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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">436</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.50904</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Family Medicine</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Knowledge and Attitude of Family Physicians Toward Urine Dipstick Results in Antenatal Clinics in the Primary Health Care Centers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia&#13;
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      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Wali</surname>
            <given-names>Razaz</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Fatani</surname>
            <given-names>Feras</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alhumaidah</surname>
            <given-names>Saleh</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Qutub</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulrahman</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Farrash</surname>
            <given-names>Warif</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abushouk</surname>
            <given-names>Amir</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>9</issue>
      <fpage>488</fpage>
      <lpage>498</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Background: The urine dipstick test is widely used in antenatal care units. The test may yield false positives and false negatives, raising concerns about its overall accuracy. Furthermore, pregnancy may affect the presence of positive components. The decisions to react to these findings differ according to knowledge, experience, and guidelines. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of family physicians toward dipstick test results in antenatal clinics.&#13;
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Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on family physicians in National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA-WR) IN Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a questionnaire, and different sections for evaluating the level of knowledge and attitude thoroughly. The median presented variables as the distribution was skewed to the left with a 95% confidence interval. Chi-square and Fisher__ampersandsign#39;s exact tests were used to compare categorical variables. &#13;
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Results: Out of 95 family physicians invited, 75 responded (response rate: 78.95%). The majority were aged 24–35 years 56 (74.67%) and had less than five years of experience 51 (68%). Glucose was the most commonly recognized urine dipstick component 7316.10%), while bilirubin and urobilinogen were the least recognized 43 (9.50%). About 35 (46.67%) of participants were unaware of false positive and false negative dipstick results, and 14 (18.76%) did not know when such results should be considered. Despite this, 60 (80%) of physicians reported proceeding with further investigations regardless of the patient’s symptoms. Significant associations were found between knowledge and variables such as age, physician position, and years of experience (p &lt; 0.05). However, no significant associations were found between attitude and any of the studied variables.&#13;
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Conclusion: The behavior of the doctors may be affected by their experience and expectations. Therefore, implementing evidence-based medicine and the regular review of clinical guidelines can unify clinical decisions and efficacy in primary health care centers.&#13;
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      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd> Saudi Arabia</kwd>
        <kwd> antenatal clinic</kwd>
        <kwd> attitude</kwd>
        <kwd> knowledge</kwd>
        <kwd> family physician</kwd>
        <kwd> urine dipstick test</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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