Assessment of physicians' awareness and knowledge of familial hypercholesterolemia in Saudi Arabia: Is there a gap?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The scarcity of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) cases reported in Saudi Arabia might be indicative of a lack of awareness of this common genetic disease among physicians.

Objective

To assess physicians' awareness, practice, and knowledge of FH in Saudi Arabia.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study conducted among physicians at four tertiary hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between March 2016 and May 2016 using a self-administered questionnaire.

Results

A total of 294 physicians completed the survey (response rate 90.1%). Overall, 92.9% of the participants have poor knowledge of FH while only 7.1% have acceptable knowledge. The majority (68.7%) of physicians rated their familiarity with FH as average or above average, and these had higher mean k

SUBMITTER: Batais MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560711 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature