Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Albarqi; Abdullah Almaqhawi; Afnan AlRasheed; Munirah Alohaymid; Shaykhah AlSaeed; Hessa Al-Moaibed; Betool Alkwitem; Fatimah AlKhalifah; Shaima AlDoughan; Jawaher AlRashada; Ahmed Elshebiny; Hany Elbarbary

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Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Albarqi

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,

Abdullah Almaqhawi

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,

Afnan Y. AlRasheed

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,

Munirah I. Alohaymid

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,

Shaykhah A. AlSaeed

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,

Hessa S. Al-Moaibed

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,

Betool A. Alkwitem

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Fatimah K. AlKhalifah

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Shaima F. AlDoughan

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Jawaher Y. AlRashada

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Ahmed Elshebiny

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Hany S. Elbarbary

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Department of Family Medicine and Community, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Medical Interns at King Faisal University in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2021; 23(3): 261–268

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186

Online publish date: 2021/10/05

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Albarqi M, Almaqhawi A, AlRasheed AY, et al. Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2021;23(3):261-268. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186.

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Albarqi, M., Almaqhawi, A., AlRasheed, A. Y., Alohaymid, M. I., AlSaeed, S. A.,  & Al-Moaibed, H. S. et al. (2021). Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 23(3), 261-268. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186

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Albarqi, Mohammed, Abdullah Almaqhawi, Afnan Y AlRasheed, Munirah I Alohaymid, Shaykhah A AlSaeed, Hessa S Al-Moaibed,  and Betool A Alkwitem et al. 2021. "Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia". Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 23 (3): 261-268. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186.

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Albarqi, M., Almaqhawi, A., AlRasheed, A., Alohaymid, M., AlSaeed, S., Al-Moaibed, H., Alkwitem, B., AlKhalifah, F., AlDoughan, S., AlRashada, J., Elshebiny, A.,  and Elbarbary, H. (2021). Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 23(3), pp.261-268. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186

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Albarqi, Mohammed et al. "Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia." Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, vol. 23, no. 3, 2021, pp. 261-268. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186.

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Albarqi M, Almaqhawi A, AlRasheed A, Alohaymid M, AlSaeed S, Al-Moaibed H et al. Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2021;23(3):261-268. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2021.108186.

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Patients’ attitude and practice toward reporting potential COVID-19 symptoms among the Al-Ahsa population in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Albarqi 1 , Abdullah Almaqhawi 1 , Afnan Y. AlRasheed 2 , Munirah I. Alohaymid 2 , Shaykhah A. AlSaeed 2 , Hessa S. Al-Moaibed 2 , Betool A. Alkwitem 2 , Fatimah K. AlKhalifah 2 , Shaima F. AlDoughan 2 , Jawaher Y. AlRashada 2 , Ahmed Elshebiny 3 , Hany S. Elbarbary 3, 4