Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cardiac Patients Regarding Reversible Risk Factors
Faraz Qurban Rajper
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciencs, Shaheed Benazirabad Sindh Pakistan.
Ali Qureshi
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UniversitiSains Malaysia, 11800 USM Penang, Malaysia.
Ikram Ahmed Tunio
Department of Forensic Medicine, Khairpur Medical College (KMC) Khairpur Mirs Sindh, Pakistan.
Sajid Ali Mojai
Department of Pharmacy, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui
Department of Community Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
Arslan Ahmer
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciencs, Shaheed Benazirabad Sindh Pakistan.
Ayaz Unar
Institute of Pharmacy, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.
Khalida Unar
Department of Microbiology, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Mirs, Sindh, Pakistan.
Tahseen Ahmed *
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciencs, Shaheed Benazirabad Sindh Pakistan.
Waqar Ahmed Sabzoi
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The major aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of numerous risk factors of cardio vascular disease among the local population of Sukkur district. Embracing of western culture and quick conversion of rural areas into urbanization leads to enhance the cardio vascular burden on the population of modern world. Developing countries has not enough medical facilities to overcome the burden of Cardio vascular Disease (CVD) and it is co-related with education and awareness about the cardiac disease.
Descriptive Crossectional study was carried out at National Institute of Cardio Vascular Disease (NICVD) Sukkur for the period of 06 months from July 2020 to December 2020. Total 186 patients were included in the study and the selection criteria for study subjects was depends on the different factors such as patients, who had admitted in the hospital for more than 03 days with positive Troponin T and disturbed ECG reports. A well designed questionnaire was used for the collection of demographic and clinical data from the patients regarding research.
From the obtained data 123 were male patients and area of residency of mostly patients was rural areas. 39 patients complain about chest pain, 74 about shoulder pain, 44 had severe headache and 29 were presented with cardiac arrest. 109 patients were diagnosed with hypertension, 34 had Diabetes Mellitus, 26 had gastric issues. Trop T test was positive among 91 patients, 109 had disturbed ECG. 64 patients were aware about various risk factors of CVD.
In our research it was concluded that people of interior Sindh were unaware of modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease when presented with heart problem, most of the population even couldn’t identify the obesity, physical exercise, heavy diets and smoking as major reversible risk factors for CVD. Mass counseling and seminar should be conducted from time to time in order to overcome the raising issues of cardio vascular disease and its risk factors.
Keywords: NICVD, electro-cardio gram, cardio vascular disease, Troponin T