Nohair Sultan A L, Mohaimeed Abdulrahman A L, Sharaf Fawzy, Naeem Zahid, Midhet Farid, Homaidan Homaidan A L, Winter Sandra J
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2017 Jan-Mar;11(1):1-5.
To estimate the risk profile of coronary heart disease (CHD) among the staff members of Qassim University and assess their knowledge in a screening campaign in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among male and female staff at Qassim University campus. All employees of Qassim University were invited to participate in the study. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. The study sample size was 233 staff and employees. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 18. The data analysis focused on providing point estimates for the risk factors.
The study found that 30% of participants have one or more risk factors for CHD, namely obesity 20.6%, diabetes 10.3%, hypertension 12.4%, dyslipidemia 10.7%, and smokers (11.6%). About 54% of the participants have a family history of at least one chronic disease as a risk factor for CHD.
The most common risk factor of CHD among the staff members is obesity by 20.6%. Risk factors for CHD are quite common among Qassim University staff. These findings need to increase the health education and disease promotion program as an important intervention to reduce the occurrence and severity of CHD risk factors and to improve the quality of the life of the staff members of Qassim University.
评估沙特阿拉伯卡西姆地区卡西姆大学工作人员的冠心病（CHD）风险状况，并在一次筛查活动中评估他们的相关知识。
在卡西姆大学校园对男女工作人员开展了一项横断面研究。邀请卡西姆大学的所有员工参与研究。通过自填式问卷收集数据。研究样本量为233名工作人员和雇员。使用SPSS 18版录入并分析数据。数据分析重点在于提供风险因素的点估计值。
研究发现，30%的参与者有一个或多个冠心病风险因素，即肥胖20.6%、糖尿病10.3%、高血压12.4%、血脂异常10.7%以及吸烟者（11.6%）。约54%的参与者有至少一种慢性病家族史，这是冠心病的一个风险因素。
工作人员中冠心病最常见的风险因素是肥胖，占20.6%。冠心病风险因素在卡西姆大学工作人员中相当普遍。这些发现需要加强健康教育和疾病推广项目，作为一项重要干预措施，以降低冠心病风险因素的发生率和严重程度，并改善卡西姆大学工作人员的生活质量。
