Published date: Jun 28 2024

Journal Title: Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences

Issue title: Sudan JMS: Volume 19 (2024), Issue No. 2

Pages: 265–275

DOI: 10.18502/sjms.v19i2.13792

Yahya Hussein Ahmed AbdallaDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Waled AM Ahmedweliameen1980@hotmail.comAl Baha University: AL AQIQ, AL BAHA, SA

Faroq Abdulghani AlshameriNursing Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Nursing, AlRayan Colleges, Almadina, Saudi Arabia

Mugahed Ali AlkhadherMedical and Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Abdalla MohamedAhmed OsmanDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Sadeq Abdo Mohammed AlwesabiMedical and Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Nahed Abd-Elazeem Abd-ElsalamDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

Mohammed Jabreldar Abuanja NimerFaculty of Nursing Sciences, International University of Africa, Sudan

Nahid ElfakiDepartment of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia

Sameer AlkubatiDepartment of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Hail, Hail City, Saudi Arabia, and Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hodeida University, Hodeida, Yemen

Amal A MohamedDepartment of Maternal and Child Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, Taif University, Saudi Arabia

Salma Mohammed Gomaa DoalbetNursing Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Hafr Albaten University, Hafr Abaten, Saudi Arabia

Abdulkhaliq ObadiFaculty of Medicine, Postgraduate Studies, Al-Saeeda University, Sanaa, Yemen

Manal SA HakamiCommunity Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia

Magda YousifNursing Department, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Background: The development of the nursing profession depends significantly on how communities perceive it. This study aims to identify the views and attitudes of Arabic communities, specifically those in Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt, toward the nursing profession.

Methods: A descriptive comparative study was used to identify the perception of Arabic communities (Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt) toward the nursing profession. The study was conducted in three Arabic countries (Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt) using an online approach by sending the link of questions to the targeted population using emails, WhatsApp, and social media. There were 529 participants from the three Arabic countries. The study was analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: A majority (75.6%) of the participants were aged <40 years, with most (82.9%) being between 21 and 30 years of age. There was a generally positive perception toward the nursing profession among these communities: 97.6% of Sudanese, 94.9% of Yemenis, and 96.1% Egyptian. There was a borderline statistical significance between the Sudanese and Egyptians' age and their perception toward their profession. Gender is the only factor influencing the perception in Sudan and Egypt, and while women have a higher positive perception in Egypt, men have a higher positive perception in Sudan.

Conclusion: Overall, the perception of Sudanese, Yemeni, and Egyptian communities toward the nursing profession is acceptable. The only influencing factor on the level of perception was Egyptian females who have high positive perception toward the nursing profession and Sudanese males who have high positive perception toward nursing profession We recommend further research to assess the perception toward nursing from different sociocultural backgrounds and on a larger sample size.

Keywords: perception, community, nursing, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt

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