill the objectives of the research. The population under study included a random sample in which the questionnaire was distributed to female educational students at Taif University. The sample size was estimated by using a single proportion formula with an acceptable margin of error at 5%. The sample size obtained was 234. Those who completed the questionnaires were 220 students. <b>Results: </b>The mean age of the participants was 19.919¡À0.834. Out of 234 Taif female educational students in our study, the majority of participants (220, 94.0%) have heard about cosmetic surgery and completed the questionnaire. Mass Media was the source of knowledge for (79.1%) of participants who had already heard about cosmetic surgery. Only one-fourth of students (25.0%) of surveyed female educational students recognized the best definition of plastic surgery as a "surgery to restore function or normal appearance and (51.8%) recognized the best definition of cosmetic surgery as ¡°a surgery that modifies or improves the appearance of a physical feature electively¡±. Abdomioplasty and rhinoplasy were the most common mentioned types of cosmetic surgery they remembered. (40.0%) of students whose mothers employed accept doing cosmetic surgery and only (11.8%) of non-employed mothers accept doing surgery. This difference was statistically significant (p=0.000). Mean age of students who accept doing cosmetic surge yeas higher than those do not accept but difference in mean age was statistically insignificant (p= 0.063). About two-thirds of participants (66.4%) agreed that ¡°women perform more cosmetic surgery than men¡±. No one of participants reported undergoing cosmetic surgery. <b>Conclusion and recommendations: </b>The students did not know the exact meaning of cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery. Mass media play an important role as a source of information. we recommend further studies to find out other personal factors affecting attitude towards plastic surgeries and to study other population beyond educational institutions.},
doi={10.12691/ajphr-5-3-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}