Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Major Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases among 15-19 Year Old Students of Kathmandu District

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies have shown that some people are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease than others. The major factors which increase the risks are tobacco chewing/smoking, raised blood cholesterol level, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, age, sex and heredity. Although cardiovascular diseases typically occur in middle age or later, risk factors are determined to a great extent by behaviours learnt in childhood and continued into adulthood. Throughout the world, these risks are starting to appear earlier. Findings of various studies worldwide suggested that adolescents lacked knowledge regarding the risk of cardiovascular diseases and did not perceive themselves at risk for cardiovascular diseases. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 144 adolescent students of grade XI and XII in one public and one private higher secondary schools of Kathmandu district. Samples were chosen purposively. Data were collected with the help of semi structured self administered questionnaire. Questionnaire was based on Likert scale. Data analysis was performed by using Statistical Package for Social Science - 17.0 for windows. Results: Overall 36.8 percent of respondents had good knowledge, 55.6 percent had fair knowledge and the remaining 7.6 percent had poor knowledge regarding the major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. Sources of health information was found statistically significant (p=0.004) with the knowledge of respondents. Regarding overall attitude, the majority (47.9%) had the neutral attitude followed by positive (31.9%) and one fifth possessed negative attitude. Knowledge versus attitude regarding the major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases was found statistically significant (p=0.002). Conclusion: Results of this study revealed that good knowledge as well as positive attitude towards major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among the adolescent students is unsatisfactory. Socio-demographic factors for good knowledge and good knowledge for the development of positive attitude play vital role. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v11i0.7422 Health Prospect 2012;11:7-10

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ASSESSMENT OF AWARNESS, KNOWLEDGE AND RISK FACTORS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AMONG DIABETES MELLITUS AND HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

10.36106/ijsr/9500458 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

K. Jesindha Beyatricks ◽

Deepa shruthi G ◽

Fizia Mohammadi ◽

Feba Thomas ◽

Omid Reza

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Poor Knowledge ◽

Hypertensive Patients

A prospective cross sectional study on the awareness, knowledge and risk factors of CKD among Diabetic and Hypertensive patients was conducted in the outpatient and inpatient wards of a tertiary care hospital in Bengaluru. A total number of 100 patients were included in the study. The results indicated that, out of 100 patients, 38% was having knowledge and 62% were without knowledge. 43% were having positive attitude and 57% with a negative attitude. It was found that majority of the people were without knowledge, that is 62% and negative attitude 57%. The study revealed that among educated people, 55.55% was having poor knowledge and 44.44% was having good knowledge. Among uneducated people, 64.86 % was having poor knowledge and 35.13 % was having good knowledge. Among 100 participants, 43% has positive attitude and 57% has negative attitude.

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Knowledge and attitude on cardiovascular diseases among women in selected areas of Dhaka city

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research ◽

10.3329/ajmbr.v3i4.35332 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 426-431

Author(s):

Kazi Md Obaydul Hoq ◽

Marufa Jerin ◽

Md Shafayet Uddin ◽

Zahid Hasan Khan

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Diseases ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Large Family ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Vital Role ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Dhaka City ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Effective Prevention

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality not only in Bangladesh but also all over the world. In Bangladesh, Women are more vulnerable group in all socio economic indexes. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 women from Dhaka City. Samples were chosen purposively Data were collected by semi structured self administered questionnaire. Questionnaire was based on Likert scale. Data analysis was performed by using Statistical Package for Social Science - 17.0 for windows. 75.4% respondent were in the age group of 18-35 years (Mean 30.56, Min:18 years and Max: 68 years). Majority (89%) were married & Muslim (99%) by religion, half of the participant (49.3%) were completed only primary education which indicate the poor status of women education in Bangladesh. The family size of most of the respondent (58%) are 4-6. Very few respondent have large family. It was found that 56.7 % of respondents had good knowledge, 8.3 percent had satisfactory knowledge, 1.7% had excellent knowledge and the remaining 29 percent had poor knowledge regarding cardiovascular diseases. The study revealed that among the total respondent, 99.7% women showed negative attitude & told that they would never involved in smoking. On the other hand 27.7% women show negative attitude & told that the take non smoke tobacco. Among women 56.67% respondent attitude were Moderately Favorable followed by 29% respondents were Favorable followed. Remaining 14.33% respondent attitude were favorable attitude. This study revealed that good knowledge as well as positive attitude towards major risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among the women is unsatisfactory. Socio-demographic factors for good knowledge and good knowledge for the development of positive attitude play vital role. The problem of cardiovascular diseases cannot be solved by Government alone. For effective prevention and control of cardiovascular disease, Govt. & private organization need to make integrated initiative in order to minimize the problem.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2017, 3(4): 426-431

