Patients' awareness about Cardiovascular Disease and the Causes of Coronary Artery Disease | ||
| nursing national Iraqi specility | ||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 1, April 2012, Pages 79-88 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed A. Hussein Al Jumaily | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: This study aims to assess the awareness of patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Methodology: A descriptive design was applied in this study. A purposive sample consisted of (100) patients with cardiovascular disease in the Mosul's hospitals were interviewed to achieve study objectives. A questionnaire was used for data collection after tested for validity and reliability by pilot study. Results: The study results showed the mean of patients awareness are (1.78) cut point of (3) and the majority of patients84% were aged more than 50 years or above. Slightly increase proportion of male more than females. Most of them are married81%, retired, smokers, and a period of developing the disease are less than one year47%. Recommendations: the study recommended the need for targeted education regarding risk factors, especially those who are treated for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| awareness; Cardiovascular diseases | ||
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