People’s Information Concerning Coronary Heart Disease and Main Risk Reduction Barriers in Upper Egypt (Assuit El shamla General hospital)

Abstract

In Upper Egypt, there is a lack of studies on the People’s information about coronary heart diseases and its modifiable risks. We used this descriptive cross-sectional design. The aim of this study was to assess People’s information concerning coronary heart disease and main risk reduction barriers in Upper Egypt. This study was carried out in Assuit El shamala General Hospital governorate in Upper Egypt. The study conducted on 150 participants, 93 males and 57 females. One instrument was used for collecting the data, interview questionnaire we designed by researcher and consisted of 4 parts. 1^st part for socio-demographic data of people under study that include their Personal data, demographic characteristics and socioeconomic data, Medical history and Family history), 2^nd part to assess peoples information regarding CHD, 3^rd part to assess main risk reduction barriers of people with CHD,. The results concluded that, more effort from the health system needs to improve the settings and engage patients in their plans and breaking related barriers, with development of health education programs based on needs assessment. Further studies were recommended for exploring the detail of information deficit of people about CHD.

Keywords: people information about CHD, attitude and risk reduction barriers