Assessment of patient's knowledge about risk factors of coronary heart disease at AL-Najaf center for cardiac surgery

Abstract

Introduction: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a significant reason for death around the world. Researchers have demonstrated a hold with decrease of coronary heart disease danger agents, for example, raised pulse, elevated lipid levels, abundance of body size, cigarette also absence from activity be able to add to a decrease of coronary heart disease (CHD) death of approximately 40-60%. Methods: A purposive, non-probability sample was selected for the patient who was reviewed for the Najaf Center for Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Catheterization.The selected sample of the target population who fulfilled the specified criteria during a specified period of time. The sample consists of 48 patients who attend the periodic treatment schedule at the Najaf Center for Cardiac Surgery and Catheter Intervention, who have previously been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, and who are subject to continuous treatment and follow-up by the medical and nursing staff in the center. The data was collected through the use of the questionnaire and data analysis by SPSS version 22. Results: The study showed that Level of knowledge during the study groups were not significantly , 31 participants (64.45%) had poor knowledge, 11 (22.91%) had fair and only 6 (12.5%) had good knowledge.