Knowledge of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease about Secondary Prevention Measures

A descriptive study design carried out in the outpatient clinic at Kerbala Center for Cardiac Disease and Surgery, from the period of November 2017 to December 2018. A non-probability sampling method consists of 64 patients was selected purposively based on the study criteria. Two parts of the questionnaire was used in this study; part one, designed to assess the socio-demographic data; and the second part, was used to investigate the level of knowledge regarding secondary prevention of CHD. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Out of 64 patients, 56.3% were men, and 43.7% were women, with an overall mean age of 56.2±0.89 years. In addition to that, 98.4%, and 37.5% of patients were married and housewives respectively. The total mean scores of knowledge regarding the CHD epidemiology was 1.7±0.31, knowledge about risk factors of CHD 1.6±0.24, knowledge regarding dietary recommendations of CHD 1.6±0.31, CHD medical knowledge 1.5±0.24, knowledge regarding symptoms of CHD 1.8±0.41, and the overall knowledge respondents 1.6±0.15. Pearson correlation test showed a highly significant correlation between the patients’ knowledge and their educational level and occupation at p-value of (0.000), and family history of CHD at p-value of (0.04).