Assessment of Cardiovascular Diseases Knowledge among Adults Population in Sulaimani City: A Descriptive Study
Year: 2024; Volume: 4; Issue: 1; Page No: 24 – 30
Authors: Bayan Omar Sharif1*
, Sarwar Arif Star2, Azad Abdalla Saeed Khidr3, Bashir Mohammed Rasul4
https://doi.org/10.55349/ijmsnr.2024412430
Affiliations:
*1Specialist Nurse, University of Sulaimani, College of Nursing, Sulaimani, Iraq.
2Assistant Lecturer, Department of Health and Molecular Biology, Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
3Lecturer, College of Administration & Economics, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
4Master student, University of Human Development, Sulaimani, Iraq.
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How to cite this article: Sharif BO, Star SA, Khidr AAS, Rasul BM. Assessment of Cardiovascular Diseases Knowledge among Adults Population in Sulaimani City: A Descriptive Study. Int J Sci and Med Res 2024;4(1):24–30. DOI: 10.55349/ijmsnr.2024412430 |
Article Summary: Submitted: 31-January-2024; Revised: 29-January-2023; Accepted: 20-March-2024; Published: 31-March-2024
Abstract
Background: The increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease has emerged as a significant global and public health issue within the category of non-communicable diseases. In this study, we have to assess cardiovascular diseases knowledge and risk factors among adult population in Sulaimani City.
Materials and Methods: A descriptive study was done with 131 people in Sulaimani city was collected the data includes socio demographic, clinical characteristics, and information about some risk factors of cardiovascular disease through direct interview.
Results: The results of the present study revealed that 60.3%, 39.7% of the participants were male and female respectively. Most of them married and from urban area, 35.9% was graduated from primary school. 51.9% of them were unemployed. 76.3% of them had insufficient economic state. 81% of them were current and second-hand smoke. More than half of them had no information about heart disease, it is risk factors. Most 80.2% of them did not do regular exercise.
Conclusion: From this present study, we have concluded that insufficient knowledge of the participants regarding risk factors of heart disease, especially food drug interaction and drug- drug interaction. More than half and nearly a quarter of them did not sure about existing dyslipidemia and hypertension respectively. The majority of them did not perform regular daily exercise.
Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, knowledge, adults, population, Sulaimani city, descriptive study
Conflict of Interest: The authors declared that they had no conflict of interest.
Source of funding: We didn’t receive no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors for this study.
Corresponding Author:
Mrs. Bayan Omar Sharif,
Specialist Nurse,
University of Sulaimani,
College of Nursing,
Sulaimani,
Iraq.
Email ID: omerbayan82@gmail.com
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