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Noncardiac Lebanese hospitalized adult patients' awareness of their coronary artery disease risk factors.
- Source :
- Vascular Health & Risk Management; Nov2018, Vol. 14, p371-382, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>Noncommunicable diseases are the leading cause of death in Lebanon, with cardiovascular diseases accounting for almost half of the annual deaths.<bold>Purpose: </bold>We aimed to determine awareness of noncardiac Lebanese hospitalized patients for their coronary artery disease risk factors, their level of adherence to medications or lifestyle modifications, and assess factors associated with awareness.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>A cross-sectional study was conducted in 14 hospitals with a total of 382 patients. Levels of awareness were evaluated by the comparison of self-report with measurements and laboratory test results. Healthy behaviors and adherence to treatment were evaluated. Factors associated with better awareness were studied using multivariate regressions, while adherence to treatments and healthy lifestyle were described for the different risk factors and in the Framingham Risk Score categories.<bold>Results: </bold>Our work revealed a moderate-to-high level of awareness (58.7% for overweight/obesity, 75% for hypertension, 85.7% for diabetes, and 86.4% for dyslipidemia) among patients for most cardiovascular risk factors, but a low-to-moderate level of adherence for some interventions such as physical exercise, weight loss, and smoking cessation.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The results emphasize on the importance of educational campaigns on healthy habits and screening to improve early diagnosis, increase patients' awareness of their risk factors, and, therefore, optimize primary prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NON-communicable diseases
DYSLIPIDEMIA
DISEASE risk factors
OBESITY
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
CORONARY arteries
EARLY diagnosis
CORONARY heart disease prevention
BEHAVIOR
COGNITION
COMPARATIVE studies
CORONARY disease
DRUGS
HEALTH attitudes
HEALTH behavior
PSYCHOLOGY of hospital patients
HOSPITAL admission & discharge
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
PATIENT compliance
PATIENT education
PATIENTS
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH
EVALUATION research
DISEASE prevalence
CROSS-sectional method
DIAGNOSIS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11766344
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Vascular Health & Risk Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 133465144
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S176167