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Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. To assure survival, early access to health care, and the requirement of advanced treatment is necessary, which requires recognition of the warning symptoms of the IHD. The current study aimed to assess awareness of Saudis regarding different symptoms of heart attack, especially the unusual or unfamiliar ones, and to assess the public need for more education and to obtain high quality of life in our community. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 5,170 individuals from the general Saudi population. Information was obtained from a self-administrated online questionnaire. Data were collected, revised, coded, and then analysed using IBM SPSS version 22. Results: The study included 5,170 participants; more than 96% of the participants were Saudi, and 61.9% were female. Regarding awareness of the signs and symptoms of the cardiac attack, chest pain was recorded by most of the participants (85.9%), followed by dyspnoea (85.1%), palpitation (82.5%), tiredness (71.6%), and fainting (66.9%). In comparison, nausea was the least identified symptom (33.6%). Moreover, 42.9% of the participants had a good awareness level regarding signs and symptoms, with a mean score of 57.6% ± 20.3%. Conclusion: The study indicated that Saudi nationality, female gender, old age, and high education level were the factors that were significantly associated with a good awareness level.

BackgroundDuring the past 10 years, the rapid development of social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Twitter, snap chat, games and so on has caused several profound changes in the way people communicate and interact. SNSs are often defined as Web-based platforms that allow individuals to create their own personal profile and build a network of connections with other users. Today has more than one billion active users. And, it is clear that during the past 10 years, online social networking has caused significant changes in the way people communicate and interact affecting their mental and psychological health .This study aimed to assess social media utilization and its impact on mental health among medical college students in Abha city.MethodA cross sectional approach was used targeting college of medicine students in Abha city. Data were collected using structured questionnaire which developed by the researchers after intensive literature review and experts consultation. The questionnaire was uploaded online using social media platforms by the researchers and their relatives and friends to be filled with all population in Abha city.ResultsThe study included 311 students whose ages ranged from 17 to 29 years old with mean age of 22.8 ± 2.1 years. Female figured 64.6% of the participants and 90.7% of the students were not married. About 28.6% of the students were in the pre-clinical grades and 14.5% were interns. Those who use social media platforms for less than one hour daily were 2.6% of the students while 50.5% use it for 6 hours daily. As for used social media platforms, Snap chat and Twitter were the most used. Poor mental health was detected among nearly half of the students.ConclusionsIn conclusion, the study revealed that medical college students used social media platform intensively with reported high insomnia rate and poor mental health for half of them.