Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Said, Abdul Hadi and Chia, Yook Chin (2017) Awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management among postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 7 (3). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0959-8146

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Abstract

Objectives: Dyslipidaemia is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Malaysia. This study assessed the awareness, knowledge and practice of lipid management among primary care physicians undergoing postgraduate training in Malaysia. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Postgraduate primary care trainees in Malaysia. Participants: 759 postgraduate primary care trainees were approached through email or hard copy, of whom 466 responded. Method: A self-Administered questionnaire was used to assess their awareness, knowledge and practice of dyslipidaemia management. The total cumulative score derived from the knowledge section was categorised into good or poor knowledge based on the median score, where a score of less than the median score was categorised as poor and a score equal to or more than the median score was categorised as good. We further examined the association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data. Associations were considered significant when p<0.05. Results: The response rate achieved was 61.4%. The majority (98.1%) were aware of the national lipid guideline, and 95.6% reported that they used the lipid guideline in their practice. The median knowledge score was 7 out of 10; 70.2% of respondents scored 7 or more which was considered as good knowledge. Despite the majority (95.6%) reporting use of guidelines, there was wide variation in their clinical practice whereby some did not practise based on the guidelines. There was a positive significant association between awareness and the use of the guideline with knowledge score (p<0.001). However there was no significant association between knowledge score and sociodemographic data ( p>0.05). Conclusions: The level of awareness and use of the lipid guideline among postgraduate primary care trainees was good. However, there were still gaps in their knowledge and practice which are not in accordance with standard guidelines.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	6765/55872
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Awareness, knowledge, practice, dyslipidaemia, primary care.
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Family Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011)
Depositing User:	SR NUR FARHANA LATFI
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2017 14:21
Last Modified:	05 Apr 2018 10:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/55872

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