Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, awareness, and perception about CHD symptoms and risk factors among residents in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 participants who presented at four shopping malls in Kuantan city. A convenient...
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, awareness, and perception
about CHD symptoms and risk factors among residents in Kuantan, Pahang.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 participants who presented at four
shopping malls in Kuantan city. A convenient sampling method was used to recruit participants.
A self-administered questionnaire was used in collecting data. Data were analyzed by using
SPSS version 22.0.
Results: Majority of the participants were Malays with mean age among 18---39 years old. Of the
400 participants, the majority had high knowledge of CHD poor awareness and poor perception
of CHD. There was an association between socio-demographics and knowledge, awareness, and
perception level towards CHD with p-value <0.05.
Conclusion: These study findings indicated that public health promotion and intervention are
needed in Kuantan, Pahang regards to knowledge and awareness of CHD symptoms and risk
factors. |
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| spelling | iium-733602020-12-15T03:27:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73360/ Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah Jorani, Shuhadah Saidi, Sanisah RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, awareness, and perception about CHD symptoms and risk factors among residents in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 participants who presented at four shopping malls in Kuantan city. A convenient sampling method was used to recruit participants. A self-administered questionnaire was used in collecting data. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 22.0. Results: Majority of the participants were Malays with mean age among 18---39 years old. Of the 400 participants, the majority had high knowledge of CHD poor awareness and poor perception of CHD. There was an association between socio-demographics and knowledge, awareness, and perception level towards CHD with p-value <0.05. Conclusion: These study findings indicated that public health promotion and intervention are needed in Kuantan, Pahang regards to knowledge and awareness of CHD symptoms and risk factors. Elsevier Espa˜na 2019-07-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73360/1/73360_Knowledge%2C%20awareness%2C%20and%20perception%20of%20coronary_article%20for%20MYRA.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73360/2/73360_Knowledge%2C%20awareness%2C%20and%20perception%20of%20coronary_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73360/3/73360_Knowledge%2C%20awareness%2C%20and%20perception%20of%20coronary_wos.pdf Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah and Jorani, Shuhadah and Saidi, Sanisah (2019) Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Enfermería Clínica. ISSN 1130-8621 (In Press) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1130862119302487 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.117 |
| spellingShingle | RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah Jorani, Shuhadah Saidi, Sanisah Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title | Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title_full | Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title_short | Knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (CHD) among residents in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| title_sort | knowledge, awareness, and perception of coronary heart disease (chd) among residents in kuantan, pahang, malaysia |
| topic | RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching |
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