Medical Science
Volume 25, Issue 116, October 2021
Awareness of life style related diseases and their risk factors among diabetes mellitus and hypertension patient visiting secondary hospitals in Saudi Arabia
Muath Fakhri Almutairi2♦, Ali Ahmad Alharbi1, Faisal Abdulaziz Almutairi1, Mohammed Khalid A Dakhel1, Turki Sulaiman Alayed1, Turki Saud M Alharbi1, Ziyad Hussain Alawaji1
1College of Medicine, Qassim University, KSA
2Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA
♦Corresponding author
Ministry of Health, Riyadh,
KSA
ABSTRACT
Background and introduction: Hypertension and diabetes are silent killers globally, and they're a big risk factor for other diseases including cardiovascular disease and kidney diseases. Based upon statistics by the World Health Organization, approximately 80% of the 17 million CV deaths worldwide in 2003 occurred in developing countries. As a result of that we aimed to determine the level of awareness of life style related diseases and their risk factors among diabetes mellitus and hypertension patients. Objective: to assess the level of awareness of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors among diabetes and hypertension patients visiting secondary hospitals in the Qassim region. Methodology: A cross-sectional, questionnaire based survey conducted in 320 diabetes and hypertension patients in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Results: Majority of the participants fell in the age group of 61-70 years (27.5% in hypertensive group and 39.4% in diabetic group). (138) of the hypertensive participants correctly answered that HTN is a disease, (142) knew that high blood pressure affects the heart, (136) knew that diet rich in salt is a major cause of HTN. In diabetic group, (112) correctly answered that DM is a condition in which body contains, (118) knew that diabetes can be cured by diet and exercise, (143) knew the accurate method of monitoring diabetes. Conclusion: both groups have acceptable understanding and awareness on HTN, DM and comorbidities. Education was found to have a great role in awareness.
Keywords: hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus (DM), Knowledge,
awareness
Medical Science, 2021, 25(116), 2670-2679
