Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysian women. However, many women are not aware of it and have a misconception that CVD is a disease that only affects men. Therefore, the main ob...

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Main Authors:	Samsudin, Suhaiza, Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Abdullah, Fa’iza
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Published:	2019
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine RT Nursing
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spelling	iium-768732020-03-04T07:33:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/76873/ Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study Samsudin, Suhaiza Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abdullah, Fa’iza R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine RT Nursing Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysian women. However, many women are not aware of it and have a misconception that CVD is a disease that only affects men. Therefore, the main objectives of this study are to explore CVD awareness among women who are at risk of developing the disease and evaluate their health seeking behaviour in regard to their hypercholesterolemia status. A series of in depth face-to-face interviews were conducted among 13 women who were found to have high cholesterol level detected in their blood during a routine medical screening at a primary health care clinic in the International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. NVIVO software Version 12 was used to code and manage all qualitative data. Results indicated that all participants had poor awareness of CVD. The majority of them did not perceive themselves as at high risk of developing CVD despite having high cholesterol levels in their blood. Poor CVD awareness, lack of knowledge and sociocultural aspect influenced their health seeking behaviour. This study provided an insight into the women’s awareness towards CVD. Health-care practitioners should elicit a patient’s awareness to facilitate the clinical management of CVD. Additionally, there is a clear need to increase CVD health awareness among women, especially those who are susceptible to CVD. 2019-10-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76873/1/76873_Cardiovascular%20disease%20awareness.pdf Samsudin, Suhaiza and Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Abdullah, Fa’iza (2019) Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study. International Journal For Studies On Children, Women, Elderly And Disabled People, 8. pp. 13-18. E-ISSN 0128-309X https://www.ijcwed.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IJCWED8_06.pdf
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RC Internal medicine RT Nursing Samsudin, Suhaiza Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abdullah, Fa’iza Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
description	Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a group of disorders that affect the heart and blood vessels. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysian women. However, many women are not aware of it and have a misconception that CVD is a disease that only affects men. Therefore, the main objectives of this study are to explore CVD awareness among women who are at risk of developing the disease and evaluate their health seeking behaviour in regard to their hypercholesterolemia status. A series of in depth face-to-face interviews were conducted among 13 women who were found to have high cholesterol level detected in their blood during a routine medical screening at a primary health care clinic in the International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang. All interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. NVIVO software Version 12 was used to code and manage all qualitative data. Results indicated that all participants had poor awareness of CVD. The majority of them did not perceive themselves as at high risk of developing CVD despite having high cholesterol levels in their blood. Poor CVD awareness, lack of knowledge and sociocultural aspect influenced their health seeking behaviour. This study provided an insight into the women’s awareness towards CVD. Health-care practitioners should elicit a patient’s awareness to facilitate the clinical management of CVD. Additionally, there is a clear need to increase CVD health awareness among women, especially those who are susceptible to CVD.
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author	Samsudin, Suhaiza Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Abdullah, Fa’iza
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title	Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
title_short	Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
title_full	Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
title_fullStr	Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed	Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
title_sort	cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study
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Cardiovascular disease awareness among women with hypercholesterolemia and their health seeking behavior – a qualitative study

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