Knowledge Assessment of Symptoms Identification of Acute Heart Attack among Staff and Students of University Sains Malaysia
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of acute heart attack symptoms among staff and students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) community.This is a cross-sectional study conducted from November 2016 to May 2017 in USM community.In this study, 520 volunteers were participated.The participants included academics, non-academics, and students using a self-administered validated questionnaire.Out of the 520 distributed questionnaires, only 490 responded, with a response rate of 94.23%.After clean-up, 25 questionnaires were excluded and 465 (94.89%) questionnaires were used for final data analysis.The distribution of participants was 200 (undergraduate students), 94 (postgraduate students), 80 (academics), and 91 (non-academics).The average level of awareness of symptoms of acute heart attack ranged from 43.9-84.9%.The results showed that calling an ambulance was recommended by 22.2% of participants, 89.7% knew ≥1 symptom, and 6.20% knew all five symptoms for acute heart attack.Just 7 people out of 465 (1.50%) had excellent knowledge.The awareness of acute heart attack symptoms and the suitable action to take at the onset of symptoms among USM community was poor.The current study demonstrated that promotional and educational strategies to increase the overall awareness about heart attack are of paramount importance.
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Universiti Sains Malaysia
OpenAlex ID: W3130166040