Awareness and prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors among Saudi adults in Dawadmi, Riyadh province: A cross-sectional study

Abdulmgeed Fahhad H Alruways; Nemer Abdulaziz Alotaibi; Mohammad Azhar Rashikh; Ali Alhumaidi Alnufeie; Yosef Jazza D Alshammari; Majed Rashed Alharthy; Faisal Jamal M Alanazi

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_934_20

Awareness and prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors among Saudi adults in Dawadmi, Riyadh province: A cross-sectional study

J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Nov 30;9(11):5629-5637. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_934_20. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Abdulmgeed Fahhad H Alruways¹, Nemer Abdulaziz Alotaibi¹, Mohammad Azhar Rashikh¹, Ali Alhumaidi Alnufeie¹, Yosef Jazza D Alshammari¹, Majed Rashed Alharthy¹, Faisal Jamal M Alanazi¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Medicine, Dawadmi, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Objective: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Amongst the Middle East countries, Saudi Arabia is facing rapid progressive urbanization by the adoption of a westernized lifestyle and food habits, which contribute to the rising burden of CAD. We aim to evaluate the awareness and prevalence of CAD risk factors among Saudi adults.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted between January and March 2020. Data were collected through an online survey using a self-administered questionnaire. Data assessed on socio-demographic variables, family history of CAD, knowledge of risk factors, symptoms, and complications of CAD. Results data were entered and analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics, version 25. All comparisons were considered significant at P < 0.05.

Results: A total of 311 subjects (48.6% men and 51.4% women) included, and most of the participants were between 18 and 25 years. A majority of the participants did not hear about CAD (82%) and unaware of any risk factors (26.4%), symptoms (25.1%), and complications (72.7%) of CAD. The prevalence of a family history of CAD (9.3%), overweight/obesity (58.6%), physical inactivity (79.1%), and smoking (24.1%) observed considerably high among the participants.

Conclusion: The present study reveals that a significantly low level of awareness and a high prevalence of CAD risk factors found among Saudi adults. Therefore, the awareness program is needed at the public level to increase the knowledge of CAD risk factors so that persons with high risk for future CAD can be prevented.

Keywords: Awareness; coronary artery disease; prevalence; sedentary behaviour; smoking.