Public knowledge of heart attack symptoms and prevalence of self-reported cardiovascular risk factors in Ilorin, Nigeria

Kolo, P.M.; Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Sanya, Emmanuel; Bello, Helia; Ghadamosi, Maruf Sanusi; Dele-Ojo, B F; Katibi, Ibrahim Adeola; Omotoso, Ayodele

doi:10.4103/0189-7969.152022

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“…followed by numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg (55%). Feeling weak, light-headed, or faint was recognized by (51.2%) of participants, close to that reported in Nigeria (41%), and lower than in Kuwait (25%) [7,9,10,11] . Knowledge about Symptoms of Heart Attack in CVD was significantly p <0.05 different in weakness in the arm or leg on one side of the body, chest pain, discomfort, pain in arms or shoulder, and shortness of breath.…”

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“…The first sign is chest pain, which was the most common reported (76.4%), which is close to that found in Nigeria (67%) and Beijing (64%) but higher than that reported in Kuwait (50%), Pakistan (36%), and Nepal. People's awareness of chest pain and their relationship to CVD was acceptable, but it requires more education about the symptoms associated with CVD [7,8,9,10,11] . Saudi society awareness about Shortness of breath was recognized by (73.7%) of the study population, which is consistent with that reported in Nigeria (62%), but higher than that in Canada (39%), Pakistan (24%), Kuwait (48%), and Nepal (13%) [7,9,10,11,11] .…”

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“…People's awareness of chest pain and their relationship to CVD was acceptable, but it requires more education about the symptoms associated with CVD [7,8,9,10,11] . Saudi society awareness about Shortness of breath was recognized by (73.7%) of the study population, which is consistent with that reported in Nigeria (62%), but higher than that in Canada (39%), Pakistan (24%), Kuwait (48%), and Nepal (13%) [7,9,10,11,11] . Pain in arms or shoulder was identified by (56%) of respondents, which is higher than that reported by studies from Nigeria (28%)…”

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“…A validated electronic questionnaire was taken from a study conducted in Nigeria that was used to know the public knowledge [7] . The survey is written in both English and Arabic languages, and the accuracy of the translation was checked.…”

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Public Knowledge of Cardiovascular Diseases and its Risk Factors in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed

Bokhari

Nahas

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the critical yet preventable non-communicable diseases. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on non-communicable conditions in 2010, millions of people were killed by non-communicable diseases in 2008, resulting in deaths that occurred before the age of 60 (1). Our aim in this study is to provide descriptive epidemiology and to estimate the public’s knowledge towards CVD types, risk factors, and warning symptoms of heart attack or stroke. Methodology: The study was approved by Ibn Sina National College of Medical Sciences research committee in November of 2019.This is a cross-sectional analytic study conducted among the Saudi community in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia from November 2019 to April 2020. A total of 635 respondents contributed to fill the self-administered questionnaire. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used. The degree of association was tested using Chi-square. A statistically significant association was taken at P<0.05. Results: Participants who agreed to participate consisted of 228(35.9%) males and 407(64.1%) females. Hypertension is the highest disease diagnosed with a total of 111(17.5%) and highest among females with 71(64.0%). Most of the participants identified chest pain and discomfort (76.4%) and shortness of breath (73.7%) as symptoms of heart attack. Compared with other symptoms such as pain or discomfort in the arm or shoulder (57.3%), weakness in the arm or leg on one side of the body (55.6%), and weakness lightheaded and fainting (51.2%). Conclusion: The study participants show low knowledge in CVS. There is a need to increase public awareness and to establish basic knowledge to the general and targeted individuals.

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Public Knowledge of Cardiovascular Diseases and its Risk Factors in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed

Bokhari

Nahas

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“…Nuclear cardiology, in general, notably stress myocardial perfusion using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), is underutilised in many developing countries [20][21][22]. Myocardial ischaemia appears to be an infrequent cause of hospital deaths in Nigeria despite population-level changes in cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity [23][24][25]. The ability to foster the adoption and expansion of nuclear cardiology in developing countries may be blunted by the marked decline of SPECT cardiology imaging globally [26].…”

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Underutilisation of nuclear medicine scans at a regional hospital in Nigeria: need for implementation research

Orunmuyi¹,

Lawal²,

Omofuma³

et al. 2020

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Background: Nuclear medicine needs better integration into the Nigerian health system. To understand the relevant public health initiatives that will be required, this study assessed the pattern of nuclear medicine imaging services at the first nuclear medicine centre in Nigeria from January 2010 to December 2018. Methods: The data of consecutive nuclear medicine (NM) scans performed between 1st January 2010 and 31st December 2018 at the NM department in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria were extracted from patient records and analysed using SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). The National Cancer Institute's Joinpoint software and QCIS (QGIS project) were used to estimate imaging trends and geographical spread of patients. Results: An average of 486 scans per year was performed during the study period. Patients travelled from 32 of Nigeria's 36 states, and the majority (65%) travelled more than 100 km to obtain NM scans. Bone scans accounted for 88.1% of the studies. The remainder were renal scintigraphy (7.3%), thyroid scans (2.5%), whole-body iodine scans (1.7%) and others (0.4%). Conclusions: NM in Nigeria appears underutilised. Furthermore, the studies to characterise the access gaps and implementation needs will contribute to the design of practical strategies to strengthen NM services in Nigeria.

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Public knowledge of risk factors and warning signs of heart attack and stroke

Pallangyo,

Mkojera,

Komba

et al. 2024

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

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Background Knowledge of the predisposing risk factors and prompt recognition of the warning signs for heart attack and stroke is fundamental in modification of lifestyle behaviors and an imperative precursor to health-seeking behavior. In view of an existing knowledge gap amidst increasing incidence of heart attack and stroke in Tanzania, we conducted this community-based cross-sectional study among residents of Dar es Salaam city. Results A total of 1759 respondents were enrolled in this study. The mean age was 45.4 years, females constituted over a half of participants and over two-thirds had attained at least secondary school education. Regarding risk factors, just over 2% of participants displayed satisfactory awareness and only stress was recognized by at least half of participants. With regard to warning signs, barely 1% of participants had satisfactory knowledge for either of the conditions while nearly three-quarters of participants failed to mention even a single warning sign for heart attack. Recognized by about two-thirds of respondents, sudden numbness or weakness in face, arm or leg was the most acknowledged stroke symptom; however, other symptoms were familiar to less than a third of participants. Although over a half of respondents acknowledged going to a hospital as their first resort, over one-tenth of respondents expressed inappropriate reactions towards heart attack and stroke victims. Old age, higher level of education, positive history of heart attack or stroke, high blood pressure and history of dyslipidemia showed association with both risk factors and warning signs knowledge during bivariate analyses. Conclusions Public knowledge of common risk factors and typical warning signs for heart attack and stroke was critically suboptimal. These findings herald an utmost need for public health efforts to increase community awareness of risk factors and typical signs of the two conditions to curb the rising prevalence and associated morbimortality.

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Public knowledge of heart attack symptoms and prevalence of self-reported cardiovascular risk factors in Ilorin, Nigeria

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Public Knowledge of Cardiovascular Diseases and its Risk Factors in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

Public Knowledge of Cardiovascular Diseases and its Risk Factors in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia

Underutilisation of nuclear medicine scans at a regional hospital in Nigeria: need for implementation research

Public knowledge of risk factors and warning signs of heart attack and stroke

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