Key result
~37% of Jordanian adults show poor CVD knowledge linked to demographic, smoking, and socioeconomic factors.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease risk factor development is influenced by health-seeking behavior dependent on individual knowledge, prompting this evaluation of CVD knowledge among Jordanian adults.
What is the level of cardiovascular disease knowledge among Jordanian adults and what factors are associated with poor knowledge?
What is the level of cardiovascular disease knowledge among Jordanian adults and what factors are associated with poor knowledge?
Jordanian adults demonstrate a lack of knowledge regarding CVD risk factors and symptoms, highlighting the need for targeted educational interventions, particularly among younger, lower socioeconomic, and CVD-free individuals.
Warrants targeted CVD education for younger low-socioeconomic Jordanians; hypothesis-generating for demographic-specific intervention trials.
The development and accumulation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are greatly influenced by an individual's health-seeking behavior, which in turn depends on that individual's knowledge and behaviors. The study aimed to evaluate the CVD knowledge among a group of Jordanian adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jordan between June and August 2023 among 2885 adults (18-64 years). Data, including sociodemographic data, were collected via an online self-reported questionnaire and a heart disease knowledge assessment. Heart knowledge scores were calculated. The mean score for the correct answers to the heart disease knowledge questionnaire was 47.9% (46.9% for males and 48.6% for females). Regarding the knowledge score, 37.2% of participants had poor knowledge, 30.9% had moderate knowledge, and 31.9% had good knowledge. Poor knowledge score was significantly affected by being younger (18-24 years) (38.4%), male sex (42%), smoker (35.5%), low economic status (75.6%), lower educational level (58%), single marital status, CVD-free participants (68.3%), and participants with no first-degree CVD family history (63.6%) (<0.001). Jordanian adults lack knowledge of CVD risk factors and symptoms. Additionally, various modifiable socioeconomic variables impacted the CVD knowledge score. This study demonstrates the need to increase Jordanians' understanding of CVD.
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Alkhatib et al. (2026) studied this question. Jordanian adults showed low cardiovascular disease knowledge with a mean score of 47.9%; 37.2% had poor knowledge influenced by age, sex, smoking, and socioeconomic factors.
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