Knowledge of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among People in Banda Aceh

Muhammad Ridwan, Saminan, Dara Masthurina, Nirwana Lazuardi Sary, Taufik Suryadi

2018

Abstract

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major of the health problem in Indonesia, especially in Aceh Province. To prevent CHD, it is important to know the knowledge level of CHD’s risk factors among individuals. The high-knowledge level of CHD’s risk factors can increase the motivation of an individual to prevent the developing risk factors. The aim of this study is to know the knowledge level of CHD’s risk factors among Banda Aceh citizen. The descriptive cross-sectional was done among 384 subjects and interviewed with a modified version of Heart Disease Fact Questionnaire (HDFQ). The result among 12 CHD’s risk factors assessed, 3 risk factors of CHD marked low: menopause (31%), diabetes (44.3%), and HDL levels (46.1%). In general, the knowledge of CHD’s risk factors among Banda Aceh citizen is low. Due to the high CHD’s prevalence in Aceh Province, educational program is important to prevent the incidence of CHD among Banda Aceh people.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ridwan M., Saminan., Masthurina D., Sary N. and Suryadi T. (2018). Knowledge of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among People in Banda Aceh.In Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS, ISBN 978-989-758-438-1, pages 211-215. DOI: 10.5220/0008791902110215

in Bibtex Style

@conference{skic-mhs18,
author={Muhammad Ridwan and Saminan and Dara Masthurina and Nirwana Lazuardi Sary and Taufik Suryadi},
title={Knowledge of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among People in Banda Aceh},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,},
year={2018},
pages={211-215},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008791902110215},
isbn={978-989-758-438-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,
TI - Knowledge of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors among People in Banda Aceh
SN - 978-989-758-438-1
AU - Ridwan M.
AU - Saminan.
AU - Masthurina D.
AU - Sary N.
AU - Suryadi T.
PY - 2018
SP - 211
EP - 215
DO - 10.5220/0008791902110215