Key result
Higher education, health campaign attendance, and personal or family history link to greater CVD awareness.
Why the study?
Increasing knowledge and awareness of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors is crucial for prevention, but factors associated with this knowledge in the general public in Penang-Malaysia were not identified.
Cross-Sectional (n=456)
Background: Cardiovascular diseases(CVDs) are the top of the ten causes of hospital deaths in Malaysia.Increasing knowledge and awareness on CVDs and its risk factors is crucial for the prevention of CVDs.Identification of factors which are associated with the knowledge and awareness is important for the proper design of future awareness programs.Objectives: This study was carried out to find out factors which are associated with the current knowledge and awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and its risk factors among the general public in Penang-Malaysia.Method: Four hundred and fifty-six (456) from the general public participated in the study by filling a structured questionnaire offered in three languages, English, Malay and Chinese.The knowledge and the awareness scores were computed as continuous variables then simple liner regression (SLR) followed by general linear regression (GLR) were used to find factors associated with the levels of knowledge and awareness.Findings: The GLR final model revealed that the knowledge and awareness of CVDs and its risk factors was associated with the level of education, the previous attendance of health campaign on CVDs and having any CVDs or family history of CVDs.Conclusion: The study provides insights into factors associated with the knowledge and awareness of CVDs and its risk factors among the general public.Tailored awareness programs are required to address specific demographic groups of the general public.
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Amin et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular disease knowledge and awareness (n=456). Demographic and clinical factors (e.g., education, health campaign attendance, family history) was evaluated on Knowledge and awareness scores of CVDs and its risk factors. Higher education levels, previous attendance at health campaigns, and a personal or family history of cardiovascular diseases were significantly associated with greater knowledge and awareness of CVDs.
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