PMID- 1491645
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19930302
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 0300-5283 (Print)
IS  - 0300-5283 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
DP  - 1992 Sep
TI  - Risk factor awareness and expectations of outpatients attending the Cardiology 
      Clinic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
PG  - 194-9
AB  - One hundred consecutive patients attending the UKM (Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia) Cardiology Clinic completed a questionnaire enquiring about their own 
      assessment of their knowledge about their illness, their awareness of cardiac 
      risk factors and their expectations in their management. Only 11% of our patients 
      had graduated from tertiary education. 59% of our patients were being treated for 
      ischaemic heart disease. Although only 28% of our patients considered having 
      considerable knowledge of their illness, a majority of our patients were aware of 
      cardiac risk factors. This was independent of the formal education achieved. 
      However this awareness did not necessarily result in appropriate behaviour; 32% 
      of patients admitted to smoking despite being aware of the harmful effects of 
      smoking. 74% of our patients expected a cure from their doctors; only 37% of our 
      patients thought they required medication indefinitely. Thus, patients could be 
      made aware of their illness regardless of their formal educational status. 
      However this may not necessarily result in appropriate behaviour. The high 
      expectations which the patients have of their doctors is unrealistic and may be 
      detrimental to appropriate long-term management of their chronic illness.
FAU - Yusoff, K
AU  - Yusoff K
AD  - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur.
FAU - Roslawati, J
AU  - Roslawati J
FAU - Almashoor, S H
AU  - Almashoor SH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Med J Malaysia
JT  - The Medical journal of Malaysia
JID - 0361547
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cardiology Service, Hospital
MH  - Coronary Disease/etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitals, University
MH  - Humans
MH  - Malaysia
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Outpatients/*psychology
MH  - *Patient Education as Topic
MH  - *Patient Satisfaction
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1992/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1992/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1992/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1992/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1992/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1992/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med J Malaysia. 1992 Sep;47(3):194-9.