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Positive Correlation Between General Public Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding COVID-19 Outbreak 1 Month After First Cases Reported in Indonesia

Journal of Community Health ◽

10.1007/s10900-020-00866-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 182-189 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dina Keumala Sari ◽

Rina Amelia ◽

Ridha Dharmajaya ◽

Liza Meutia Sari ◽

Nadya Keumala Fitri

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

General Public ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Prevention Measures ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes

AbstractThe increasing number cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the general population in Indonesia raises questions concerning the public’s knowledge and attitudes regarding this pandemic. To determine the correlation between the general public’s knowledge and attitudes regarding the COVID-19 outbreak 1 month after the first cases were reported in Indonesia. This cross-sectional study was conducted between early March and the end of April 2020 in the general population of Indonesia, beginning with the North Sumatra region, where the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia began. Questionnaires were randomly distributed online in the red zone in Indonesia. Data were collected by collecting people’s responses to the questionnaire, which were distributed via WhatsApp (WA) application and were competed independently by the participants. A descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the demographic characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes of the general population. A total of 201 people had good knowledge (98%) and a positive attitude (96%) regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The respondents had a negative attitude in relation to two aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak: having to always maintain a distance of 1.5 m when in crowds, and not being able to regularly exercise or eat nutritious food (78.6% and 79.1%, respectively). Most people in Indonesia have good knowledge and a positive attitude regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. However, negative attitudes were still found in this study, and as a result, transmission prevention measures cannot reach their maximum effectiveness by simply publicizing the increase in day-to-day cases to the general public.

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A CO-RELATION STUDY TO ASSESS PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON CHILDREN IN SELECTED AREA KANPUR, U.P

EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) ◽

10.36713/epra4759 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 434-440

Author(s):

Pratibha Srivastava

Keyword(s):

Positive Attitude ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Knowledge Score ◽

Parental Knowledge ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Attitude Score ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

The Impact

Today's Children will be tomorrow's responsible citizen of the country. Entertainment is an essential part of life, by this we feel tension free, relaxed, energetic and having a positive attitude towards life. Games plays an important role for the all round development of the children's personality especially outdoor games but Now a days children are adopting habits of playing indoor games and also entertaining themselves by using various electronic devices as we know one of them is television. There are various programmes such as various kids’ channels, cartoon shows, video games etc. being watched by the children. Directly or indirectly these programs affect behaviour of the children in positive and negative ways. That’s why it is needed that parents should have a look for types of programmes seen by children, how long a child is watching a program, how it is affecting child habits/ behaviour etc. Later on, these negative impacts will create health issues/behaviour problems such as obesity, aggressive behaviour, lack of concentration etc. Child who watch television for 10 hours or more per week are less skilled at reading and are less successful in school as compared to children who watch television for less than 10 hours per week. The American academy of paediatrics makes the following recommendations regarding television viewing should not exceed one to two hours of quality programming daily and children younger than two years old should not watch television.1 That is why researchers took this topic to highlight the attitude and knowledge of parents about the impact of television on their Children's behaviour. A co-relational study conducted to assess parental knowledge and attitude regarding the impact of television on children in selected area at Kanpur (U.P). A descriptive cross-sectional survey approach was used, sample size was 100 parents selected by convenient sampling for this study. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of parents, and attitude of parents was assessed by Likert scale. The study shows that among 100 parents 8% of them had poor knowledge, 36% average knowledge, 50% good knowledge, 6% very good knowledge about impact of television on children. The study shown the positive attitude 84%, negative attitude 16% on impact of television on children. The correlation value shows that positive correlation between knowledge and attitude score of parents. There was no significant association between knowledge score with their demographic variables and significant association seen between attitude score with types of family, educational status of parents, income of parents and number of children. There was no significant association between attitude score with age of parents and religion. KEYWORDS: Impact, Television, Attitude, Parental Knowledge,

