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LEVEL OF AWARENESS REGARDING HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, SAUDI ARABIA, RIYADH, 2017

Moath Al-Qahtani, Mohammed Aloraini, Khalid AlQahtani, Mohammed Alotaibi, Saad Alalyani, Sultan Alanazi, Sultan Alotaibi, Taher Alhaddad, Zaid Alanazi, Dr. Ammar Khalifa

Background: There is a high prevalence of dyslipidemia in the Arabian Gulf. There is a gradual increase in Total Cholesterol Concentration (TCC) with age, reaching a maximum at the 50s and 60s for male subjects. Our study aims to assess hypercholesterolemia level awareness among Saudi People. Methods: cross-sectional. Study sample size was 150. Our sample technique was simple random. We included Saudi citizens of age 18 or above and we excluded medical personnel. Data collection tool was a self-administered questionnaire. We used Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze our collected data. We considered P value less than 0.05 significant. Results: Level of awareness Regarding management of Hypercholesterolemia, our results showed that 25.33% of the participants had poor, 46.00% had moderate and 28.67% had good awareness. Regarding risk factors awareness of Hypercholesterolemia, our results showed that 44.00% of the participants had poor and moderate and 12.00% had good awareness. Regarding complications awareness of Hypercholesterolemia, our results showed that 24.00% of the participants had poor, 28.67% had moderate and 47.33% had good awareness. conclusion: the proportion of hypercholesterolemia among participant was one-fifth of the collected sample. Majority of them had poor to moderate knowledge regarding awareness of Hypercholesterolemia. Key words: Hypercholesterolemia; dyslipidemia; awareness; cardiovascular disease; Saudi Arabia

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