Builyte Inga Urte, Baltrunas Tomas, Butkute Egle, Srinanthalogen Reshaabi, Skrebunas Arminas, Urbonavicius Sigitas, Rucinskas Kestutis
Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Centre of Reconstructive Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Scand Cardiovasc J. 2019 Dec;53(6):373-378. doi: 10.1080/14017431.2019.1645350. Epub 2019 Jul 24.
. We hypothesized, that patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are less aware of risk factors and possible outcomes of the disease compared to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), which are similar. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate awareness of and attitudes towards PAD and CAD among patients, who are already diagnosed with either disease. . A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed. Basic demographics, the presence and awareness of risk factors for PAD and CAD; perceived systemic and limb consequences, severity of PAD and CAD, self-reported knowledge about other non-vascular illnesses were assessed using an anonymous questionnaire. . 203 were invited and 157 (77%), 63 with PAD and 94 with CAD, patients agreed to take part in and completed the survey. Basic demographic characteristics were similar in both groups, except for the level of education: PAD patients were less educated compared to CAD patients ( = .002). Only 35% of PAD patients were familiar with the definition of PAD (key words were registered) in contrast to 52% CAD definition awareness among CAD patients ( = .034). PAD patients were significantly less familiar with other common diseases ( = .002) and risk factors for both PAD ( < .001) and CAD ( = .003) in comparison to equivalent CAD group parameters. . PAD patients are less aware of risk factors for PAD and atherosclerosis in general, other illnesses and have lower level of education, which may negatively affect overall management of this complex disease.
我们假设，与患有冠状动脉疾病（CAD）的患者相比，外周动脉疾病（PAD）患者对疾病的危险因素和可能后果的认知较少，而这两种疾病具有相似性。因此，本研究的目的是评估已被诊断患有这两种疾病之一的患者对PAD和CAD的认知及态度。
进行了一项横断面描述性研究。使用匿名问卷评估基本人口统计学信息、PAD和CAD危险因素的存在情况及认知程度、感知到的全身和肢体后果、PAD和CAD的严重程度、自我报告的关于其他非血管疾病的知识。
邀请了203名患者，157名（77%）患者同意参与并完成了调查，其中63名患有PAD，94名患有CAD。除教育水平外，两组的基本人口统计学特征相似：与CAD患者相比，PAD患者受教育程度较低（P = 0.002）。只有35%的PAD患者熟悉PAD的定义（记录了关键词），而CAD患者中对CAD定义的知晓率为52%（P = 0.034）。与同等CAD组参数相比，PAD患者对其他常见疾病（P = 0.002）以及PAD（P < 0.001）和CAD（P = 0.003）的危险因素的熟悉程度明显较低。
PAD患者总体上对PAD和动脉粥样硬化的危险因素、其他疾病的认知较少，且教育水平较低，这可能会对这种复杂疾病的整体管理产生负面影响。