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A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS OF MEDICAL STUDENT IN A DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL

10.36106/ijar/2507251 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 58-59

Author(s):

Ashfaque Ahmed ◽

Shamima Yasmin

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Cardiovascular Diseases ◽

West Bengal ◽

Blood Cholesterol ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Medical Undergraduates ◽

Analysis Of Results ◽

Alcohol Users ◽

Lifestyle Diseases

Background: Cardiovascular diseases are “lifestyle diseases” cause death worldwide. Most are acquired starting from adolescence. So this study was designed following objective to determine the prevalence of risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among medical undergraduates of a district of West Bengal. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study conducted 96 medical students Analysis of results was done by percentage and proportion. Results: A total of 96 students were interviewed and examined. Mean age 19.3 years. 37.7% male, 8.3% were alcohol users. 53.1% did no exercise. 12.5% were current smokers Abnormal waist hip ratio in 46.5% female.35.8% males were pre hypertensive while 4% boys were hypertensive. 4.5% were early diabetic 4.5% high had high blood cholesterol. Conclusions: A high prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases was found that emphasizes the need of interventions to reduce these risk factors among these future doctors.

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A study to assess the knowledge and attitude of adolescents towards obesity in a private school in Thrissur district Kerala, India

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192864 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (7) ◽

pp. 3140

Author(s):

Garggy Shaji ◽

Navya Choolaparambil Joseph ◽

Aswathy Mathu ◽

Vidhu Joshy

Keyword(s):

Private School ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Positive Family History ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Transitional Period ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitude ◽

Christian Families

Background: Overweight and obesity are 5th leading risks for global deaths. Adolescence is a transitional period, which requires special attention. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has widely increased world-wide, making it one of the most common chronic disorders in this age group. To assess knowledge and attitude of adolescents towards obesity and to assess its associated factors.Methods: This was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted among students of classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Devamatha public school, Thrissur from May to November 2018. In total there were 179 students. A pretested self administered questionnaire was used to collect data.Results: 46.4% of adolescents had low knowledge on obesity, 46.9 have moderate knowledge, and only 6.7% of them had high knowledge on obesity. 24.6% of adolescents have negative attitude towards obese individuals, 68.2% had neutral attitude and only 7.3% had positive attitude towards obesity. As the age increases, there is increase in knowledge about obesity and positive attitude towards obese individuals. Both knowledge and attitude is better in children belonging to Christian families. Better knowledge and attitude is seen among students who are hostlers than day scholars. Children with better marks in annual exam had better knowledge and attitude towards obesity. Children who had positive family history for obesity have better knowledge and attitude towards obesity.Conclusions: There is a need for targeted activities to improve the knowledge and attitude of the students towards obesity.

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Positive Correlation between General Public Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding COVID-19 Outbreak One Month after First Cases Reported in Indonesia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-35827/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dina Keumala Sari ◽

Rina Amelia ◽

Ridha Dharmajaya ◽

Liza Meutia Sari ◽

Nadya Keumala Fitri

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

General Public ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Prevention Measures ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Knowledge And Attitudes

Abstract Background: The increasing number cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the general population in Indonesia raises questions concerning the public’s knowledge and attitudes regarding this pandemic. Objective: To determine the correlation between the general public’s knowledge and attitudes regarding the COVID-19 outbreak one month after the first cases were reported in Indonesia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between early March and the end of April 2020 in the general population of Indonesia, beginning with the North Sumatra region, where the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia began. Questionnaires were randomly distributed online in the red zone in Indonesia. Data were collected by collecting people’s responses to the questionnaire, which were distributed via WhatsApp (WA) application and were competed independently by the participants. A descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the demographic characteristics, knowledge, and attitudes of the general population. Results: A total of 201 people had good knowledge (98%) and a positive attitude (96%) regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The respondents had a negative attitude in relation to two aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak: having to always maintain a distance of 1.5 m when in crowds, and not being able to regularly exercise or eat nutritious food (78.6% and 79.1%, respectively). Conclusions: Most people in Indonesia have good knowledge and a positive attitude regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. However, negative attitudes were still found in this study, and as a result, transmission prevention measures cannot reach their maximum effectiveness by simply publicizing the increase in day-to-day cases to the general public.

