Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Dyslipidemia Among Patients Attending Primary Health Care Centers, Abha City, Saudi Arabia.

Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of adult patients attending primary health care centers in Abha city regarding dyslipidemia Subjects and There are 10 recognized centers at the time of the study.All adult Saudi patients (males and females), attending the centers, throughout the period of study conduction (August-September, 2016) were eligible for study inclusion. A simple random technique was applied to select 4 primary health care centers. A representative sample was chosen. A datacollection questionnaire was used included personal characteristics, knowledge about dyslipidemia, attitude toward dyslipidemia and its preventive measures. Their age ranged between 18 and 83 years with a mean (SD) of 36.4 (14.9) years. Females represent 60.4%. Their main source of information about dyslipidemia were physicians/nurses (30.1%), internet (27.8%) and media (24.8%). Overall, 77.3% of the participants had poor knowledge about dyslipidemia.Educational level, job status and source of information were significantly associated with good knowledge. Negative attitude towards dyslipidemia and its management was reported by 47.4% of the participants. Patients with high educational level were more likely to have positive attitude toward dyslipidemia and its management compared to illiterates (80% versus 23.5%), p=0.012. Regarding job status, medical professionals were more likely to have positive attitude toward dyslipidemia and its