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Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia
INTRODUCTION: Plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are clinically important because their abnormally high levels are major treatable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness, general knowledge, and attitudes about regular lipid profile screening among adult...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211280 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2019.85652 |
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author | Bahakim, Nasraddin Othman Al-Ghamdi, Sameer Hamed Alyahya, Hisham Fahad Alburayk, Khalid Bader Mahzari, Yahya Ibrahim Aldawsari, Abdulrahman Mohammed |
author_facet | Bahakim, Nasraddin Othman Al-Ghamdi, Sameer Hamed Alyahya, Hisham Fahad Alburayk, Khalid Bader Mahzari, Yahya Ibrahim Aldawsari, Abdulrahman Mohammed |
author_sort | Bahakim, Nasraddin Othman |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are clinically important because their abnormally high levels are major treatable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness, general knowledge, and attitudes about regular lipid profile screening among adult individuals in Al-Riyadh. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study collected by convenience sampling method. Residents of Riyadh region older than 20 years were targeted through an electronic questionnaire distributed via Twitter and WhatsApp. The study was conducted between November 28, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Study results were analysed using the SPSS system. RESULTS: This study included 1383 participants; 646 (46.7%) were male and 737 (53.3%) female. Of them, 905 (65.4%) did not screen for their lipid profiles, while 478 (34.6%) screened. A visit to a primary health care facility or hospital was the reason for screening of lipid profile in 195 (14.1%) of the participants, whereas 64 (4.6%) of them were ordered by doctors. CONCLUSIONS: More educated participants were found to be more aware of the importance of screening lipid profile. Our results reflect poor awareness among the population regarding the importance of regular screening of lipid profiles. A visit to primary health care or hospital was the most frequent reason for screening of lipid profile. Screening lipid profiles was predominant among males and it was significantly related to the gender, age, and educational level. This shows the strong need in the community for health education about the importance of screening lipid profile at different levels of health care delivery. |
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spelling | pubmed-65547532019-06-17 Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia Bahakim, Nasraddin Othman Al-Ghamdi, Sameer Hamed Alyahya, Hisham Fahad Alburayk, Khalid Bader Mahzari, Yahya Ibrahim Aldawsari, Abdulrahman Mohammed Arch Med Sci Atheroscler Dis Clinical Research INTRODUCTION: Plasma cholesterol and triglycerides are clinically important because their abnormally high levels are major treatable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness, general knowledge, and attitudes about regular lipid profile screening among adult individuals in Al-Riyadh. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study collected by convenience sampling method. Residents of Riyadh region older than 20 years were targeted through an electronic questionnaire distributed via Twitter and WhatsApp. The study was conducted between November 28, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Study results were analysed using the SPSS system. RESULTS: This study included 1383 participants; 646 (46.7%) were male and 737 (53.3%) female. Of them, 905 (65.4%) did not screen for their lipid profiles, while 478 (34.6%) screened. A visit to a primary health care facility or hospital was the reason for screening of lipid profile in 195 (14.1%) of the participants, whereas 64 (4.6%) of them were ordered by doctors. CONCLUSIONS: More educated participants were found to be more aware of the importance of screening lipid profile. Our results reflect poor awareness among the population regarding the importance of regular screening of lipid profiles. A visit to primary health care or hospital was the most frequent reason for screening of lipid profile. Screening lipid profiles was predominant among males and it was significantly related to the gender, age, and educational level. This shows the strong need in the community for health education about the importance of screening lipid profile at different levels of health care delivery. Termedia Publishing House 2019-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6554753/ /pubmed/31211280 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2019.85652 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Termedia & Banach http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Research Bahakim, Nasraddin Othman Al-Ghamdi, Sameer Hamed Alyahya, Hisham Fahad Alburayk, Khalid Bader Mahzari, Yahya Ibrahim Aldawsari, Abdulrahman Mohammed Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title | Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in Alriyadh, Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | awareness among the general population about lipid profile screening in individuals over 20 years old in alriyadh, saudi arabia |
topic | Clinical Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6554753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31211280 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2019.85652 |
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