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Sociodemographic determinants of knowledge and attitude in the primary prevention of cervical cancer among University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) students in Malaysia: preliminary study of HPV vaccination

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-019-7764-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maiza Tusimin ◽

Chek Lo Yee ◽

Nur Zarifah Syahmi Abdul Razak ◽

Mohamad Izwan Zainol ◽

Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cervical Cancer ◽

Hpv Vaccine ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Hpv Vaccination ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sociodemographic Determinants ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Abstract Background Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer affecting women around the world in which the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the one of the recognized causative agent affecting women health. In response to this health issue, the Malaysian government had officially implemented the HPV immunisation programme for secondary schoolchildren in 2010 at the age of 13 years old and above. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sociodemographic determinants of knowledge and attitude among students of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) towards the HPV vaccination programme. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using self-administered questionnaires, recruiting 374 UTAR’s students as the respondents by using convenience sampling method. Respondents were categorized as having good/poor level of knowledge and positive/negative attitude towards HPV vaccination. Results Over half of the respondents were females (64.5%) and the majority were aged 20 years old and below (55.8%). Generally, 54.7% of the total respondents had a high level of knowledge towards HPV vaccine while 57.5% of the total respondents showed a negative attitude towards HPV vaccine. Female respondents aged 20 years old and below showed good knowledge (56.4%) and a more positive attitude (55.8%) towards HPV vaccine. Students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) exhibited higher knowledge (67.3%) and positive attitude (62.4%) as compared to the Faculty of Accountancy and Management (FAM) which showed only 32.7% of knowledge and 37.6% of positive attitude towards the HPV vaccination. Conclusion The majority of UTAR students possess good knowledge regarding HPV vaccination. Nonetheless, they demonstrated a negative attitude towards HPV vaccination, depicting the necessity to impart and further intensify the sense of health awareness among all students, especially among male students. The judicious use of social media apart from the conventional mass media should be an advantage as to enhance the practice of HPV vaccination among them and thereafter minimize the health and economic burdens of cervical cancer.

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HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN SIKAP ORANG TUA TENTANG PEMENUHAN GIZI ANAK PRASEKOLAH DI TK KUMARA D II SIDAKARYA TAHUN 2018

Jurnal Genta Kebidanan ◽

10.36049/jgk.v8i1.136 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Ni Nyoman Ayuk Widiani ◽

Ni Putu Siska Adi Pranita

Keyword(s):

School Children ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Total Population ◽

Research Result ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Children Nutrition ◽

Object Variable ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

<pre>Abstract : The Knowledge and Attitude of Parents About Pre-School Children Nutrition Requirement. Purpose of this research is to find out the correlation of knowledge and attitude of parents about pre-school children nutrition requirement at Kumara D II Kindergarten Sidakarya year 2018 based on age, education and occupation. Type of research used in this research is analytic and using the cross sectional approach that is measurement of each object variable was carried out only once. This research uses total population technique, with all parents available in Kumara D II Kindergarten Sidakarya which is for 40 people. Research result by using 40 respondents, it is obtained that generally almost half of them that is 21 (52.5%) respondents have enough knowledge, 15 respondents (37.5%) have less knowledge, and small part of them that is for 4 respondents (10%) have good knowledge, whereas the respondents who have positive attitude is for 26 respondents (65%) and who have negative attitude is 14 respondents (35%).</pre> Abstrak : Pengetahuan Dengan Sikap Orang Tua tentang Pemenuhan Gizi Anak Prasekolah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap orang tua tentang pemenuhan gizi pada anak prasekolah di Taman Kanak-Kanak Kumara D II Sidakarya Tahun 2018 berdasarkan umur, pendidikan dan pekerjaan. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analitik dan menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional yaitu pengukuran variabel setiap obyek dilakukan satu kali saja. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik total populasi, dengan semua orang tua yang ada di Taman Kanak-Kanak Kumara D II Sidakarya yang berjumlah 40 orang. Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan 40 responden, didapatkan secara umum hampir setengahnya 21 orang (52,5%) responden memiliki pengetahuan cukup, 15 responden (37,5%) yang memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang, dan sebagian kecil yaitu empat responden (10%) memiliki pengetahuan baik, sedangkan yang memiliki sikap positif yaitu 26 responden (65%) dan yang memiliki sikap negatif yaitu 14 responden (35%).

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