Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 20;19(9):4996. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19094996.
One of the primary goals of diabetes management is to prevent cardiovascular events. The rate of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is significantly high in the diabetic population. Inadequate knowledge of CVDs risk in diabetes may result in the failure of its early prevention, causing increased morbidity and mortality. The objectives of this study were to assess the CVD risk knowledge and determine the predictors of the knowledge among adults with type 2 diabetes.
A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the study objectives. Convenience sampling was used to recruit adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) who visited the King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC) outpatient clinics. Data were collected using the Heart Disease Fact Questionnaire. SPSS software (version 24.0) was used for data analysis.
A total of 383 patients were recruited. The level of CVD risk knowledge was high among all participants (19.04 ± 3.47). There were significant differences in knowledge scores between different groups, including age ( = 0.01), marital status ( = 0.01), and type of residence ( = 0.04). Participants who were older than 40 years, married, and lived in traditional houses had higher knowledge scores.
The study findings indicated a high level of CVD risk knowledge in our study population. The presence of multidisciplinary intensive education programmes targeting type 2 DM patients, such as that conducted at KSUMC, might be responsible for the higher levels of knowledge among our study population. Thus, increasing the efforts towards the education of patients will improve the level of knowledge, including CVD risk knowledge.
糖尿病管理的主要目标之一是预防心血管事件。糖尿病患者的心血管疾病（CVD）发病率很高。对糖尿病患者 CVD 风险的认识不足可能导致早期预防失败，从而增加发病率和死亡率。本研究的目的是评估 CVD 风险知识，并确定 2 型糖尿病成年人的知识预测因素。
进行了一项横断面研究来检验研究目的。采用便利抽样法招募了在沙特国王大学医学城（KSUMC）门诊就诊的 2 型糖尿病患者。使用心脏病事实问卷收集数据。使用 SPSS 软件（版本 24.0）进行数据分析。
共招募了 383 名患者。所有参与者的 CVD 风险知识水平都很高（19.04 ± 3.47）。不同组之间的知识评分存在显著差异，包括年龄（= 0.01）、婚姻状况（= 0.01）和居住类型（= 0.04）。年龄大于 40 岁、已婚和居住在传统房屋的参与者具有更高的知识评分。
研究结果表明，我们的研究人群具有较高的 CVD 风险知识水平。针对 2 型糖尿病患者的多学科强化教育计划的存在，如在 KSUMC 进行的教育计划，可能是导致我们研究人群中更高知识水平的原因。因此，增加对患者的教育力度将提高知识水平，包括 CVD 风险知识。
