What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cross-Sectional. Population: Coronary heart disease knowledge (n=792). Intervention: Demographic and socioeconomic factors. Primary outcome: Coronary heart disease knowledge score (maximum 15).

What does this research mean for the field?

Coronary heart disease knowledge and preventive practices are severely deficient among non-patient adults in Pakistan, with knowledge independently associated with age, income, education level, residence, family history of coronary heart disease, and personal history of diabetes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

November 25, 2005BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan – a cause for concern

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Key result

Only ~14% of patient attendants in Pakistan correctly identify CHD, reflecting severely low disease knowledge.

n=792

Why the study?

There is scant data on the status of knowledge about coronary heart disease and its risk factors in the general population of Pakistan.

Population

792 patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan

Design

Cross-sectional study using convenience sampling

Authors

FJFahim Haider JafaryTan Tock Seng Hospital FAFawad AslamCentral South University HMHussain MahmudUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Implication

Low CHD knowledge and preventive gaps in Pakistani attendants; leaves open whether targeted education improves prevention behaviors.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=792)

Multicenter

Yes

Structured PICO

Population

792 adult patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan were surveyed to assess their knowledge of coronary heart disease and its risk factors.

Outcome

Knowledge of coronary heart disease (CHD) computed as a continuous variable based on correct answers to fifteen questionspatient reported

There are striking gaps in knowledge about coronary heart disease and its risk factors among the general population in Pakistan, highlighting an urgent need for educational programs to improve preventive behaviors.

Limitations

Non-probability convenience sampling introduces selection bias.
Patient attendants may be either less knowledgeable or more informed than the general population.
Use of an open-ended questionnaire introduces the potential of recall bias.
Computation of a knowledge score based on correct answers is somewhat arbitrary and has not been widely validated.
Women are under-represented in the study.
The specialty of the specific outpatient clinic from where respondents were recruited was not recorded.

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Jafary et al. (2005) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary heart disease knowledge (n=792). Demographic and socioeconomic factors was evaluated on Coronary heart disease knowledge score (maximum 15). Among 792 patient attendants in Pakistan, the median coronary heart disease knowledge score was severely low at 3.0 out of 15, with only 14% correctly identifying the condition.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab1d78ed92ecf2432bf4529 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-124

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Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan – a cause for concern

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Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan – a cause for concern

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Study Design

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Limitations

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