Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are largely preventable but it’s still continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypercholesterolemia is one of well defined risk factors for developing CVD. • The burden of CVD is increasing rapidly in Malaysia but there are limited studies conducted on the...

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Main Authors: Samsudin, Suhaiza, Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Abdullah, Fa’iza
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2019
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Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Abdullah, Fa’iza
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description Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are largely preventable but it’s still continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypercholesterolemia is one of well defined risk factors for developing CVD. • The burden of CVD is increasing rapidly in Malaysia but there are limited studies conducted on the understanding of cardiovascular disease among patient who have been identified as at risk of CVD. • Without such an understanding, an early detection and management of the cardiovascular disease within primary care setting would be challenging.
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spelling iium-730652022-03-16T08:14:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73065/ Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration Samsudin, Suhaiza Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abdullah, Fa’iza R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine RZ Other systems of medicine Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are largely preventable but it’s still continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypercholesterolemia is one of well defined risk factors for developing CVD. • The burden of CVD is increasing rapidly in Malaysia but there are limited studies conducted on the understanding of cardiovascular disease among patient who have been identified as at risk of CVD. • Without such an understanding, an early detection and management of the cardiovascular disease within primary care setting would be challenging. 2019 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73065/13/73065%20programme%20schedule.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73065/2/ARPEC%20POSTER%202019%20DR%20SUHAIZA-converted.pdf Samsudin, Suhaiza and Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Abdullah, Fa’iza (2019) Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration. In: 7th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference, 27th-29th June 2019, Georgetown, Penang. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RZ Other systems of medicine
Samsudin, Suhaiza
Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai
Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
Abdullah, Fa’iza
Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title_full Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title_fullStr Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title_full_unstemmed Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title_short Understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
title_sort understanding of cardiovascular disease among patients with hypercholesterolemia – a qualitative exploration
topic R Medicine (General)
RC Internal medicine
RZ Other systems of medicine
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/73065/
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