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Table 4 Practitioners’ attitudes towards pre-travel counselling (N = 385)

From: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary health care physicians regarding the pre-travel counselling of patients with type 2 diabetes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Question

N

%

1- Pre-travel counselling for patients with diabetes is important.

Agree

37

9.6%

Strongly agree

348

90.4%

2- The availability of an Arabic resource to increase patients’ awareness of health practices before, during and after the trip is needed.

Agree

64

16.6%

Strongly agree

321

83.4%

3- If there is a trusted Arabic resource to increase patients’ awareness of health practices before, during and after the trip, I will advise my patient to visit it.

Agree

62

16.1%

Strongly agree

323

83.9%

4- Patients who seek medical advice before travelling will have lower chances of getting sick during their trip.

Agree

86

22.3%

Strongly agree

299

77.7%

5- In Saudi Arabia, we lack the practice of travel medicine.

Agree

159

41.3%

Strongly agree

220

57.1%

6- Our society lacks knowledge of the importance of travel medicine.

Agree

146

37.9%

Strongly agree

231

60.0%