Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and practices toward health behavior and cardiovascular disease risk factors among the patients of metabolic syndrome in a teaching hospitalin India
Author(s) -
Anjana Verma,
Shefali Mehta,
Aditi Mehta,
Ashish Patyal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_257_18
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , socioeconomic status , disease , metabolic syndrome , anthropometry , health education , descriptive statistics , cross sectional study , environmental health , family medicine , physical therapy , obesity , public health , population , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Indian subcontinent has highest rates of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) worldwide. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a condition which can lead to many complications including CVDs. Most of the studies in India have been done about prevalence of MS; this study intends to study their awareness and perceptions about CVD risk factors, which can help to plan and implement the educational health programs in a better and effective manner to prevent complications in these patients.