Fatmah Alaskar
King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Prevalence of Self-Prescribed Propranolol among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Students in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Abdulbary Alhalimi*, Sokinah Almusalami, Fatmah Alaskar, Abdullah AlGhanim and Ali Alsaad
Introduction: Few studies have investigated propranolol usage among university students and its relation to the level of performance anxiety. Moreover, it has been shown that performance anxiety level increases among health science students. There is no comparison between healthcare and non-healthcare students regarding self-prescribed propranolol about performance anxiety. This research aims to study the prevalence of self-prescribed propranolol and compares healthcare students with non-healthcare students. Materials & Methods: A cross-sectional study with a sample size of 506 was conducted. The inclusion criteria were King Faisal university students enrolled in the academic year 2020-2021. The Exclusion criteria were any subject taking prescribed propranolol. The data were collected using an electronic questionnaire between 20 September to 18 October 2020. Data were analyzed usi.. Read More»