Investigation of Awareness and Access of Knowledge on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control

Objective To investigate the community residents' awareness of knowledge on cardiovascular disease prevention and control and their access methods to relevant information. Methods Between June and August, 2013, the residents aged above 45 who came to community health center for diagnosis or treatment were investigated by questionnaires including the acknowledge of prevention for cardiovascular diseases and the access methods to relevant information. Results A total of 1 000 residents were involved in this study, including 394(39.40%) males and 606(60.60%) females aged from 45 to 98 with an average of 68.3 ± 10.4. The highest rate of awareness of cardiovascular prevention knowledge was regular physical exercise(89.20%), followed by low salt diet(67.20%) and fried food(6.30%). The highest rate of access to the information was information provided verbally by doctors or nurses(77.50%), followed by television and radio(56.00%). Conclusions Community center should strengthen the health education of cardiovascular disease prevention and control. Health education should be practiced in an easy way for the residents.