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May 13, 2026GERMSOpen Access

Bridging Knowledge–Practice Gaps in Syphilis Prevention: A Nationwide, Online Cross-Sectional Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Policy Acceptance in Saudi Arabia

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HAHind Muteb Albadrani

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Cross-sectional survey shows high policy support for screening in premarital and antenatal programs, indicating gaps in individual preventive practices.

Key Points

  • Evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding syphilis, and predictors for screening acceptance in Saudi Arabia.
  • Cross-sectional online survey conducted among 935 participants aged ≥20 years
  • Data collected on sociodemographic characteristics and measures of knowledge, attitudes, and practices.
  • Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression used to identify predictors of screening acceptance.
  • Knowledge and preventive practices regarding syphilis were low.
  • Support for syphilis testing in premarital (60.8%) and antenatal (48.9%) programs was considerable.
  • Positive attitudes toward screening predicted acceptance, with weak correlation between knowledge and practice (r = 0.14) but moderate correlation between knowledge and attitude (r = 0.55).

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Hind Muteb Albadrani (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a03cc3d1c527af8f1ed02dchttps://doi.org/10.3390/germs16020013
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