Conocimientos sobre enfermedades cardiovasculares en un establecimiento de primer nivel de atención en Lima, Perú

César G. Lecarnaqué-Rojas; Javier I. Guerrero-Cueva; Otto Barnaby Guillén-López

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2024.413.13575

Authors

César G. Lecarnaqué-Rojas Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7945-0124
Javier I. Guerrero-Cueva Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8657-2485
Otto Barnaby Guillén-López Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4012-4828

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2024.413.13575

Keywords:

Knowledge, Heart Disease Risk Factors, Primary Health Care

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge about cardiovascular diseases in people in a primary healthcare center (PHCC). A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out by surveying people who attended a PHCC in Lima, Peru. A score less than 6 was considered inadequate knowledge. A total of 400 people were surveyed, 66.3% were women and the mean age was 46.8 ± 16.2 years. The average score was 4.52 +/- 1.85. We found that 71% of those surveyed had an inadequate level of knowledge, regardless of age, gender or education level. Our findings show that the level of knowledge about risk factors and cardiovascular
disease was inadequate in the primary care population. It is necessary to achieve proper specific education in cardiovascular risk factors in order to reduce the impact of these diseases.

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