Abdela Ousman A, Ayalew Mohammed B, Yesuf Jibril S, Getnet Sifelig A, Biyazin Alemneh A, Lemma Maebel Y, Yimer Bilal T
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Gondar P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Am J Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Feb 15;9(1):1-7. eCollection 2019.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality with an estimation of 17.9 million deaths worldwide annually. Knowledge about the disease and risk factors changes individuals' health attitudes, behaviors and lifestyle practices. We assessed the knowledge and perception of University students towards CVD risk factors. A cross-sectional survey was done on undergraduate students at University of Gondar, Ethiopia. We stratified sampled students based on their colleges and then used convenience sampling technique to pick up study participants from each college. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive statistics were used to describe frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviations of variables. Presence of association between independent and dependent variables was examined using logistic regression analysis. A -value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Four hundred twenty-three students with a mean age of 22.07 ± 2.17 participated. Majority of them were male 279 (66.0%). Nearly one third (32.2%) of study subjects had good knowledge on CVD risk factors. More than 75% of study participants disagreed with ideas relating them to susceptibility towards CVD. Students from the college of medicine and health sciences were 2.6 times more knowledgeable about CVD risk factors than students from other colleges (P = 0.024). Similarly, students from college of medicine and health sciences perceived 2.3 times more positive towards severity of CVD than students from other colleges (P = 0.027). Students at University of Gondar were poorly knowledgeable about CVD risk factors and they perceive that they are not at risk of CVD. Educational intervention is needed to improve their knowledge.
心血管疾病（CVD）是发病和死亡的最常见原因，据估计全球每年有1790万人死亡。对该疾病及其风险因素的了解会改变个人的健康态度、行为和生活方式。我们评估了大学生对心血管疾病风险因素的了解和认知。在埃塞俄比亚贡德尔大学对本科生进行了一项横断面调查。我们根据学院对学生进行分层抽样，然后使用便利抽样技术从每个学院选取研究参与者。使用SPSS 20.0版对数据进行分析。描述性统计用于描述变量的频率、百分比、均值和标准差。使用逻辑回归分析检验自变量和因变量之间是否存在关联。P值<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。423名平均年龄为22.07±2.17岁的学生参与了研究。其中大多数为男性，有279人（66.0%）。近三分之一（32.2%）的研究对象对心血管疾病风险因素有良好的了解。超过75%的研究参与者不同意将他们与患心血管疾病的易感性联系起来的观点。医学与健康科学学院的学生对心血管疾病风险因素的了解是其他学院学生的2.6倍（P = 0.024）。同样，医学与健康科学学院的学生对心血管疾病严重程度的认知比其他学院的学生积极2.3倍（P = 0.027）。贡德尔大学的学生对心血管疾病风险因素了解甚少，并且他们认为自己没有患心血管疾病的风险。需要进行教育干预以提高他们的认知。
