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Cardiovascular Disease among Women - Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (Paperback)
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Cardiovascular Disease among Women - Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (Paperback)
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of mortality
worldwide and primary target for prevention. However, majority
researchers concluded that it was mainly a men's disease that
resulted in fewer women being informed about it. So this study was
conducted to determine women's knowledge, attitude and practice on
CVD in Kelantan, Malaysia. Majority of respondents were Malays with
mean age of 39.9 years. Among them, 3.1% were smokers and 41.1%
claimed having medical illness, the commonest was obesity (23.6%).
About 87% of women knew that smoking is a risk factor. However,
less than 20% knew about menopause. More than 80% knew typical
symptoms whereas less than half realised atypical symptoms. Less
than 20% of them knew the cholesterol risk target. Only 13% of
women practiced exercise as required. The good knowledge, attitude
and practice score were 55.6%, 55.1 % and 51.1% respectively. There
were significant association between knowledge and attitude
(r2=0.074), knowledge and practice (r2= 0.092) and attitude and
practice (r2= 0.161).Hence a better structured educational
programme should be reinforced as a preventive strategy to overcome
this problem.
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