Key result
Higher CVD knowledge links to moderately better risk perception in women with prior preeclampsia.
Why the study?
Preeclampsia is linked to an increased risk of CVD, but preeclamptic women are unaware of this link.
Cross-Sectional (n=246)
Yes
Effect estimate: r = 0.434
p-value: p=0.000
Demonstrates that women with a history of preeclampsia have poor knowledge of their elevated cardiovascular risk, underscoring a critical need for structured post-partum patient education.
Poor CVD knowledge post-preeclampsia should not yet change practice; leaves open whether education improves risk perception or outcomes.
Preeclampsia has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the preeclamptic women were unaware of this link. Therefore, this study aims to assess women’s knowledge and perception of future CVD after preeclampsia. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Two hundred and forty-six women with a preeclampsia history were recruited from the Al Salam MCH Center and Suez Canal University Hospital. Data were collected during March 2022 using a socio-demographic questionnaire, an Adapted Coronary Heart disease knowledge tool for preeclamptic women, and The Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale (PRHDS). Most women (96%) were unaware of the relationship between CVD and preeclampsia. The women had a low CVD knowledge level (10.26 ± 6.08) as well as a low perception of cardiovascular disease risk (37.15 ± 7.22). There was a significant positive correlation between CVD knowledge and CVD risk perception (r = 0.434, p = 0.000). This study found that preeclampsia survivors underestimated their CVD risk. Based on these findings, preeclamptic women should receive health education sessions on CVD risk and prevention from their nurses and obstetricians. The hospital pre-discharge plan must contain these sessions in written and electronic formats to help women remember and follow CVD risk reduction measures.
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Hussien et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in History of preeclampsia (n=246). History of preeclampsia was evaluated on Correlation between cardiovascular disease knowledge and cardiovascular disease risk perception (r = 0.434, p=0.000). Women with a history of preeclampsia had low cardiovascular disease knowledge and significantly underestimated their future cardiovascular risk, with a positive correlation between knowledge and risk perception (r = 0.434, p=0.000).
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