Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Coronary artery disease risk factors in Saudi Arabia: Knowledge, awareness and prevalence assessment

Lotfi Fahmi Issa^1,2, Yazeed Alharthi³, Reyad Alsuqair³, Atheer Al aqile⁴, Shrooq Almotairi⁵, Abdulaziz Aljuaid³, Bader Althagafi³, Elaf Alghamdi⁶, Tahani Althobity³, Abdullah Al-Sharif⁶, Khames Alzahrani⁷

¹Family & Community Medicine Department, Medical College, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
²Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
³Medical Intern, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
⁴PharmD Intern, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical Student, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁶General Practitioner in KFMC, Taif City, Saudi Arabia
⁷BDS, PGD in Endo, Saudi Board of Endodontic, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: The group of disorders known as cardio vascular diseases (CVDs) severely impact the human circulatory system and are often regarded as the leading cause of disability and death. The main contributors to the higher morbidity and death associated with it were genetics and lifestyle variables. When people have a better grasp of the risks associated with CVDs, it makes it easier for them to assess their own risk appropriately, motivates them to change their behaviors and is associated with increased risk reduction efforts. This research aims to investigated Saudi Arabia's knowledge, awareness and prevalence of CVD risk factors. Methods: An electronic questionnaire was used to collect the data for this descriptive cross-sectional study, which involved 2397 Saudi citizens in Saudi Arabia. The information was then input and analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics. Results: A total of 2397 participants, 34.4% of whom were men and 65.7% of whom were women. They were 95.2% Saudi smokers made up 12.9% of all participants 3.6% were found to have cardiovascular disease. 82% of our participants know smokers have a higher probability to develop the cardiovascular disease, 72.8% said that not exercising regularly increases the incidence of cardiovascular disease also, 72.8% know that eating fast food elevates the risk of cardiovascular disease. Obesity, Anxiety and stress, High blood pressures were reported by 59.2%, 87.9%, 73%, 74.1% respectively as increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Conclusion: In conclusion, participants in our study show a level of knowledge about coronary artery disease risk factors that is generally unsatisfactory.

Keywords: Coronary Artery Disease, Risk Factors, cardiovascular disease, High blood pressure

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms476e2556

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms476e2556

Published: 17 November 2022