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- Title
Perceived Cardiovascular Disease Risk Following Preeclampsia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
- Authors
Hussien, Nahed Ahmed; Shuaib, Nazia; Baraia, Zeinab Ali; Laradhi, Adel Omar; Wang, Wenna; Zhang, Zhenxiang
- Abstract
Preeclampsia has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and the preeclamptic women were unaware of this link. Therefore, this study aims to assess women's knowledge and perception of future CVD after preeclampsia. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive design. Two hundred and forty-six women with a preeclampsia history were recruited from the Al Salam MCH Center and Suez Canal University Hospital. Data were collected during March 2022 using a socio-demographic questionnaire, an Adapted Coronary Heart disease knowledge tool for preeclamptic women, and The Perception of Risk of Heart Disease Scale (PRHDS). Most women (96%) were unaware of the relationship between CVD and preeclampsia. The women had a low CVD knowledge level (10.26 ± 6.08) as well as a low perception of cardiovascular disease risk (37.15 ± 7.22). There was a significant positive correlation between CVD knowledge and CVD risk perception (r = 0.434, p = 0.000). This study found that preeclampsia survivors underestimated their CVD risk. Based on these findings, preeclamptic women should receive health education sessions on CVD risk and prevention from their nurses and obstetricians. The hospital pre-discharge plan must contain these sessions in written and electronic formats to help women remember and follow CVD risk reduction measures.
- Subjects
RISK factors of preeclampsia; CONFIDENCE intervals; CROSS-sectional method; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; SENSORY perception; COGNITION; RISK assessment; COMPARATIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 16, p2356
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11162356