Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Female Students towards CVD and Prevalence of Obesity and Hypertension in Arar, Saudi Arabia

Autor:	Suhail, Nida, Batool, Shiza, WASEEM FATIMA
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	lcsh:R5-920 Cardiovascular diseases Hypertension lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Obesity Anthropometric variables lcsh:Medicine (General) Female students
Zdroj:	International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 10, Pp 155-160 (2018) Web of Science
ISSN:	2319-5886
Popis:	Objective: To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of female students towards CVD in Arar, Saudi Arabia and the prevalence of obesity and hypertension among them. Methods: A total of 150 female students participated in this study and their anthropometric measurements and blood pressure was determined. Other data including sociodemographics, knowledge, attitude and practice questions on CVD were obtained through a questionnaire. Results: Out of 150 participants, 20.66% were pre-hypertensive and only 1.33% was hypertensive. Regarding BMI, 11.33% students were underweight, 26.66% were overweight and only 7.33% were obese. All the anthropometric variables were found to be significantly (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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